Robyn McCall
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Question: I am loving How to Get Away With Murder. Any scoop? Katie
Ausiello: Remember how Alfred Enochs puppy dog Wes shared with Rebecca in Episode 7 that his mother committed suicide when he was only 12? Series creator Peter Nowalk teases that viewers should definitely pay attention to that tidbit of background information. That was a big bomb. It was buried in a bunch of information that was not significant, and it explains a lot of Wes behavior; it explains that he has a deep sadness, a loneliness.
It maybe explains a little of his damsel-in-distress-rescue syndrome, too, continues Nowalk. Its a question: How did [Wes' mother] kill herself? Why did she kill herself? What happened to Wes after that? And how did that impact who he was? What happens to us as children completely determines our psychology and our behavior after that. [That death], basically, blew apart his life. Nowalk also hints that even though Wes doesnt come from the shark-feeding upper-class world inhabited by most of his Middleton University cohorts, hes actually much stronger than people think at first glance. Wes has been through things that are worse than any of [his Keating Five counterparts]. He knows how to shut down his emotions in the dramatic events of Murder Night.
https://tvline.com/2014/11/18/the-mentalist-series-finale-spoilers-serial-killer-lazarus/