Mike on the wagon
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Mike on the wagon
Char reminded me that Michael's not a drinker, and I couldn't remember if that had ever been explicitly discussed--like, did he ever say, "I don't drink"?
Did he ever drink on the show (I mean, maybe when he first arrived in Season 1)?? Obviously it's not cool to mix alcohol and prescription medication, but it's also not cool to shoot people in the head or have sex with random prostitutes, especially when you're supposed to be committed to a woman with small children, so we've already established that Mike is not always motivated by rationality.
Anyway, I was curious--was this an aspect of his life that did get talked about? Was it something that JI himself just threw out there, an additional complication for us to mull over?
Did he ever drink on the show (I mean, maybe when he first arrived in Season 1)?? Obviously it's not cool to mix alcohol and prescription medication, but it's also not cool to shoot people in the head or have sex with random prostitutes, especially when you're supposed to be committed to a woman with small children, so we've already established that Mike is not always motivated by rationality.
Anyway, I was curious--was this an aspect of his life that did get talked about? Was it something that JI himself just threw out there, an additional complication for us to mull over?
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In the Thanksgiving episode in season 2 Tommy invites Michael to have a drink with him and gets mad when Michael refuses. Michael explains he doesn't drink and Tommy says you drink when you want to. Michael does not reply.
Everyplace else in the series when people are drinking alcohol Michael is drinking water. So it goes without further saying that he does not drink.
I wouldn't doubt that this was JI's idea.
Everyplace else in the series when people are drinking alcohol Michael is drinking water. So it goes without further saying that he does not drink.
I wouldn't doubt that this was JI's idea.
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Didn't he answer that he almost never drink in the Thanksgiving episode? Maybe I remember wrong.
MINOR SPOILER FROM SEASON 3?
I can't remember seeing Michael drink anything but water or coffee, but in one episode in the 3rd season (can't remember which one) he was at a resturant with his famlily. Nozolli (not sure how to spell it ) was there and bought them the cheapest Champagne on the menu. When the waiter poured Michael a glass, it looked like Mike wanted to stop him. But I don't know if that was because he doesn't drink alcohol or if it was because he was offended by Nozolli. Maybe both...?
MINOR SPOILER FROM SEASON 3?
I can't remember seeing Michael drink anything but water or coffee, but in one episode in the 3rd season (can't remember which one) he was at a resturant with his famlily. Nozolli (not sure how to spell it ) was there and bought them the cheapest Champagne on the menu. When the waiter poured Michael a glass, it looked like Mike wanted to stop him. But I don't know if that was because he doesn't drink alcohol or if it was because he was offended by Nozolli. Maybe both...?
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from the Thanksgiving episode, Michael said he didn't drink, because it wasn't good for him....in Season 3, episode 4, the big italian guys wife
said that Michael was very drunk when she had sex with him in high
school....the orange juice Michael was carrying in the last episode of Season One, was Mamosa, for his Ma....
he either drank water, in a glass, or bottle. He had coffee cups along
the way, too...
said that Michael was very drunk when she had sex with him in high
school....the orange juice Michael was carrying in the last episode of Season One, was Mamosa, for his Ma....
he either drank water, in a glass, or bottle. He had coffee cups along
the way, too...
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Uh, as far as I'm aware (not that he's my new best friend or anything), Jason Isaacs doesn't pop random pharmaceuticals while driving, throw drug dealers off roofs, handle grenades, or cover himself with tattoos . . . what, he just drew a line??He doesn't drink in real life so perhaps he managed to incorporate that into Michael's character.
Ah well . . . prolly another one of those things we'll never know, like where Michael was for seven years, and what was the deal with the wrist tattoo, and how he got the scar.
The wrist tattoo, I thought that had to do with "the Brotherhood of Union Laborers", cuz doesn't Freddie have the same tat?
It's true about Michael not drinking, but, wasn't he drinking a beer after that game/brawl between Mulligan's bar and the Irish joint Freddie owns?
Or was that a Perrier? And the thanksgiving episode from Season 2, when he tells Tommy "I don't drink cuz it's not good for me." Maybe he realized
how liquor affects him. (He must remember how drunk he was when he was with that tough guy's wife. It wasn't Nazolli's wife, though. It was Bill what's-his-name. Big,burly,tough, but not the brightest guy. Kind of makes you wonder how she ended up with him and not Michael. )
God, I miss this show like crazy. *sighingsadly*
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It's true about Michael not drinking, but, wasn't he drinking a beer after that game/brawl between Mulligan's bar and the Irish joint Freddie owns?
Or was that a Perrier? And the thanksgiving episode from Season 2, when he tells Tommy "I don't drink cuz it's not good for me." Maybe he realized
how liquor affects him. (He must remember how drunk he was when he was with that tough guy's wife. It wasn't Nazolli's wife, though. It was Bill what's-his-name. Big,burly,tough, but not the brightest guy. Kind of makes you wonder how she ended up with him and not Michael. )
God, I miss this show like crazy. *sighingsadly*
~M'L(C)
I tried to post but everything went wacky. Fingers crossed....
I remember that Michael never seemed to drink in season 1. He got people drunk, topping up their glasses, without ever drinking any from his own glass. Sneaky bu**er.
I remember seeing an ad for season 2 (please don't tell me that I imagined it) which had the whole family ranged around the dining room table. I swear that Michael had his hand on a glass of red wine. I remember thinking "Ooo, maybe Michael wiil turn to drink in season2!"
As for the tattoo, doesn't Tommy have one too? So, it's not fully explained?
Nor is Michael's seven year absence? sigh
I remember that Michael never seemed to drink in season 1. He got people drunk, topping up their glasses, without ever drinking any from his own glass. Sneaky bu**er.
I remember seeing an ad for season 2 (please don't tell me that I imagined it) which had the whole family ranged around the dining room table. I swear that Michael had his hand on a glass of red wine. I remember thinking "Ooo, maybe Michael wiil turn to drink in season2!"
As for the tattoo, doesn't Tommy have one too? So, it's not fully explained?
Nor is Michael's seven year absence? sigh
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