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Loni is unable go control her emotions, she should have wanted go take TR in and have him pay for what he had done to Abe, Paulina, and Eli, . She is far to overemotional to be good cop, she should have been thankful enough Eli was alive and able to come home with their babies! She is a horrible liar.
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Loni is a horrible and very naive cop, she shows extremely poor judgment, very difficult to see her as a detective. She was so engrossed in a imaginary friendship with the sociopath Kristen, she was willing to jeopardize her marriage her unborn babies and freedom .Last edited by noodlebug; May 18, 2022, 11:43 PM. -
Lani is no more ridiculous than anyone else on this show. You either like her or you don't. If this show ever decides to go for sls resembling reality then people can complain. I happen to like Lani as much as any other character.Comment
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CincyLady I think there's a difference between liking Lani as a person and believing she should not be a cop. They aren't mutually exclusive.
She's even worse than Hope. Hope shot Stefano and used her position to try to make Ben's life hell. But even that pales in comparison to what Lani has done.
Lani has aided her BFF, super-criminal Kristen, and now this bad shooting. And she also used poor judgement in sleeping with JJ when he was blackout drunk. That's bad.
I do think there is some sexism in the way these female cops are portrayed on the show by the writers, but still she doesn't belong on the police force at this point,Last edited by varlena; May 19, 2022, 08:07 AM.Comment
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She never should have been let back on the force after she allowed Gabi to control Julie's pacemaker and left town. She should have been removed when she not only became BFFs with Kristen, but also helped her avoid being arrested and then got mad when Eli wouldn't look the other way about it. She was willing to throw away her marriage because her psycho BFF went to prison for crimes she committed. And still thought her to be a good person she could sit down and have a chat with after she broke out of prison the last time.
Her judgment is just terrible. Of course that much was clear when we found out she was the one who raped a blackout drunk JJ. Shame they never addressed the implications of that.
Now she's lying about the shooting. A stupid, pointless lie. Eli and Abe pretty much put it together already and even Rafe might have figured it out. Not that he could be bothered to stick around and do his job. But that's another topic. This is a lie Lani and Paulina can't keep going and it's only making things worse for everyone involved. It was a stupid lie. Poor judgment on Lani's part to allow it.
Lani needs to be off the force. She should have been a long time ago. Find her something else to do.Comment
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Since when does what happens in Lani’s marriage have anything to do with her employment on the police force?
Okay, no one was shown what happened between JJ and Lani in that room. Just because JJ couldn’t handle his liquor does not mean that Lani raped him. Until we, the viewers are shown what happened that night and in that bedroom, we can’t just say Lani raped JJ because at some point, she took a picture with JJ sleeping,
She could have put it on him so good that he fell into a deep satisfying sleep. Come on, no one knows what happened between JJ and Lani that night.Last edited by Abby_fan; May 19, 2022, 10:06 AM. -
Abby_fan We know Lani had sex with JJ after seeing him get heavily drunk. That much was discussed on the show when she revealed it to JJ. We also know that Lani, as a cop, knows that those circumstances qualify as rape. So that's pretty much covered. Were the roles reversed and JJ had taken advantage of her, it would have been a rape storyline.
It applies because it shows she's willing to bend/break the laws when it suits her. It shows that protecting a dangerous psychopath was so important she was willing to give birth to her twins in prison. That's bad in general, let alone when we're talking about a cop.
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Lani is a loyal friend, a caring person, a devoted wife and mother and an all around great person. However, I think her time as a cop is at its ending stage. At least, I hope so. But to be honest, the SPD isn’t known for its record of having great cops, so Lani fits in perfectly there. She might have made Commissioner had she buried Ray’s body and framed someone else.
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Abby fan that is not what happened with JJ.Comment
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We also know that both Lani and JJ were at the bar drinking because that was stated on screen. Where was it shown on screen that Lani knew JJ was too drunk to consent? The scenes were never shown on screen. No viewer can say that Lani had sex with a black out drunken JJ. The scenes never played on screen. icyblue2034
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She’s also been good at her job. I still remember the care she showed when taking Allie’s statement about the rape and rescuing Gabi, Ben and Jake when they were kidnapped by the mob.Originally posted by varlena View Post
JJ and Lani were both said to be drinking that night so why is it assumed she took advantage of him. He was a cop too. Just because she remembered what happened the next day and he didn’t doesn’t mean she raped him.Comment
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She did show care, but I also remember how she ignored Allie looking to Nicole and Nicole giving Allie cues.Originally posted by Fancy863 View Post
She admitted to knowing how drunk he was. As a cop she should be very well trained on understanding what does and does not constitute consent. Regardless of her drinking, she retained enough sobriety to know that and to remember how much he was drinking and how vulnerable he was.Comment
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How do you know how much sobriety she maintained since we never saw any of the scenes? Her drinking does matter since we know it alters judgement unless you are saying it doesn’t alter Lani’s judgment.Originally posted by icyblue2034 View Post
Allie told Lani what happened to her. What Nicole and Allie did prior to her getting there was between Nicole and Allie.Comment
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We know because Lani told us. She was sober enough to remember what happened. JJ was drunk enough that besides not remembering having sex with Lani, he didn't even remember meeting her.Originally posted by Fancy863 View Post
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I don’t think sober enough means she raped him and since we didn’t see the scenes, we can’t assume she ended up drinking less than him.Originally posted by MrAgnes View Post
If this is the case Gwen raped Chad since he didn’t remember the next day and Kate took advantage of Jack since she was sober and he was drunk. IMOComment
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We don't need to know how much Lani and JJ drank. We only need to know that JJ was blackout drunk, and Lani was still able to function. Hving sex with someone who is not in condition to give consent is rape.Originally posted by Fancy863 View PostComment
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I'm not saying she's a bad person. She was lied to by her family and that's why she's not well emotionally. That isn't her fault. But she's crossed too many lines at her job at this point. Doing some aspects of her job well isn't enough to make up for that.Originally posted by Fancy863 View PostComment
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Gwen did rape Chad and so too did Kate rape Jack but the writers don't address male rape at all.Originally posted by Fancy863 View Post
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I don't see either one as rape.
With the Gwen thing ok she lied but is that enough to meet the threshold of rape. If a guy lies to a girl he meet in a bar and tells her that he's an astronaut and she decides to sleep with him does she get to cry rape when she finds out he isn't one?
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varlena But the next day Chad didn't remember a thing and he was drunk the night before too.I remember he could barely stand up and was slurring his words.
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