David Fakes His Own Death

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Originally Posted by parkerman

I'm not sure that people who have been posting on here understand the nature of mental illness. I think everything that is happening to David is consistent with depressive paranoia brought on by the traumas he's suffered in his life. Of course some of these things have affected Sarah too, but not everyone reacts in the same way.

I think both the storyline and Jack Shepherd's depiction are spot on. He is a bright boy who could easily get an A* in one subject. And as for driving his car in to the canal without being stopped, I don't really see much wrong with that either. 16 year old kids are going out joy riding all the time without getting stopped for a long time.

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An excellent and well thought out post. For anyone who has the slightest inkling of Mental Ilness or PTSD they would know how realistic this storyline is. Well researched and excellently portrayed by all involved:clap:

I think David achieving an A* is way too far fetched!
he may be intelligent and be able to achieve one,
However, he didn't go to school nor did he revise, therefore the teacher would never have entered him into the higher paper meaning there would be no possible way to gain a higher grade (unless the GCSE system has changed since i did them)
If the school knew he was some kind of genius child they would have surely told Gail this (earlier on in his school days) and there would have been no reason for her to be so shocked as she would have expected the result!

Where is Martin whilst this is going on? i understand that he has left the show, but David doesn't visit and no phone calls are made, in fact his name is barely mentioned.

I believe in reality David would have been sectioned after the court case (maybe even after the cards where sent) as in both situations the police where involved. And also if my memory is correct the social services where involved and they wouldn't have left the situation how it was.