Todd kept Marty away from her family for months. She was told that she would be killed if she ever left his home. Marty was lied to and given a false sense of security with the man who had raped her.
If Ron wanted to truly redeem Todd, write this current TNT crisis as karma for both Tea and Todd. Instead he writes Todd and Tea as starcrossed loves who are the hapless victims of Todd's ex-wife, Tea's ex-husband and now Evil-Eli. Todd should have an epiphany. He should recall what he did to Marty and to her son and he should finally get it. He has yet to show that he ever got it, thus the air quotes when he references the rape of Marty.
Tea should have time to think about how Marty felt, (being frightened, being lied to and being powerless, having to depend on the kindness of strangers) when she badgered Marty on the witness stand during Todd’s trial.
Tea was able to phone Todd, but Marty was at Todd's mercy. She had no memory of who she was. Her mind was a blank and Todd filled it with terror, with hopelessness and with lies. She didn't know that she had a son who was mourning her and numbing his pain with drugs.
So, Why should the audience care about whether or not these two have their happy ending?
