Re: shut up justin Something about taking the action to turn over his parental rights would, in his mind, equate to walking away. After all, fatherhood in name only is all he really knows.
You may be right. Brian is very mixed up about fatherhood at this point. But do you think he was so mixed up that if he did give up his rights in this episode, he would have stopped coming to see Gus, just because he thought he didn't have the right to anymore? Perhaps he was, since seeing his father really put him into a tailspin. But I think Justin was a very strong influence too -- he basically makes that equation for Brian. Of course, Justin wasn't thinking logically either since he was dealing with his own father issues. Bah.