“I think Ian’s gonna need Mickey a lot. which is huge 180... I think Ian’s been the guiding angel for a long time for Mickey and now I think Mickey is pretty much have to turn into the protective angel for Ian” - Noel Fisher interview about Season 5 ❤️
Mickey, the love of his life. The only one who protected him and loved him unconditionally. The one he tried in vain to get out of his head. What he wouldn’t give to be with Mickey now. How he wished Mickey was there with him…
Ian says goodbye to his family with sadness showing through his eyes and looks at the place where he will be locked up for the next two years. When he enters the Correctional he tries not to show he is scared at the way some of the inmates are looking at him.
He let the gay Jesus movement go too far, he lost his job, but what he regrets the most is not having crossed the border with Mickey. If he had, none of this would have happened; he wouldn’t be in prison now and would be with Mickey.
Mickey being a snitch is in no way out of character. Southsiders don`t snitch, but Mickey´s love for Ian is beyond South Side rules, and this adds to his character growth.
So nobody was coming back, huh? I repeated the words “PURPOSELY MISLEADING” many times here. And since JW and writers say purposely misleading things, they make their characters do the same (Terry: Mickey is in Mexico).