I watched it and thought it was extremely well done, that Farrah was sharing her heart, mind and soul with us to show people who don't know, what cancer does to a family unit, to friends, to the person with cancer.
It is sad that " some" cancers are stigmatized, such as anal cancer and oral cancer caused by HPV infections.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to BE just like Farrah. I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the media. Now, I look at her end of life videos and realize just how sad it is.
The only other person I ever wanted to BE or live her life was Princess Diana.. I've decided that their types of fame, wealth and beauty may come at too great a price.
Farrah is suffering greatly. There can be no doubt. I wish her peace, I wish her spiritual comfort, and freedom from pain in her last days on this earth.
I wish she could have her beautiful hair back- it defined who she was for herself. They even gave her chemotherapy drugs which specifically spared the hair cells for as long as they could... I hope the choice didn't make the difference between a cure and metastatic disease.
As for Ryan, he's always been tilted. He married his first wife when he was extremely young- she was almost 10 years older. They had Tatum and Griffin when Joanna ( first wife) was already a raging alcoholic. I imagine that all of them, Ryan, Tatum and Griffin, were exposed to a very abusive lifestyle early on and never learned what " normal families" were like.
If not for Redmond's life of crime, I think his relationship with Farrah has been the longest and the most earnest of his life. Ryan is a volatile person who tends to get mixed up with other volatile people doing drugs or drinking. He always has.
He was also married to Leigh Taylor- Young, whom he got pregnant during their early part of " Peyton Place" and married as soon as his divorce from Joanna was final. They had one son, Patrick O'Neal, together and now have grandchildren. Apparently they have no contact with Ryan. Leigh is a friend of a friend. She was young and alone, but she didn't put up with Ryan for very long