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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Not to mention the Everwood plotline involving the 16-yr-old kid getting romantically involved with (but not having intercourse with) his baby sister's 21-yr-old babysitter, and everyone yapping about how it's illegal. First of all, there's no sex so it can't be statutory rape. Second of all, and more importantly, under Colorado law (CO being the state in which all of the action takes place) if the minor is 15 or older it's not statutory rape if the non-minor is fewer than 10 years older than the minor.
Irritated the crap out of me. It may be a sign that I'm too old to be watching this stuff, but oh well.
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You have to forgive them. The characters involved are an earnest 16 year old horny boy who's in luvv, and a dim bulb babysitter who thinks she's bright. Maybe it was intentional - they are misinformed about the state of the law but nonetheless are willing to risk it for love, while we, the audience, worry about the consequences of their having incomplete information. You know, kind of like Romeo and Juliet.
