I think that Danny and one of his relatives (either an older brother or cousin) were in the Tanglewood Boys and the relative either was murdered or was sent to prison. Maybe Danny got into his career by some sort of program for troubled youths to avoid going to jail as well. Who knows...I just hope they do a Tanglewood II eppy at the start of next season
I never understood the whole Tanglewood theory on these boards, until yesterday, like Daisy, I saw the Tanglewood ep (finally
). The final scene where Mac and Stella are told to ask Danny Messer, coz he knows all about the Tanglewood boys and
they know all about him (whoa, that would scare me!). The worry on his face, the way he just ripped the glasses of his face, it was obvious that he was seriously disturbed by something.
I'm not sure whether Danny's been involved with the Tanglewood Boys himself, but maybe another member of his family is. Maybe he or his family have become victims of some serious mobster blackmail or something? I dunno, it's too early to speculate. One thing's for sure, the final scene, the worry on Danny's face, really made me sympathize, the desperation on his face was just....aaaargh! Just made me wanna scoop him up and give him a big soothing cuddle...poor thing!
I do hope we'll be seeing more of the Tanglewood background, coz I'm dead curious right now! Onto season 2, eh?