Mayans MC: CM Punk On The Importance Of Telling His Character's Story
When AEW's CM Punk made his first appearance as Paul, Gilly's (Vincent «Rocco» Vargas) military veteran friend in Season 2 of FX's Mayans MC, it was a shock. Practically unannounced before airing, Punk's appearance on such a high-profile show was a delight for wrestling fans. Once the character's story started to unfold over the fourth and fifth episode of the season, though, it quickly became clear how important a story it was.
Paul, like many who have served in the military, is dealing with a pretty severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder. We see this first at a birthday party in Episode 4, «A Crow Flew By,» when he loses his temper at another party guest. Of course, things took a much darker turn in Episode 5, «Death of the Virgin.»
The following contains spoilers for the fifth episode of Mayans MC Season 4, «Death of the Virgin.» If you've yet to watch the latest installment, you should stop reading now.
Early in the episode, Gilly is called to Paul's home, and it's unclear why. When he arrives, though, a horrific scene is unfolding. Paul has locked himself in a bedroom with his young son, begging the child to kill him. Seeing Punk's Paul grasping his child's hand as a knife is held to his throat is heartbreaking. His pleas to his wife and child to «just kill me» tell a heartbreaking story, but one that for some is all too real.
«Without getting too deep into it, I feel unfortunately, in this day and age, everybody knows somebody, right?» Punk told GameSpot of the uphill battle many veterans face when returning from war. «How often do you see prosthetic limbs and all these other things, and it still being this taboo thing you're not supposed to talk about or you don't talk about. I think it's pretty silly. So I
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