‘The Crowded Room,’ a psychological suspense for Apple TV+, following Danny Sullivan and his tumultuous life. Danny is detained following a shooting in New York, and a psychiatrist questions him about his past in an effort to better understand how his brain functions. The plot of the show is constantly changing, and the viewer must follow the breadcrumbs to discover what is happening to Danny.
Danny searches for his father in London in the fourth episode. He encounters Jack, a mysterious man who introduces himself as a friend of his father. Danny initially believes Jack will assist him in locating his father, but as their relationship develops, Danny becomes increasingly certain that Jack has other plans for him. What became to Danny’s father is still an unanswered question in all of this. Let’s investigate. Spoilers follow!
What Happened to Danny’s Father, Pete Sullivan?
Pete, Danny’s father, abandoned him when he was six years old, Danny reveals to Rya Goodwin. Since that time, Pete has been largely absent, and his place has been taken by his cruel stepfather. Danny is instructed by Yitzhak to locate his father, who was last seen in London, after the shooting. When he arrives, Danny learns from Jack why his father hasn’t gone to London recently: he performed work for a gangster and is now wanted by the authorities. Jack encourages Danny to approach the thug and demand the money his father is owed by pointing him in that direction. But after being humiliated and abused, Danny decides to go home.
Jack appears to have revealed to Danny that his father is involved in illicit activity. Pete might be in Paris since Jack advises Danny to start his hunt there after saving up enough money. However, Danny eventually becomes discouraged, and Jack advises him to give up the quest, return home, and take responsibility for his misdeeds. The reason Yitzhak ordered Danny to find his father in the first place is still a mystery to Danny when he returns via air.
We cannot believe anything Danny says about his father since he is an unreliable narrator. Although the cause of Pete’s absence from his son’s life has not yet been made clear, we do know that he has been away. Danny Sullivan is based on Billy Milligan, who never had the chance to see his father because he passed away while Billy was still a young child. Danny says that when he was six years old, his father departed. Could it be that Danny hasn’t yet come to terms with the fact that his father is dead?
According to earlier episodes, Marlin Reid, Danny’s stepfather, may have mistreated either Danny or his twin Adam. Danny would have needed a safe location to go to or something hopeful to latch on to because he had grown up in this dangerous environment. It’s likely that Danny entertained the idea that his father would one day return and free him from the horror he is imprisoned in because he doesn’t know what happened to his true father.
Danny waited for his father for years, but he never appeared. Because Pete didn’t want to be associated with Danny or his mother, it’s possible that he passed away or simply went on and never looked back. Danny might have been aware of this but refused to believe that his biological father could leave him in the care of a violent stepfather. He may not have known what happened to his father because he was a child at the time Pete disappeared and his mother never brought up the subject.
So it makes reasonable that when he gets into difficulties, Danny would want to find him. Pete appears to be the only person he can turn to, but when he cannot locate Pete, Jack appears. The kind of father figure Danny needs right now is Jack. Someone who can assist, mentor, and inspire him to take the proper course. Everything Danny wants Pete to be, Jack is. In order to fill the void left by the loss of his father, he invents a father figure, keeping Pete’s fate a secret from everyone.
How Did Billy Milligan’s Father Die?
In “The Crowded Room,” Danny Sullivan is partially based on Billy Milligan, who was the first person in US history to be exonerated due to a dissociative personality disorder. Starting with the fact that both the real-life character and the TV programme counterpart lost their biological fathers when they were young, there are many other similarities between them.
John Morrison and Dorothy Sands gave birth to Milligan. When Sands relocated to Miami to pursue a singing career, the two became friends. According to rumours, Morrison was a musician and comedian who was also married to another person. Billy was the middle child out of the three children he and Sands had. Morrison struggled with drinking and melancholy before taking his own life on January 17, 1959. According to reports, carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death. He is interred in Florida’s Miami-Dade County’s Southern Memorial Park in North Miami.
