On My Block is a show on Netflix about four friends who live in a dangerous part of Los Angeles. One of the friends is Monse Finnie. She has a hard time with her mom, Julia Whitman, who left her and her dad when Monse was very young. In season 3, Monse finds out that her mom killed herself.

Why did Julia Whitman leave Monse and her father?

Monse’s mom used to be called Selena Finnie. She left Monse and her dad Monty to live in a rich and white area called Brentwood. She married a rich man named Brian and had two more kids, Hayden and Cooper. She also changed her name to Julia Whitman and became a famous writer.

Brian says that Monse’s mom had a mental illness called bipolar disorder. She sometimes felt very sad or very happy for no reason. She sometimes ran away from her home and family, but she always came back later. She wanted to be a good mom to all her kids.

How did Monse reconnect with Julia Whitman?

In season 2, Monse gets a job to look after Julia’s kids, but she does not know that Julia is her mom. Julia knows that Monse is her daughter and tries to be nice to her. She asks Monse to live with her in Brentwood, but Monse is not sure. She loves her dad and her friends in Freeridge, the place where she grew up.

Monse gets angry with Julia when she learns that Julia lied to her Brentwood friends about why she left Monty and Monse. Julia said that Monty hurt her and Monse, which was not true. She lied because she did not want her Brentwood friends to think badly of her for leaving her daughter.

Monse also thinks that Julia does not like having a daughter who is half-black. She feels that Julia treats her differently from her other kids and tries to make her look and act differently. Monse tells Julia that she does not want to live with her and stops talking to her.

How did Julia Whitman die?

In season 3, Monse gets many phone calls from Julia, who says sorry and wants to talk to her. But Monse does not answer her calls and listens to Spooky, who is Cesar’s brother. Spooky tells Monse to forget about Julia. He says that Julia only wants to feel better and that she is not a good mom.

In episode 4, Monse learns that Julia killed herself. She goes to the funeral, where Brian tells her that Julia loved her a lot and was proud of her. He also gives Monse a letter that Julia wrote for her before she died. In the letter, Julia says sorry for leaving Monse and asks for her forgiveness. She also tells Monse that she is beautiful and smart and that she can do anything she wants.

How did Monse cope with Julia Whitman’s death?

Monse is very sad by Julia’s death and thinks it is her fault for not answering her calls. She feels bad for saying no to Julia and wonders if she could have stopped her from killing herself. She also does not know how to think about Julia: as a mom who loved her or as a mom who left her.

Monse feels better when she reads the letter that Julia wrote for her. She sees that Julia cared for her and was not ashamed of having a half-black daughter. She also gets help from her friends, especially Cesar, who knows what it is like to lose a parent.

Monse also thinks about what she wants to do with her life after Julia’s death. She decides to go to a school in Connecticut, where she can write and learn new things. She hopes to leave the violence and problems of Freeridge and start over in a new place.

Conclusion

Monse’s mom died by suicide in season 3 of On My Block after struggling with bipolar disorder and failing to reconcile with Monse. Her death was a tragic outcome of a complex and troubled relationship between a mother and a daughter who never got the chance to know each other well. Monse’s mom’s death also influenced Monse’s decision to leave Freeridge and attend boarding school in Connecticut.

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