Example Six:

Of course, the sad shack that the foster girls stay in (remember them?), which was just barely holding it together to begin with, 'happens' to catch fire due to some electrical short. Further, one of the kids rushes back into the blaze to rescue the 'honor jar'. When she explains this to Jerrica - in front of the firemen and police - Jerrica (aware of how it looks) admonishes her for doing so because she's 'more important' than some petty piggybank, which I find strange since she wasn't exactly treated like it until that point, but I digress...

What does Jerrica do after her home - the home of her foster charges - burns to the ground? Immediately contact social services and get the foster kids someplace new to stay until she can get things back together? No, as that would have been in the kids best interest, not hers. What SHE decides to do is pack everyone up and parcel them over to the 'prize house' owned by Mr. Sands to put on a show. What? Yes, folks, like some troupe of gypsies.

They then play a concert on the man's front lawn - waking the neighbors and generally causing a ruckus which brings the media down like a curtain. Mr. Sands realizes far too late that he's stepped into it big time, and tries to find out what the reason is for their impromptu performance. He is told that their house has burned down, and as he sees the collection of waifs before him - with the media bringing up the rear - he catches on. 'So you want to stay here...'

Duh.

Let's examine that more closely... Jem/Jerrica wants to receive half the prize for the 'contest' before it even STARTS, and Mr. Sands has to either knuckle under or show the world that he's some heartless creep for turning away a bunch of homeless kids - never you mind the heartless creep that's using them as 'added incentive' to do the 'right' thing. However, 'heartless creep' is generally considered a step UP from 'Hollywood Producer' but let's ignore that for the nonce, shall we? Mr. Sands, to show he's a 'good' person deigns to allow them to stay in the house - doubtless hoping that it's merely a temporary thing until Jerrica can get the paperwork together for the sake of these doe-eyed foundlings, but pretty sure that he's going to be stuck with a pile of squatters and may have to buy another 'prize' house and write it all off as a donation to charity. So he's a good sport and takes it on the chin - as planned.

Mr. Raymond shows up just in time to see the spectacle creating a ton of free publicity for the 'competition', as well as public sympathy for 'Jem'. As an extra slap in the face, Jem is getting the prize before she even COMPETES. Mr. Raymond suggests that since Jem and the gang are being allowed to stay in the prize, the Misfits should as well or the 'contest' would be voided. This is logical (as the prize is being awarded as they speak), reasonable (equal treatment for both sides), and within the boundaries of the contest - all of which are ignored because 'Raymond is a sleazeball' and 'the Misfits are trash'.

Bottom Line: Using children as bargaining chips to gain preferential treatment, EXPECTING preferential treatment simply because you DEMAND it, and bullying someone into doing what you tell them are all widely considered evil. Expecting to be treated fairly is not.

Mr. Raymond pretty much goes insane from this point on, and tries to fight fire with fire without much success. Hiring 'thugs' to try to 'stop' Jem from performing, and similar clumsy attempts to return the two sides to equal footing. The Misfits do a fair amount of trying to settle the score as well, but are continuously foiled by Jem's secret ace-in-the-hole and growing network of supporters and henchmen. Strangely, despite this, the Misfits never give up trying... Heh. I could lay the pilot episodes out all day as examples of which side seemed to be the 'evil' one, but I think it would be better to focus on more 'general' evil perpetrated during the series so I don't come off as attacking anyone.