I love Brandon Barash & I used to love Johnny. When he first came on, he was a good kid who happened to be a danger junkie. Pretty normal teen stuff except diving off of buildings. Although...

I was not emotionally invested in Lulu & Johnny. The actors were great together, but they were just another couple. Having said that, I've noticed that Johnny has steadily gone downhill ever since Michael was shot. The breakup seemed to trigger the "I don't care anymore" attitude. Now, with Claudia's death, he's totally off the spool & getting more so with time. Not only that, it seems he's getting more & more immature & childish. To me, he doesn't even come off as Don Quixote tilting at windmills. He comes off like a 14 year old boy when the senior steals his girl. Claudia was his sister, not his girlfriend. They're going to write him into the same type of corner as Claudia & Anthony. It's a waste of an interesting character & with the eventual love triangle with Liv & Sonny, the mini mobster will end up looking like the better choice. That is sad.