What The Heck Happened

So there is much twitter twatting about what happened at the end of last night's SouthLAnd episode. Using my moderately-priced liberal arts education, I have logically deduced the most likely scenario, ruling out several other theories by their circumstantial implausibility. So if you're confused and want to be unconfused, here's what happened (I think...).

The Facts:

Sammy got into a confrontation with Stroke-Face earlier in the episode. A graffiti slogan for his gang was spray-painted on a house in the background. Some of his gang members were standing there, looking on.

Ben wanted to get the incriminating tape out of Sammy's house, so he hired Elena's brother to get it for him. Elena's brother has no known gang ties, but it's probable that he is in a gang. Since he is Hispanic, however, there is no way that he's in Stroke-Face's all-black gang.

Here's the probable scenario:

Elena's brother went into Sammy's house, looking for the tape. He probably evaded the notice of the nanny, either by coming in through an upstairs window or sneaking carefully up the stairs. In either case, he didn't do anything to the nanny. He probably didn't even know she was there. (Supported by the fact that he was freaking out, telling Ben that "I thought you said nobody would be in there!")

While upstairs, he probably heard the louder break-in of Stroke-Face's gang. They proceeded to vandalize Sammy's house with their graffiti and beat up the babysitter. At this point, Elena's brother would have the tape in his hand and would be ready to just bug out of there. But being a human being with some sense of right and wrong, he took Nate (who would've been sleeping in his crib) and hid him in a closet. (Because no 18 month old is going to hide himself in the closet. He's just going to cry.) After that, he would've run for it.

So, while Ben did co-conspire to breaking and entering, which is illegal, he didn't cause the massive, almost devastating gang incident. If Nate had been kidnapped, hurt, or killed, it would have been tragic, but unrelated to Ben sending Elena's brother in to get the tape.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what happened... in all likelihood. I may be off on some of the particulars, but I do know this: Ben's involvement and the gang break-in were unrelated. The SouthLAnd team just wants to confuse us all. :)