[supercat]

But why spend it on lawsuits. Why not just give it to Felos.

Give how much? Felos could keep telling him it would just be another $3000. Or another $5000. Etc. I don't know that Michael would have ganged up with Felos at all if he'd realized how much money Felos was going to take, and I don't know that Felos would have taken on Michael if he'd realized that Michael wasn't going to properly play-act the grieving husband.

[The Red Zone]

Mikey could still cut bait if all he wanted was Terri off his hands. True his live-in lover couldn't marry him in the Catholic Church till Terri dies, but she could wait and do that later. Couples live together unmarried all the time.