it is amazing how some see it only one way...i have watched every stick of footage that was on this crap...so i can see it that way but i dont....think of this for a moment...A: we do not know when the letter was written...B: do not know the mindset of brian or his parents at the time this letter was written...so lets make up a moment...lets just say brian weeks before the trip was down and out and was feeling worthless...mom sees her son is struggling....well she write the letter to try to remind him he is loved and important to his parents. I think it was a letter trying to help her son....as for the part of burn letter...we dont know the dynamic of their relationship...for all you know mom and son watched every james bond movie hundreds of times and was just a joke between them. as for the outcome no she didnt deserve to die at all...those 2 when they got pulled over should have gone 2 different directions and never look back...there are other fish in the sea.