I watched the whole kidnapping of three small children, and to root for a guy who did that horrid stuff, sending pictures of a "dead" child and wanting to sell two innocent children is sick. AJ could have had joint custody. He turned it down.
This is just a setup to make Sonny look stupid and violent again and I will not give them the satisfaction of watching it.
I hate AJ for himself not because of Sonny. I always found him to be a weak, disgusting weasel like character. Yes Sonny is bad. He is portrayed as a bad mobster on this show and we are reminded over and over of his violent nature. He is not pretending to be a good guy. AJ is just a weasel plain and simple. I am not going to get into any long debates over who is right or wrong.
To me, Michael is an adult and this is just crappy filler that I can do without. I want to watch Sonny when he gets a REAL story, not this crap.