Lurker wrote:
I'm not sure I understand. Since we never actually saw them present until problems arose, why would the evidence be that they were there all along? It seems reasonable to assume the parents would be expected to handle most issues.
I doubt the watchers have the luck of just driving through town to get gas, and just happen to see Bree and DB driving away.
The Order does not want the world to know who they are. So they will watch to make sure that no one finds out.
And parents are NOT effective. Every kid in the world at some point, if not almost every weekend, escaped from their parents. When you have a kid, you are not given a spider sense on where your kids are. They, get, away.
In short, almost every parent, even very strict ones, lose control. Even the Watchers lost Bree. Bree even snuck out of the house and went to a party, and driving with DB, etc.