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What's a "red flag" in a TV show that tells you it's about to go downhill? (sopuli.xyz)
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[-] mercano@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Married with Children’s pregnancy story arc was driven by the Katey Sagal’s real life pregnancy. She unfortunately had a miscarriage after it had been written into the show, so the writers decided to bail on it by making it all a dream. It comes across as sloppy writing, but it was probably the most compassionate way to handle it.

[-] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

I was a young teen at the time and that show was part of my Sunday routine for many years, and I remember everyone was curious how the show would handle it. After seeing the episode, I distinctly recall feeling like they handled it very well and would have been disappointed if they'd make Katy Sagal have to act with a baby after going through that. I was also more sympathetic towards Peggy after that.

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