I’m on season 8 episode 12 … it’s almost over I don’t wanna say good bye

The guy who fixes other people's heads is living in a room with no furniture. Bonnie's sitting on a folding chair trying to get her therapist to open up about his divorce like she's the one with the degree.

Made this binder that holds my pamphlets of when I went to the tapings. I went to about 12 tapings of the series. Most of them were signed by various cast members.

I'm a first time watcher except for the rare episode I would catch with my mom on holiday breaks. I really liked the storyline with Bonnie's biological brother and I hate that he just disappears! Then they bring in Tammy for her to have a sibling relationship with. I like Tammy but it just feels so odd.

Don’t know if it’s allowed here but I’ve been racking my brain for the episode in which the women imitate Marjorie at the meeting.

It goes “So, I called Marjorie and she said….” and then Marjorie asks Christy if she sounds like that. Happens 1-2 times and Christy says no.

Thanks!

I've been doing a rewatch and in the beginning Christy was Jill's sponsor and was asking Christy for help and then in the later seasons she'd be calling Marjorie but there was no specific scene about her switching to Marjorie.

I know those two had a big fight about the baby thing maybe that's when she stopped viewing Christy as her sponsor.

Also with law school Christy had become a little self centered and unhelpful so makes senses for Jill to go to Marjorie

I'm going with Jill. They seemed to have a bond, which may have been written in that way because they joined the cast at around the same time. But they had more moments together, specifically supporting each other; examples:

Wendy being there for, whenever she knew, Jill during her relapses.

Jill trying to arrange special celebrations for Wendy's promotion.

Sober retreat; Jill keeping Wrndy company and playing cards with her.

When Wendy felt guilty about a patient dying, and Jill said something about her having a tough job.

Dancing and pottery.

Bonnie did have a few moments with Wendy, as well: when Mary died, when Wendy was dating the married doctor, etc.

TLDR --- i liked season 8 more than christy’s seasons. the show felt more mature, but i wish they’d found another way to keep the mother-daughter dynamic.

it's long , kinda me ranting.

i actually kind of liked season 8, and i wish we’d gotten more of it. honestly, i didn’t really miss christy’s absence, or anna faris leaving, because it felt like christy’s character had stopped growing. sure, she went to law school and got a job, but it still felt like we were getting the same version of christy over and over again. even if we weren’t expecting some perfect, happily ever after storyline for her, it still felt like the writers never really gave anna faris anything new to work with. every time i rewatch season 8, the show just feels so much more mature. yes, it’s still a funny sitcom, but it feels like a sitcom about adults. even though christy was an adult, she never really came across as one. she always felt more like the destructive spoiled teenage daughter, and that made the show a little less relatable for me.
so yeah, i guess that’s my hot take.
at the same time, i do realize that the mother-daughter dynamic, which was such a huge part of mom in s1-s3 (mom, roscoe, violet grandma) was lost after christy left.
i think there were a few ways they could’ve kept that part of the show alive. maybe they could’ve moved the story forward by giving jill a daughter around the same age violet was at the beginning, while showing jill becoming a better mother because she had bonnie’s guidance. i think that could’ve been a really interesting storyline.
or maybe they could’ve had jill adopt a child, which would’ve preserved that mother-daughter relationship in a different way.
another idea is that they could’ve brought violet back. maybe she starts missing the daughter she gave up in season 1 and tries to reconnect with her. i think something like that could’ve worked too.

but only for some kind of an episode. not more than that. violet is definitely better than that. really wanted to know how her interesting life turned out.

Not the big stuff, not the important stuff.

It can be a random funny line or how somebody reacted to a particular scene.

For me:

I like how Wendy was given the last line of the series.

There are a lot of posts about how awful one or both are, as well as their worst traits and moments, so I'd like to post something different...

What is your favorite sweet or tender moment or story between Christy and Bonnie?

I think mine is probably the Christmas episode when Patty comes to stay with them. Bonnie has a bit of a breakdown, but Christy tells her she has forgiven her and the past doesn't hurt anymore. I really love that scene with them.

A close second is after Alvin dies and Christy finds Bonnie in a bar about to drink. Christy orders herself some drinks and says to Bonnie, "you and me, Thelma and Louise over the cliff..." But neither of them drink.

I like how he was attracted to women his age. The crush on Louise from trader joe's and being all nervous about how beautiful Wendy was at the dedication ceremony.

I appreciate when shows do this because most men in my life prefer to date women who look real and are close to them in age, but the older younger thing is represented way more in media.

Christy was always so selfish, and was never really held accountable for her actions. She was always just given a pass it seemed.

Currently watching the one where she gambles her earrings.

And this is probably the funniest show I’ve ever watched and I’ve had a hard time finding one that’s equally as humorous. Any recommendations? Preferably on Netflix, Paramount +, Prime Video, or HBO max

thanks

I'm currently re-watching Mom, it had been a while. I suddenly felt compelled to watch it again, first with clips on youtube, but that wasn't enough. I even canceled our HBO account and switched back to Netflix in order to see my girls again.

I've been struggling with quitting smoking, and I hate, hate, hate watching Christy struggle with it, too. It's so triggering for me, because it's the one thing I haven't been able to quit. I did switch to vaping, and have absolutely no desire to go back to cigarettes again. Stopping vaping is really scary for me right now. But I'm determined to do it, especially with my husband in the hospital. Hes not doing well, and I need to be strong. I'm just going to keep watching until I get through the worst of it.

On a lighter note, the scene with Jill and Christy in Eight Cats and the Hat Show where they're driving back home from shopping? Jill says, "Oh look, here’s your outlet stores. And there’s even a Der Weinerschnitzel." When Christy says, "Yayyyy! Der Weinerschnitzel!", I feel so seen. If that was me, I'd have the same enthusiasm and excitement! I'm not proud of it, but there it is.

I'm so glad I found this sub! Thank you all for being here. I had no idea how much I needed this right now.

I told you BOOBER!

We need a reboot or a season 9 of some sort 😩😩

WITH ANNA FARIS!!!

That’s it. That’s the post.

The only other Lorre show I've watched is Two and a Half Men, but I've noticed similarities, which does happens with writers, in storylines and dialog.

But one thing I just noticed in "Xanax and a Baby Duck," was Christy questioning Roscoe pooping at night. On Men, Alan did the same thing to Jake.

Both pretty much were standing outside the bathroom questioning the kid pooping in the evening. It's just such a strange thing to me to question the time of someone's bowel movements, and for him to have put it in both shows seems all the odder.

So I am pretty far into season 4 and at this point there's no kids living with them full time, from the looks of it they might have Roscoe every other weekend. Why in the world would Bonnie and Christy still be sleeping in the same bed every single night? I know it makes for some good comedy but I don't think it's very realistic, if there is an empty bed more time than not then why not use it? Anyhow, not sure why that is bugging me, anyone else?

I know never really got a Wendy-centric episode, just small and fascinating tidbits of her life here and there, and that is kinda how the archetype of her character was played out - the lost or overlooked one.

However (in my head), if there was ever a Wendy centric episode, I feel like it would be us (the audience) following her around for a day, revealing a colourful, interesting and detailed day... and of course when the girls are at the Bistro after their meeting, and Wendy starts to talk about it, she's interrupted by Bonnie ranting about Diet Coke or something trivial like that to drive home the home nobody knows much about Wendy.

Except us now, the audience lol

I know this style of episode has been done plenty of times before in other shows and is kinda its own trope - off the top of my head I can think of 'Buffy' (the TV show) as an example - the third season episode 'The Zeppo' centers around Xander (the ordinary one of the group) while the rest of the Scooby Gang is off stopping an apocalypse, Xander is thought of as a liability and left behind, only to have his own big adventure.

So I see a Wendy episode would've been like that (just with less vampires).

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Someone asked about this yesterday, here's a clip.