Bonnie and Christy disagree about forgiveness when Bonnie's estranged mother returns and wants to be a part of their lives.Bonnie and Christy disagree about forgiveness when Bonnie's estranged mother returns and wants to be a part of their lives.Bonnie and Christy disagree about forgiveness when Bonnie's estranged mother returns and wants to be a part of their lives.
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- TriviaWhen Bonnie learns about her dad, she says "So he wasn't Paul Newman, and another dream dies." In real life, actress Allison Janney was discovered by Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward.
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I grew up devouring science fiction books. I was like a little Pac-Man, gobbling up everything I could get my hands on: short stories, novels, and, of course, comic books. Looking back, I realize that sci-fi and, to some degree, fantasy novels, were my first attempt at escaping reality (later attempts would prove to be a bit more problematic). Regardless, I now see that immersing myself in this kind of literature informs my current view of the world. The path of history is, for me, forever seen through the eyes and imagination of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Roger Zelazny, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, and many, many more. Which is why I consider all efforts to control human behavior through force as ultimately doomed to fail. Sure, they might work for a while. That's where the cool story is - the resistance and overcoming of authoritarian rule. But at the end of the day, the macro, sci-fi view is always toward greater freedom, regardless of what form it takes. The real evil, the much more insidious method of control, is actually what we do to ourselves. The abuse of drugs and alcohol, plus relentless consumerism and over-exposure to mind-numbing entertainment, are the real chains on the human spirit. Of course this means that I, having produced close to a thousand half-hours of television, am part of the problem. Sorry. I never meant to be a Minor Overlord for the Terrestrial Shadow Masters.
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The sins of the mothers...
... just keep on going. Ellen Burstyn plays Bonnie's mother, who abandoned her years ago and left her in a series of foster homes, causing Bonny to grow up feeling unloveable. Diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, Bonnie's mom wants to reunite with her and at least tell her she was sorry.
Bonnie is not amenable to forgiving or forming some kind of relationship, and I wonder why she is so mad. She messed up her daughter Christy's life as badly by being there as Bonnie's mom messed her up mentally by not being there. Bonnie's mom mentions she was an abused child herself, and never really explains that, so the problems go back even further in this family.
So none of the women in this family can manage to stay in school, not get pregnant as a teenager, and thus they wrestle with poverty and bad jobs and sometimes - in the case of Bonnie and Christy - addiction their whole lives.
If this episode drives home anything it is what the rest of the series does over multiple episodes - If women want to live happy adult lives they need to stay in school, not have children until they are done with their entire education, and stay away from substance abuse. Otherwise you will end up like all of the women in this series - attached to and even having the children of undependable men at a young age when you don't have the skills to do anything about it. I can get on this high horse because I don't suffer from dizziness and I am a woman myself.
Bonnie is not amenable to forgiving or forming some kind of relationship, and I wonder why she is so mad. She messed up her daughter Christy's life as badly by being there as Bonnie's mom messed her up mentally by not being there. Bonnie's mom mentions she was an abused child herself, and never really explains that, so the problems go back even further in this family.
So none of the women in this family can manage to stay in school, not get pregnant as a teenager, and thus they wrestle with poverty and bad jobs and sometimes - in the case of Bonnie and Christy - addiction their whole lives.
If this episode drives home anything it is what the rest of the series does over multiple episodes - If women want to live happy adult lives they need to stay in school, not have children until they are done with their entire education, and stay away from substance abuse. Otherwise you will end up like all of the women in this series - attached to and even having the children of undependable men at a young age when you don't have the skills to do anything about it. I can get on this high horse because I don't suffer from dizziness and I am a woman myself.
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- AlsExGal
- Jul 2, 2021
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