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Mother is the husband. Husband is the wife.


I'm getting really tired of gender reversal on so many shows. While the mother is running around like G.I. Jane the husband is on the verge of baking a pie. "Oh honey stop with your silly bible stuff and studies" "ok dear".

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yeah, I'm with you on that one...getting old very fast.

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Your attitude is getting old I'm afraid.

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And attitudes like that is why western civilization is failing and out of all of the people on the planet, white people are the only people with a negative population growth. As we get more liberal, we are failing.

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So.... we should kill all the non-white people?

Trump supporter?

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Wow, you are some kind of stupid. How did you get from negative population growth to kill all non-white people?


You must be a Hillary supporter...

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No he is probably a libtard up his own aereaus Ken!

Its uncle Frank Kirsty!
Its time to play!

Soon, we will all have special names!

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Quite a logical step actually!

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LOL. Don't let a little thing like facts get in the way. Teen pregnancy rates strongly correlate with religiosity and conservatism. The more religious and conservative a teen's family and environment are the more unprotected fornicating they do. Evangelical teens are really going hard at it. Pun intended. So fear not, I guess. Or whatever.

I guess hypocrisy is easier the more ignorant you are.

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Dont forget the islamists they are growing at an exponential rate and claiming welfare at an equal rate with their polygamy! Did you purposely forget that or are you a libtard?

Its uncle Frank Kirsty!
Its time to play!

Soon, we will all have special names!

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Everything about this show is a huge cluster fark. But like a firey train wreak, l have to watch it just burn the heck up.

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i liked it that the mother wasn't some damsel in distress/can't do anything to protect anyone type of woman. what isn't working is the mom/dad relationship in general. Heche has ZERO chemistry with Tupper. they come across more like brother & sister rather than a loving couple who have 3 teenage kids. i enjoy this show thus far but yeah, the mom/dad gig is a big cringey.

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I agree. Aren't they married in real life?

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Yeap

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funkybuttlover, are Heche & Tupper really married in real life??? i honestly had no idea (if that's true!). that makes their lack of chemistry (at least on screen) even MORE unfortunate.

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I guess they're not married, but have been in a relationship since 2007 and had a kid together. They met when they were both doing that show Men in Trees.

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thanx for the info/clarification, funky! :)

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No, it makes it inevitable... ;)

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Have you tried his pie? Huh?

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I'd like too

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Heche has to realize short hair doesnt work with huge foreheads. Just looking at her is cringe worthy.

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Also why does she have the sunglasses on 90% of the time? How are you shooting moving targets with those huge glasses on??? I respect her as an actress, but the glasses in every scene??? Come on they would have fallen off by now.

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I am not sure where you are coming from with this idea. Why does anyone have to conform to some outdated gender role? They are merely social constructs. We are not born inherently with these ideas. Plenty of women that I know exhibit behaviors from what would traditionally be labelled "male gender roles". I mean this isn't the 1950's and last time I checked women were pretty progressive today. I don't find anything wrong with the husband either.

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I don't care about the roles so much as I do they act like brother and sister way more than they are married. Zero chemistry. The whole family seems like a group of individuals who met up and are together for safety and like each other more than a family for some reason to me.

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wesperkins, exactly! i agree 100%.

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I didn't notice a huge problem with it. I mean they are concerned about the missing sister. The mother comforted the girl in the first episode when she was scared. They seemed like family to me, but I do get what you are saying. It is the writing of the show that bothers me. It seems disjointed somehow. The story doesn't flow smoothly at all.

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It's not a social construct. That is what a sick society tells you. Look at the animal kingdom esp. the animals we are closely related to. There is a drastic difference between male and female roles. Look at tribes of humans that still exsist today. There are natural roles and no matter how loud you shout "girl power!" Nothing will change that.

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ACTUALLY, there are many examples in nature where males take care of the babies, or, at least, equally share the burden. There are even examples of homosexuality in nature, which I'm sure upsets you no end. I love the fact that those that point to the animal kingdom for justification of their views are the ones least knowledgeable about the animal kingdom. You fools don't even believe in evolution, so what could you possibly understand? Oh, BTW, if you must emulate nature, you should, perhaps, eat your young!

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Considering I'm gay no it doesn't. I'm aware. However, my other points still stand.

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If you are gay, how do you know about the dynamics of a heterosexual marriage? It sounds like you are talking about something you are not experienced at.

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And no matter how loud you stamp your feet and shriek, 'It's not fair! I want to KEEP the preferential treatment and affirmative action that's given men like me an easy ride for over 2,000 years!' - it ain't gonna happen! Your time as 'spoiled little boy' is done and NOTHING will change THAT!

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You're seriously mental...

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Linrow makes a good argument. kensmith77 doesn't.

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There is NO part about being a man that implies an "easy ride". You have got to be a special sort of delusional to think or believe that. And where did you get the timeframe of 2,000 years? Are you suggesting that everything was "equal" before Christ was running around, and then when they put him on a stick on a hill it got ... easy for men? Was it easier for women in Mesopotamia or something?

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Welcome to the 21st century.

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Maybe it is actually brilliant writing. In so many marriages these days spouses are more like room mates. Perhaps this is a commentary on the modern family, and how easy it is to have your spouse replaced by things like the Internet, your job, your career, and relegating your spouse to second place behind that, impacting not only the marriage but the kids and their relationships with each other as a family unit. Or it could just be bad on screen chemistry. I'm still going with that.

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SyFy does it on every show.

On that terrible Killjoys show there was commercial of the girl kissing the guy while he was unconscious then when he woke up she punched him. Now let's turn that around and imagine a guy kissing an unconscious girl and then punching her when she woke up.

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Exactly.

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