Should you watch Mom?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Mom
Series · 2013
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
The sides of Mom
- A newly sober single mother
- Her mother, also in recovery
- Support group meetings in Napa
Mom is good for you if…
- you like a sitcom with sharp one-liners between mother and daughter.
- you like a mother and daughter who keep trying to repair things.
- you like laughing at relapses, debts and bad decisions.
Mom is bad for you if…
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you can't watch addiction and loss played next to the jokes.
About: recovery · mothers and daughters · second chances
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