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Its really an incredible series. I think my favorite thing is the chemistry the main cast all share. Most sitcoms have a group of characters who are supposed to be friends or family but feel like theyre just random archetypes that got mashed together. MitM is probably the series that I feel best nailed the family aesthetics. Every character plays off every other like theyve known eachother from birth and you can feel that they all care for one another, even when theyre at eachothers throats.

Totally disagree about Francis, btw. He never seemed like an underdog so much as an immature kid who responded to his overbearing mother by endlessly rebelling against her. Thats why he was sent to military school. Thats why he went to the dude ranch. Thats why he moved to Alaska. Thats why he married Piama. Thats why, even after getting a steady job, he can never tell his mother about it (it would make her happy). Most of the bad things that happen to him he brings on himself with his rebellion. That said, the show does a good job still making him likable.