Question of the week #6

[treonb]

The two central elements of the show are the relationship between Philip and Elizabeth and their work. They are also parents, however. 

So here's this week's question: How do you feel about the way the show treats these elements of their lives? Which elements of it work for you, and which don't?  You can expect spoilers for the entire first season in the comments.

(There's no expiration date on these questions, so if you're reading this post months later and feel like jumping in, please do.)

Comments

[treonb]

Maybe the show was just being early-80s-accurate in the fact that they found a way to get home by themselves and weren't completely freaked out by that

I remember wondering about that when the show aired. I would have been freaked out :-) And don't they have neighbors or family to call when they need help?

But maybe having parents working in the travel business they get used to them being called away without notice. That ep certainly stressed how life was different pre-cellphones.

[jae]

I would have been freaked out, too (although I do think not quite as freaked out as today's kids who at least in North America don't tend to learn how to get themselves ANYWHERE by themselves, but please ignore that digression ;)! And I would have been very angry with my parents before finding out that they were in a "car accident."

Anyway, I would suppose that they don't have family for obvious reasons, but I agree, I would have thought the Jenningses would have cultivated a relationship with a neighbour family (before Family FBI came along, that is) for just this sort of issue.

-J