...a regular in season 1? It seems that they wrote him in to be a big brother/father type to Raj.

...a regular in season 1? It seems that they wrote him in to be a big brother/father type to Raj.
It's pretty sad to bring in another character when Mabel's role was getting smaller and smaller.

...a regular in season 1? It seems that they wrote him in to be a big brother/father type to Raj.


I don't know if you will agree with me Brian but would you say his character jumped the shark when he asked Mabel-"Mrs. Thomas can I say something else? and Mabel turned around and said real loud-NO!!!!!-lol From that point on I saw no purpose for his character

I never really saw any purpose for his character to begin with.

...a regular in season 1? It seems that they wrote him in to be a big brother/father type to Raj.

I always got that impression myself.

I always got that impression myself.
obviously that was his purpose, why else would Mabel talk to him and treat him the way she did...as if he were her older son, blood relative or something. He was a boarder, not someone for her to talk to like she did her own kids.

Yeah but he did get the girl in that clinic episode. And Raj didn't. And how did he crack on her anyway? Mabel called him as he was getting ready to make his move. He must've been making trips down to the clinic behind Roger's back..

obviously that was his purpose, why else would Mabel talk to him and treat him the way she did...as if he were her older son, blood relative or something. He was a boarder, not someone for her to talk to like she did her own kids.



They could have just made him like a cousin or something why a BOARDER?-lol

They could have just made him like a cousin or something why a BOARDER?-lol
that's what i was gonna post.

but still, why bring in a new character when the role of Mabel was decreasing? that wasn't fair.

They could have just made him like a cousin or something why a BOARDER?-lol


The boarder thing was a bit silly. Why in the world would Dee want to give up her room?

The boarder thing was a bit silly. Why in the world would Dee want to give up her room?
yeah, that's my question.:confused:

The boarder thing was a bit silly. Why in the world would Dee want to give up her room?
She must have been hard up for a dollar. lol

She must have been hard up for a dollar. lol
:lol: :lol:

The boarder thing was a bit silly. Why in the world would Dee want to give up her room?

Dee was a child so she had no choice. She may have ran over Raj and his crew but she didnt stand a chance with Mabel. The Thomas household was always hurting for money so Mabel had to do what she had to do. Remember on the Christmas episode how she planned to work extra hours? Remember when she didn't want Raj to get that job and he had to sneak it behind her back because he wanted to help out? By the time Raj got the job, Gene was out the picture. I guess the audience wasn't that receptive to him.

Don't forget in season three when Mabel was hypothetically there and how Shirley became the new boarder as Raj moved into the dorm for his college years.

Dee was a child so she had no choice. She may have ran over Raj and his crew but she didnt stand a chance with Mabel. The Thomas household was always hurting for money so Mabel had to do what she had to do. Remember on the Christmas episode how she planned to work extra hours? Remember when she didn't want Raj to get that job and he had to sneak it behind her back because he wanted to help out? By the time Raj got the job, Gene was out the picture. I guess the audience wasn't that receptive to him.

Don't forget in season three when Mabel was hypothetically there and how Shirley became the new boarder as Raj moved into the dorm for his college years.


I would have been satisfied with more Scenes with GENE and less with DEE-lol

I would have been satisfied with more Scenes with GENE and less with DEE-lol

Agreed! Dee was ok but when they started focusing on her too much, I was quite sickened. Especially when many of her lines were more suited for Mabel. Gene could have been a regular during the college years of Raj.

Regardless...
Gene the boarder probably wouldn't have been too much of a long-term character success for the show, anyway, due to no overall interest in keeping him as a regular on WH.
And what about him was so damn interesting, anyway?
Not trying to be crass or anything like that, but I'm just curious as to what YOU all may think of him. :cool: :confused:
:p :rolleyes:

Agreed! Dee was ok but when they started focusing on her too much, I was quite sickened. Especially when many of her lines were more suited for Mabel. Gene could have been a regular during the college years of Raj.
He would have been better than Big Earl and Little Earl.

Regardless...
Gene the boarder probably wouldn't have been too much of a long-term character success for the show, anyway, due to no overall interest in keeping him as a regular on WH.
And what about him was so damn interesting, anyway?
Not trying to be crass or anything like that, but I'm just curious as to what YOU all may think of him. :cool: :confused:
:p :rolleyes:


Simple, he was a guy in the same age bracket as the MAIN characters of the show. That's why it would have been nice to see more of him.

Here's what's ironic. He only appeared in 3 episodes, and in each one he was credited differently! In the first show, he was "Dean", then he was "Gene", and then he was "Rabbit"!

Off the subject just a bit, but I read that the guy who played Gene on the show was killed by police around 1981. Such a shame for a young man with such potential.

Died after a scuffle with the LAPD on the evening of February 20, 1983