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pscisme · 02-20-2015, 06:00 PM

I just watched Season 5, which ends with Carol announcing she's pregnant. Did she ever have the baby?

CAJeannieFan57 · 02-21-2015, 12:36 AM

Nope. After that announcement, no more mention. Nothing about losing it or anything like that.

pscisme · 02-21-2015, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CAJeannieFan57

Nope. After that announcement, no more mention. Nothing about losing it or anything like that.

Thanks, Donna. I thought it was just me...

PracTz · 02-21-2015, 04:47 PM

Considering all the struggles Marcia Wallace later went through to have a child [ultimately resulting her in adopting her son], I wonder how she felt about her character announcing the pregnancy then have that development totally dropped without even the slightest attempt of explanation? I can't imagine the late Miss Wallace would have just shrugged it off.

treky · 02-23-2015, 02:56 AM

I don't remember that episode. I wonder if they decided not to have her have a baby for the same reason Bob didn't want the Hartlys to.

MichaelKeith · 03-19-2015, 01:55 PM

I've read that the last episode of season 5 where Carol and Emily announce pregnancies was originally written to be the series finale but that the network convinced (read paid) Newhart to come back for season six. He didn't want children on the show which is why Emily never had one in season six but that doesn't explain why Carol didn't. Also, after Newhart agreed to do season six, the writers re-wrote this episode to make it all as a dream. I guess that's why Carol never had her baby since this whole episode was just a dream of Bob's.

Steve M. · 04-27-2017, 08:28 PM

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Is this part of the dream, or does Emily tell Bob Carol's pregnant after she wakes Bob up?

Emily does tell Bob that Carol's pregnant when he wakes up. Emily herself turns out not to be pregnant, of course. So they left that unresolved? Carol could have had the baby and talked about being a new mom in the last season, or at least there could have been a tacit acknowledgement of it. But, as I recall, the last season was somewhat ragged because many of the writers left after Season 5, thinking that the show was over. Season 6 didn't even have proper opening titles; they were superimposed on the opening scene of each episode.

visaman666 · 04-27-2017, 11:38 PM

The last season is tied into the final episode of Newhart. No spoilers.

PhoenixAcres · 04-27-2017, 11:47 PM

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Season 6 didn't even have proper opening titles; they were superimposed on the opening scene of each episode.

I definitely remember a season 6 opening sequence/song, distinctive from other seasons because it showed their new apartment and Emily had a new hairstyle.

I think they superimposed the title over the scene (i.e. with no song) in only a few episodes that season.

PhoenixAcres · 04-27-2017, 11:51 PM

As for Carol's baby, it was only a passing reference between Bob and Emily in the last few minutes of the season 5 finale. As I recall Carol herself never appeared with an announcement or anything. Still, it's curious they never provided an explanation for dropping that potential storyline.

treky · 04-28-2017, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixAcres

I definitely remember a season 6 opening sequence/song, distinctive from other seasons because it showed their new apartment and Emily had a new hairstyle.

I think they superimposed the title over the scene (i.e. with no song) in only a few episodes that season.

yea, that's also what I remember from season 6 when the show first aired in the 70s, and from when Nick at Nite used to show it.

02-20-2015, 06:00 PM	#1
pscisme Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Posts: 230	CAROL'S BABY? I just watched Season 5, which ends with Carol announcing she's pregnant. Did she ever have the baby?

02-21-2015, 12:36 AM	#2
CAJeannieFan57 Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 01, 2005 Location: Central Missouri Posts: 871	Nope. After that announcement, no more mention. Nothing about losing it or anything like that.
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02-23-2015, 02:56 AM	#5
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I don't remember that episode. I wonder if they decided not to have her have a baby for the same reason Bob didn't want the Hartlys to.
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02-21-2015, 04:47 PM	#4
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Considering all the struggles Marcia Wallace later went through to have a child [ultimately resulting her in adopting her son], I wonder how she felt about her character announcing the pregnancy then have that development totally dropped without even the slightest attempt of explanation? I can't imagine the late Miss Wallace would have just shrugged it off.

03-19-2015, 01:55 PM	#6
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	I've read that the last episode of season 5 where Carol and Emily announce pregnancies was originally written to be the series finale but that the network convinced (read paid) Newhart to come back for season six. He didn't want children on the show which is why Emily never had one in season six but that doesn't explain why Carol didn't. Also, after Newhart agreed to do season six, the writers re-wrote this episode to make it all as a dream. I guess that's why Carol never had her baby since this whole episode was just a dream of Bob's.

04-27-2017, 11:38 PM	#8
visaman666 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 818	The last season is tied into the final episode of Newhart. No spoilers.

04-27-2017, 11:51 PM	#10
PhoenixAcres Member Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 26, 2016 Location: United States Posts: 6,824	As for Carol's baby, it was only a passing reference between Bob and Emily in the last few minutes of the season 5 finale. As I recall Carol herself never appeared with an announcement or anything. Still, it's curious they never provided an explanation for dropping that potential storyline.