I don’t know why they felt the need to replace the best part of the show…

[icecream]

Lori Ann didn't add much to the show. I agree a little of Barbara Jean can go a long way. But Cheyenne, Kyra, Brock, and Van I all liked as well as Reba of course. All of the seasons were good but it lost something when Scarlett Pomers had to take her leave of absence.

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Why would you expect to see Lori Ann when she wasn’t even a main character ever? BJ was in the intro from pilot to finale. Lori Ann appears in 7 eps. BJ gets lots of development and Reba isn’t always nice to her. It takes along time for her to even admit liking her at all

Nobody wanted to see Barbara Jean’s weird ass dominate the show. LOL.

Lori Ann was the WOMAN. She read right through Barbara Jean, she saw what big of an ass Brock was, and Reba finally had a friend she could confide in and talk to. Who the hell wants to talk to the woman that stole your man? It was so awkward and rushed. Just because Barbara Jean and Brock had a child together and Cheyenne, Kyra, and Jake had a little half brother, doesn’t mean Reba had to excuse that disgusting mess.

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by icecream

Lori Ann didn't add much to the show. I agree a little of Barbara Jean can go a long way. But Cheyenne, Kyra, Brock, and Van I all liked as well as Reba of course. All of the seasons were good but it lost something when Scarlett Pomers had to take her leave of absence.

Speak for yourself, but I thought Lori Ann was the best thing about this show. Reba finally had a friend she could talk to to sort out all the mess that was going on in her life and I thought she was really funny actually.

I think the show started to decline after the third season. It just didn’t have the same feel to me and one thing the show lacked was comic relief, which I think over time hurt the show. It needed to expand and quit focusing on Barbara Jean.

I wasn’t that fond of Van, to be honest. I’m not a big fan of dumb characters, for starters, and I thought the whole teenage thing with him and Cheyenne was just stupid. Has anybody ever heard of co-parenting? Talk about a screw loose. Why go ahead and marry a girl you hardly know, and at a young age, at that? It bothered me so that I want to think that Van and Cheyenne got divorced shortly after the show ended.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by TVLegend

Why go ahead and marry a girl you hardly know, and at a young age, at that? It bothered me so that I want to think that Van and Cheyenne got divorced shortly after the show ended.

It was the honorable thing for Van to do marrying Cheyenne when they got pregnant out of wedlock. They had a good marriage on the show, I sure wouldn't wish divorce on them.

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by icecream

It was the honorable thing for Van to do marrying Cheyenne when they got pregnant out of wedlock. They had a good marriage on the show, I sure wouldn't wish divorce on them.

At least get time to know the girl, damn, he couldn’t think straight for a minute?

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by TVLegend

I wasn’t that fond of Van, to be honest. I’m not a big fan of dumb characters, for starters, and I thought the whole teenage thing with him and Cheyenne was just stupid. Has anybody ever heard of co-parenting? Talk about a screw loose. Why go ahead and marry a girl you hardly know, and at a young age, at that? It bothered me so that I want to think that Van and Cheyenne got divorced shortly after the show ended.

The show definitely sent a bad message all around. Cheyenne getting married in high school just because she's pregnant is beyond dumb. She could have just had the baby and live life as a single mom co-parenting with the father. Teen marriage in any situation is stupid. Also, in the pilot episode, Brock said he HAD to get married because Barbara Jean was pregnant. The show sent a message that marriage is a punishment. It also sent a bad message with Reba befriending the woman who slept with her husband, got pregnant by her husband and then married him.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by TVLegend

At least get time to know the girl, damn, he couldn’t think straight for a minute?

They dated Atleast 2 years, it’s not like it was a one night stand.

Lori Ann was never a regular char and obviously wasn’t popular enough to warrant adding her to the show.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by TVLegend

At least get time to know the girl, damn, he couldn’t think straight for a minute?

He was thinking straight. Like Lorimar said, they had been together at least 2 years. So what you are claiming about them hardly knowing each other wasn't true. It is better for a child to have parents that are living together as long as there isn't abuse. And there wasn't abuse with Van and Cheyenne.

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

They dated Atleast 2 years, it’s not like it was a one night stand.

That means they starting dating when they were 14. My bad. All mature, solid relationships are formed at that age. Don't know what I was thinking. So message is: gals, get pregnant in high school. Your teenage boyfriend will marry you and your mom will let you live at home rent free! Excellent message!

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

They dated Atleast 2 years, it’s not like it was a one night stand.

Lori Ann was never a regular char and obviously wasn’t popular enough to warrant adding her to the show.

EVEN worse, the fact that Cheyenne wasn’t far into her teenage years yet having a “serious” relationship with someone. Even in that timeframe, it wasn’t long enough.

I think I’m gonna stop watching this show as it’s no point. Lori Ann leaves early on, the ONLY comic relief, we get MORE and MORE of Barbara Jezebel, the man stealer, as time progresses, Van and Cheyenne have ANOTHER child, and Reba for some reason does nothing about all this mess.

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

That means they starting dating when they were 14. My bad. All mature, solid relationships are formed at that age. Don't know what I was thinking. So message is: gals, get pregnant in high school. Your teenage boyfriend will marry you and your mom will let you live at home rent free! Excellent message!

This show is supposed to be more of a “family” show but yet it has such a bad premise and some bad role models. So we’re supposed to look up to Brock, the one that “got his groove back” and slept with the much younger Barbara Jezebel, behind Reba’s back and knocked her up, Barbara Jezebel, the one who RUINED Reba’s life, yet pesters her NONSTOP, over and over again, instead of begging her for forgiveness, Van, the one who knocks up Cheyenne in his inexperience teenaged years and PROPOSES to her without thinking straight. Now what teenage boy “dates” a girl for TWO YEARS, starting at the age of FOURTEEN, suddenly knocks her up and proposes to her right after? Talk about dumb. Oh, and don’t forget Cheyenne who ACCEPTS this fool’s proposal and has a SECOND child with him, not thinking about the first mistake they made. And last but not least, Reba, who has to forgive all this disgusting crap and be nice and civil and pleasant and la dee da, because “she’s a survivor”.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by TVLegend

This show is supposed to be more of a “family” show but yet it has such a bad premise and some bad role models. So we’re supposed to look up to Brock, the one that “got his groove back” and slept with the much younger Barbara Jezebel, behind Reba’s back and knocked her up, Barbara Jezebel, the one who RUINED Reba’s life, yet pesters her NONSTOP, over and over again, instead of begging her for forgiveness, Van, the one who knocks up Cheyenne in his inexperience teenaged years and PROPOSES to her without thinking straight. Now what teenage boy “dates” a girl for TWO YEARS, starting at the age of FOURTEEN, suddenly knocks her up and proposes to her right after? Talk about dumb. Oh, and don’t forget Cheyenne who ACCEPTS this fool’s proposal and has a SECOND child with him, not thinking about the first mistake they made. And last but not least, Reba, who has to forgive all this disgusting crap and be nice and civil and pleasant and la dee da, because “she’s a survivor”.

Cheyenne doesn’t have another baby til the final season. By then van is working a solid job and they’re in their 20s. The chars aren’t meant to be role models, it’s like Seinfeld or King of queens, you’re not watching cuz they’re amazing people.

You’re also not considering the show takes place in the South and in the early 2000s. They have outdated values and consider divorce bad and pregnancy before marriage a sin. The creator grew up in Texas and transplanted some of her experience with how people react like Mrs Hodge or jakes friends mom. What episode are you on btw? The writing is a lot different after season 1 and the characters develop quite a lot.

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

The chars aren’t meant to be role models, it’s like Seinfeld or King of queens, you’re not watching cuz they’re amazing people.

Seinfeld was never meant to be a family show. Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer were not raising families. As for King of Queens, that is not a family show either. Doug and Carrie Heffernan were a childless couple married for over a decade before they became parents in the final episode.

Reba is supposed to be a family show and the characters are definitely meant to be role models, but they fail miserably. The message on that show is that teen marriage is super, infidelity is okay, befriending your husband's mistress is a good idea and being a doormat (not a survivor) is also acceptable. Oh yeah, and a mother who tip-toes around her moody, bratty, unpleasant daughter is also awesome. The show is full of sucky messages.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

Seinfeld was never meant to be a family show. Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer were not raising families. As for King of Queens, that is not a family show either. Doug and Carrie Heffernan were a childless couple married for over a decade before they became parents in the final episode.

Reba is supposed to be a family show and the characters are definitely meant to be role models, but they fail miserably. The message on that show is that teen marriage is super, infidelity is okay, befriending your husband's mistress is a good idea and being a doormat (not a survivor) is also acceptable. Oh yeah, and a mother who tip-toes around her moody, bratty, unpleasant daughter is also awesome. The show is full of sucky messages.

You dont have to watch

The message of the show is doing what's right for you. Reba could've refused to let BJ in her house and never wanted to see Brock again, but she didn't because she wanted him in their children's lives still. Teen marriage wasn't super because they hit bumps just like anyone else. Van thought the right thing was marrying Cheyenne and raise their baby together, that doesn't mean its right for everyone. Reba certainly didn't tip toe around Kyra either as she always punished her, even when she moved in with Brock.

[TVLegend]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Cheyenne doesn’t have another baby til the final season. By then van is working a solid job and they’re in their 20s. The chars aren’t meant to be role models, it’s like Seinfeld or King of queens, you’re not watching cuz they’re amazing people.

You’re also not considering the show takes place in the South and in the early 2000s. They have outdated values and consider divorce bad and pregnancy before marriage a sin. The creator grew up in Texas and transplanted some of her experience with how people react like Mrs Hodge or jakes friends mom. What episode are you on btw? The writing is a lot different after season 1 and the characters develop quite a lot.

I’m on the beginning of Season 4.