Steve's parents really should have shown up in episode, "Number One With a Bullet" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

GARFIELDKOOL · 01-31-2008, 08:59 PM

I get the feeling the writers never wanted his parents to be seen. Steve passed out in the Winslow's home from appendictitis, went to the hospital, and the Winslows were the only ones that showed up to see him. No mention of where his parents were. That is a bad storyline. It's like they didn't care.

Also in this ep, Carl got shot in the butt. This should have been a serious episode and it was viewed as comic relief. I am not for dramatic scenes in sitcoms, but the main character got shot, could have died, and no one shed any tears. Were the writers amateurs?

Ireneparalegal · 01-31-2008, 09:04 PM

Ya think?

I agree with you Kool. So stupid for this whole episode to have even been considered. Even if he got shot in the arm, there is a large arterial vein that you can bleed to death from.

Did they not want to hire two actors to play the parents? Were they that cheap? The parents would have had to have been called anyways by the hospital.

GARFIELDKOOL · 01-31-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Ya think?

I agree with you Kool. So stupid for this whole episode to have even been considered. Even if he got shot in the arm, there is a large arterial vein that you can bleed to death from.

Did they not want to hire two actors to play the parents? Were they that cheap? The parents would have had to have been called anyways by the hospital.

The way Family Matters was, I would have settled for someone playing a dual role to play Steve's parents.

Jessica · 02-01-2008, 10:39 AM

Yes. The episode has some serius scene. The parents didn't show up. That's weird. But I dont really mind that theyre not in the show.

Lorimar Television · 02-01-2008, 06:03 PM

Yeah, but they never wanted us to see them. It keeps the mystery.

Jessica · 02-01-2008, 07:15 PM

Yeah, for some it is.

tanquant · 02-03-2008, 10:29 AM

I never understood why Steve's parents didn't like him. Steve was smart, caring, friendly. Yeah he may have been clumsy and annoying but he was an overall good kid. I was thinking the same thing why didn't they show up? Who paid the hospital bill, the Winslows?

Jessica · 02-03-2008, 11:35 AM

Hmm...yes. the bill, whopaid? I guess the crew didnt even thought about it. But isnt it free cause he was under 18? Ehh..hmm

Furienna · 02-05-2008, 06:41 AM

I like to think that Steve's parents visited him at the hospital, we just didn't get to see it. But judging the way they obviously disliked their own son, who knows? I guess they would have paid the bills though. Steve had to be under their health insurance anyway, didn't he?

But why didn't they ever show Steve's parents, except that we heard his mother's voice once? Well, they were "unseen characters". Kel's parents on "Kenan and Kel" were never seen either, even though we saw Kenan's parents in every episode and Kenan's sister Kyra in most episodes. And on the britcom "Keeping up appearances", Hyacinth's and Richard's son Sheridan is never seen either. Even her sister Violet was an unseen character until the last season. My point is, some characters are unseen. They are talked about, but we never see them. I guess there's some kind of humor in that too, even though you really get curious about what they might look like.

And about Carl being shot in his butt, I actually seem to remember his family being worried about him. But when they understood, that he was going to be all right after all, they calmed down of course.

Jessica · 02-05-2008, 09:53 AM

You're right about that. Maybe Steve's parents did show up, when we didnt see it.

Jrog · 02-07-2008, 05:23 PM

I always liked how (through dialogue) it was implied that they rolled out the Red Carpet for Stefan Urkal (?. I don't know how you spell it. The "cooler" version of Steve) when it applied

. Now how someone can keep an ounce of self esteem going through something like that - who knows?

Jessica · 02-07-2008, 05:54 PM

Eh, did you get off the topic there?

howierules86 · 04-14-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrog

Stefan Urkal (?. I don't know how you spell it. The "cooler" version of Steve)

It's Stefan Urquelle.

GCW · 04-18-2008, 11:53 AM

I think they just wanted to keep Steve's parents a mystery. Maybe the parents showed up but off screen. The writers should of had Steve say when the Winslows came that "oh you just missed my parents"

ThomasE · 04-22-2008, 03:22 PM

It is a shame before the Lord himself that the only time that Steve was introduced to his parents saw him as Stephan Urquelle for the first time?

01-31-2008, 08:59 PM	#1
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Steve's parents really should have shown up in episode, "Number One With a Bullet" I get the feeling the writers never wanted his parents to be seen. Steve passed out in the Winslow's home from appendictitis, went to the hospital, and the Winslows were the only ones that showed up to see him. No mention of where his parents were. That is a bad storyline. It's like they didn't care. Also in this ep, Carl got shot in the butt. This should have been a serious episode and it was viewed as comic relief. I am not for dramatic scenes in sitcoms, but the main character got shot, could have died, and no one shed any tears. Were the writers amateurs?

01-31-2008, 09:04 PM	#2
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02-01-2008, 06:03 PM	#5
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	Yeah, but they never wanted us to see them. It keeps the mystery.
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02-05-2008, 06:41 AM	#9
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	I like to think that Steve's parents visited him at the hospital, we just didn't get to see it. But judging the way they obviously disliked their own son, who knows? I guess they would have paid the bills though. Steve had to be under their health insurance anyway, didn't he? But why didn't they ever show Steve's parents, except that we heard his mother's voice once? Well, they were "unseen characters". Kel's parents on "Kenan and Kel" were never seen either, even though we saw Kenan's parents in every episode and Kenan's sister Kyra in most episodes. And on the britcom "Keeping up appearances", Hyacinth's and Richard's son Sheridan is never seen either. Even her sister Violet was an unseen character until the last season. My point is, some characters are unseen. They are talked about, but we never see them. I guess there's some kind of humor in that too, even though you really get curious about what they might look like. And about Carl being shot in his butt, I actually seem to remember his family being worried about him. But when they understood, that he was going to be all right after all, they calmed down of course.
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02-07-2008, 05:23 PM	#11
Jrog Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 19, 2007 Location: Bronx, New York (United States) Posts: 43	I always liked how (through dialogue) it was implied that they rolled out the Red Carpet for Stefan Urkal (?. I don't know how you spell it. The "cooler" version of Steve) when it applied . Now how someone can keep an ounce of self esteem going through something like that - who knows?
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02-01-2008, 10:39 AM	#4
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	Yes. The episode has some serius scene. The parents didn't show up. That's weird. But I dont really mind that theyre not in the show.

02-01-2008, 07:15 PM	#6
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	Yeah, for some it is.

02-03-2008, 10:29 AM	#7
tanquant Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 864	I never understood why Steve's parents didn't like him. Steve was smart, caring, friendly. Yeah he may have been clumsy and annoying but he was an overall good kid. I was thinking the same thing why didn't they show up? Who paid the hospital bill, the Winslows?

02-03-2008, 11:35 AM	#8
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	Hmm...yes. the bill, whopaid? I guess the crew didnt even thought about it. But isnt it free cause he was under 18? Ehh..hmm

02-05-2008, 09:53 AM	#10
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	You're right about that. Maybe Steve's parents did show up, when we didnt see it.

02-07-2008, 05:54 PM	#12
Jessica Retro fan Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 09, 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,034	Eh, did you get off the topic there?

04-18-2008, 11:53 AM	#14
GCW Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 708	I think they just wanted to keep Steve's parents a mystery. Maybe the parents showed up but off screen. The writers should of had Steve say when the Winslows came that "oh you just missed my parents"

04-22-2008, 03:22 PM	#15
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	It is a shame before the Lord himself that the only time that Steve was introduced to his parents saw him as Stephan Urquelle for the first time?
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