WHY did Alex live with Ms. Romano??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Wawwie · 06-24-2015, 08:16 PM

I don't understand why Alex lived with Ann.
Didn't the kid have grandparents, aunts or uncles?
Who would want to live with a judgmental shrew like Ann? Half the time, it seemed like she didn't even care about Alex. No wonder Alex got more annoying, needy and whiny.

JoshLarson24 · 06-25-2015, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

I don't understand why Alex lived with Ann.
Didn't the kid have grandparents, aunts or uncles?
Who would want to live with a judgmental shrew like Ann? Half the time, it seemed like she didn't even care about Alex. No wonder Alex got more annoying, needy and whiny.

Ann is NOT a judgmental shrew! She had very little patience especially with a whiny girly boy like Alex. He acted like a bratty little girl when he did not get his way.

She loved him but he was hard as hell to love. I could care less about Alex and several people would agree with me. He was far from likable.

Wawwie · 06-25-2015, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshLarson24

Ann is NOT a judgmental shrew! She had very little patience especially with a whiny girly boy like Alex. He acted like a bratty little girl when he did not get his way.

She loved him but he was hard as hell to love. I could care less about Alex and several people would agree with me. He was far from likable.

... which brings up the same question.... If the two were so incompatible, then WHY did Alex live with Ms. Romano???
You never answered the question.

Anna Karenina · 06-26-2015, 09:22 PM

His mother didn't want him to live with her new husband and herself. Alex wanted to stay in school and be with his friends. Apparently dear old Dad's death didn't have much of an effect on either of them.

They just wanted to do their own thing. So Ann had Schneider knock out a wall and create Alex's secret bedroom that we never got to see. It would have made more sense if he bunked with Schneider, come to think of it.

The writers wanted a younger audience apparently and so they killed off his annoying father and kept the pint sized heart throb.

Alex didn't seem to mourn his father very much, they barely mentioned him. I never heard anything officially but I get the feeling that BF had something to do with him getting killed off so abruptly and coldly and that she also had something to do with Mary Louise Wilson's abrupt push out the door. But its all my speculation...

I hope I provided context for this ridiculous turn of events.

Bonniegirl · 06-26-2015, 10:29 PM

So Ann had Schneider knock out a wall and create Alex's secret bedroom that we never got to see. It would have made more sense if he bunked with Schneider, come to think of it.

Oh, so that is where Alex slept. I was wondering about that, since the apt. only had two bedrooms.

I guess it would cramp Schneider's style with the ladies if he had a kid living with him if Schneider took Alex in. Schneider only had a one bedroom or was it a studio apt. even?

Anna Karenina · 06-26-2015, 10:34 PM

yeah you are right, Bonniegirl. Schneider couldn't have his meaningless affairs with young, hot women half his age with Alex living there all the time. LOL.

Schneider had a studio apt and a camper. Which Alex promptly burned down. I hope everyone in the building had renters insurance!

Bonniegirl · 06-26-2015, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

yeah you are right, Bonniegirl. Schneider couldn't have his meaningless affairs with young, hot women half his age with Alex living there all the time. LOL.

Schneider had a studio apt and a camper. Which Alex promptly burned down. I hope everyone in the building had renters insurance!

Yeah! Alex starting that fire sure wasn't a shining moment for him!

Good thing Ann didn't call child services and have his A** out of her custody! I hope that didn't sound cold, I'm kind of joking as I posted it!

Schneider's apt. always kind of reminded me of Mel's apartment from Alice !

billybatts · 07-05-2015, 05:56 PM

There apartment has the same exact lay out of the Evans Family from Good Times.

Wawwie · 07-05-2015, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by billybatts

There apartment has the same exact lay out of the Evans Family from Good Times.

The title of the thread is: WHY did Alex live with Ms. Romano???

TVFactFan · 07-05-2015, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah! Alex starting that fire sure wasn't a shining moment for him!

Good thing Ann didn't call child services and have his A** out of her custody! I hope that didn't sound cold, I'm kind of joking as I posted it!

Schneider's apt. always kind of reminded me of Mel's apartment from Alice !

Is that the episode when ALex was crying screaming to ANN saying "I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

billybatts · 07-06-2015, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

The title of the thread is: WHY did Alex live with Ms. Romano???

We were also talking about where Alex slept considering it was originally a 2 bedroom apartment.

But back on topic, it was weird how his mother didn't want him with her so she decided it would be a good idea to send him to live with his dead fathers short term girlfriend that slapped him across the face not so long before.

Anna Karenina · 07-06-2015, 01:35 PM

Why couldn't they just have had Alex hang around the apt like Schneider while living nearby with his mom?

I felt bad for Ron Rifkin, first they unceremoniously kill his character, Nick off the show and then his son and his former love interest almost NEVER mention him!

Alex's mother per Ann in Spare the Child, didn't "give a damn" about Alex.

Until the show no longer had use for the boy and unceremoniously bounced him back to his deadbeat mom and NEVER mentioned Alex again.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Speaking of the similarities in sets...

As humble as the apt in ODAT was, it was a palace compared to what the Evans family had to put up with. I felt bad for Michael and J.J. having to sleep together on that pull out bed while Thelma got her own fairly sizable bed and room.

I always thought it was weird that Jack Tripper got his own bedroom but the girls had to share but they all paid equal parts of the rent.

I have too much time on my hands to think about this stuff, LOL.

TVFactFan · 07-06-2015, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

Why couldn't they just have had Alex hang around the apt like Schneider while living nearby with his mom?

I felt bad for Ron Rifkin, first they unceremoniously kill his character, Nick off the show and then his son and his former love interest almost NEVER mention him!

Alex's mother per Ann in Spare the Child, didn't "give a damn" about Alex.

Until the show no longer had use for the boy and unceremoniously bounced him back to his deadbeat mom and NEVER mentioned Alex again.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Speaking of the similarities in sets...

As humble as the apt in ODAT was, it was a palace compared to what the Evans family had to put up with. I felt bad for Michael and J.J. having to sleep together on that pull out bed while Thelma got her own fairly sizable bed and room.

I always thought it was weird that Jack Tripper got his own bedroom but the girls had to share but they all paid equal parts of the rent.

I have too much time on my hands to think about this stuff, LOL.

Alex wasnt on the show in season 9?

Anna Karenina · 07-06-2015, 01:50 PM

No, Glenn Scarpelli left the show to do the all time Ann Jillian "classic", "Jennifer Slept Here"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdzpZflnY0

TVFactFan · 07-06-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

No, Glenn Scarpelli left the show to do the all time Ann Jillian classic, "Jennifer Slept Here"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdzpZflnY0

So in season 9 they made it seem like he never existed?

06-24-2015, 08:16 PM	#1
Wawwie Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 26, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 14,376	WHY did Alex live with Ms. Romano??? I don't understand why Alex lived with Ann. Didn't the kid have grandparents, aunts or uncles? Who would want to live with a judgmental shrew like Ann? Half the time, it seemed like she didn't even care about Alex. No wonder Alex got more annoying, needy and whiny.

06-26-2015, 09:22 PM	#4
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	His mother didn't want him to live with her new husband and herself. Alex wanted to stay in school and be with his friends. Apparently dear old Dad's death didn't have much of an effect on either of them. They just wanted to do their own thing. So Ann had Schneider knock out a wall and create Alex's secret bedroom that we never got to see. It would have made more sense if he bunked with Schneider, come to think of it. The writers wanted a younger audience apparently and so they killed off his annoying father and kept the pint sized heart throb. Alex didn't seem to mourn his father very much, they barely mentioned him. I never heard anything officially but I get the feeling that BF had something to do with him getting killed off so abruptly and coldly and that she also had something to do with Mary Louise Wilson's abrupt push out the door. But its all my speculation... I hope I provided context for this ridiculous turn of events.

06-26-2015, 10:29 PM	#5
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,564	So Ann had Schneider knock out a wall and create Alex's secret bedroom that we never got to see. It would have made more sense if he bunked with Schneider, come to think of it. Oh, so that is where Alex slept. I was wondering about that, since the apt. only had two bedrooms. I guess it would cramp Schneider's style with the ladies if he had a kid living with him if Schneider took Alex in. Schneider only had a one bedroom or was it a studio apt. even?

06-26-2015, 10:34 PM	#6
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	yeah you are right, Bonniegirl. Schneider couldn't have his meaningless affairs with young, hot women half his age with Alex living there all the time. LOL. Schneider had a studio apt and a camper. Which Alex promptly burned down. I hope everyone in the building had renters insurance!

07-05-2015, 05:56 PM	#8
billybatts Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 04, 2015 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 111	There apartment has the same exact lay out of the Evans Family from Good Times.

07-06-2015, 01:35 PM	#12
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	Why couldn't they just have had Alex hang around the apt like Schneider while living nearby with his mom? I felt bad for Ron Rifkin, first they unceremoniously kill his character, Nick off the show and then his son and his former love interest almost NEVER mention him! Alex's mother per Ann in Spare the Child, didn't "give a damn" about Alex. Until the show no longer had use for the boy and unceremoniously bounced him back to his deadbeat mom and NEVER mentioned Alex again. Out of sight, out of mind. Speaking of the similarities in sets... As humble as the apt in ODAT was, it was a palace compared to what the Evans family had to put up with. I felt bad for Michael and J.J. having to sleep together on that pull out bed while Thelma got her own fairly sizable bed and room. I always thought it was weird that Jack Tripper got his own bedroom but the girls had to share but they all paid equal parts of the rent. I have too much time on my hands to think about this stuff, LOL.

07-06-2015, 01:50 PM	#14
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	No, Glenn Scarpelli left the show to do the all time Ann Jillian "classic", "Jennifer Slept Here" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdzpZflnY0