What was the point of Trisha? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TV Guy · 08-08-2017, 10:27 PM

She doesn't seem to carry any stories herself, judging from the season 8 episodes running on MeTV now. And Patty Petersen was not a good actress, when compared to brother Paul and Shelley Faberes. She had no chemistry with the rest of the cast and just seemed to be a misfit.

stevea · 08-10-2017, 03:33 PM

All true. They also treat her as though she is their child. I don't remember any episode where they adopted her.

BachelorCat · 08-30-2017, 12:18 PM

She showed up in the 1962-63 season, she must have been adopted before they skipped to 1966. I wanted to like her, but she was written as mostly annoying. She did have a few good moments. But the episode where Donna and Alex were too slow to tell their friends and co workers they were not going on a vacation, because they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings wasn't one of them. Trisha had a meltdown when Donna told her they weren't really going, and she ran off crying. Then, when Donna and Alex decided they would really go someplace, discussing it downstairs at a normal speaking level. Trish was upstairs yelling "See Jeff! I told you we were going!" The annoying practice of deleting episodes due to licensing or estate problems didn't help the show any either.

08-08-2017, 10:27 PM	#1
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	What was the point of Trisha? She doesn't seem to carry any stories herself, judging from the season 8 episodes running on MeTV now. And Patty Petersen was not a good actress, when compared to brother Paul and Shelley Faberes. She had no chemistry with the rest of the cast and just seemed to be a misfit.

08-10-2017, 03:33 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,168	All true. They also treat her as though she is their child. I don't remember any episode where they adopted her.

08-30-2017, 12:18 PM	#3
BachelorCat Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 18, 2013 Location: River Park, Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 44	She showed up in the 1962-63 season, she must have been adopted before they skipped to 1966. I wanted to like her, but she was written as mostly annoying. She did have a few good moments. But the episode where Donna and Alex were too slow to tell their friends and co workers they were not going on a vacation, because they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings wasn't one of them. Trisha had a meltdown when Donna told her they weren't really going, and she ran off crying. Then, when Donna and Alex decided they would really go someplace, discussing it downstairs at a normal speaking level. Trish was upstairs yelling "See Jeff! I told you we were going!" The annoying practice of deleting episodes due to licensing or estate problems didn't help the show any either.