I agree.   See 5 other replies

An adopted girl who was pretty and popular in high school and is now dealing with the fact that her beauty is slowly fading away to the point that her husband is considering cheating on her? Sounds pretty complex to me. Plus, she cared about her kids and worried about them. What's wrong with that? With that ineffectual husband of hers, she had to stand up and take responsibility, even if it made her look like the bad guy. When the kids were in trouble (kids that weren't even her kids, mind you), who did they turn to? Patty. Can you imagine how much of a burden that would be? Everyone hating you until they need you to save them from themselves? Yea, she was insecure, but I was thought Patty got a bum rap. All of the women like her get a bum rap. (Hillary Clinton, anyone?) And I couldn't agree less with the comment about the dad being a "kind, sweet soul." Yes, Graham could be that from time to time, but mainly, he was just on the fence about a lot of stuff because he wanted to constantly be the apple of his daughters' eyes. You make it sound like Patty crushed his spirit when he just needed to grow up. "Wa wa, I didn't get to be a chef when I was younger so I'm going to do it now even though I'm middle-aged and it could potentially bankrupt my family." "Wa wa, I'm considering cheating on my wife even though it would devastate her and my kids." Cry baby. I forget which episode it is but when Patty says "Graham. Grow up. Choose a side," she's definitely talking about more than the fight she's having with Angela at that moment.   See 5 other replies

I have seen many episodes - both during the original airing and on Hulu -and, believe me, I WANT to like both parents, but every single time, Patty lets me down. Way too uptight for my taste. I guess her insecurity is the issue. Isn't enough to have a healthy family who loves each other? Heck, the bills are paid, the kids are "good", get over it. I agree with another poster who said the parents are very 2-dimensional. And I agree with you that Patty's character is cliche, but, I mean, I worry about the same things & still seem a lot happier than she ever appears (yes, I realize it's all make-believe ;)   See 5 other replies