


But in “Terrorists and Gingerbread,” the Season Three premiere, Bonnie and her mother are reunited. In the early going of CBS’ sitcom, Bonnie (Allison Janney) tells us a fair bit about the troubled childhood that contributed to her disordered substance use - in particular, that her own mother abandoned her, leaving Bonnie to be raised in foster care. The thing about calling your show Mom is that every female parent you subsequently cast has to nail the part. And perhaps you make a promise to yourself that you’ll call or at the very least text your mother more, and if you’re a very good child, you might even keep up that resolution past the Fourth of July.īut if you don’t want to have the kind of Mother’s Day that commercials typically dictate, you can spend Sunday with some mothers from TV - specifically, famous ones who were brought in to play a series regular’s mom (and maybe notch an Emmy nomination while they’re at it). You make a reservation at a brunch spot… back in February, to make sure mom wouldn’t have to wait. You make a trip to Hallmark ( not the grocery store) for a nice card. For most of us, that requires some very specific plans to honor our own moms.
