On the desirability of invisible in-laws.
We are, if I recall correctly, four months away from the first appearance of a rather distressing and irritating trend. This is because we're about to meet Martha's extended family and, for some reason, we are expected to take pity on poooooor Mike because his fantasy girl insists on being real by having a family that she loves. As I've said before, Michael's ideal girl is a personality free bit of fluff that goes off to stand inertly in the void waiting for him to let her live again. Martha's being someone's daughter and kid sister is as cruel and unfair as Rhetta's wanting to be part of her own family's business because that got in Mike's stupid way too.
How fortunate for him that he ended up with a petulant child who started throwing a tantrum because her mother gives a shit about who she's with, what she's doing and where she's doing it when she could be a swell mother like her idol Negligent Selfish Cretin Mother Elly that started when she was three and will end when the doctor notes her time of death. Since Deanna insists on being estranged from her family for selfish, stupid and childish reasons, Mike doesn't have to answer to in-laws about his being a total failure as a husband and father.
How fortunate for him that he ended up with a petulant child who started throwing a tantrum because her mother gives a shit about who she's with, what she's doing and where she's doing it when she could be a swell mother like her idol Negligent Selfish Cretin Mother Elly that started when she was three and will end when the doctor notes her time of death. Since Deanna insists on being estranged from her family for selfish, stupid and childish reasons, Mike doesn't have to answer to in-laws about his being a total failure as a husband and father.