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MOM
SEASON 6
TUESDAY, AUG. 27
The grape doesn’t fall far from the vine in the snappy CBS sitcom Mom, centered around a recovering-alcoholic mother-and-daughter duo rebuilding their relationship. (Season 6 comes to Hulu in August; the first five are available now.) Onetime scam artist Bonnie Plunkett (Allison Janney) wants forgiveness from her child, single-mom waitress Christy (Anna Faris, above left, with Janney), who just needs her mom to be, well, a mom. In a classic exchange from the pilot, Christy laments, “While other moms were cooking dinner, you were cooking meth!” Bonnie responds, “Otherwise known as working.”
The tone is unsentimental but not snarky. The pair jab nonstop but also love and encourage each other. Each season, Bonnie softens a smidge and Christy gains confidence with help…