What’s Aged the Worst?
Opening; Gossett double; Lynette’s hair and rejection; Simpson’s song judgment; side business; teenage flirting; pregnancy strategy
In the discussion (8)
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- The opening scene's editing, visible Gossett fight double and Lynette's haircut are aged-worst choices.
- Don Simpson reportedly wanted Up Where We Belong removed in favor of On the Wings of Love, a judgment considered badly wrong after the song's success.
- Lynette rejecting Sid is considered brutally painful; the compressed sequence from pregnancy worry to panic, proposal, rejection and suicide suggests missing development, though family pressure and his brother's death provide context.
- The abruptness of Sid's late arc is proposed as a possible weak link after the initial inability to name one.
- An earlier script reportedly gave Mayo's father a larger role and a visit during training, prompting a hypothetical appearance at graduation.
- Byron Mayo is jokingly proposed as an addition to the Wayne Jenkins impression category, built around the disturbing opening encounter.
- Mayo's side-business margins are questioned as too small for the risk, and Paula's teenage sister openly flirting at dinner is considered especially dated.
- Trying to secure a future through pregnancy with a pilot is criticized as an implausible life strategy, while Lynette's desire to escape to Hawaii is acknowledged.