Actually Linda isn't just ditzy but quite a complicated character. The way she thinks is showing some traits of autistic behaviour.
She has an incredible low self esteem which made her attracted to the wrong guys and couldn't maintain a relationship.
She might have suffered sexual abuse from an uncle as a child (mentioning him always kissing her on the mouth and Margaret saying that's why she never visiting Thanksgiving at home)
She lives in an expensive apartment looking out at Central Park in New York but it's owned by her parents who constantly neglect her and she knows it's a prison and a constant reminder that she's nothing and would never be able to find even a crummy place to call her own.
On the other hand she's a math wizard (showing off her head counting abilities in one episode) and is a fast learner (casually reading a medical journal and then being able to reproduce the medical terms)
Linda has also often shown she can perfectly run the practice on her own when Margaret is gone but , as she said in her own words: "I'm that little tyre that will get you to the next gas station, but it's a really bad idea to drive it cross country"
I really love the Linda character.
And of course it doesn't hurt either that Shawnee Smith looks incredible.
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