Annie and Dixons parents

Oh, it's definitely ridiculous. I would have preferred off-camera references to what actually ended up happening. I love how Harry didn't even show up for Dixon at the hospital. Debbie didn't even seem upset. I don't think Lori was even invested.

I do think that is why the other parents were (mostly) vilified or killed off. If they ever wanted Naomi, Liam, Silver, Teddy, or Adrianna to get into an accident, it would have been at least somewhat believable for their parents to not show up. Naomi's parents didn't even seem to love or care about her since Episode 1. Liam's parents were terrible from their introduction. Although his mother was slightly less horrible. Silver's father isn't horrible from the original show, but then Silver never got into a bad enough accident I think where Mel would have needed to appear. Jackie appeared and was killed off. Kelly wasn't vilified but her absence made no sense either and was because Jennie didn't want to be a part of it anymore. Teddy's mom is dead, his father is a movie star who treats him like crap from his introduction. Adrianna's mother is terrible, but I do think the actress isn't famous enough to really risk losing her, which I think is also true of the actors who play Navid's parents and Ivy's mom. That said, it's always a risk to have likable parents on a teen show, especially if the actors playing them have access to other opportunities and don't feel satisfied with the current work.

The O.C. combatted this problem by having Sandy, Kirsten, Jimmy and Julie just as important as the teen characters. Although, Tate Donovan spoke candidly about that and said he didn't like the shows direction in season 2, which contributed to why he left.

Just the fact that they had Debbie and Harry are more than enough. I mean you never saw anyone else's parents. Teen shows like this are all about the teens themselves. Who gives AF about the parents? Harry had relevance because he was the principal of West Bev and Debbie was a total MILF. Lol

Thank you!! This annoyed me so bad. Annie and Dixon's parents were such good and present parents. I loved them on the show and the family storylines, and then they just abandon them at 19 when they head off to college? Keeping in mind that they are still kids basically, Annie goes and becomes a *beep* escort to pay for her brothers rehab, without even reaching out to her parents!! And yeah, you never saw Harry again after season 2, was barely mentioned, and didn't even show up OR was mentioned when Dixon landed in the hospital, or when Annie was shot. When Debbie showed up, she wasn't even sad. I know they couldn't be a big part of the show when Annie and Dixon don't live at home anymore, but they should at least been mentioned or they could have pretended to be talking on the phone with them!

What was Debbie doing in Paris anyway? I know she went with Ryan but is Jen going to pay her over there too?

Debbie is one hot mom. Ryan hooking up with her and banging her was the best part of divorce with Harry. I would like to seen more of Debbie and Ryan story finished