Mom (2013)

Mom is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker that ran on CBS from September 23, 2013, to May 13, 2021, lasting eight seasons.

Plot
Single mom Christy has her hands full with two children, Violet and Roscoe, and maintaining newfound sobriety, when her passive-aggressive, recovering-alcoholic mother re-enters the picture, brimming with criticisms about Christy's life. As the daughter works to be the best mother she can and to overcome mistakes she made, she must also navigate dysfunctional relationships with her married lover -- and boss -- Gabriel, and with her irresponsible ex-husband, Baxter. Despite the uphill battle, Christy tries to be positive and to stay on the path to what she wants in life.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The writing can be cringeworthy at times.
 * 2) Anna Faris' acting is really bad at times. She's horrible at yelling. There can be super emotional moments where she's yelling and her horrible acting will make it a joke. That dumb face she makes ruins the whole thing as well.
 * 3) The dialogue is cheesy at times, but not to much.
 * 4) Unlikable and/or weird characters.
 * 5) *mh:loathsomecharacters:Christy Plunkett is a huge Mary Sue with no personality whatsoever, she won't stop mentioning about how bad her childhood was. She is a lying, manipulative, hypocritical, bitter, angry, selfish and standoffish person. She is obviously a miserable by the way she acts towards her mother.
 * 6) **She is extremely disrespectful and her jokes are extremely terrible. When Bonnie said “I almost died because you stole that! They made me dig my own grave,” and Christy really just said, “Well, that’s too bad. I was voted queen of the prom!” After that, the laugh track went off. She shows her mom no respect at all, and she always hides messages in her sentences about killing her mom!!
 * 7) *mh:loathsomecharacters:Violet Plunkett is a bratty teenage stereotype and is VERY irritating and manipulative; she blames her mom for every flaw that she has, even when it is her fault. She is such a bad character that she has her own page on Loathsome Characters Wiki.
 * 8) *Bonnie Plunkett: She is actually a very unique and funny character but she has so many bad flaws.
 * 9) *Jill Pepper(née Kendall) is a stereotypical braggy rich lady, despite being likable.
 * 10) *Marjorie Armstrong is a weird cat lady, despite being likable.
 * 11) *Tammy Diffendorf is a prisoner stereotype, despite being likable.
 * 12) It has a lot of forced humor that falls flat on its face.
 * 13) The laugh track is too loud and plays nearly nonstop.
 * 14) Since Christy was taken out, the premise is more of a spin-off with 5 damaged close-knit women talking about their problems at AA meetings than being about a struggling single mom with kids trying to stay sober.
 * 15) "Pure Evil and a Free Piece of Cheesecake" is a very unnecessary and annoying episode as it's just Christy and Bonnie arguing and ruining other people's day the whole episode.
 * 16) The show jumped the shark for removing Violet and Roscoe after season 4. And it did it again for removing Christy after season 7.
 * 17) All the other characters are against Bonnie for little-to-no reason at all, so much to the point that it becomes a Bonnie torture show. Yes she may be rude at times but y’all just can’t extremely hatred towards her, keep insulting her and never even back her up when she be having y’all's back. The worst offender of such is her daughter Christy herself, who constantly holds grudges against her because of Bonnie's own failure as her mother.
 * 18) *Thankfully Tammy, and to some extent, her boyfriend Adam, are the nicest friends to her.
 * 19) Misleading title in later seasons: The episode titles can come off as confusing as Violet, Roscoe, and later Christy get removed from the show as the series progressed and to some people they can be false advertising. Thankfully FANDOM tells you what the episode titles mean.
 * 20) Christy get's horribly treated by all her co-workers for little-to-no reason.
 * 21) It has way more inappropriate content than the TV-14 rating would suggest; it should've been rated TV-MA instead for this reason. There is constant moderate swearing and sexual slang such as "bitch" and "get laid", as well as its constant addressing of dark and mature subject matter as alcoholism, drug addiction, teen pregnancy, addictive gambling, homelessness, relapse, cancer, death, domestic violence, overdose, palsy, rape, obesity, stroke, ADHD, and miscarriage.
 * 1) It has way more inappropriate content than the TV-14 rating would suggest; it should've been rated TV-MA instead for this reason. There is constant moderate swearing and sexual slang such as "bitch" and "get laid", as well as its constant addressing of dark and mature subject matter as alcoholism, drug addiction, teen pregnancy, addictive gambling, homelessness, relapse, cancer, death, domestic violence, overdose, palsy, rape, obesity, stroke, ADHD, and miscarriage.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Aside from that of Anna Faris, the acting is mostly amazing, especially from Allison Janney.
 * 2) Just like 2 Broke Girls, there is so many funny and iconic moments.
 * 3) The theme song is very catchy.
 * 4) Bonnie and Christy's arguments can be hilarious to watch.
 * 5) Though many viewers didn’t like Christy, they thought the show wasn’t the same without her.
 * 6) The show did improve slightly after each season, save for the final one.
 * 7) Marjorie, Jill, Wendy, Roscoe, Tammy and Bonnie are all likable characters.
 * 8) There are some heartwarming moments here and there.
 * 9) The Pilot episode was acting a decent way to start the series.
 * 10) Unlike most sitcoms, the show succeeded in addressing real-life issues such as alcoholism, drug addiction, teen pregnancy, addictive gambling, homelessness, relapse, cancer, death, domestic violence, overdose, palsy, rape, obesity, stroke, ADHD, and miscarriage in a realistic and relatable manner, and for maintaining a deft balance between the humorous and darker aspects of these issues, despite that some of these themes are inappropriate for a TV-14-rated sitcom.
 * 11) There are tons of great and hilarious episodes here and there such as: “Pilot”, “Estrogen and a Hearty Breakfast”, “Mozzarella Sticks and a Gay Piano Bar”, “Death, Death, Death and a Bucket of Chicken”, “Roast Chicken and a Funny Story“, “A Few Thongs and a Hawaiian Funeral“, “Jail Jail and Japanese Porn“, Vinyl Flooring and a Cartoon Bear, and the series finale: “My Kinda People and the Big To-Do” being very touching.

Trivia

 * Emily Osment (from Hannah Montana and Young & Hungry) is a recurring guest star in season 3.
 * Season 7 was supposed to have 22 episodes but they couldn't record the last two because of the pandemic.
 * The font the show uses is the same font or simular to the Wikimedia fonts (except for android phones, which have a different font.)

Reception
Mom,despite the acclaim from critcs, it received mixed reception from some critics and the general audience. The show currently holds a 7.2/10 on IMDb and the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is a 84%. It also has an 80% approval rating among Google users.