Abusive Parents/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

** Michael's background with his father was used in an episode overtly, when he was hired by a mother to get her son back from his father. The character's narration mentions that it's a bad idea to get involved with causes that have emotional impact, since they can lead you to make bad decisions. {{spoiler|The mother who hired him turns out to be an assassin, after the father of the boy. After Michael and the target escape, the assassin tells Michael that she has been following his progress for the last decade (after he nearly managed to catch her following one of her hits, without knowing who she was), and she used the 'father kidnaps son' story specifically because he has problems with thinking clearly in such scenarios.}}

* In one of the last episodes of ''[[All in The Family]]'' before the Stivics move to California, Mike and Archie get locked in the unheated bar's basement during a cold spell. Both drink to keep warm, and in this altered state Archie tells Mike about how his father would beat him and lock him in a closet to "teach me to do good".

* Penny's mom on ''[[Good Times]]''. She hits Penny numerous times, breaks her arm, and in one of the most infamous scenes in the show, she burns Penny with a HOT IRON. This troper still will not watch the last 5 minutes of that episode. Thankfully, Penny's life changes when her mom abandons her and Willona adopts her.

* A [[Very Special Episode]] of ''[[Major Dad]]'' dealt with this, with Robin's new boyfriend being beaten by his father (another USMC major). Major McGillis eventually confronts his fellow major (leading to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]), and the episode's [[The Stinger|stinger]] featured actors Gerald McRaney and Nicole Dubuc providing a hotline number for domestic abuse victims.