Linda Hyde

Fabulously portrayed and acted. Really compelling. What I hate about it is that it doesn't offer any proactive effort on the part of either partner to save this family. That is almost always a possibility, and by far better than just going on to the next relationship as dysfunctional people. I mean, we're all dysfunctional to some degree; the challenge is to stick with it, to seek answers, to learn to be unselfish, to learn to accept and validate...and to become always more functional. It is possible, I know by experience. Why not go for "alive" at all costs? Why not seek healing? Why not act like adults and let the child have as functional a childhood as possible? There is a lot of good stuff out there - the Gottman Institute for one - it would be completely plausible for two intelligent, warm, real people to seek reconciliation and to always be glad they did. Instead we have to nod to the prevailing weltzschmerz and go on singing our sad little tune.