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‘Til Death Do Us Part
In the first episode it was pretty obvious that Mike’s wife passed away, making him a widower. Most of us assumed Carol was in the same situation. However, Schwartz wanted her to be a divorcee. Given the decade, everyone was totally against the taboo idea. In an effort to get back at the network, her ‘deceased’ husband or the girls’ father was never mentioned throughout the entire series.
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