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Curtis was the husband who turned up alive. John Curtis was the little boy.
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* Sort of a meta example. The storyline where John Curtis is found alive has taken a lot of flak from viewers, but a look at the time in which the series aired gives some context. When the storyline aired, the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar -- in which over 58,000 Americans lost their lives -- had ended just a few years before, and a common trope at the time involved allegedly-killed soldiers who [[HesJustHiding turned up very much alive]], perhaps reflecting a WishFulfillment fantasy for grieving families. The John Curtis storyline deconstructs this idea by showing perhaps a ''best''-case scenario regarding the kind of screwed-up person who would do that to his loved ones.
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* Sort of a meta example. The storyline where John Curtis Willard is found alive has taken a lot of flak from viewers, but a look at the time in which the series aired gives some context. When the storyline aired, the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar -- in which over 58,000 Americans lost their lives -- had ended just a few years before, and a common trope at the time involved allegedly-killed soldiers who [[HesJustHiding turned up very much alive]], perhaps reflecting a WishFulfillment fantasy for grieving families. The John Curtis Curt storyline deconstructs this idea by showing perhaps a ''best''-case scenario regarding the kind of screwed-up person who would do that to his loved ones.
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* Sort of a meta example. The storyline where John Curtis is found alive has taken a lot of flak from viewers, but a look at the time in which the series aired gives some context. When the storyline aired, the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar -- in which over 58,000 Americans lost their lives -- had ended just a few years before, and a common trope at the time involved allegedly-killed soldiers who [[HesJustHiding turned up very much alive]], perhaps reflecting a WishFulfillment fantasy for grieving families. The John Curtis storyline deconstructs this idea by showing perhaps a ''best''-case scenario regarding the kind of screwed-up person who would do that to his loved ones.
* Sort of a meta example. The storyline where John Curtis is found alive has taken a lot of flak from viewers, but a look at the time in which the series aired gives some context. When the storyline aired, the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar -- in which over 58,000 Americans lost their lives -- had ended just a few years before, and a common trope at the time involved allegedly-killed soldiers who [[HesJustHiding turned up very much alive]], perhaps reflecting a WishFulfillment fantasy for grieving families. The John Curtis storyline deconstructs this idea by showing perhaps a ''best''-case scenario regarding the kind of screwed-up person who would do that to his loved ones.
