History YMMV / Mom

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Apartment Building Managers/Supers, while often provided housing for their work, still receive a paid salary (usually near minimum wage).
** All of the women have stories about abusing substances other than alcohol. They should all be in Narcotics Anonymous in addition to Alcoholics Anonymous.
** Nearly all of the struggles Christy goes through to become a lawyer don't make much sense for a show explicitly set in California, which does not even require law school for someone to take the bar exam. In theory, Christy could have just stayed Steve's apprentice for seven years and she would have qualified to take the exam.
** The California bar exam is notoriously one of the most difficult in all of the US, with only a fifty per cent pass rate for people who ''went'' to law school. Out of all the people who "read the law," only a very small number actually pass the bar. Ask Creator/KimKardashian

** One episode of season one has Christy dating a pothead firefighter who refers to himself as "The Professor" in reference to the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' character. Russell Johnson, who played The Professor on ''Gilligan's Island'' died shortly before the episode aired. Chuck Lorre even acknowledges the poor timing in his [[VanityPlate vanity card]] and apologizes.

* WhatAnIdiot: Marjorie unwittingly encouraging Jill to have a child to make her feel loved and Christy trying to talk her out of the whole thing in "Cornbread and a Cashmere Onesie". [[HarsherInHindsight It turns a lot darker a month later]] in "A Safe Word and a Rib Eye".

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** In episode 5 of season 1, Bonnie jokes about relapsing and that it was surely going to happen. Not only does she do relapse, but it happens to her twice.
** One episode of season one has Christy dating a pothead firefighter who refers to himself as "The Professor" in reference to the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' character. Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on ''Gilligan's Island'' died shortly before the episode aired. Chuck Lorre even acknowledges the poor timing in his vanity card and apologizes.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Apartment Building Managers/Supers, while often provided housing for their work, still receive a paid salary (usually near minimum wage).

!![[Series/{{Mom}} For the US sitcom]]

!![[Series/{{Mom}} For the US sitcom

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The end of "Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale". Violet, having learned her birth father was abusive, asks Christy if she is a reminder of a dark period of her life. Christy assures her daughter it's just the opposite: Becoming pregnant with Violet gave her the courage to leave her boyfriend for good. It's the least hostile interaction Christy and Violet have ever had.

** Any interaction between Christy and Violet in earlier seasons would end up being this after a Season 6 episode tarnished any hope for them to repair it.

** The second half of the season 4 episode "Cornbread and a Cashmere Onesie" has Christy trying to talk Jill out of having a child (which the latter got the idea from Marjorie) inadvertently hurting Jill's feeling and not wanting to talk to Christy again, but sadly ''just 3 episodes later'' in "A Safe Word and a Rib Eye", Jill has a miscarriage ''on Christy's birthday!''

* HarsherInHindsight: A season 4 episode saw Christy date Marjorie's nephew Nick, who is played by Creator/ChrisPratt, [[Creator/AnnaFaris Anna Faris']] real-life husband. Christy and Nick broke up at the episode's end, and several months later after the episode aired, Anna and Chris separated.

* AssPull: Wendy having "two mothers" comes out of nowhere and feels like a late attempt at giving her a backstory. She discussed her parents multiple times in previous episodes and she previously cut herself off from one side of her family.

* IdiotPlot: In "A Catheter and a Dipsy-Doodle," Christy becomes deathly ill and is forced to stay in the hospital, despite being the same day as her final exam at community college. This becomes a problem for true reasons. One, under normal circumstances, a hospital can't legally imprison its patients; Christy could probably just sign a waiver allowing her to leave against their wishes. Two, if Christy is literally sick enough to be, not only hospitalized, but under such a quarantine, it's really unlikely the school wouldn't offer her some chance to make-up the test. Some colleges even prohibit professors to ask for doctors' notes in such circumstances.

--->'''Bonnie:''' ''ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!'' You are a lying SON OF A BITCH! You shouldn't even be aloud to practise in this country! ''[storms out of the clinic]'' "Menopause" my ass!!

--->'''Christy:''' ''(Thinking)'' Alright, here we go. Quiet the mind. Yepper-dee-doo. Why did I say that? That's not a quiet mind. Okay, here we go. Oh! Can't forget that eye appointment on Thursday. Grr, stop it! ''(beat)'' [[Music/MenAtWork I come from a land down under!]] Where the Hell did that come from?
* HarsherInHindsight: A season 4 episode saw Christy date Marjorie's nephew Nick, who is played by Creator/ChrisPratt, [[Creator/AnnaFaris Anna Faris']] real life husband. Christy and Nick broke up at the episodes end, and several months later after the episode aired, Anna and Chris separated.

* InformedWrongness: When Luke tells his parents about Violet's pregnancy, his father says that they aren't getting married and wants a paternity test to confirm Luke is the father. He's portrayed as heartless and judgmental, but the fact is teen marriage is a bad idea, even the kids realized that eventually. The Plunket women are outraged that he demanded a paternity test because Violet had never had sex with anyone else. But how was Luke's father supposed to know that, and why would he take their word for it?

** Christy. She grew up with an alcoholic and drug using mother in Bonnie and ends up following in her footsteps. At one point she was raped after taking too many drugs and has an emotional breakdown when she sees the rapist again. She was abused by Violet's father to the point that she ended up in the hospital. Her relationship with her children isn't the best, no matter how hard she tries.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In episode 5 of season 1, Bonnie jokes about relapsing and that it was surely going to happen. Not only does she do relapse, but it happens to her twice.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The episodes that dealt with Bonnie trying to help her brother stop doing drugs gives out two:
** When it comes to those with addictions, ultimately it's their choice whether they want to get clean or not. Even if friends and family want them to stop, they really can't force them.
** It's better to let go of those who choose to continue with their addiction for your own health and mentality.

* JerkassWoobie: Bonnie was abandoned by her mother, abused in foster care, went undiagnosed with ADD, abandoned by her daughter's father and spent two years being drugged without her consent.

** Tammy was unfairly kicked out of her foster-home by Bonnie as a kid, [[spoiler: her father murdered her mother]], and her [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]] finally reunited with her [[spoiler: only to take her kidney, wanting nothing else to do with her.]] She also has the worst luck: helping out a homeless guy cost her her job at a fast-food restaurant.

* Tammy was unfairly kicked out of her foster-home by Bonnie as a kid, [[spoiler: her father murdered her mother]], and her [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]] finally reunited with her [[spoiler: only to take her kidney, wanting nothing else to do with her.]]