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She loves her kids and offers sensible advice (Ex: “Even if you can’t help somebody, you can still love them.”) like other tv moms. But what makes Molly Phillips a great character is that she isn’t just a mom. She’s human. She had a tumultuous relationship with her parents growing up that’s referenced in Rebecca and tensions still arise when she visits them in Banshee. She still grieves the loss of her husband and even though she tries to hide it from her kids, like in Fountain, sometimes she can’t help but show how much she’s still hurting and has to lean on her kids to support her (as she does with Jack in Rebecca). She also had an amazing backstory of being a recovering alcoholic, but since Disney scrapped Chrysalis we never got to see her address it. I still accept it as part of her character and her grieving process, though, and it only makes her so much stronger of a character.

If there was an award for Most Realistic TV Mom, Molly Phillips would certainly be the winner. Mackenzie Phillips did an amazing job bringing this character to life and not enough people give her credit for it.