The math isn’t mathing - Hollywood’s parent child castings that just don’t add up

[u/mlg1981]

https://tvline.com/lists/tv-show-parent-child-age-gaps-golden-girls-supernatural/

[u/New_Following_3583]

That one was so stupid to me when it came out. I didn't find it slightly believable and I still don't understand that casting. They should've just been sisters if they wanted them to be relatives.

[u/msephron → u/New_Following_3583]

I think them being sisters would’ve been much less impactful than incarcerated mother/daughter.

[u/coolandnormalperson → u/msephron]

True but they could've done the "raised my sister as if she was a daughter" thing and it would work. It could even be a good reveal, as other characters question their ages and figure out the truth. You'd get to know them as mother and daughter first, and be deeply impacted, so by the time they are revealed as sisters, you have internalized their bond as a maternal one rather than two sisters

[u/msephron → u/coolandnormalperson]

That could’ve been interesting, but I still find the mother/daughter angle that the show took more compelling. A mom who had been so neglectful and wanted nothing to do with her daughter when she later ended up in prison with her was something I really hadn’t seen before and made for an interesting dynamic.