This helps connect them to the audience, because it’s often how people deal with difficulties in their own lives.
No topic has ever been off limits when it comes to storytelling, mainly because they want to be able to have the show reflect real life and find the funny in the (frequently) deep topics that they discuss.
According to Michael Fishman, the key, for The Conners, has always been the fact that everyone involved in the show has a deep awareness of what’s going on in the real world and what families like the Conners are going through in many areas of their lives.