Despite being showcased on a half-hour CBS sitcom, the mother-daughter pairing has never been played just for laughs, and it’s one of the most unique and inspirational familial relationships on TV.
As Janney says, their characters will still continue to grow and evolve, only with Christy’s evolution being told to audiences, as opposed to being shown.
For Allison Janney, it sounds like one of the key losses tied to Anna Faris leaving is Bonnie and Christy’s in-person relationship, and that’s totally understandable both from an actor perspective and a fan perspective.