Family Affair (TV Series) Wish You Were Here (1970) User Reviews

Though a good episode, they kinda forgot an episode 3 years ago...

[RealLiveClaude · 7/10 · 12 May 2022]

Though it is another trip to Terre Haute, the writers forgot that the family went to Terre Haute in episode 2.16 (Family Reunion), where Aunt Fran (she is absent here) asked again the children if they want to stay with her.

This time, even if they have been there before, Jody and Buffy don't seem to remember at all. Even the writers did not make any connections to the prior episode.

However, despite this connection error, this is another fine episode in which Cissy remembers, but the Twins are not connecting properly.

And how did Cissy cancel the date with Alan as she has to come back due to Bill's meeting next monday ? He seemed nice to her...

And seeing Aunt Fran again would have been nice instead of snubbing her for this episode of reminescence.

However, if you love it, okay, I did, but would have love connections with the episode they aired 3 seasons ago.

Faded memories...

[moonspinner55 · 6/10 · 6 January 2010]

A perplexing episode from "Family Affair"'s unusual fifth-and-final season begins with an intriguing concept: weary of awkward introductions, Buffy and Jody ask their Uncle Bill if they can start calling him Dad. Older sister Cissy agrees that it would be a more natural way of fitting in at social events like Parents' Day, but Uncle Bill deduces that, although the kids have their hearts in the right place, they are quickly forgetting their deceased biological parents (his brother and sister-in-law). Leaving Mr. French to hold down the homefront, the gang flies off to Terre Haute, Indiana--where the kids were originally raised--to stir up their memories. The plan appears to backfire after Buffy and Jody become immediately bored by the adventure (after living so long in Manhattan, can you blame them?). However, a quick excursion to their childhood digs, wherein Jody discovers an old postcard his father sent to him when he was three, makes everything right! Writer Blanche Hanalis shows no shame in bringing this episode to a cozy close, forgetting as well that the family had already gone back to Terre Haute in season two! The cast of regulars seems a bit tired by this point, and Buffy doesn't even take faithful companion Mrs. Beasley along for the trip.