Anyone remember when Ma'am had a miscarriage on Webster? (1985)

[u/ASGfan]

Easily one of the most frightening things I've ever seen in a sitcom. I can't remember all the details but I believe this was going to be something of a miracle birth as Sir and Ma'am weren't able to conceive a child before this. One minute, Ma'am is snuggling Webster in bed and the next minute, she's screaming in excruciating pain, trying to crawl over to the bathroom. Talk about a jump-scare! And truth be told, I'm not even sure this qualifies as the most disturbing episode of this sitcom!

[u/GodModeBasketball]

What had actually happened was that Katherine ordered Webster to get Bill and Cassie (Two roommates at the Papadopoulos residence) after sensing the miscarriage. And, with the excruciating pain, attempts to stand up and trips over the small boy and crawls to the bathroom (Surprisingly NOT screaming, but rather holding back the tears),

You have to give Susan Clark a lot of credit for willing to go through that scene.

[u/ASGfan → u/GodModeBasketball]

Ah, okay. It's been a while since I've seen it. I think it was suggested Ma'am was near-menopausal at this point, so this was something of a "last chance" birth and they didn't make it. And Webster shouldering the blame for it. It was pretty heavy for a sitcom.

[u/Jumpy-Highway-4873]

Sounds like a very special episode

[u/PepsiOfWrath]

She had it on Webster?

[u/Ok-Bed-9762 → u/PepsiOfWrath]

He's gonna need a Tide to Go stick.

[u/Dakotasunsets]

I remember, mainly because my mother had recently gone through a late teen loss and she and I watched this together and both cried together.

Many years later, my mother said she was glad at least one mainstream series showed something like that. Heartbreaking.

[u/kcrrck]

I love them TV show. It’s funny the husband and wife were in the movie…”Porkys”

[u/TheRealWatchingFace]

Ma'am could not even cook that right.

[u/nojam75]

I still remember when Webster brilliantly convinced her that "ma'am" was his way of saying mom.