House of Payne

I watched the TBS series 'House of Payne' the other night and it was really good. It was funny, and yet had a really serious message all at the same time. In this extended family scenario the absentee mother is a drug addict and her husband helps her into drug rehabilitation only to have her leave voluntariliy and he lost all the money he put up for her treatment. What really hit home was the way they showed how the addiction didn't just effect the person who was an addict, but the entire family, especially the children. You wouldn't think there was basis for humor in that, but they managed to find the funny side of things while still driving home the pain. You have to be able to find humor in painful situations in life, while still dealing with the troubles that cause the pain.