Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-64.113.177.152-20150121173112/@comment-226878-20150316231509

73.Anon.52 wrote: 1. Because the theory predicates that both Summer & Yang's moms are alive; One of them is OK, both of them is a ridiculous pattern that shows bad storytelling. A) Yang's mom is known to be alive, just missing. Only Summer is presumed dead. B) Revealing earlier assumptions to be false, resurrecting dead characters, etc. does not show bad storytelling in itself. It depends on how it is presented and the reasons the device was used. If it's used for pure shock value, then yes, that's bad storytelling. If it's used to scotch tape a plot hole, bad storytelling. If it's used as an excuse to reveal new details about the characters that looks/sounds cool or is necessary to the continuing story, that could be bad storytelling. However, you never know if a character was originally planned to play a totally critical role in a series and then somewhere in development they decided we should assume them dead from the start.

Basically, if Summer is revealed to be alive, you shouldn't assume the creators are going to start resurrecting characters (like Tukson) willy-nilly. A show that has demonstrated decent storytelling up until the point when they decide to resurrect a thought-dead character should be given benefit of the doubt. Of course, many fans would find that difficult in a case when a new writer has been brought on board assuming this jackassery was the "new guy's" idea.