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Why can't things just go back to normal at the end of the half hour, like on the Brady Bunch?
— Reality Bites • 1994
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker wants life's problems to fit inside a television episode. A half hour promises a return to normal, while real difficulties keep going. Naming a familiar show makes the wish concrete: a comforting ending on schedule would be easier to bear.
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