History Series / Mom

* DistractedByTheSexy: Christy and Bonnie take Marjorie to her chemotherapy appointment as a sign of support but immediately forget about her when the hunky doctor walks out.

** Marjorie was apparently quite the hellraiser before she became sober, including time spent in prison. According to her, she ran her own prison gang and would have been tough enough to completely [[PrisonRape dominate Bonnie]] before she got sober and became the matronly figure on the show.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bonnie and Marjorie will inevitably start sniping at one another, but they find enjoyment in the mutual snarking and Bonnie does provide genuine, though hilariously inappropriate, support during Marjorie's cancer fight.

** Luke smokes, although it's implied that it's not so much recreational as it is to try and cope with his overbearing father. It's also shown that being perpetually high doesn't do him any favors. With or without the pot, however, he is a good-natured, but extremely dim, goof.

** Marijuana is probably the least of Chef Rudy's vices, as the show reveals that he takes and deals in a wide variety of substances and sexual fetishes. The substance abuse element of Rudy's character is TruthInTelevision for many people trying to cope in the incredibly stressful culinary world.

* TheStoner: A good chunk of the characters smoke weed. While the show doesn't take much a moral stance for or against it, it does highlight the inane/idiotic things people can do while high and how such behavior can annoy those who don't partake.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bonnie and Marjorie will inevitably start sniping at one another, but they find enjoyment in the mutual snarking and Bonnie does provide genuine, though seemingly inappropriate, support during Marjorie's cancer fight.

** Baxter sees being high as a good thing, even when it comes to personal safety.

* TheStoner: Luke smokes, although it's implied that it's not so much recreational as it is to try and cope with his overbearing father. It's also shown that being perpetually high doesn't do him any favors. With or without the pot, however, he is a good-natured, but extremely dim, goof.

* TooKinkyToTorture: After a brief but intense affair that ended up hurting her, Bonnie realizes that Chef Rudy would probably take pleasure in any physical pain she might inflict so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVSVGYKE5h4 she decides to take her anger out on his incredibly expensive wine collection instead. It still ends up arousing the both of them.]]

* TheAlcoholic: The two leads play substance abusers in recovery. Alcohol was just one of their many vices.

* TheStoner: Luke smokes, although it's implied that it's not so much recreational as it is to try and cope with his overbearing father. With or without the pot, however, he is a good-natured, but extremely dim, goof.

* ReallyGetsAround: Christy, before she got sober, and Bonnie, for whom it doesn't matter if she's sober or not.

* TooKinkyToTorture: After a brief but intense affair that ended up hurting her, Bonnie realizes that Chef Rudy would probably take pleasure in any physical pain she might inflict so she decides to take her anger out on his incredibly expensive wine collection instead. It still ends up arousing the both of them.

* AmicableExes: Christy and Baxter get along fairly well, even though Baxter lives out of a van and is perpetually late with his child support payments. When he does manage to pay her, she'll cheerfully have casual sex with him. In spite of his shortcomings, Baxter is an attentive father to Roscoe and shows concern for Violet even though she's not his biological daughter.

* StudioAudience: This show is a shining example of what traditional multicam sitcoms with studio audiences are capable of in an age when they're regarded as old-fashioned and trite. The scripts and actors often play emotional scenes to the hilt, instead of veering off into a punchline for a laugh. At these moments, the studio audience is audibly uncomfortable with what they're watching, not knowing if they should laugh, cry, or applaud, reflecting how viewers at home feel.

* TooKinkyToTorture: After a brief but intense affair that ended up hurting her, Bonnie realizes that Chef Rudy would probably take pleasure in any physical pain she might inflict so she decides to take her anger out on his incredibly expensive wine collection instead.

* ParentalSubstitute: Christy finds out that because of her years of substance abuse and self-absorption (even in the wake of her sobriety), Violet has assumed the role of mothering Roscoe and does an incredibly good job at it.
** Marjorie provides a maternal figure to Christy, to Bonnie's intense dislike.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Chef Rudy and Paul take on this role in any scene taking place in the restaurant's kitchen, with Rudy providing the zinger while Paul drives it in further with his facial expressions.

* StudioAudience: This show is a shining example of why traditional multicam sitcoms with studio audiences endure. The scripts and actors often play emotional scenes to the hilt, instead of veering off into a punchline for a laugh. At these moments, the studio audience is audibly uncomfortable with what they're watching, not knowing if they should laugh, cry, or applaud, reflecting how viewers at home feel.

* TeenPregnancy: One of the overarching plots of the first season is Violet's unexpected pregnancy and how she has to come to grips with the impact it has on her goals.