8 Supporting TV Characters Who Need Their Own Spin-Off Series
The Pitch: What we really need is a spin-off series that just gets at a day in the life. For instance, where does Gunther live? In a nice two bedroom walk-up, or has he managed to sneak underneath of Rachel's bed and lie in wait there, day and night? Did he always want to be a baristo? Does he want to be the best baristo? And what does it take to do so?
The Pitch: Yes, yes, winter is coming, but also years of trying to explain to her inbred son that his father is also his grandfather and that he himself should be dead and what's that going to be like? I think we need now is a touching drama series about a sister/mother and brother/son learning things about the importance of family, how puberty works when you're like, generation 4 of serious incest, and also idk, how cool it would be to live in a place that isn't riddled with scary zombie snow people.
The Pitch: Let's see more fictional cat sketches! I didn't get to see any sketches with cats on the Girly Show so maybe that's what Greta's spin-off can be all about, Cats in Comedy. Because if the internet has taught me anything, it's that cats are the funniest of all.
The Pitch: In some world, Pepper probably already has three shows and a record deal and a published autobiography entitled Always the Queen But Never the Bride. Mostly I just want a spinoff that has a running commentary from Pepper but also kinda digs in and gets to the bottom of his life but doesn't dig too deep because that's like listening to someone' dreams and I won't do it.
The Pitch: Mona-Lisa is kind of like, if all of the real housewives of every city ever made a baby together and then locked that baby in a decked-out designer basement, leaving her to grow up without any form of real socialization, being that her only companions were an elderly butler on a leash and three purple furbies. Let's put her in like, empathetic situations to see if she has a shred of humanity. It'll be just like The Simple Life except way more risk of her murdering someone.
The Pitch: Let's meet his family! I wanna listen to his mom talk about how bad he was at sports in high school and then see his sister say he always wore her hand-me-downs. That just kinda feels like television. Maybe not good television but which one of us has TV standards anyway. And don't say you. You and I both know that's not true.
The Pitch: Idk, Annyong is a mole for his Korean family who were put out of business by the Bluth's Frozen Banana Stand...so I guess I wanna know where he got all of those spy skills and fancy gadgets. That's gotta be a good story. Plus I mean, you know. Whatever else we can get out of the Arrested Development series is worth pursuing. Gone too soon. But maybe back. Idk. I haven't warmed up to the Netflix seasons yet.
The Pitch: We gotta see what happens once Ted Mosby shuts the fuck up. I wanna hear about the kids and their transition into adulthood and their journey to recover from what was the longest story ever told by anyone for ultimately no freaking reason.
