The more I read, the more I despise the MC's parents. So Steward has been trying for years to make amends for that one mean he thing he said as a kid (and it increasingly sounds like a case of being mean to hide that he's crushing on her) and instead of helping with the situation, they just let her slip further and further into social isolation and self-denigration? I realize that he would probably have just said the wrong thing again, but come on, they're adults, Fran's their kid, there was a lot they could have done considering that Steward was sincere in feeling bad about what he'd done. And yet they're portrayed as wonderful parents? Ugh, I dislike them so much, I'm ranting about them even when they don't even appear...