By: @caitrw

In reply to Laura.

but we know that Bette and Kit had different mothers, so that’s not a factor.

I think they just didn’t want to actually have to dig into that relationship, history, and what it would actually mean for Bette (or for Angie, hello!).

It’s so much easier for the writers to just give Bette 2 sentences explaining how it granted her insight into herself, catharsis with her past, and helped her move on and change in ways that allow her to be the person she needs to be for things to work with Tina, basically.

But perhaps I’m just being cynical. Based on what Marja said in that interview, it sounded like recasting Bette’s mother from “dead” to “left” may have been a plot idea that Jennifer Beals suggested, and that had some personal resonance for her/with this character.