For weeks, “The Goldbergs” have been pretending Murray is still around. They use stand ins, make oblique references, but Garlin’s face is long gone.
Last night, fans were howling on social media that Murray’s daughter got married and there was no sign of him. His whole family was present. At one point, the narrator referred to “my parents” and there was a shot of a stand in pretending to be Murray from behind, dancing with his wife.
That doesn't sound so bad. But would a replacement need to be plausible or not obvious? Like the new Darrin on Bewitched, someone who sort of looks like the old Darrin and shares his opinions and general outlook but is a toned-down, blander version of the original.
It's like when you watch the pilot for The Waltons. Patricia Neal played the mother and Edgar Bergin played Grandpa. It takes a minute or two but you get used to it.
They should try it. If it doesn't work, they can go back to what they're doing.
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