Mom season 8 handles Anna Faris' departure from the show through minor references

Fans of sitcom television are t new to phemen of actors leaving shows while it is still on in order to venture out to different opportunities. This has been case with Mom season 8 where Anna Faris chose to take a departure from show. Ever since her anuncement of departure from show, fans have been asking questions like 'why did Anna Faris leave Mom', or 'why did Christy leave Mom'. However, besides a statement from actor, re were or specific details shared by actor. opening of Mom season 8 was left with a big hole to fill -- Christy's departure from show. However, during its season premiere, Mom ended up handling departure quiet well than how audience was expecting it. 

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Season 8 after Anna Faris leaves Mom

season 8 premiere of Mom started off with Allison Janney and William Fichtner's characters heing back home after dropping Anna Faris' character to airport. However, audience never gets glimpse of Anna's Christy and she is only dressed in conversations. Christy has left for Georgetown Law School on a full scholarship. Christy is only regarded in third person in entire episode and by looks of it, that's how it is going to be for rest of upcoming seasons as Anna has been vocal about t wanting to come back on show. 

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Showrunner Gemma Baker h previously spoken to Entertainment Weekly that Christy was going to be a part of series even if Anna Faris has walked out. show has previously killed off many characters off-screen, however, Christy and her journey were important to entire show, thus killing her off actually kills off buzz around show too. showrunner stated that audience will be getting few updates about Christy throughout upcoming seasons here and re but y won't see her. Perhaps, a recast may be around corner for Christy's character, but re have been confirmations about same by makers of Mom. 

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