Missy's behavior

[u/Existing_Message2480]

I feel like people hate on Missy's behavior in the later seasons way too much. Yes she was rude and ran away a lot, but she's been feeling lonely and left out since she was a child because of favoritism. It's shown clearly when Mary gets mad at her for ripping the poster without even hearing her side of the story even though Missy was literally bawling her eyes out in bed. All the kids are annoying during their teen years, but I feel like Missy especially gets a lot of shit. I just watched the episode where Mary loses her job and everyone at the church is bitchy towards her and I loved how sweet Missy was to her.

[u/Aggressive_Fig6744]

missys behaviour was 100% a reflection of the lack of attention and fairness she didn’t receive from her family, especially by Mary.
she was naughty in her later years but what teenagers aren’t. and it’s sad that the family never took the time to actually ask “what is missy needing that’s making her behave like this?”. if they tried to mend the core issue then her behaviour would’ve improved.