Veering from horror to joy and back again, Elizabeth Perkins is contemplating what it would be like if her adult children moved home. âThe thing is, you miss them so much, then theyâll come back for a holiday and within a week thereâs dirty dishes everywhere, thereâs wet towels on the floor, theyâve eaten all the food. After a couple of weeks youâre, like, âWill they ever leave?ââ
This is the timely theme of Perkinsâs show The Moodys, the first season of which, in 2019, saw three grownup children return home to Chicago for Christmas. Perkins plays Ann Moody, their mother; Denis Leary plays her husband. In the new season all three children are living at the family home, with predictably messy consequences. âIt really explored that dichotomy of: you love them to death, but, man, they get on your nerves,â says Perkins.