Absolutely Baffled by the Susan Hate Here

Me and my partner started rewatching DH the other day. My gf was a big fan in the day, and has rewatched the show multiple times over the years, and I only watched the first 5/6 seasons when they aired originally.

We are both baffled by the Susan hate. She was always my favourite, very goofy, unlucky in love, bit of a comedic/slapstick character but with a lot of heart, and who you rooted for with Mike. We've started to look at posts here and see the posts about old drama and speculation etc and we were floored!

As kids when it aired we always felt like Susan was the central character. It's very much an ensemble and you need them all, but it felt like she was much more central. I think this is for the love story angle, most media is about a romance, 'will they/won't they' angle. And we really enjoy seeing her flub her way through attempts to get Mike's attention.

This doesn't detract from how much we like everyone else, they have brilliant arcs, and there are so many amazing moments.

I'm just shocked at the Susan hate. Maybe as we get further into this rewatch we'll grow tired of it all. The show definitely is funny in its own right, but the show without Susan would be vastly different