That was decided (in advance) by the writers and producers of that series, just as the "Archie Bunker" character was a racist on "ALL IN THE FAMILY." Ask them why they did that. Here is a list of who they are: Series Writing credits Andy Borowitz (148 episodes, 1990-1996) Susan Borowitz (65 episodes, 1990-1995) Benny Medina (64 episodes, 1990-1995) Jeff Pollack (64 episodes, 1990-1995) Lisa Rosenthal (10 episodes, 1990-1996) Samm-Art Williams (9 episodes, 1990-1993) Cheryl Gard (7 episodes, 1990-1992) Eddie Gorodetsky (6 episodes, 1993-1995) Maiya Williams (6 episodes, 1993-1995) David Zuckerman (6 episodes, 1993-1994) Bennie R. Richburg Jr. (5 episodes, 1990-1992) Shannon Gaughan (5 episodes, 1990-1991) Winifred Hervey (5 episodes, 1991-1993) Bryan Winter (5 episodes, 1991-1993) Leslie Ray (4 episodes, 1992) David Steven Simon (4 episodes, 1992) Michael Soccio (4 episodes, 1994-1996) Adam Markowitz (4 episodes, 1995-1996) Rob Edwards (3 episodes, 1990-1991) Sandy Frank (3 episodes, 1990-1991) Tom Devanney (3 episodes, 1995-1996) Joel Madison (3 episodes, 1995) Michael Fry (2 episodes, 1992-1993) Efrem Seeger (2 episodes, 1992) K. Snyder (2 episodes, 1993-1994) Bill Boulware (2 episodes, 1993) Andrea Allen-Wiley (2 episodes, 1994-1995) Robert Bruce (2 episodes, 1995-1996) Felicia D. Henderson (1 episode, 1995-1997) Series Produced by Werner Walian .... producer (147 episodes, 1990-1996) Quincy Jones .... executive producer (55 episodes, 1990-1994) Jeff Pollack .... co-producer / co-executive producer (54 episodes, 1990-1994) Benny Medina .... co-producer / co-executive producer (53 episodes, 1990-1994) Maiya Williams .... supervising producer / producer (51 episodes, 1993-1995) Samm-Art Williams .... supervising producer / producer / ... (48 episodes, 1990-1993) Cheryl Gard .... co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (35 episodes, 1990-1995) Winifred Hervey .... executive producer (35 episodes, 1991-1993) Mara Lopez .... associate producer (30 episodes, 1990-1995) Andy Borowitz .... executive producer (26 episodes, 1990-1992) Leslie Ray .... supervising producer / producer / ... (26 episodes, 1992-1994) David Steven Simon .... supervising producer / producer / ... (26 episodes, 1992-1994) Eddie Gorodetsky .... co-producer (25 episodes, 1994-1995) David Zuckerman .... co-producer (25 episodes, 1994-1995) Mary Ellen Jones .... co-producer (24 episodes, 1992-1993) Will Smith .... executive producer (24 episodes, 1994-1996) Larry Wilmore .... co-producer (24 episodes, 1995-1996) Ilene Chaiken .... coordinating producer (21 episodes, 1991-1992) Lisa Rosenthal .... producer (20 episodes, 1991-1992) Efrem Seeger .... co-producer (15 episodes, 1992-1993) Bryan Winter .... co-producer (15 episodes, 1992-1993) Kevin Wendle .... executive producer (6 episodes, 1990-1991) Barry Gurstein .... co-producer / producer (6 episodes, 1993-1994) David Pitlik .... co-producer / producer (6 episodes, 1993-1994) Susan Borowitz .... executive producer (5 episodes, 1990-1992) Gary H. Miller .... executive producer (5 episodes, 1994-1995) Bill Boulware .... supervising producer (4 episodes, 1993-1994) Josh Goldstein .... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1994) Bennie R. Richburg Jr. .... supervising producer (2 episodes, 1994) Robert Bruce .... consulting producer (unknown episodes) Joel Madison .... supervising producer (unknown episodes) +5