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Exploring the American sitcom's evolution, Grace Lavery examines how the genre's crises and resolutions frame heterosexuality as perpetually unstable. She highlights the significance of queer characters in traditional family sitcoms, revealing the underlying incompleteness of these narratives. Analyzing techniques like the laugh track, Lavery discusses the transition to friend-group and workplace comedies, suggesting they reflect weakened social connections. Through a queer and trans lens, she argues that the perceived stability of family ties in sitcoms is more fragile than commonly understood.