Shekaru takwas a cikin iska, jerin kayan leken asiri "meman Seriesan wasan leƙen asirin" wanda ke nufin cewa 'yan wasan kwaikwayo lokaci ne da za a ce ban da kyau ga hoton Carrie matson. A cikin wata hira da mai kula da mai kula, Deses ya ce za ta rasa jaruntanta:
Shin zan rasa ta? Tsine shi, ba shakka. Ina son ta sosai. Ya yi kyau sosai don kunna mutum mafi wayo da rashin fahimta a cikin ɗakin. Bugu da kari, yana da matukar karfin gwiwa, ta hanyar hanyar m, kuma kawai sanyi. Ba za ta shuɗe ba.
A lokacin ƙarshen "mahaifiyar" da kuma sun yi magana da CBS News. A cewar Actress, babban rawar cikin irin wannan jerin ya zama cikar da ake yi:
A gare ni, kamar yadda 'yan mata ne, mataki ne saboda tun da farko - kafin na juya' yan matan da suka fi dacewa da su gaba daya ya ragu ga kwarewar wariyar soyayya da kuma ƙaunataccen mutuminsu.
Koyaya, a cikin "mahaifiyar" ko dai ba ta da tsada ba tare da halayyar maza ba, wanda Tabar Desines ya yi da Mandy Patinkina. Tsokaci akan wurin haɗin gwiwa na ƙarshe tare da Patinkin, da Danes sun ce:
Ina tsammanin wannan labarin ƙauna ce mai ban sha'awa. Bugu da kari, ba komai irin wannan ne cewa yawanci za'a iya gani a ayyukan al'adun pop: mai jagoranci da kuma aikinta. Akwai wasu sunadarai a tsakanin mu yayin da sanin rubutun. Ya yi kama da mahaifin babban abokina wanda ya zama kamar yana girma da ni. Shi mutum ne mai ban mamaki, amma lokacin da yake fushi da ku, to, ba ku cikin kanta. Mandy yana da kyau sosai a wasan ta. A tsawon lokaci, dangantakar abokantaka namu ne kawai da aka lazimta kuma a zurfafa.
"Mahalli" ya tafi kan tashar talabijin tun 2011. A lokacin wanzuwar wasan TV, an lura da lambobin yabo da yawa, gami da na Emmy a cikin nau'ikan jerin "mafi kyawun jerin talabijin" da "mafi kyawun rawar talabi na cikin jerin ban mamaki".