You might know we got The Fresh Prince on iPlayer this year. I recently finished watching the complete series and seriously, what was the point of Aunt Viv 2.0? If they'd killed off the character at the end of Series 3, it wouldn't have made a difference. She really didn't bring anything to the show from Series 4 onward.

Viv 1.0 was an intelligent, educated woman, who knew how to fight for what she believed in — and had to — and inspired those around her to do the same. She was never afraid to stand up to Philip if she disagreed with him, and she was confident in herself to speak truth to power. Yet she was the nurturing, gentle mother-figure when she needed to be. Plus she could sing AND dance. All without crossing the line into Mary Sue territory. Viv 1.0 was great.

Viv 2.0 was really just a part of the furniture. No "Hold me back, Philip!"s from her. And I think it gives context to Will Smith accusing Janet Hubert of wanting the show to "become the Aunt Viv show" — assuming she ever said anything to that effect, all Hubert probably wanted was for Viv to get her personality back.