Ministry of Denial
Institution: Ministry of Denial
One dinner, one real feeling on the table, and the family's Ministry of Denial opens for business: intake forms, a coin-sized rubber stamp, and an appeal window that never opens before dessert. The pilot for the whole show, and the first time we watch the office get smaller.
Production status: rendered
This is satire, not diagnosis
Family Defects is satire about universal patterns, not a clinical claim about anyone. The Bellmont family is entirely fictional. Read more on the Method and Ethics page.