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{{MainQuote|You my friend are a loser.|Naomi Bunch, "My Mom, Greg's Mom and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves!"}} |
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+ | '''Naomi Bunch''' is the mother of [[Rebecca Bunch]] and the ex-wife [[Silas]]. When Rebecca was twelve her husband abandoned them and Naomi was forced to raised her daughter by herself. For years she pushed Rebecca to achieve academically in order for her to secure a succesful future. However, Naomi's overbearing and critical nature strained her relationship with her daughter. Her first appearance was in the Season One episode "[[Josh Just Happens to Live Here!]]". She is portrayed by actress {{wp|Tovah Feldshuh}}. |
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Although '''Naomi''' was raised Jewish she went against tradition to marry an Irish Catholic man and took for herself his last name '''Bunch'''. They settled down in Westchester County, New York and had a daughter together named [[Rebecca Bunch|Rebecca]]. The marriage was a stormy one and the conflicts between Naomi and her husband got worse especially when she believed he was having an affair. Their incessant bickering reached the boiling point during a PPV party a twelve year old Rebecca was throwing for a few of her classmates. After years of threatening to walk out on her, Naomi's husband finally did so creating an embaressing scene for his wife and daughter {{source|I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!}}. |
Although '''Naomi''' was raised Jewish she went against tradition to marry an Irish Catholic man and took for herself his last name '''Bunch'''. They settled down in Westchester County, New York and had a daughter together named [[Rebecca Bunch|Rebecca]]. The marriage was a stormy one and the conflicts between Naomi and her husband got worse especially when she believed he was having an affair. Their incessant bickering reached the boiling point during a PPV party a twelve year old Rebecca was throwing for a few of her classmates. After years of threatening to walk out on her, Naomi's husband finally did so creating an embaressing scene for his wife and daughter {{source|I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!}}. |
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| — Naomi Bunch, "My Mom, Greg's Mom and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves!" |
Naomi Bunch is the mother of Rebecca Bunch and the ex-wife Silas. When Rebecca was twelve her husband abandoned them and Naomi was forced to raised her daughter by herself. For years she pushed Rebecca to achieve academically in order for her to secure a succesful future. However, Naomi's overbearing and critical nature strained her relationship with her daughter. Her first appearance was in the Season One episode "Josh Just Happens to Live Here!". She is portrayed by actress Tovah Feldshuh.
Character history
Although Naomi was raised Jewish she went against tradition to marry an Irish Catholic man and took for herself his last name Bunch. They settled down in Westchester County, New York and had a daughter together named Rebecca. The marriage was a stormy one and the conflicts between Naomi and her husband got worse especially when she believed he was having an affair. Their incessant bickering reached the boiling point during a PPV party a twelve year old Rebecca was throwing for a few of her classmates. After years of threatening to walk out on her, Naomi's husband finally did so creating an embaressing scene for his wife and daughter ("I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!").
With her husband gone Naomi devoted all of her energy into making sure Rebecca would become a succesful lawyer. She was a very harsh crittic of her daughter trying to instill in her a mental toughness to overcome any adversity. Naomi also pushed Rebecca into a rivalry against fellow classmate Audra Levine to become the top student. When Rebecca was 16 she got her dad to convince Naomi to send her to music camp over the summer instead of mock trial intensives. When camp was over, Naomi went to pick her daughter up only to find out she had been fooling around with someone. Naomi told Rebecca that nothing was going to get in the way of her future and if need be she'd take her to an abortion clinic.
A decade later, Naomi daughter was the top attorney at a prestigious New York law firm. Naomi was shocked when her daughter turned down a promotion to junior partner and abruptly relocated to West Covina, California to work for a much smaller law firm. She phoned Rebecca to convince her to return but was ignored ("Josh Just Happens to Live Here!"). A few weeks later she managed to video chat with her daughter while getting a Pap test done. Naomi passive aggressively informed Rebecca that her rival Audra Levine was now living the life her daughter should have had. Audra accepted the promotion Rebecca turned down and on top of that was also marrying a successful hedge fund manager ("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!")
Months later Naomi visited her daughter during Hanukah and brought with her a precious family heirloom the Garfinkel ring. When she arrived at Rebecca's place she immediately began had to use the bathroom ("Where's the Bathroom?"). She updated Rebbaca on Audra Levine's success and questioned her daughter as to why she moved to California. Rebecca asked her to stop criticizing and try to give West Civina a chance. The next day Naomi was given a tour of Whitefeather & Associates but was unimpressed. Rebecca told her it was just a law firm she volunteered at, her work place real was far more distinguished. They then had lunch where Naomi was pleased to meet a British friend of Rebecca named Paula who happened to be Jewish.
That night they exchanged gifts and Rebecca gave her a glass candy dish while Naomi got her a vase. They were interrupted when Rebbeca got a call from her client Calvin Young. Rebecca wanted to put off handling a legal emergency he wanted her to deal with but Naomi insisted she put business first. Together they went to have dinner with Calvin during which Naomi aggressively flirted with him. When he stepped out for a phone call Naomi told Rebecca to go so she and Calvin could continue thier evening alone. After Rebecca had a private conversation with Calvin her daughter told her that although he was interested she personally vetoed anything from happening since it would be a breach of lawyer/client ethics.