#i'm sure we'll SEE them in s3 (if the actors are available) but i'd be stunned & also annoyed if they got significant screentime

[markantonys]

why are so many readers absolutely convinced that mat's dad is going to get a redemption arc in the show as part of the Return To Emond's Field plotline? he has about 5 lines in the entire book series and is just a knockoff tam who literally doesn't matter to the story AT ALL, they're not going to waste time giving an arc to an extremely minor character when they can barely even squeeze in all the main characters' stuff. not to mention that we really don't need yet another "shitty parent is actually good and their kid has to forgive them because they've Changed" storyline in media in general. not to mention that mat probably won't see his parents again anyway by the end of the show, so there would be no point in delving deeper into them when we could spend the time on, say, tam.