How It Almost Didn't Happen

"We had been thinking about it for a while because, you know, there are natural stepping stones in a relationship—not that our relationships have to go in that direction, but after marriage, having children is one direction it could go. And I really was firmly of the belief that it's a workplace show, and their relationship exists in the workplace, and I wasn't keen on them having kids," Goor tells us. "I just felt like that wasn't necessary." 

Then, in between seasons six and seven, Goor had a conversation with Fumero, even before Fumero herself was pregnant. 

"I said, I can't think of a compelling reason, and she had one," he says. "Her reason was 'I feel like Amy—this is Melissa speaking—is a person who wants to get an A on every test, and getting pregnant is a test you can't study for, so if she has difficulty getting pregnant, it could drive comedy and be really compelling.'" 

Fumero, of course, was right.