What happened to the Lewis family on 'The Last Alaskans?' Here's why Ray and his extended family are not on the Discovery collection.
During the first and 2nd season of The Last Alaskans, Ray and Cindy Lewis, in conjunction with their 3 daughters, became quick fan favorites.
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However, without any caution, the Lewis family by no means returned for Season 3 — and have not begun to appear on an episode of the Discovery series since.
So, what happened to the Lewis family on The Last Alaskans?
Despite the backlash from enthusiasts, the community stands by their choice to remove the Lewis family from the show, although it wasn't a very easy choice to make.
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"Producers and the network love the Lewis family. As viewers saw, one of Ray’s passions became the houseboat that he built and we featured in [Season 2]," a publicist from the network published to Reality Blurred. "As the family spent increasing amounts of time on the houseboat, they spent less time in the refuge. Since the show is focused on life in the refuge, unfortunately, it was hard to feature the Lewis family and stay true to the show."
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Where is the Lewis family as of late?
As the publicist discussed, the family continues to be very much residing on their houseboat, together with their youngest daughter, Sarah.
Their oldest daughter, Molly, has moved south and is operating as a wasteland information in Oregon. Likewise, middle sister Emma, has also moved away from house and is in fact working with former co-star Charlie Jagow.
"[Emma's] working with Charlie Jagow’s sister Joanna, training and racing sled dogs," the publicist added. "She’s into sled dog racing and had already helped Joanna with the Yukon 300 race."
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While on the show, the ladies have been the sufferers of some lovely intense cyberbullying due to the look of their eyes. Molly, Emma, and Sarah all suffer from a genetic situation called Blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome (or BPES). Cindy was once born with the situation — whose signs together with "droopy" eyelids and strange expansion of the eye's opening — and passed it alongside to her daughters.
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Molly spoke back to the criticism all the way through a Q&A and admonished trolls who bullied her and her sisters. "Honestly I feel sorry for you. Can’t you enjoy the show for what it is? It’s a shame that all you seem to be taking away from it is the subject of our eyes. If it had anything to do with the topic of the show it would be addressed. Everyone has their flaws, ours are just more obvious than others," she wrote. "I’m sorry if it looks weird to some of you, but that’s your problem. Most of you all have 'normal' eyes so why does it matter to you so much? Don’t you have anything better to do with your lives than worry about others? Our mom was was born with the gene (the only one in her family) and it was passed onto the three of us."
She persisted, "It’s the way God chose to make us and we accept it. If you aren’t satisfied with that response than that’s your issue. I don’t know what else to say."
You can rewatch your favorite The Last Alaskans episodes that includes the Lewis family here.
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