Occasionally a show's writers will have to work around a very real physical circumstance involving one of the actors -- ie, a temporary medical complaint. A subtrope of Real Life Writes the Plot. See also Reality Subtext. If it's a pregnancy, expect either But I Can't Be Pregnant or Hide Your Pregnancy. The Logical Extreme is The Character Died with Him, when the show's writers have to take into account an actor's death. Examples of Written in Infirmity include: