During the third season, Melissa Fumero became pregnant. The writers decided not to write the pregnancy into the show. Episodes later in the season show Fumero in large, billowy tops and carrying large bags to hide her growing bump. In the final three episodes, an arc which featured her character feigning pregnancy allowed her to work while visibly pregnant. The writers also alluded to this with a joke while Jake and Charles are fitting Amy for a fake pregnant belly; she turns to them and asks repeatedly if they really think she looks believably pregnant. During season seven, there's a gag about Amy trying to hide her actual (Jake and Amy) pregnancy bump by the same methods.