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Jason Katims' Parenthood |OT| Friday Night Lights without the football

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gutshot said:
There's no way she ends up with Ray Romano (he's only 9 years older than her btw). He's only a guest star and I don't think the show has the budget to make him a regular. Probably what's going to happen is she will become confused, Mark will end up leaving her, she won't get together with Ray Romano (does his character have a name?) and she will end up alone again. Poor, poor Sarah.

I liked tonight's episode though, even with the all-too-predictable happy ending to Victor's storyline. Interested to see what happens with Julia. I guess Joel will go back to being a full-time contractor?
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So you wanted the aunt with cancer, the mum quitting and Victor failing? Come on man, not everything has to be tragic!

By the way, the last scene was so incredibly powerful. Loved it.
 
The silence in these cancer scenes are really hitting me hard. First when Christina tells Adam, and now this.

Also, this season is making me realize how attached I am to these characters. There has been some great character development in this show.
 
trineo_feo said:
So you wanted the aunt with cancer, the mum quitting and Victor failing? Come on man, not everything has to be tragic!

By the way, the last scene was so incredibly powerful. Loved it.
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I didn't mind it, since like you said, it was good to have a happy moment in an episode filled with tears. I just said it was predictable. And not very realistic. But I recognize they wanted at least one storyline conclusion to be feel-good (although I would argue that Julia's conclusion was feel-good as well, in its own way).
 
I did not watch that. I'm in class and was looking forward to going home and crying more with the Braverman's. Guess I'll settle for watching the last 5 minutes of last week's episode.
 
After a break last week, we get a new episode tonight.

I'll Be Right Here
Kristina is dismayed when she learns that Max is giving a speech on the same day as her surgery; Drew disagrees with Sarah's decision to move in with Mark; Ryan asks Amber out.
 
Some reviews:
Alan Sepinwall - HitFix
Memles - The A.V. Club

I liked last night's ep, not quite as good as the last couple, but still very good. In fact, the show has been consistently good this season. I felt terrible for Kristina upon hearing the news. I'm starting to wonder if she might not make it...

As a side note, was the girl Max was running against the older sister of the girl who plays Sydney? They looked and sounded exactly alike.
 
Glowing review/overview of this season so far, from TIME's James Poniewozik.

Parenthood Breaks Our Hearts Real Good

Parenthood has had to negotiate all these issues, and generate enough ratings to stay on air to boot. It’s always been a good show, but it’s had issues that kept it shy of greatness: a lot of Braverman storylines to juggle, characters getting lost in the shuffle or relegated to comic relief, and a tendency to be emotionally manipulative. Right now, though, Parenthood is the best it’s ever been. It’s mastered its tone, its fantastic cast is getting well-used, and it’s jerking tears (and laughs) honestly. (Parenthood comes from producer Jason Katims of Friday Night Lights—another show about the emotional entanglements of community—and it’s taken that show’s place as what I like to call “Daddy’s Cry Time.”)

This isnÂ’t just because of KristinaÂ’s breast-cancer storyline, but IÂ’ll focus on that because so many of the other stories inevitably get pulled into it. Yes, giving a main character cancer is an easy way to boost the stakes, but itÂ’s hardly an unrealistic one: if any family survives long enough, there are going to be health crises.

One reason the story has worked so well is that it hasnÂ’t taken over or changed Parenthood but played off its central theme: the way family places you at the nexus of a web of competing needs and responsibilities, none of which magically go away because another one comes along. Kristina gets cancer, but thereÂ’s still MaxÂ’s election at school, and HaddieÂ’s adjustment to college, and the baby, and AdamÂ’s business. Adam persuades Kristina not to postpone her surgery for anyone elseÂ’s sake, but the other problems are still there. (In fact, thereÂ’s just the barest hint, as she prepares for a terrifying surgery, that itÂ’s a little bit of a blessing to be able to focus, through Max, on someone elseÂ’s problem for a moment, even as she prepares to miss his speech for surgery.)
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New episode last night. Good to have it back. I enjoyed it. Adam being all crazy because of what his wife was going through was great. I thought the Victor storyline was good too. He was a bit much early in the season, but that has worked out I think. Matt Lauria has been great on this show too.

Also did Drew use his aunt's cancer to bang his ex... haha.
 
TripOpt55 said:
Also did Drew use his aunt's cancer to bang his ex... haha.
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I thought this was the worst part of the episode. His ex has been out of the picture since episode 1, with no mention of her missing him or anything. She then hears his sob story and wants to bang him? She should have been like "WTF are you doing Drew? Shame on you!"
 
Ashhong said:
I thought this was the worst part of the episode. His ex has been out of the picture since episode 1, with no mention of her missing him or anything. She then hears his sob story and wants to bang him? She should have been like "WTF are you doing Drew? Shame on you!"
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It was so absurd. I actually thought when he went in for the kiss she was going to pull away. Nope! Episode was good otherwise.
 
Drew is also a good looking kid. It's just that he is supposed to act weak and indecisive.

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This season is really good except for the Max and Sydney parts.
 
This season has been so consistently great. I'm enjoying just about everybody's screentime for once!

However,

KILL DREW & MAX



Also give Sarah a decent storyline again, fuck.
 
anaron said:
This season has been so consistently great. I'm enjoying just about everybody's screentime for once!

However,

KILL DREW & MAX



Also give Sarah a decent storyline again, fuck.
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RIGHT?! I can't believe how annoying they made Max this episode after kind of dialing it back a bit. I can obviously see how it's necessary in relation to the plot but I hate seeing it.
 
Man how does Katims do it? Consistently makes a grown man cry. Some beautiful scenes. Especially loved Adam and Zeke's crying hug in the hospital. I was waiting for it after I saw Zeke come in with the supplies, and then they did it. A small part of me was hoping Christina would die, because that would be sad as shit, but I'm glad she didn't.

Also, did I miss the point where they told Haddie that Christina is on chemo? Last I remember, they were telling her that Christina was fine after the surgery and didn't need any more treatment.
 
Ashhong said:
Man how does Katims do it? Consistently makes a grown man cry. Some beautiful scenes. Especially loved Adam and Zeke's crying hug in the hospital. I was waiting for it after I saw Zeke come in with the supplies, and then they did it. A small part of me was hoping Christina would die, because that would be sad as shit, but I'm glad she didn't.

Also, did I miss the point where they told Haddie that Christina is on chemo? Last I remember, they were telling her that Christina was fine after the surgery and didn't need any more treatment.
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Really great episode but I also wondered why Haddie knew. I remember thinking how stupid it was when they lied to Haddie about it and figured it would be a plot point in the future. But nothing.
 
I don't understand this show. It's super predictable and often very cheesy, and yet I tune in every week and can't stop watching it.
 
If anything, we can just assume that they had a conversation with her already off screen when they told her to come to the hospital.
 
Well damn, Sidney finally got a reason to STFU!

The preview for next week looks gooood. First cancer and now a pregnancy/abortion storyline? Sounds good to me
 
Victor is being a total shithead, but I'm not really a fan of Julia either. Joel on the other hand is great like always.

That scene where Zeke and Camille are talking about ejaculation with Max was hilarious.
 
TJ Bennett said:
Do you think they're going to unveil next season that Max is gay?
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It definitely seems that way, but I don't think so. I think they would go for the "cannot make intimate connections at all" before going down that road.

Was I the only one that expected Max to have a boner during his post-shower strut? So many awkward conversations in this episode lol. Loved how much fun Zeke and Camille were having with the ejaculations convo.

"I ejaculate like you wouldnt believe!"
 
So I hadn't start watching this until last year before S4 when I caught up first with Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix and then S3 on Hulu Plus. And I enjoyed all three of those seasons, but I feel S4 was the best season yet. And honestly I didn't know it'd get to this quality of show. I am quite impressed with this past season. I mean Drew's story was awful, but at least I can mock it. And while the Victor saga got to be a bit much at times, the ending (and that smile Joel gave when he first played catch with him) made it worth it I think. The cancer storyline was great even if they just ignored the whole Haddie thing. I liked Ray Romano and Matt Lauria on here. Crosby didn't seem to have one big arc like some of the other characters, but he had that amazing n-word storyline in that one ep. I don't know. I just loved this season. Sure there were little issues here and there, but overall I think it was great.
 
So what the fuck, that was the season finale? Felt like a series finale, did it get renewed? No lingering plots off the top of my head. Pretty much a happy ending for everyone except maybe Sarah, who is still single and stuck living with her parents lol.
 
Ashhong said:
So what the fuck, that was the season finale? Felt like a series finale, did it get renewed? No lingering plots off the top of my head. Pretty much a happy ending for everyone except maybe Sarah, who is still single and stuck living with her parents lol.
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Yeah I was surprised how almost all of the plots turned out so well (except for Sarah of course), and there was virtually no plot strings left, built, or introduced for the future.

Perhaps they did that because they aren't confident of a renewal? I wasn't a huge fan of the episode myself.
 
Yea just read an article. They knew going in that they would have 15 episodes without a promise of a 5th. It will be a pretty great series finale if it comes to that.
 
It definitely felt like they were hedging their bets as far as whether it would be renewed. I think it will be renewed though.
 
It got renewed! :D

The article I read said that the five shows that just got early renewals are all getting 22-episode seasons? Are we finally getting another long season of Parenthood? That's really exciting.
 
Just started watching this like 2 days ago, I caught an episode when I went home to my parents and I enjoyed it (an ep from season 2 or 3 I assume).

but i'm powering through now, and am 2 eps into the 2nd season.

I lol'd at the first seasons story of sarah dating her daughters english teacher.

it was max medina all over again!

enjoy able show.

I'd love to see more of.. i forget his name, the stay at home dad. I think he's under used, but it looks like he's starting to get a bit more time (building the roof with grandpa, and a few other little things). but his stories always seem to be on his own without the rest of the family which is interesting.
 
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