Parenthood: The Big "O"

It's the last month of school and as it's winding down, the work keeps piling on. But I'm trying as hard as I can to write the best review, but for now I'll just go with a thought process review. One of these days I'll finally arrange it by character. For now I'm just going to write about what I thought was interesting. Just hope my TV doesn't squeal too much during this episode. It's annoying.

I love the song this episode started with, although it's called Young Folks. I forget who it's by, but I know I first heard it on Grey's Anatomy.

I'm so glad Crosby was Jabal's father. Not that I expected him not to be. I like how he was confused about what to do. "Do I buy a microwave? Move to the suburbs?" It's so quirky and cute. Crosby telling his parents was good. It was important to see him learn from his mistakes of not telling people about Jabar, and in a way, he's "growing up".

I hope this behavioral specialist works for Max. It's so painful to watch his parents struggle with him, but they do it so perfectly.

I really hope both Amber and Sarah don't both have crushes on the English teacher. It would be so awful and cliche.

It's good that Sarah created an "it's complicated" box on the English teacher's little asking out note. It'd be weird if she dated him and Amber kind of has a crush on him. As long as her crush doesn't end like super intense, I'll be happy about it.

Wasn't expecting to the English teacher to go that far and just kiss Sarah. It was cute.

Sorry, my roommate just interrupted me and I missed some of the show. One of the disadvantages of living in a dorm. On top of that, I'm trying to multitask and straighten my hair at the same time. I'll try to update this later when I rewatch this.

Back to Parenthood.


I figured that this episode was something to do with faking orgasms. I get that it's something married couples and parents deal with, but it seemed kinda random.

Wait. Joel cheated on on Julia with the Sydney's friend's mother? That's low. Although I don't really like Julia (although she's portrayed really well by Erika Christensen) she doesn't deserve that. Joel came clean about Raquel trying to kiss him. I'm glad in the end Julia decided that Sydney having a friend was important, and she learned to get past it.

I'm slowly learning that I'm starting to pick favorites of these characters. I love Crosby and Sarah's story the most. I feel like I mostly love Sarah because it's Lauren Graham, but also because her character's not perfect, but she tries as hard as she can to balance parenthood and life, and that's what the show's about. Same with Crosby. It's nice to watch him grow as he learns to be a parent for the first time despite the difficulty of not knowing Jabar until he was five years old.

Wassup!

Time for Parenthood!

I’m hoping I learn more of their names this episode, although I don’t have much hope. It doesn’t help that I’m awful with them, or that I don’t care all that much. And I’m still trying to figure out how to write these posts. It’s so hard to write when it keeps jumping between stories. Any tips? :)

I think next time I’m going to totally separate by character.

I feel bad for Sarah’s daughter, Amber. She hasn’t really done anything wrong. I hate that she’s like “discriminated” against because she looks like a bad girl and it’s kind of cliché that the “good” girl Haddie is actually going to turn out to be the bad one.

I’m glad she’s not a total bad person, and she’s finding a place with “Stevie’s family”. I kind of like where they’re going with her. It seems like a lot of this stuff is very predictable.

It’s good that Haddie’s mom talked to her. Openness is important, I think. It’s what led Haddie to bring Stevie with her in the end to the dinner.

Ah, Sarah needs to learn that sometimes kids just need to open up to their parents. (I’m sorry, I just had a class today where we mostly discussed what made a good or bad parent.) Haddie’s father said that rebelling is also part of growing up, which we also mentioned was debatable.


I’m glad Sarah is fighting for Amber when Julie cancelled on her babysitting gig. While I’m sure her daughter didn’t really care about not having to work, I’ll be happy when this family realizes she’s not a bad girl. Doesn’t surprise me that Sarah would check up on her, not doubting she would. I didn’t really see it as Sarah trying to prove herself by getting Amber the job, but I get it now. I wouldn’t be happy.

But paper turtles are sooo cute!

Poor Drew. It must suck not to have a father to talk to. Although I liked the line (well the Woody Allen quote) “Masturbation is having sex with someone you love.” I love Woody Allen. And pop culture references. “Of all the gin joints in all the world.” I’m kind of digging this. Really grandpa? Your going to talk to have the talk while the kid’s in the shower? It’s funny though.

Who makes their password “Haddieho”? Haha I like that Crosby? (Daz) called Haddie’s relationship “facebook official”. How did Haddie not realize that her parents would figure out about her relationship? Sorry honey, but Facebook’s not your personal property. It’s the Internet.

I’m just wondering how can Jabbar eat pizza when we just learned he’s lactose intolerant? And poor him, with his thumb stuck in a can. I do love watching Crosby learn to parent, it’s so cute.

Finally, a soft side to Julie. Glad she’s not all evil. It’s really sweet that Crosby called her a good mom.

I still like the cheesy let’s get the whole family together thing and be happy. But it’s still cute. And happy. And perfect.


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Parenthood: The Deep End of The Pool 1.03

Short review tonight. I feel like I’ve posted a lot lately and I want to relax, so sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes I missed.

I didn’t realize the show was set in SanFran. I find that kind of cool.

I feel bad for Jabbar. It would be extremely tough to bond with a kid you don’t know anything about. I like that they had a discussion about what makes parenting worth it. The connection. The bond. It’s kinda cheesy, but good. I’m happy that Dax’s character finds that he can bond with Jabbar about music at work. But just stop lying to your fiance already! It's so cliche and she's going to find out.

I liked the little bonding moment they shared over why Jabbar ran away near the end. It was cute.

Wait? Why are Sarah and her kid sleeping the same bed? So her son can have is own room? Really? Way to shove your own kid out of her bed, Sarah. I do feel bad that she’s kind of hopeless though with no money, no home, no car. Isn’t there a couch she could sleep on?

I want so badly for Max’s parents to find Max a school that fits him. It sucks they won’t let him into school until September. And the admissions lady kind did look like Oprah. That was funny. Not sure telling her that was a compliment or not though. But I'm glad he got into the school. Hopefully this will make their family life a little easier.

I feel so bad that they forgot Haddie's game though. It doesn't surprise me that they forgot about her once Max started consuming all their time. I can't believe her parents didn't realize it's been all about Max for years.

I kind of hated the mother who decided to show how because she was an all state swimmer or whatever. But I understand she feels the need to teach her kid to swim. But, she kind of failed, and now her kid is going to hate her for letting her “drowned.” I'm glad her kid is learning how to swim on her own though.

Not surprised they’re dad didn’t want to talk about the condoms. I am surprised that he didn’t deny they were there or that they were his. It was interesting to see her father admit to him and her mother not doing so well. I felt like the honesty was necessary given the rest of the lying go on.

Did it seem like there were a lot more commercials in the second half? Because it did it did to me, and it was kind of annoying.

Wait--why is Sarah getting back with Jim? I don't understand. I hope they explain this in the next episode.

I liked this episode. I just wish they could show more big family moments through out the show rather than the ending, although it does really work to bring all the stories together.

Review of Parenthood: Man vs Possum

Can I say yesssss! Finally a show with an introduction again! I actually enjoyed seeing pictures of everyone when they were younger.

Sarah (Lauren Graham) was so on key in the beginning when she sent her kids to a new school. I felt embarrassed. Her interview was kind of awkward as well, but in a good way. And what kind of search engine is "Find Now Go?" They wouldn't have given her a schedule and then randomly pulled her out to tell her that. I felt bad for her :( Not surprised she didn't get the job.

Poor parent's who are just learning that Max has aspberger's. That must be really tough, especially when it seemed really scary when they visited with that family and all they did was talk about the billions of specialists they had to see. But, I love how this kid knows Bob Dylan never had a number one song.

Ugh. I can't imagine being in Dax's characters position. He has no idea what he's doing. But he sucks for lying to that girl. He should tell her he has a kid.

I don't understand what the deal was with the possum. It's not like it was interrupting their sleep or destroying their home. He said the possum was mocking him? Guess it was just an excuse so he could find the pot. I want to learn more about their father especially if he's being smoking pot lately. I liked that the daughter confessed to the pot, although it's kind of cliche that so-called "good kid" ended up with the pot.

And can they even just randomly tell a kid that they're being held back like that? I feel bad that Sarah and everyone always accuses her of being the bad kid.

I liked the end. I always enjoy when all the parents get together. And it's just funny that they started smoking pot.

Sorry if this is kinda jumbled because I wrote it as I watched it. Did anybody else watching it and what did you think? Or what did you spend you Tuesday nights doing otherwise?

"Parenthood" Tonight

Parenthood premieres tonight on NBC at 10 EST. I'm looking forward to this because of Lauren Graham, not so much because of the commercials made it look so good. It looks kinda eh to me.
I'll probably post what I think of the show either tomorrow or Thursday. I'm sick and have a midterm to study for, so most of my attention will be going towards that.
But for now, what do you think of the show?

Ahh, the Golden Globes.

I love Award shows. But sometimes I hate how much work I have to put into them. 2 hours of preshow (my favorite, I love watching the fashion) and at least 3 hours for a mere 25 Awards.

I thought Ricky Gervais was an okay host. There's really not a whole lot to hosting these days, there's not a whole lot to do with all the awards going on. It did, however, make me want to see the UK version of the Office.



It really surprised me that there is only 12 episodes.

Also, I've really wanted to see Mad Men. I've been interested in it ever since my Journalism teacher mentioned it in class and I may just have to since it won.

Award-wise, I was really disappointed Jane Lynch didn't win (I was sad Lea Michele didn't, but Lynch not winning came as a shock), but happy Glee won for best Comedy/Musical series.

Also, I was sad NPH didn't win, but that's life.

On another note, I'm really excited for Lauren Graham's new television show, Parenthood. Although it's not something I'd normally watch, I love Lauren Graham (and anything Gilmore girls). Also, Lauren Graham looked awesome on the red carpet: (via Lauren-online.net)

She's looking really good at 42 and I loved her dress.

So what TV show did you want to win at the Globes?