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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 11, 2013, 10:53 am
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Added Episode 3: Nipple Confusion
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 11, 2013, 11:59 am
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Solid episode that tackles a couple of real world issues that
every parent will have to face. Last week Camille suggests to
Zeke that they sell their house so that they could travel and
see the world. In this episode, of course Zeke spends the entire
time avoiding having that conversation as we clearly see that he
doesn't want to sell the house. It's not until the end of the
episode does he lay it all out there as to why he doesn't. All
his memories of their family life, their kids, profound and
monumental moments of theirs occurred in and around the house.
So, one would expect that Camille would soften and let go of the
idea of selling. Nope. The line has been drawn and not sure
where they are going to take this. Looks to me that they could
end up splitting once and for all. But that would be a horrible
way to end the series if this is in fact the final season.
Julia and Joel have to addressed whether or not to hold Victor
back a grade due to his poor reading skills. You have Julia that
is willing to pull the trigger and do just that and you have
Joel wanting to stick it out and give Vic a chance to pull
through and succeed. No final decision was made, but it looked
like Julia is willing to give him time.
There were a couple of scenes that I thought were great. The
first was Drew dealing with his College roommate more or less
hijacking their room to bang girls. Sure, him running to Amber
and Ryan wasn't the smartest move. Because Drew kept coming back
to their loft to hang out, it was putting a serious crimp in
Amber and Ryan's sex life. So, when Ryan barged in on the
roommate....it was hella funny. On the surface, it may have
appeared that he was helping Drew, but in fact it was more of a
"selfish" move so that he and Amber would finally be able to
have sex if Drew wasn't coming around any more. FYI, really not
sure what they are doing with Drew's hair. Why is he suddenly
going down the Emo road? Comb your f*cking hair!!
Best scene of the episode was when Crosby finally connected with
his baby daughter and was able to finally feed her from a
bottle. The way that baby was looking at Crosby was priceless.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 18, 2013, 9:50 am
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Added Episode 4: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 18, 2013, 11:18 am
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Zeke is awesome in the way that he could get Victor to agree to
work on rebuilding his car with the stipulation that he Victor
reads from the car manual to help him because he can't "see" as
well. Sure, that may be somewhat true, but the objective here is
to get him reading and to do it because there is an end game, an
objective to meet on a personal basis. It's one thing to sit a
kid down and force him to read for the sake of read. No kid
wants to do that and many don't have the patience to do it if
they are already struggle with it. But add in the idea that
their reading will benefit them directly in the near future and
you have motivation to get you through the hurdles. Zeke is
awesome!
I really don't understand how Amber can be so naive and just
brush aside that Ryan is hiding something from his past
regarding his family. It's most likely that he was disowned. But
the fact that she shuts Amber down every time when she tries to
get him to open up is a huge red flag and one that should make
her seriously question if getting married is the right thing to
do. If he won't open up before getting married, what's telling
her that he will later? What's telling her that things will get
better with him? She's got blinders on and doesn't want to admit
defeat.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 25, 2013, 9:17 am
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Added Episode 5: Let's Be Mad Together
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 25, 2013, 10:40 am
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The episode should have been called 'Boundaries' given the fact
that's what it's about. You have Adam allowing a sh*tty band
they are producing to walk all over him and Crosby, calling the
shots. You have Joel trying to keep his new Boss in check about
how she is changing up the blue plans for what they are
building. You have Julia trying to keep Joel in line about how
to run his business. You have Camillia trying to set boundaries
with Zeke that are long gone. You have Max taking pictures of
people that don't want their pictures taken. You have Amber
keeping secrets about her fight with Sarah from Ryan. A lot of
raw emotion that eventually cause's a huge explosion. And I just
now got what the writers were getting at when Joel was pointing
the Volcano on the cake at the store. Metaphor, baby!!
So, the ending was a bit ambiguous. Was Sarah placating Ryan in
"accepting" his reasons about his family or is she planning to
still sabotage Amber and Ryan's relationship? I'm going with the
later given the look on her face as she closed the door when he
walked away. Loved how Crosby was able to regain control over
the band by name dropping The Beatles, Nirvana and Bruce
Springsteen. The band was toast as soon as their names popped
up. Nice. I never knew how cheap those albums were made for when
recording them. I learn something new everyday. :)
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 1, 2013, 10:21 am
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Added Episode 6: The M Word
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 1, 2013, 10:31 am
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It took all of 5 seconds to figure out what the The M Word was
referring to given the fact that I was looking for it. The M
Word stands for a bunch of things actually. Marriage. Mayor.
Moving. Mini-Van. Overall, I really liked this episode as it
felt more like the old show. Best scene of the episode was of
course Kristina standing up for herself during the debate and
then hijacking it with true sentiment when she spoke from her
heart to the mother that asked the question. I hate politicians
in general because they are all just like Bob Little,
condescending and all about "numbers". That's why seeing
Kristina speaking as she did (even if she is just a fictional
character) had so much impact. Side-note, why the f*ck can't
politicians do just that......speak from the heart? It would go
a long way to uniting a divided country.
As for Amber and Sarah reconciling at the end, I think Amber
wasn't crying because they mended fences, but in fact she was
crying because her and Ryan already eloped (which we don't see,
but was hinted at earlier in the episode). How does she break
the news and not break her mothers heart at the same time? I
think Julia and Joel are heading for splitsville, especially
after this episode. Same can be said for Camille and Zeke. I
think it would be very ballsy of the show to actually crash and
burn not one, but two marriages before the Series Finale. But
you and I know that they will save both of them at the 11th
hour.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 8, 2013, 7:37 am
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Added Episode 7: Speaking of Baggage
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Re: Parenthood (Season 5 - 2013)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 8, 2013, 8:58 am
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Great episode that actually made me nervous because I didn't
know how the scenes were going to play out. I guess the biggest
thing is after Amber had been arguing with Sarah for the past
few episodes about how Ryan is "the one", now we are seeing her
looking for an excuse (consciously or subconsciously) to slow
things down. Well that's how it played to me anyway. You have
her "flirting" with the drummer in the studio and then you have
her trying to reject the engagement ring Ryan gives her as being
"too much". I think their relationship is done. Sooner than you
think. That's not the only relationship crashing right now. Now
Julia seems to be pursuing the idea of another man (Ed Brooks).
It's subtle, but it's there. Zeke and Camille also are flaming
out. Really not sure what's gonna happen to them.
The scene with Hank and Sarah was funny because he still has no
social skills, even with a woman he had a relationship with
already. And speaking of no social skills, how the f*ck does a
character like Drew manage to bang hot chicks? I guess girls are
just attracted to guys with greasy hair and dandruff and rags
for clothes. Ugh. The concert in the recording studio was pretty
cool. Actually a great song. It's called Air by Tyson Ritter
from All American Rejects.
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