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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 19, 2014, 7:26 pm
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[center]Episode 8
Aaron Brownstein Must Be Stopped
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That was f*cking INTENSE!!!! If you have followed the exploits
of Max over the entire series, than you know how intense he can
get. Well, magnify that by 1000 for this episode, and you have
an inkling of what went down once he was bold enough to ask
Dylan to be his girlfriend. Problem was him walking in on her
making out with another student (Aaron) and the rest just
snowballed from there. Later after trying to get Aaron kicked
out of school, because he's a threat to him, Max decides to make
an oversize Card for her that really laid it on thick. So thick
was it that Dylan finally snapped at Max telling him she doesn't
and will never love him. Needless to say this sends Max running.
Out of all the chaos that followed, I thought the way that
Kristina handled the situation made me feel comfortable because
this was a very, very uncomfortable episode to sit through
knowing how this was going to blow up in Max's face.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 24, 2014, 7:06 pm
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[center]Episode 9
Lean In
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Well, my worst fears for where they are taking the serious is
been confirmed by the final scene. Earlier I said that I thought
they would do something really drastic with Zeek's health. He
made a miraculous recovery a while back, but I always had it in
the back of my mind that this wasn't over. The final scene has
him laying in bed, calling out to Camille, scared because he
can't move. The way that it was shot, the music they played to
underscore it all tells me this is it. Factor in that the bulk
of his story for this episode was all about taking his wife to
France because "it may be the last time" they would do anything
together like this made it a forgone conclusion. So yeah, I
actually see them......I don't even want to say it. Moving
on.....
They brought Mark (Jason Ritter) back into the fold and once
again, I got duped thinking they were actually going to make so
that Sarah finally wises up that she doesn't belong in a
relationship with Hank. I totally forgot that the last time Mark
was on the show was to tell Sarah that he was getting married.
In this episode, he tells her that he has a baby on the way. But
there wasn't something deeper at work. The way the scene played,
the fumbling for words, the look behind his eyes told me there
was some serious regret in letting Sarah get away. I also got
the same vibe from her as well, even if she ultimately tells
Hank she is happy with him. I don't know.
After a very intense harassment scene involving Max and Dylan
that made me uncomfortable watching it, it looks like he finally
gets it and is backing off with the threat that Dylan's parents
would remove her from the school. All seems well now as they
will just be friends. I still think that the finally episode,
even if she has made it perfectly clear she has no feelings for
him, that they will in fact end up together. Julia and Joel,
seem to be reconciling. Them making out at the end tells me
that's where they are going. But then again, they have fooled me
a couple of times before about them getting back together. This
is a wait and see proposition with these two cats.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 12, 2015, 7:12 pm
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[center]Episode 10
How Did We Get Here?
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I felt like I went through the ringer after watching this
episode which hit a little too close to home for me. Having
dealt with this with both of my Grandparents, it brought up a
lot of emotional stuff for me. The same feelings were still
there being displayed by the characters on screen as they get
pulled left and right worrying about Zeek's condition. No one
likes going to a hospital and no one likes having to deal with
uncertainty. I got very emotional when Drew, fearing that things
were going to end on "bad terms" between him and his
grandfather, tells him he loves him. That hit me square in the
chest like a 2 tone atom bomb. Really not sure where they are
taking the story and I don't want to think that they would end
the series on such a downer should they go there. Anyway, as I
said, very emotional hour but it did have some moments of levity
thanks to Hank's awkwardness around everyone, culminating in him
popping the question to Sarah at the hospital of all places. She
didn't say yes.....but she didn't say no either. So, my guess is
that the finale episode will be them getting married.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Mac Date: January 13, 2015, 9:29 am
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So it's a sweet sour thing? I mean, it's tough watching those
kinds of things, hitting close to the heart, but yet, hopefully,
it's those memories that swell up, allow you to smile, about the
good things.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 23, 2015, 9:45 am
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[center]Episode 11
Lets Go Home
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Pretty good episode and each story line was fun to watch. I
forgot to mention that in last weeks episode while everyone was
at the hospital, worrying about what would happened to Zeke, the
Luncheonette Recording Studio was broken into and Crosby and
Adam lost everything. Nothing was left. So their issue was
whether or not they should take the insurance money and walk
away or stick it out and see if they could make it profitable
again. Crosby wanted to stick it out and of course Adam wanted
to walk. It took a little talk from Jasmine to convince Adam to
stay, which I liked. The back story about Zeke's Reggie Jackson
Baseball was nice and I like that he "found it" only to give it
up later, to make it a buried treasure for a couple of kids who
will one day find it. Very cool moment. Best scene of the night
was seeing Joel and Julia on the Ice Skating Rink, basically
coming out to the kids that they are back together again. Love
the song that underscored it all. Really cool moment for the
series was Mellie finding a shoe box full of rolls of film that
had never been developed and having Max do just that. All the
pictures we end up seeing are the very ones that they used for
the Opening Credits scene.
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Re: Parenthood (Season 6 - 2014)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 3, 2015, 7:49 pm
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[center]Episode 12 & 13
We Made It Through the Night / May God Bless and Keep You Always
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Well, that's it. It's all over. I purposely delayed watching
Episode 12 until they had Episode 13 up On Demand. This was
actually my intention all season long. The idea of just watching
one finale episode and calling it quits wasn't something I
wanted. I wanted to make this my own personal Swan Song Event.
With the amount of time I've invested in this series and the
characters that populate it, I thought it was fitting to end it
in this way for me. As for the final 2 episodes, I am extremely
satisfied with how it all wrapped up. Some amazing song choices
to underscore a lot of scenes as we got through Amber's birth
and then Sarah and Hanks wedding. Watching a series like
Parenthood, one may lose track of who and what the series is
about. So many characters with so many story lines. It was the
Series Finale that drove home the point that this show was, is
and will always be about Zeek and Camille and watching their
brood grow up and make their own mark.
Some very tender moments in the last two hours, especially with
Zeek and his kids in one and one situations that got me choked
up. It was a fun hour. Everyone was happy. And then they did the
one thing I have been dreading all season long. They had Zeek
pass away and it was heartbreaking to see, especially with
Camille finding him. That got the water works going. I thought
they would have the entire family make it to he end, which is
what I always wanted. With this coming within the final 5
minutes of the last episode, I was also very angry. I didn't
want it to end on such a downer. But the brillance of Jason
Katims came through once again. The epilogue of where the rest
of the family was in the coming years made softened the blow. It
was the only way to end it because it stayed true to real life
as well as paying tribute to a job well done by both Zeek and
Camille in raising their kids. Following everyone over the
years, you got to see that each family was expanding with the
addition of more kids. With that said, I still think they should
have kept Zeek alive to the very end.
One last thing, I liked that they had Scott Porter as Amber's
husband during the epilogue. It was fitting that they also had
Matt Lauria in the same scene. Two Friday Night Lights alums for
the finale time. Anyway, loved the series and in hindsight, I'm
glad they brought it back for this one last season. Hate to see
it go, I'm gonna miss the Bravermans. I'm looking forward to the
eventual DVD Box Set, which I will gladly fork over money for.
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