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post #61 of 235
10/14/11 at 7:28am

I didn't have much time to comment on this week's episode.

 

The best thing, for me, of course, was the entire clan crammed into the hospital room at the end of the show celebrating the family's expansion.  

 

I am really liking Mae Whitman's new "look" this season.  That girl should have an amazing future in acting. 

 

I am simply trying my hardest not to let some of the storylines get in my way of enjoying the show. 

 

Oh.  And the part about Adam not having a change of clothes after his extreme purchase had my entire house screaming at the TV set.  You just can't have that kind of illogic happenstance NOT take the audience out of the show.  Such carelessness/recklessness shows a real lack of ability (or caring) on the part of the entire creative team.  They seem determined to destroy this gem of a high-quality scripted ensemble show (with such a gifted cast) by not giving it the proper attention it deserves. 

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post #62 of 235
10/18/11 at 10:06pm
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I still wish their first client had been a Bay Area name instead of an international music icon -- who, oh, by the way just happens to have an existing long-standing relationship with NBC -- because the story would have worked just as well on a much smaller scale. That being said, I loved all the dynamics at play. Crosby's essentially in Adam's role this week, while Adam's the goofy free spirit who neglects his responsibilities and mucks things up. I loved getting to see Crosby in his element as a professional, and seeing him work his ass off. I loved Adam's admonition at the end not to feel responsibility for his family, that the only thing Crosby owes him within those walls is his expertise as an audio engineer. And I loved the beat where everything came together, and it was just about capturing the music in a bottle. For that beat, Cee Lo Green was a great choice, because his sound meshes perfectly with the feel they're going for in this run down 1970's relic. Most off all, I love Adam holding the new baby at the end, no less exhausted than Kristina but ready to pick up his share of the slack on the home front.

I enjoyed Kristina's storyline too, though I wondered why she never picked up the phone and asked Camille and Zeek to watch the baby for a couple hours so she could take a nap. I especially loved Haddie's reaction; being resentful of her mother for not reading one of the most important pieces of writing in her life, fully understanding why her mother hadn't read it, trying not to hold it against her, but failing. Sometimes reactions to things aren't logical; we're hurt or angry or resentful even when we know we have no right to be. Haddie needed her mom, but her new baby sister needed her more. And that's not fair, even though it's reality.

The dinner scene between Zeek, Camille, Julia, Sarah and Joel was terrific. Joel bites back on so much, swallows so much, represses so much, it was both surprising and great to see him take quiet but firm stand -- and state an opinion that was very much contrary to what I'd have expected from him. He clearly wasn't on board with how Julia went about things with coffee kart girl -- as no sane person would be. But I mistook that for him resenting Julia for wanting that, when it turns out he admired her instinct and the genuine and heartfelt place it came from. Likewise, I thought we were being set up for yet another moment where Julia makes a major joint decision without consulting him, but it turns out Joel admired the heartfelt place Sarah's decision came from too. For Joel, it's not about success or failure, it's about supporting family when they open up vulnerable parts of themselves and strive for an altruistic thing. He's a hopeless romantic, and that makes me like him a bit more.

The Seth storyline is playing out with heartbreaking inevitability. The writing and acting for Mr. Cyr was just so good this episode. He is in many ways the perfect guy for Sarah. We've been shown that he's willing to accept a lot and forgive a lot and go all in with a very messy situation. At the same time, he has enough self-respect to know that what Sarah's doing isn't fair to him. He can -- and I think does -- respect her for what she's trying to do with Seth. But he knows that her going down that road with Seth leaves no place for him in her life. And he's decent enough to tell her that.

The most heartbreaking part was Drew's storyline. He's finally getting to be a normal teenage boy, and a hell of a lot more decent than most of them. He met a girl he likes, a girl that likes him back, and he has his first kiss. He should get to revel in that, live on Cloud 9 for a while. Being happy, and innocent and normal. But no sooner has it happened than his mess of a father comes into the frame like a wet blanket, making Drew's life about his issues and his problems and his needs. I can sympathize with Seth, recognize that he has an illness, and still hate him for depriving his 15, 16 year old son of the life of a 15, 16 year old boy. It's not fair to put his sobriety on his children's shoulders. It's not fair to ask that of them. Sarah's an adult, she can make her own decisions. But as a father, Seth should never have dumped this on Drew and Amber's laps.
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post #63 of 235
10/19/11 at 8:54am
Please note that I'm coming into this series VERY recently; perhaps the last 3 episodes (recommended by a friend) With that said, I am very impressed with this show and its dynamics. I also like reading the comments here, especially Adam's, as they are well-thought out and highlight aspects I hadn't concerned. So now, a comment, and a question.
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I enjoyed Kristina's storyline too, though I wondered why she never picked up the phone and asked Camille and Zeek to watch the baby for a couple hours so she could take a nap.

It'd be pretty tough for a new mom, (even if she'd had other kids) to separate from her baby, even for a little bit, that soon after the birth. And with her determination to read Haddie's paper, it's clear she felt like she had everything under control, even when it was evident that she wouldn't.
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He clearly wasn't on board with how Julia went about things with coffee kart girl -- as no sane person would be.

Again, I didn't watch the episode where she made the proposal to Coffee Kart girl, so forgive my ignorance, but why was that so wrong? Adam's commented before about how many boundaries this crosses, and I'm curious as to what boundaries. And this is not meant as an attack - I'm geniunely curious.
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post #64 of 235
10/19/11 at 9:54am
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Again, I didn't watch the episode where she made the proposal to Coffee Kart girl, so forgive my ignorance, but why was that so wrong? Adam's commented before about how many boundaries this crosses, and I'm curious as to what boundaries. And this is not meant as an attack - I'm geniunely curious.
Coffee cart girl is at the bottom of the totem pole on a business that depends on keeping the employees of the building in which she operates happy. This places coffee cart girl into a subordinate position to Julia, one where Julia's approval or disapproval could have a serious impact on her continued employment. Worse, Julia buys from her every day, so giving Julia her baby would mean either having to find another job or face the woman who's raising your baby every single day. Julia then brings Zoe, an indirect subordinate from work, into her at a moment of vulnerability. There's also the fact that Zoe is young, poor and struggling at the margins while Julia is affluent and successful. While there's obviously an advantage to growing up in an economically stable environment, there's something deeply morally abhorrent to me about the commodification of a human being like that. Adoption should not be viewed as a transaction, to be successfully negotiated. Julia saw the baby first, and the human being Zoe second.
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post #65 of 235
10/20/11 at 3:21pm
If you're liking the last few episodes, you ought to go back to the beginning. It's recovered for the most part from last season, but it was an incredible show when it was just starting out.
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post #66 of 235
10/20/11 at 7:50pm

I finaly got around to watching this week’s Parenthood tonight.

 

Random thoughts:

 

Why the role reversal with Crosby & Adam about getting the recording studio put together in time?  I understand adam's perception that this was too good an opportunity to reject...but I would've figured Crosby would have said "yes" to C-Lo before he even had mentioned it to Adam. 

 

I get the fact that Haddie is a self-absorbed teen (what teen isn't?) who’s a little put off that her mother doesn’t have the same amount of time for her any more.  But why is that supposed to be interesting to me?

 

It’s too bad the writers have to turn Sarah into that pathetic of a character who “really, really thinks that Seth is ready to change.”  Yawn. 

 

Add me to the list of HTFers who want Drew to lay a wet one on Amy!  biggrin.gif

 

“You’ve just got to go in there and make great music.”  “Hey, Adam…I need you, man!”  rolleyes.gif

 

Liked Joel's monologue telling Zeek to back off. 

 

Nice scene at show’s end with Haddie and Christine.  And when Drew got his kiss, I turned to my wife and said, “How do you not smile at that!”  biggrin.gif

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post #67 of 235
10/20/11 at 11:47pm
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Why the role reversal with Crosby & Adam about getting the recording studio put together in time? I understand adam's perception that this was too good an opportunity to reject...but I would've figured Crosby would have said "yes" to C-Lo before he even had mentioned it to Adam.
I'm reminded of Donald Sutherland's famous line from Animal House when his entire lecture hall has completely stopped paying attention: "Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!" We've very rarely seen Crosby at work before. He knows what's involved with putting together a recording studio, and he knew that the logistical challenges of completely gutting and rewiring a studio were damn near insurmountable. On top of that, Cee Lo wanted to use the ancient equipment that's been sitting there since the last owner went bust God knows how long ago. He has no idea if it's busted, if it's reliable, if problems are going to crop up in the middle of a recording session. He sees all of that, and realizes that the risk of embarrassing themselves in front of Cee Lo Green and becoming a laughing stock outweighed the enormous upside of pulling it off. Adam doesn't understand any of that; the businessman in him simply sees a once in a lifetime opportunity that they can't afford to pass up.

So why does Crosby ultimately, reluctantly go along with it? Because he hates conflict, and it's easier to say yes than no. That, to me, is classic Crosby. I like seeing him as a professional, because it's a new shade to his character from our perspective that fleshes him out and makes him more three-dimensional.
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post #68 of 235
10/21/11 at 6:48am
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He knows what's involved with putting together a recording studio, and he knew that the logistical challenges of completely gutting and rewiring a studio were damn near insurmountable.


Not in the hands of the Parenthood writing team!    biggrin.gif

 

On another topic, I wonder if Max's aide (and Crosby's one-time lover) Minka Kelly is now free to return to Parenthood since Charlie's Angels has been canceled?  That would be a welcome return...

 

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post #69 of 235
10/21/11 at 9:11am
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^ Katims said he'd love to have her back, but that unfortunately the season had already been plotted out through to the finale by the time the "Charlie's Angels" cancellation came down. Maybe next season.
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post #70 of 235
10/22/11 at 9:32am
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

I finaly got around to watching this week’s Parenthood tonight.

 

Random thoughts:

 

Why the role reversal with Crosby & Adam about getting the recording studio put together in time?  I understand adam's perception that this was too good an opportunity to reject...but I would've figured Crosby would have said "yes" to C-Lo before he even had mentioned it to Adam. 

 

 

Also: I saw Adam as feverishly euphoric from the baby's birth and ready to make the business work for his family it happen. Right now. Today. Big client. Make them happy. Provide for the baby. More Red Bull!

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post #71 of 235
11/2/11 at 8:40am
Julia's destined to put her foot in her mouth, even with the best of intentions.

Can't muster much sympathy for Crosby. What a whiner.

Kristina is a mess, fun to watch, hard to take in spots.

Sarah is going to get disappointed again, and lose the new guy.
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post #72 of 235
11/2/11 at 9:24am

I had mostly sympathy for Crosby. Yeah, he's a little whiny about it, but he has good points and it seems that Jasmine is consistently disregarding his feelings or violating agreements they've made. It's hard not to see this as an extension of her choice to keep Jabbar a secret from him, and in this respect it's probably a good idea they didn't get married when they did. 

 

The Sarah storyline seems like a train wreck in the making. Part of me does really hope Seth can turn it around, but it's also inevitable he will relapse, as most addicts do at some point. Like Zeek, you can't help but worry that Sarah is going to lose herself in the hope of his recovery and wind up getting hurt and disappointed all over again. It's telling when even Drew is placing some distance between himself and his father, and Sarah seems to be inching closer and closer to the precipice.

 

The shot of Julia's reaction to the sushi was pretty funny - all it needed was the "Psycho" sound effects. 

 

 

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post #73 of 235
11/2/11 at 12:32pm
I think if I were Kristina, once I got in front of the wheel I would have driven to the seediest part of town and then forced everyone out of the car. The level of selfishness was very high. And was the apology scene the first time we've seen Haddie hold the baby?

I did like the Crosby scenes - especially when he (finally, and rightfully) stood up for himself.

David
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post #74 of 235
11/2/11 at 1:40pm
They seemed to drop a lot of Max's autism for this episode, or maybe it's just me. He seemed to make a lot more eye contact and he apologized pretty readily for a kid who had to be coached to apologize a few eps back. I didn't mind that storyline, but I'm still not fond of the adoption story or the new Seth rehab story. That one is a little more realistic, but even realism can feel like by-the-numbers. We've already kind of seen Sarah give him another chance over Zeek's strong objections, so even though in real life it's definitely a repeating pattern, it's treading over the same ground for TV.
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post #75 of 235
11/2/11 at 4:16pm
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Can't muster much sympathy for Crosby. What a whiner.
You've got to figure, he's only been allowed to be part of his son's life for a year or two now -- something Jasmine's directly responsible. And in comes this handsome, talented, incredibly successful doctor who can offer Jasmine and Jabar all sorts of things that Crosby can't. On top of that, Jabar's looks more like this interloper than he does his own father. The overall effect is this Norman Rockwell-esque homogeneous idealized nuclear family that Crosby finds himself on the outside looking in on.

He has no right to keep Jasmine from moving on with her life. At the same time, like Cameron, I can certainly understand why he's feeling wary and defensive about his role in his son's life, especially since Jasmine has a history of disregarding his parental rights in the past. We've been shown that the pediatrician's way around Jabar is one of the things Jasmine finds attractive about him.
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The Sarah storyline seems like a train wreck in the making. Part of me does really hope Seth can turn it around, but it's also inevitable he will relapse, as most addicts do at some point. Like Zeek, you can't help but worry that Sarah is going to lose herself in the hope of his recovery and wind up getting hurt and disappointed all over again. It's telling when even Drew is placing some distance between himself and his father, and Sarah seems to be inching closer and closer to the precipice.
Yeah, there's a heartbreaking inevitability about it all -- but that's honest, and I wouldn't have believed anything else from Sarah under the circumstances. The person I feel worst for is Mark, who's got a girlfriend with one foot in and one foot out of the relationship at all times. It'll be interesting to see how long he lasts, as Sarah takes more and more of Seth's burden upon her shoulders.

One thing that was nice about the Seth scenes is getting to see how present he was in the kids' earlier years, even when he wasn't "present". Drew's been more open to Seth mainly, I think, because he DIDN'T have a relationship with him in the same way that Amber did. I would love to see Amber visit Seth in rehab and have them play together, since it's the one thing they still share between each other.
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The shot of Julia's reaction to the sushi was pretty funny - all it needed was the "Psycho" sound effects. 
The thing I found fascinating about that story line was that it started being about Julia being her usual control freak creeper self, and then Joel made it about Zoe. He never forgets that she's a young, unwed pregnant women with very little in the way of a support system and he never puts his stake in the baby above Zoe's welfare as a person. Even though it was Julia being a creeper, Joel backed her up because it's the kind of information ANY pregnant women should have access to. I still strongly dislike the entire storyline, but I liked that sort of twist on the pathological pattern.
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I think if I were Kristina, once I got in front of the wheel I would have driven to the seediest part of town and then forced everyone out of the car. The level of selfishness was very high.
But it was a very believable level of selfishness. Adam's whole head space is in the studio right now, Max's being his usual self, and Haddie for whatever reason decided she wanted to stoke the flames rather than be the martyr dousing them out. When she dumped them in the street, all three knew that they basically deserved it.
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post #76 of 235
11/4/11 at 10:10pm

I finally got to this week's episode tonight.

 

Outside of the Braverman Family Fun Night storyline, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

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I'm not sure why we are supposed to care about Seth.  I think I might care about that storyline if Sarah was able to grow a pair and support him without screwing up the rest of her life. 

 

The storyline featuring Julia and the coffee girl is already stretched beyond belief. 

 

And, I've been saying Crosby should have been done with Jasmine since back in season one. 

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post #77 of 235
11/5/11 at 10:00am
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I'm not sure why we are supposed to care about Seth.  I think I might care about that storyline if Sarah was able to grow a pair and support him without screwing up the rest of her life.
I don't think we're supposed to care about Seth, we're supposed to care about Sarah and Amber and Drew. At least that's what keeps me invested, even though I'm pretty sure how it's going to play out.
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post #78 of 235
11/5/11 at 9:07pm

You don't mean...you don't suppose...that Seth is going to ...gasp...let everyone down, do you?!?   tongue.gif

 

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post #79 of 235
11/5/11 at 9:55pm
It is good to see Mark stand up for himself in the situation.
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post #80 of 235
11/6/11 at 3:44am

I hope Seth throws a curve for all who are convinced of how this will play out. There are as many ways to be an alcoholic as there are alcoholics. Relapse is certainly common, but I also know alcoholics who were bingers for decades, then suddenly quit cold turkey. And when I say quit, I mean quit. Not had a long period of sobriety. Quit until they died. It'd be interesting to me if somehow the Seth character could be an alcoholic who perhaps DOES relapse, but not often, and perhaps now as severely as in the past. And make that a part of who he is and his relationship with his family, but not ALL he's about, and not ALL his relationship with his family is about.

 

Yes, an alcoholic might miss a family gathering, but he can be at the 9 of them before that. And the 9 would matter positively just like the missed 1 would negatively. Because that's also included in the overall story of alcoholism. Or even people who relapse but continue to function while headed for a downward spiral (if not stopped). I'm an unabashed fan of the show, but "He got drunk again" doesn't have to be the be all and end all of everything any more than a flareup of a relative with MS has to be the end all of that relationship. It's not healthy to be an enabler, but there IS room to love the people in your life despite their failings and imperfections. They key is balance, and I think that's actually one interesting thing about what's going on with Sarah. She's not just being the pushover everyone thinks. She was really ready to put her foot down and cut Seth off if he didn't get help. But he did. And now she's supporting him. At the end of the day, if you love someone, what's so wrong with that? If he fails, he fails. So what? Sarah will live. So will the kids. Just be realistic about the situation and let it play out how it plays out. This is part of what Joel was saying a bit ago.

 

That said, what's problematic in the Sarah situation is there's an undercurrent of if Seth gets better, maybe there's a chance to restore the relationship (and their family). I'm tremendously less convinced that's a good idea. How Sarah should support Seth very much depends on how she feels about that. If she wants a life with Seth, then she may be doing the right thing by him, though not so much with Mark (who'd then basically be Fallback Guy). But if she wants to pursue things with Mark and is suporting Seth as an ex, she needs to just let Seth know that she will support him as much as she can, but not to the detriment of her own life. Because "recovery" would have to include facing the world realistically, and he may as well be confronted with truths while he has psychologists, etc. to help him through it rather than have an illusion all during recovery and get out to be confronted with an ugly truth.

 

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post #81 of 235
11/6/11 at 5:37am

I've known several people who had real alcohol problems who quit.. and stayed sober.  Yes, relapse is often, but I too would find a compelling story in him becoming sober and staying sober.   Then again, I think the fitting angle for that would be "as much as I love you, and my kids, I need to start all over, to not remind myself of those things, because it reminds me too much of drinking"  and do something else.  :) 


Who knows.

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post #82 of 235
11/6/11 at 7:54am

I was not that into this episode.
 

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You don't mean...you don't suppose...that Seth is going to ...gasp...let everyone down, do you?!?   tongue.gif

 

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I don't know what will happen here. In fact, I think Seth will sober up.Seth being a screwup is status quo, and has great risk of being boring as a story.

 

Seth succeeding is a story with interesting consequences. How does Amber react? Does Drew get a father? Can Zeke accept his recovery? And most importantly, does Sarah get drawn back into her former marriage? Huge impact on her story.

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post #83 of 235
11/8/11 at 9:03pm
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I loved tonight's episode. Loved it. The election results ticker my local NBC affiliate had scrolling across the bottom of the screen all episode drove me nuts at first.

Until the drawer broke, and Seth found the birthday card for Amber's 8th birthday. I just lost it. That absolutely broke my heart. Knowing what we know of their relationship, and how Amber's treated him over the course of the series, the fact that she's held onto that card all of these years said so much about how much she needed from him all the way to the present.

And it registered with Seth. Not the right way at first, but over time. The interesting thing about the aftermath of that moment is that the burden for the situation shifted from Seth to Sarah. He was like a weight around her neck. He was coming from a needy place, and Sarah felt obligated. But then he kissed her, and she made a choice not to break it off. At that moment, it ceased to be about what Seth needed and became about what Sarah wanted. If she walked down that path, and betrayed Mark, it would be because she chose to go that way.

And Mae Whitman turned in another Emmy winner of a performance tonight. The scene with Amber sitting on the porch listening to her mother spill her guts out to Camille broke my heart again. Armed with the knowledge of that birthday card, we know there's a part of Amber that wants that idyllic nuclear family to come true. But she also knows that her dad isn't good for her mother, and the only way for things with Mark to stick is if Seth is vacated from the picture.

She comes to tell Seth that once, but loses her nerve. And then she comes back again with no pretense. When she starts losing it in the door way, she reveals that vulnerable side of her self she NEVER wanted Seth to see. And he's called upon to be a real father for the first time in a long time, and for those few minutes, in that moment, he's exactly the man Amber needs her father to be. It was also the first time I believe he had a shot at making his sobriety stick. I've never been an addict, but I have been depressed. When I was in the thick of it, it was just about impossible to think about anybody beyond myself and my misery. When you're an addict, it's just about impossible to think about anybody beyond yourself and your next score. Seth seeing Sarah not as an extension of himself but as an individual and his daughter's mother is a huge set forward. And he was aware enough to realize that removing himself from Sarah's life also meant again removing himself from Drew and Amber's life -- just when he'd dangled the prospect of being a steady presence in her life.

He can't change that, but he can recognize it. I teared up a bit when Amber opened the manila envelope and found all of the year numbered birthday cards. I really got choked up when she fanned them out and saw that there was no eighth birthday card. She had to be the selfless one and do what's right for her mom, even though it was hard and it sucked. She deserved that, not as a reward but as far less than what she was owed by all of the years of Seth's absence. It was perfect, because it was personal. It had specific meaning for Amber, and because he left it behind, it wasn't about the selfishness of seeing her face light up.

Speaking of selfishness and special moments, I think Crosby's slowly groping his way towards the proper position. Him barging into Dr. Joe's office was woefully inappropriate, but what he said was more or less exactly the right thing to say. He can't be mad every time Dr. Joe watches a movie with Jabar, but he was justified in being mad that he overstepped into one of Crosby's special traditions with Jabar. He can't expect Dr. Joe to never take Jabar to a sporting event, but he was justified in wanting Jabar's first live football game to be with him. Clearly Jasmine's not going to step in and define the boundaries, so he had to set boundaries. Dr. Joe giving Crosby the tickets was a class act, and he was also justified in saying, you know, like it or not I'm going to be a part of Jabar's life. If things don't work out with Dr. Joe, there's probably going to be someone that becomes the one for Jasmine. The problem's not going away, and Crosby's going to have to make peace with that. I was happy to see that, as put off as Crosby was, he didn't play out the drama in front of Jabar. Nor did he undermine Dr. Joe in front of Jabar. He's come a long way as a father.

The new receptionist is trouble. I don't think anything's going to happen between her and Adam, but clearly she does. I think the brothers were idiots not to lay down a more professional dress code right from the get-go.

I liked Zeek's storyline too, and that after all the mileage between him and Camille including some very rough and potholed asphalt, they can still dance together and have a spark there.

Drew and Amy are adorable. I love that he opened up to Seth about, it because that kid definitely need to open up to SOMEONE about it.
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post #84 of 235
11/8/11 at 10:04pm
Couldn't have said it better myself. biggrin.gif
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post #85 of 235
11/9/11 at 12:42am
I thought we were off on the wrong foot when all the interviewees except the one were total morons. And then I remembered that this is, in fact, a comedy-drama, and they have to be given a little slack for the comedy. Then, it turned out to be the best episode of the season anyway. Coincidence that there was no Julia baby at all? The episode would have ruled over me even if it had been weak, what with having Donovan's "Catch the Wind." That song sounds just as fresh and relevant as the usual coffeehouse stuff they play on this show.
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post #86 of 235
11/9/11 at 1:06am
More Alexandra Daddario, please. Cracked up everytime they made the Bravermans uncomfortable in her presence.
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post #87 of 235
11/9/11 at 7:09am
"Will you be my girlfriend for the sake of the elderly?"
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post #88 of 235
11/9/11 at 5:51pm

"Zeke is such a tool" -- my wife :)

 

I've been in the situation, but I have a lot of sympathy for Crosby. He's in a weird spot; his whole family (Jabar & Jasmine) has got to be tough. Watching him struggling to navigate it, weighed under his own self-doubts and fears, it works for me.
 

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Seth succeeding is a story with interesting consequences. How does Amber react? Does Drew get a father? Can Zeke accept his recovery? And most importantly, does Sarah get drawn back into her former marriage? Huge impact on her story.


I was a little bit right, but did not expect the storyline with Amber being the one to ask Seth to leave. The closing scene was brilliant, moving.

 

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post #89 of 235
11/10/11 at 1:28pm

Another exhibit for why this show is like no other. This show has earned my faith and I had a feeling the Seth storyline wouldn't go as some feared.

 

I don't think the new receptionist dressed so out of line for that type of company. Adam is having problems with it because of his situation and background, but Crosby is just fine as he's more at home with (used to) it.

 

It was nice to see Jasmine recognize something good in Crosby during the grand opening party.

 

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post #90 of 235
11/10/11 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by Mikah Cerucco View Post

It was nice to see Jasmine recognize something good in Crosby during the grand opening party.

 

See, I read that scene as Jasmine trying to charm Crosby so as to smooth the waters over the whole Dr. Joe situation.
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