Greg_S_H
Senior HTF Member
You'll shoot your eye out?
Originally Posted by John_Lee /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3978225
Regarding the pedigreed Retriever puppies scene, autism or not, Max's repeatedly demanding 'write the check' had me boiling with anger.
That's just something a pre-teen doesn't demand of parents.
Originally Posted by John_Lee /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3978225
Regarding the pedigreed Retriever puppies scene, autism or not, Max's repeatedly demanding 'write the check' had me boiling with anger.
That's just something a pre-teen doesn't demand of parents.
Originally Posted by John_Lee /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3978722
I should have been more clear. I understand that Max might do that, but that is something that parents should make a concerted effort to curtail in no uncertain terms.
It's up there with striking other people or taking off all your clothes in public.
And the second sign a writing team is running out of things to write about is when they do it without dialog.ScottH said:Cancer? Really? And talk about fast test results! You know what they always say...the first sign a writing team is running out of things to write about is when they introduce a pregnancy/new child, or add in some kind of major drama like a death or disease.
Originally Posted by Patrick Sun /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3980825
Any chance of Sarah and her new boss hooking up?
Me too. Cancer may be a TV cliché, but it's done a really nice job of grounding the show, as has Ray Romano's character.Greg_S_H said:Good episode all around, I thought.
Originally Posted by Cameron Yee /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3983799
I also liked how the "n" word issue was handled. I know some people who would have had Crosby's POV prior to the talk with Jabar, but I think that scene and Crosby's eventual realization that he can't truly speak to that specific kind of discrimination was nicely done and presented with as much subtlety as a one-hour prime time drama can afford. Once again I continue to be impressed by Dax Shepard.
Originally Posted by schan1269 /t/323682/parenthood-season-4-thread/30#post_3984740
Regarding the whole Max thing...
It helped that Temple Grandin(the "movie"...and lesser the person, sorta???) was made. For those that saw that, it helps explain Max, without Parenthood completely having to re-hash everything.
Minor victories in an AS/Autism household are always worth the temporary set-back...
I'm just waiting to see the episode, and subsequent, when he loses. That will be the test of the show handling the topic...on topic.