Parenthood definitely made it's mark in its second episode of its farewell run. The producers definitely are trying to cram a whole lot of drama into these last 13 episodes, which is great to see. In this episode we had the Zeek cancer scare, the issue with Sydney and bullying other students, Kristina struggling with the nutrition needs of the chamber's academy as well as Amber and her pregnancy.
Starting with Zeek and the cancer, in this episode we see Zeek using the phrase 'elective surgery' to get out of having the surgery. His 72nd birthday fast approaching, and the family still wanting Zeek to get the surgery certainly didn't help his situation. Some great scenes in this episode was when the Braverman family were considering the fact of a loss of a family member, in true Parenthood style.
I think Julia felt quite embarrassed then, and the comment from Joel regarding their relationship status certainly didn't help their situation. From then on, in the episode Sydney was quite emotional. Honestly, I think Sydney is still struggling with the fact that her parents are separated and they aren't a big happy family like before.
Now to Kristina and Adam, having recently opened up their own school 'Chambers Academy' (which Max wasn't too fond of attending), they are struggling with meeting the nutritional needs of the students. But this gets too much for the catering company, who inadvertently quits because of all the requests from Kristina. At this point Kristina is worried about what she is going to do,
But Adam comes up with an idea that can 'kill two birds with one stone', he decides to make a cooking arts elective that will ultimately make food for the students. But this is easily said than done. This was a hilarious scene, when Adam is teaching the students how to cook, none of the students knew what they were doing. But that is something Parenthood is good at, presenting real life issues whilst mixing in some comedy.
Finally, we have Amber and her pregnancy. Last episode left us with her telling Sarah that she is pregnant. Firstly, Sarah is in shock that Amber is pregnant, at this point Sarah does not know what to think. But Sarah does come around (slightly), she was happy that Amber was pregnant, but wished it wasn't happening right now. Finally towards the end of the episode, Sarah realizes all the joy that comes of having a child, and the fact that she is going to be a grandmother.
When the family are all gathering for Zeek's 72nd birthday, these are the Parenthood scenes are absolutely adore, The whole family gathering, just to be with each other and appreciate others' company. Parenthood excels in these scenes. However there was a couple of family members missing, Drew and Haddie, I'd love to see them both come back in future episodes.
My perfect ending to this series, will be a happy yet clear ending. I wouldn't mind if some things I left hanging for us to create our own ending, but I would like it to be happy. Parenthood is all about family, and the only word that I can associate with family, is happiness. A happy parenthood ending would create this farewell season that much more memorable.
Overall, the farewell season is going along very well. This is certain to be a great season. I especially want to see where these pregnancy and cancer storylines go. Parenthood is so good at demonstrating real life issues, and that is definitely something I am going to miss when we kiss this series goodbye in 11 episodes :(
Quotes
"If I die, you take my ashes and you scatter them over center field at Marine park and then play a game of baseball over me, because I'm going out on my terms."
- Zeek Braverman.
"Also this is not art, this is slave labor. You could be arrested for this."
- Max Braverman.
"You guys are not The Jackson 5, that's for sure."
- Crosby Braverman.
"Like who do I think I am? Oprah? Like I can just open a school and it will be great?"
- Kristina Braverman.
Promo for next week
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