Goodbye Parenthood, Goodbye Blog

The last episodddeeeeeeeeeee!

Omigosh. This one was actually really really really really really really great. I love how they wrapped things up but also snuck in a bunch of surprises. I don't even know where to begin.

Crosby's gonna do the Luncheonette on his own, that's awesome! I mean I sort of had that thought a few episodes back, but mostly I thought he should maybe just find another partner that was good at business. But I loved how he said to Amber, "I'm gonna be the new Adam, and I want you to be the new Crosby." Yes! I love that.

Oh man, and Max with the girl! So cute! And I love that he was the photographer at the wedding.

Oh, and of course Joel and Julia, I knew it! I mean I didn't know it. I did think at first Victor's mom wanted to see him. Then I thought maybe she died or something, but then a split second before it happened I was like, Wait they're gonna ask them to adopt someone else or something. (This is because I know a girl whose kids from different dads got adopted by the same family so there's two actual siblings and one half-sibling, and I think it's cool how the same family kept adopting them.) And that story line is just so awesome to me because I think that that is what marriage should be about - something greater than just, "You make me happy. ""You make ME happy." You know? Like it's cool that they're doing something together that's about more than just themselves. And sometimes we have to make these decisions to help people sort of quickly, you know? And they did. Good job Joel and Julia. God will help you work on your marriage at the same time. That's what I believe (if this show was not a show and was real life).

And Kristina and Adam! Oh man that was a really fast storyline that Parenthood would probably normally have dragged out among a bunch of episodes, but they threw the whole thing all into one, and I bought it. It was so cute!

And Haddie came back, of course I like that, and I love her hair. And I will say I'm glad they didn't emphasize her gayness in the last episode. Just because that whole thing was never a part of her character. It became a part for like two seconds, and I just really didn't think it was necessary to be emphasized in the series finale when we all want to remember the characters in a certain way. I don't know. I mean, I get that she's this different person now and has this new life, but she's still Haddie, and I liked that they showed her as such. And she was a really good sister to Max before she left, and they had had so many problems when they were younger, so I'm glad they made that the focus. That was always much more a part of her story line. Also did I mention I like her hair? I really like her hair.

Oh also I should mention I watched this episode with two of my roommates who never watch Parenthood. One of them had seen two episodes before. They wanted to watch with me, but I usually watch it on my computer with my headphones all by myself in the dark in my room so I can get reallllllly into it and like cry and stuff and then blog right after. But it was sort of cool they wanted to watch with me so I said they are not allowed to talk or text or ask any questions even if they don't know what's going on. (Also I told them they can't have subtitles play. - Haley's obsessed with subtitles so we have to watch everything with subtitles. Well, not when it's my show Hales, not when it's my show. She was like, "Okayyy.") But anyways I think they liked it, so that was cool. And I explained a little during the commercials, but like Haley said, Parenthood's really not a show that's super hard to understand what's going on.

You know how I actually got into Parenthood in the beginning? It was because my old roommate Beth used to watch it in the living room all the time and even though I wasn't into it and didn't know anything that was going on, I would often find myself stopping to check out a scene and then when it was over being like, "Wow that was a great scene." I just loved the acting and the writing and the relationships. So that happened like five times until I was like, "Okay I like this show. I think I need to watch it from the beginning." So I asked for Season One for Christmas that year and honestly I didn't love the pilot, but then I loved loved loved every episode after. And then I started a blog at one point (as you know), and the rest is history. (Oh man it really IS history now. Aww...)

Jason Katims what will you do next? I still need to get caught up on About a Boy, but for real, do you have another amazing hour-long in the works, or are you taking a break for a while? I need another show to have a goal to be on one day. (At least with the next one, I'll have a lot more seasons of opportunity.)

Oh but was there anything else good about this episode? Oh, I just want to talk about Crosby again. I just love love love how Adam and his wife and his dad and Amber all really supported and encouraged him. That's what we need in our life in order to do what we're really called to do. It might not always come from our family (often not actually, unless you truly have a Parenthood-style fam), but we should surround ourselves with encouraging friends that push us to be the people we are really called to be.

Oh, and Drew as the best man! That was so awesome. And his speech, the part about his mom, oh man. That was touching. He really is such a good actor.

And Amber staying with her grandparents. That was such perfect timing because not only did it help Amber, but now Camille has someone to live with now that Zeek is gone (old Zeek). Old Zeek! Wow, I'm a little shocked they included his death in this one, but I guess they wanted to really show the futures of everyone's lives.

I was a little confused about when they showed Amber later, was that a new boyfriend with her? But then what's his face (the dad) came back to see the baby? I got a little lost in the montages.

Well anyways. Thank you Parenthood People for giving us such a good show, for presenting us with so many truths and so much light and life and love. It has been an inspiration to many of us, and I hope you all continue to get great opportunities to use your talents.

Love,
Your biggest actress fan,
Tracy
(Mercy)

bored, tired.. but I like Sarah

So I'm getting bored in general / over it (as I think we know), but there were some nice moments, mostly the scenes with Sarah... when she's with Amber and the guitar in her apartment, when she goes to talk to Zeek privately, when she talks to Hank about wanting to have the wedding sooner so her dad can be there.

I also liked the Ave Maria scene where they were showing all the kids doing their talents, that was pretty inspiring. And the end when Amber says the baby's name is Zeek.

So yeah it was good, but I was bored through a lot of it. Also what's up with Joel and Julia? Arguing through stuff leads to good sex?? Hmm.. Well, yeah I guess it's good to talk stuff out, but I kind of wanted to know how they actually worked through it versus just seeing the scene that implies they did. Hmm..

That's all I have to say. I'm so tired!

Tired, bored, liked some of it, I don't know.

Wow. It took me a few days to remember I had a Parenthood episode to watch. (You'd think I was like super busy or working all the time or something. Um, no. I do have a lot going on in my brain, but not so much actually going on.)

So anyways. I don't know. I was really tired during this one, closed my eyes a few times, but there were some parts I really liked.

I loved when Julia and Joel were about to have their serious conversation on the phone but then Joel says it needs to happen in person and she's like, "Come over," and he's like, "On my way," and then she's all frazzled running around because she has two minutes to try to look hot before he gets there. AH. Love it. Then of course at the ice skating rink with them on the phone again and him "just wanting to hear her voice," but then he shows up, and they kiss in front of the kids. Oh man, seeing Syd and Victor's faces during that... that made me tear up a little.

What else did I like? I don't know. I mean, I liked Adam coming back to Crosby at the end. I liked Hank showing up to do the crib and Sarah saying yes. Drew's story line is a little boring and seems forced right now, and I'm usually bored with Zeek and Camille anyway. I don't know. They're sort of wrapping things up in a very wrappy-uppy-please-the-audience kind of way, which sort of bores me, but it's fine. I guess I'm just ready for it to be over.

Or I'm just really, really tired right now.

Parenthood Pit

It usually takes a little while for me to get back into Parenthood after they've been on a break for a long time.

I started watching it while I was babysitting last night (when the girl was asleep), but the internet was slow and it kept stopping, so I wasn't getting super into it, and then it just stopped stopped, so instead I decided to read through all the old emails between me and my ex-boyfriend from four years ago. (That was even more depressing than Parenthood.)

Can relationships ever work?

I should be at church right now, but I wasn't feeling well, so I'm at home being depressed which is a major bummer.

I did finish the last fifteen minutes of Parenthood and I cried, but I probably just cried because I'm emotional right now and it had nothing to do with the show. I did feel bad for Hank. He really loves Sarah and that's commendable, but it's hard to like a guy who presents himself soooo unconfidently. And anyways they're already living together, so....... though I do like how Hank said he doesn't want to be half in, he wants to be all in. That was cool, but I wish he'd had that conversation with like Joel or somebody else first and then approached Sarah in a planned and romantic way instead of like a bumbling idiot.

And what is up with Parenthood showing previews for the next ep right in the middle of when you're still watching the current one? If you HAVE to have to show them, P.Hood Writers / Marketers, at least wait until the end so we can stay in the moment with it, sheesh.

I don't know what else to say. Oh what's up, Haddie's not coming back even though her grandpa is dying? I hope she shows up at some point before they finish the season, but whatever, nbd, I'm almost over her at this point.

Are you getting my mood right now? It's major blech isn't it. I'm going to read the Bible now and journal or like call someone, I need to get out of this pit.
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Whoa okay so I just read my last P.Hood blog from before this, and I forgot that Hank had been having all those moments with his ex-wife! So what's going on with that now, where is she? Okay that's all. :)

Well, that's confusing.

WHAT??!!! OMIGOSH JOEL AND JULIA!! You signed the divorce papers and then you KISSEDDDD??!! I mean, I knew it was gonna happen, but still! YESSSSssssss. (Those P.Hood writers try to trick us--)

Okay but let's talk about Mark Cyr. DUDE. Stop teasing us with him, I'm sick of it. I don't want to hear about his marriage and his baby on the way, ugh. I want him back. I want him to be with Sarah. But he can't be, and we're supposed to be good with, "This is gonna sound weird but I'm glad I knew you." "I'm glad I knew you too." Well, I'm not.

I mean, it was a very cute moment between Sarah and Hank with the whole "I'm happy. There's nowhere else I want to be" blah blah, but still. Gosh, I can't even remember what happened with Mark or why she chose Hank, did she choose Hank? I don't think I was happy about that then either. But anyways, it's just weird to see Mark still so in love with her while he's having this supposed whole other life going on. I'm really waiting for the episode where he's like, "OKAY!! I'm gonna tell you the truth. I have no wife, no kid, I made it all up so I wouldn't look like I'm desperate for you, and now I want you back." But that would be really weird, and Parenthood would never do something so crazy, but still.

Okay but on to the basics:

Drew. I just love you. I don't know why. You're so simple. Helping your grandpa find that place in France, being caught between him and your grandma and figuring out how to be helpful but not lie. And everyone keeps acting like school's not important. (In their defense, it does seem like you're hardly ever doing school work lately, but anyways.) I'm just really glad to see on IMDB that you have a couple movies wrapping up because you're getting really good and I hope you take off in the movie world. What's your real name anyway? -IMDB CHECK- Miles. Miles Heizer. That's sort of a weird name. I may call you Drew forever, but anyway, I hope you go far.

Oh, and that was a great conversation Adam and Kristina had with Max, awwwwww. - "I don’t feel like we really gave you the full picture of what can happen in relationships. Remember when we talked about the number scale and how things can change? Well sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re stuck because the two people want different things." And then Max goes, "Well, that's confusing." Right??! And the rest of the talk was really good too, and then he did such a good job apologizing to her at her house, but it was so sad too! - "If you do decide to come back to Chambers Academy, I promise to never come near you again in any capacity." Aww.. but then Dylan shakes his hand, "See you at school tomorrow, Aspergers." So good!

A few good lines at the beginning:

• Hank's ex-wife to Sarah - "Oh, um, were you waving to the hot English teacher?" 
• Hank and Sarah - "You're not just my girlfriend." "I'm not? What am I then?" (I don't think that ever got answered.) 
• Oh and then when Hank's talking about the high school play and he's like, "Let's be honest, some of those kids... I mean, Ruby's good you know, but.." HA ha ha ha. 

Well I was really tired trying to watch this one, and my computer's being weird from playing music all day so the mouths were a little off from the sound (so annoying!), but I had to get this done because there's like three other blogs I still have to write about things, and I'm getting so behind!

LOVE IT

Wow. Okay so it took me a minute to get into this one, but omiGOSH. So many good moments, and lines. (I wrote some of them down during because I just had to.)

First of all. MAX. Oh Max, oh man, that scene with him in the cafeteria with Dylan. I got teary-eyed. And then when Kristina followed him outside and encouraged him about showing his feelings and told him that one day he'll do it again and he'll know it's the right girl because she'll like him back? I cried. I did. I seriously cried. (Well not like seriously, but like a little.) It was just so touching because Kristina hasn't been encouraging to Max at all through this whole thing, but the fact that this kid that can't show emotion, really lays it all out there for this girl, it's like a huge accomplishment, and her saying she was proud of him instead of trying to teach him to not do that to a girl in front of her friends cause it's weird blah blah, wow, Bravo Kristina. I love you right now. And I just loved that whole double scene.

And Crosby! Wow. It's not like I didn't like your story line before, but I just didn't really believe your acting before. But tonight was good. I felt your failure, I felt your frustration, I felt your vulnerability. And dude, the door guy kept your weed? Not cool, ha ha. JK. Crosby was way out of control about the weed, but even that was such a good scene because it showed how out of control he's becoming, reminded me of my brother a little bit, sheesh.

I'm still not a big fan of the girl that plays Ruby, but Hank, HANK, you're so awesome, I love you. You and the ex-wife, I love you guys! I barely even missed Sarah really. Can we please replay the scene after the party?

"We could discuss it over a drink. Did the kids bring anything good?"

"I feel like getting drunk."

"Oh yeah, that tastes like high school."

I also loved Ruby's mom's line to her before she throws the party: "I don't think you're an idiot, Ruby. I think some of your friends are idiots, and I think those idiots are gonna end up at my house."

Oh, and Drew. DREW. I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU. I mean, not like for real, but I just love your character, and your acting has grown like exponentially I can't even take it. Can you teach me your method? Anyways I loved his conversations with Amber, especially when he tells her he can't go out because he has to study and she's like, "Yeah I know, school sch-school school school." HA. Love it.

Oh, and skipping back, it was so beautiful with Ruby and Hank at the end, when he's surprised she's not going straight to her room, and she's like, "Well I can't watch TV or go online or talk to my friends, so... I hope you're prepared to entertain me." LOVE IT. And then he teaches her poker and says she's not supposed to show any emotion and she's like, "So then you're really good at it then." HA. (And I do wonder how much better we'd be getting to know the people around us if we couldn't watch TV or go online or talk with our long-distance friends. Probably WAY better. But I just don't really like cards, or puzzles. But maybe cooking? Yeah, maybe I should cook with people more. But I really just like cooking by myself. Hmm..)

Anyways, ParentHOOOOD. What WHAT.

You love her. You fight for her.

Oh man this was such a good episode! I haven't seen an episode this good in a while now, so it was much needed.

Best story lines -

• Omigosh Amber! Amber, you're going to make a great mom, don't be sad! I love seeing her with kids all the time lately, it's really changing her and making her pretty awesome. Stupid Max, ha ha, and why on earth did they plan a trip to Alcatraz, what were Adam and Kristina thinking letting them do that. LOVED the scene between Amber and her mom where she reminds her that babies start out tiny and all they do is poop, HA ha ha. So true. And baby poops are cute anyway. 
• The Drew and Zeek story. Omigosh I LOVE Drew's girlfriend. Not only is that girl a great actress (thought so from the beginning), but I love how her character pushes him to do the right thing and stop being selfish. SO great when Drew comes back and tells his grandpa they're going somewhere and it's on a "need to know basis." And he shoots a gun for him! Oh man, I need to live my life more like this. Oh yeah, and best dialogue between Drew and Natalie.. "Maybe it wasn't about you." "I know it wasn't about me." Ugh! Love it. We get so mad when stuff isn't about us or when we can see someone is just doing something for selfish reasons, so blind to ourselves and how we are being selfish as well. So I'm glad Drew saw the truth and made a change.
• JOEL AND JULIA!! Omigosh guys, you're gonna get back together, right? Joel gave her the house! Her heart is being warmed. She sent Old College Lover home, and Joel came back to fight for her. SO good. I hate that victim mentality.. "Well this is what Julia wants, so I'm just gonna let her go blah blah sob sob." Thank goodness for Zeek and waking Joel up, that needed to happen. 

Whew. Okay, so this was a great episode full of great truth and acting. Oh wait. Actually I'm not a big fan of Hank's daughter's acting, her fake crying and whining is sort of making me nuts, but I did really like that story line anyway, even if it is bringing Hank closer to his ex-wife. Loved how Sarah handled the Ruby situation with the guy, so funny, and it was great how concerned she was when Hank so casually mentioned her actual daughter had been crying. "Why was she crying?" "I don't know." "You didn't ASK her?" HA ha ha. Oh Hank, you're learning, and we're rooting for you.

Okay so I guess this was the episode Kristina, Adam, Crosby and the Crosby peeps were not on, but hey I still really liked it and didn't really miss 'em that much. Interesting how some missing characters are more obvious / missed than others. I'm being mean now. I should be done. 

Can't wait for next week!