Parenthood S4 E1 "Family Portrait" - I'm so happy Parenthood is back! I think it's one of the best shows out there and every week it makes me cry. On this week's episode, which is set 5 months after the season finale, the Braverman's are getting a family portrait made (hence the show's title) so Sarah goes to the photographer's shop to drop off the deposit check and here we meet Hank (Ray Romano). He's a grumpy guy, but has a Help Wanted sign in his window so after some lying by Sarah, she has the job. She's then fired the next day at a photo-shoot because it becomes very apparent that she overstated her qualifications. More on this later... The Braverman's don't allow "non-family members" in the photo-shoot, but Mark goes and pleads his case so he's allowed. Oh, Sarah accepted the engagement - that was an unknown on the season finale. At the photo-shoot Hank sees Mark with Sarah and we then notice that he has feelings for her and is a potential romantic interest. I like Ray Romano and I think I'll like this storyline. As I said before, I'm not a fan of Mark and Sarah - I guess she goes from one extreme (Mark is supposedly 29) to the other (not sure how old "Hank" is supposed to be, but Ray is 54). We'll just have to wait and see where this goes, but she does get the job back under the condition that she learns about photography.
Amber works at the Luncheonette now and sleeps with one of the musicians. His girlfriend later shows up, so Amber is mad/upset and talks to Crosby, who then tells Adam. Adam then kicks the guys out and says he doesn't want those kind of people in their studio. Amber talked to Adam and said he has to see her as an employee and think about the studio and that she can take care of herself. I thought she was going back to work with the campaign guy, but I guess not - I like this better. My memory is a little fuzzy.
Over at Adam & Kristina's, Haddie is going to college (who's hair by the way looks much better this season along with Amber's), so her parents are having a week of activities for her, ending with the party/photo-shoot at Zeek and Camille's. Haddie is not exactly enthusiastic about the week, since it's more a week for her family than for her (although they have good intentions) and she just wants to do her stuff and hang out with her friends. After an argument with her parents, we're unsure if she is going to actually go to the party, but of course, she shows up, talks briefly with Victor about how they are crazy, but irreplaceable. We then see them at the airport (she just has one suitcase to go to college? hopefully they are shipping the rest) and Haddie comes back and gives them a big hug and they cry and I'm right there crying with them. Oh, also, Max was showing Victor his lizards and Guacamole went missing.
Joel & Julia talked to Victor about the lizard, but he said he didn't steal it. Come to find out, he did take it. Julia has been really easy on Victor (letting him eat and watch TV, etc.) since she's trying to show him that he's part of the family and they trust him, but Joel (I really like him, but not a fan of the new haircut) says in order for him to feel like family, they have to start treating him like family and not a guest. But, Julia says she's just waiting to fall in love with their son. Such a deep, truthful moment. You could see the pain in her eyes and the unasked question of whether they made a mistake. I can only imagine how hard this situation would be. I guess it's kind of like when you adopt a dog? No, it was love at first sight with both of them, oh who knows - back to the show...
Crosby & Jasmine & Jabbar are all doing well. Crosby sees Jabbar praying so they talk to Jasmine's mom and said they wanted to talk to them about God, religion, etc. but then they didn't know what it meant to them. Crosby talked to his parents about it and also Sarah, but he needed to figure it out on his own. Towards the end, Crosby and Jabbar are outside watching the stars and Crosby tells him that everything he has and his family, etc. makes him believe he's pretty blessed (something along those lines) so it was a sweet father/son moment.
I can't wait until next week! Does anyone else love this show or is it just me? I wish I had a big family and we all lived in one place - although I'm sure the idea is much better than the reality. - Courtney
Amber works at the Luncheonette now and sleeps with one of the musicians. His girlfriend later shows up, so Amber is mad/upset and talks to Crosby, who then tells Adam. Adam then kicks the guys out and says he doesn't want those kind of people in their studio. Amber talked to Adam and said he has to see her as an employee and think about the studio and that she can take care of herself. I thought she was going back to work with the campaign guy, but I guess not - I like this better. My memory is a little fuzzy.
Over at Adam & Kristina's, Haddie is going to college (who's hair by the way looks much better this season along with Amber's), so her parents are having a week of activities for her, ending with the party/photo-shoot at Zeek and Camille's. Haddie is not exactly enthusiastic about the week, since it's more a week for her family than for her (although they have good intentions) and she just wants to do her stuff and hang out with her friends. After an argument with her parents, we're unsure if she is going to actually go to the party, but of course, she shows up, talks briefly with Victor about how they are crazy, but irreplaceable. We then see them at the airport (she just has one suitcase to go to college? hopefully they are shipping the rest) and Haddie comes back and gives them a big hug and they cry and I'm right there crying with them. Oh, also, Max was showing Victor his lizards and Guacamole went missing.
Joel & Julia talked to Victor about the lizard, but he said he didn't steal it. Come to find out, he did take it. Julia has been really easy on Victor (letting him eat and watch TV, etc.) since she's trying to show him that he's part of the family and they trust him, but Joel (I really like him, but not a fan of the new haircut) says in order for him to feel like family, they have to start treating him like family and not a guest. But, Julia says she's just waiting to fall in love with their son. Such a deep, truthful moment. You could see the pain in her eyes and the unasked question of whether they made a mistake. I can only imagine how hard this situation would be. I guess it's kind of like when you adopt a dog? No, it was love at first sight with both of them, oh who knows - back to the show...
Crosby & Jasmine & Jabbar are all doing well. Crosby sees Jabbar praying so they talk to Jasmine's mom and said they wanted to talk to them about God, religion, etc. but then they didn't know what it meant to them. Crosby talked to his parents about it and also Sarah, but he needed to figure it out on his own. Towards the end, Crosby and Jabbar are outside watching the stars and Crosby tells him that everything he has and his family, etc. makes him believe he's pretty blessed (something along those lines) so it was a sweet father/son moment.
I can't wait until next week! Does anyone else love this show or is it just me? I wish I had a big family and we all lived in one place - although I'm sure the idea is much better than the reality. - Courtney
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