Season 1 – Parenthood

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Laurel G Watching this series more than a decade after it came out and absolutely love it. What a wonderfully warm and funny, sad, uplifting and real commentary on life and particularly the experience of families. The complex characters and the unending issues and problems they face in their relationships and journey through life are so relatable. I find myself really appreciating them for their humanity one minute and getting very annoyed with them for the same reason the next. I love each and every one of the regular characters in the show. It is one of the few series that my husband and I can agree on and we have binge-watched almost all of it. Thank you to Ron Howard and the others who created this. We will be very sad when it is over.... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Ana Claudia F Almost the whole family is dysfunctional. Some absurd situations occur, like parents locking their daughter in her room in order to prohibit her of dating; sister frequently invading brother"s office in order to discuss ridiculous family issues... The more you watch, the worst it gets. It"s a series that does not aggregate any value. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/25 Full Review cynthia c Just brilliant. There’s not a weak actor in this tremendous cast. Writing is uniformly excellent, too. Love the immediate family, especially a wonderfully endearing Craig T. Nelson. The actor who plays Max is a revelation! My personal fave, though, is Ray Romano playing an entirely different role than his usual. His performance is greatly nuanced and super endearing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review D V My favorite tv show of all time Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Good, not great, but there's real potential in Parenthood. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I see a split in quality in this show, along these lines: the characters and overall scenario are excellent, but the dialogue and some of the character relationship dynamics are just fair. As a parent, I resonated with many, many of the plot lines, and they were well developed in the long arc. But the way the characters seem interminably to say "Hey" to each other every time they meet, is quite distracting and for me, annoying. I remember (Season 1) when Kristina stumbled into the kitchen out of bed, and Adam and she say "Hey" to each other. Who says "Hey" at such a time? I have actually never (almost never?) heard someone say "Hey" as a sign of greeting. The other persistent, annoying device is that these characters are constantly apologizing, and not in just one direction: as soon as there is a little friction between two characters, you can be sure that they will both end up apologizing to each other, even if (at least) one of them had a good reason for what they did or said. I think I like Max best, because he never says "Hey" as a greeting, and he almost never apologizes. The endless apologizing and making up takes away from the impact. My favorite moment, due to its veracity, was when Adam said to Zeek that he (Adam) was always angry. That had an intensity and believability that is suitable for real adult drama. The rest of the show portrays real life for adults and their children, but always with a "safety" filter. Little of the true rawness of life shows through. Still, it is better than most TV and movies, and I am i the middle of watching season 4. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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