I’m a huge Lauren Graham fan from her role of Lorelei Gilmore on The Gilmore Girls. So I was happy to hear she landed a role on the new show Parenthood. I had seen a couple promos and thought it should be good.
James and I watched the premiere on Tuesday night.
I thought it was good. The characters are all identifiable. I love the big family. It makes me miss mine.
First off, the show struck a nerve and sparked a little controversy on our couch-island paradise. The patriarch of the family (Craig T. Nelson’s character) wants his grandson to be tougher and insists he participate in a sporting activity with him. It ends with the kid getting a bloody nose.
I live with an ultra-competitive husband. It’s not that I’m not competitive, but when it comes to the children, I often let them win but not always. James has a different point of view. It’s hard for him to let them win.
It’s also important to him to be tough. Our Jumpshot has great determination, but he’s very mild-mannered. His passiveness worries us in the rough-and-tumble boy world. James thinks it would be good for him to be in a fight. Apparently boys need to be in a fight. I did not know this. Maybe I misunderstood.
So there we are a quarter of the way into the show and already tense. The rest of the show is wrought with challenges the family members face, which produces a lot of scenes with tears.
I am not a big crier over TV shows. But all the crying made me tear up. The parents’ heartbreak of finding out something was probably wrong with their son drove my tears over their banks, and I sat on the couch and cried.
I cried for the single mom trying to do the right thing while battling her teenagers’ angst. I cried for the mom whose demanding career choice left a chasm between her and her young daughter. I cried for the teenage son who so desperately wanted a father. I cried for the parents who were about to face every parent’s nightmare that something was wrong with their child.
I’m not sure if I’m going to watch the show again. I might just be a little too sensitive to handle it.
Did anyone else watch it? What did you think?
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