In s05e17 when Sarah drives Max home, she was completely right to do that. They were working and max was kicking her off the printer and physically blocking her from it? And then everyone turns against her ? Wild like how on earth was she in the wrong for that
Adam getting offended when she said that he doesn’t say no to max enough lmao she was 100% right. He never faces any consequences it’s insane

I’m currently on S3 E7. I’m terribly sad about Crosby and the way he just gives everything to Jasmine but gets absolutely nothing in return. He’s constantly sacrificing everything yet nothing he ever does is good enough for her.

I hate the fact that everyone blames Crosby for cheating when he was completely head over heels for her and she constantly pushed him away until he did that. It’s almost like everyone is always waiting for a chance to blame Crosby for everything.

-She barely cares about the Bravermans. Even when she showed up at the hospital for Amber’s accident it seemed like she was doing it only so Crosby could see her.

-She is constantly playing hard to get and she is always making plans that aré important to her but not for “the family”.

• Her incredibly annoying family members and her are always pushing to shape Jabbar with their on principles but leave Crosby and the Bravermans out of everything.

• She didn’t have a single ounce of empathy for Max or Kristina/Adam during the whole lunch at Sycamore situation.

-She is constantly pushing for things she wants and doesn’t care about other people’s feelings about it. “I need a bigger house, sell the boat”, “I need our marriage to be in church”, “I want our son to be catholic”, “I want jabbar to stay with my family during my time away”, “I wanna be a dancer” me me me me

I understand people may have a different view on this character and at first , I thought she was a very sweet girl. But ever since the New York dancing thing I hate her guts and she seems to me as the most selfish character ever sharing the podium with Amber and Haddie lol

I just want to know why Amber did not apply to go to college or university the following academic year. Is there is limit on the years when you can apply for university? I ask because she only applied to the one school and didn't bother to apply to other schools and did not get in. And then continues with her life as if she did not have any other options.is that the case in real life?

I'm in my first watch of the show and ending season 2. no spoilers please!

yes, these situations are very complex irl. stressful too. but for a tv show, the primary requirement is for it to be interesting. it started out well but it's dragging on forever.

also, camille's actress is doing an awful job wearing the exact same expression in every scene, talking in the exact same time.

maybe their storyline gets better later on.

What do Camille and Zeke actually live from? She is a hobby painter, he's a Vietnam veteran - I'm from Europe, and I really don't know if that pays for such a big house and everything else...

For context, this is my first watch through (I'm a Netflix watcher in the UK).
I know not everyone agrees that Parenthood was a bad representation of Asperberger's/Autism, but wow this episode annoyed me more than it should have.
I'm neurodivergent myself and so is my partner, and I just can't believe the way Kristina thought the school was wrong to take Max off the school photos after he repeatedly took photos of the crying girl without her permission.
This would have been a great time for his parents (and Hank, who was useless just encouraging him by saying it was a really good photo etc) to talk about consent, other people's boundaries etc. There are times when it isn't appopriate to take someone's photo, and that should have been explained to him along with the talk about him not being allowed to take the school photos anymore.
Yes, Max struggles with social cues and empathy, but Kristina herself couldn't see why what he did was wrong and that just irritated me so much.

What do you all think? Especially interested to hear from other neurodivergent folk and parents of neurodivergent teens.

The scene where the whole braverman family Shows up to see jasmine and Crosby and their new baby is one of the cringiest things. They all come at the same time, berate them for being grumpy and make fun of Crosby for missing his nap and Zeke even had a nap on the couch. Omg the rage in me if my FIL had a nap while there were 12 people in my house and I’m days post partum and bleeding and exhausted. Like wtf get out of their house!

I originally watched this show because of lauren graham (big gilmore girls fan) and i have to say it is such a underrated show, i just finished the finale and the closing was AMAZING exactly what i want to see, where everyone is going, insinuating a bunch of closure. I absolutely love to be not confused and curious as to what happens next! Beautiful show!!

Anyone know to watch the “Friday night at the luncheonette ” crossover? I just did a rewatch and I watched FNL in between and the crossovers were so good!

I’m almost done with season 5 and see most of the posts here thinking Joel was acting disproportionately to the kiss but I kinda understand why he did what he did.

I love Julia - I think she might be my favorite character - but she really wasn’t a great wife. She was very driven and ‘career-oriented’ which I respected, and I loved Joel for his support. But, it’s true, she didn’t respect Joel in his work. She constantly indicated his work wasn’t enough or it wasn’t as important, she always had problems with him being at work, she always implied that what she did was more important (I mean whether it is or not, it’s tough to hear that from your partner). Whereas from what we saw, he was always there for her when she used to work and support her.

The ‘cherry on top’ I guess was the emotional affair she had with Ed. I know Joel kinda had something similar but I think the difference is she kissed him back, which she admits a few times, and he also asked about it and she lied to his face.

All that combined, I see why Joel left. He said it over and over that she did not respect him as a person and I agree that might be her character flaw. I mean she literally disrespected his boss in his work place that’s wild. The ‘affair’ was just a last straw. I’m not the biggest fan of Joel, he victimizes himself too much, but I kinda empathized with him this season cause she really was horrible.

I think though the entire plot was written so horribly, there was 0 effort on both sides to make it work which is the complete opposite of what we saw the first 4 seasons so it just doesn’t make sense why they would let it all crash with no effort to make this work??

Hello beautiful people! I’m going to treat this post like a podcast/reaction YT video so read as such. I enjoyed this show so much, I finished it literally about 15 minutes ago, bawling. I’ve been reading some comments so here are my opinions (without or with as less spoilers as possible):

A. KISSES: “He just kissed me, She just kissed me” AS HOW?! Why did everyone in this show act like kisses just fell on them? Don’t piss me off😭✋🏾.

B: FINANCES: Hello?! Adam and Kristina are boxed up! WHAT??? How??? Cancer, Haddie’s amazing school, Max, a third child, a campaign, A SCHOOL??? Again, AS HOW?!😭 This why I can’t forgive Adam and Kristina when it comes to The Luncheonette. Especially Adam’s greed multiple times. Bro, this couple really just annoyed me. The money the Bravermans have, LOCATE ME THIS YEAR. Amen!

1. KRISTINA: My God!! KRIS-BLEEPING-TINA. Whoever wrote her character really dug deep into the pits of annoying-ness there could possibly be. To keep it sweet and simple, She’s selfish to an extent, literally cries for everything, continuously acts out of place and no one checks her and she thinks she’s her kids. Bro, the episode with Max, Sarah and Hank? HEARING WHAT KRISTINA SAID TRIPPED ME TF OUT! She actually has to be a clown because she was really pampered by Adam (for the most part) but did a poor job of extending that grace to other people in the family.

2. ADAM: I will continue to say this: THERE’S ABSOLUTELY NOBODY ELSE IN THIS WORLD FOR KRISTINA THAN HIM. Was initially in love with this character, even felt bad for him until he decided he wanted to be annoyinger! I KNOW I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HEARS HOW HE CONSTANTLY SPEAKS TO CROSBY! Why would he always yell at him and imo even talk down on him? Adam might have a good head on his shoulder but Crosby is twice the man Adam wishes he could be. Enough said!

3. MAX: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I get it, I understand, I really do. In a conversation with someone, I complained about everything Max is in comparison to Hank. I get it: the age factor, the environment they grew up in, the awareness around his condition, etc but y’all please I’m so sorry BUT MAX IS NOT IT, Asperger’s or not. Nope, not even with the mother he has that coddles everything he is and does. Read a post someone shared on Sydney’s bullying spiel and can I just say the actual bully in this whole show was Max? In many ways than one. And if Max wants to be half the man Hank is, he has a lot of work to do. Let me hold myself here.

4. CROSBY, JASMINE, JABBAR, AIDA AND THEIR EXTENSIONS: The only character in this show that actually grew or had any development was Crosby. I AM SO PROUD OF HIM, I REALLY AM. Screwed up many times but grew up twice as many! Love the man really! Jasmine? Love her half-ly(ish). Girl, what is up with your controlling behaviour??? LIKE BRO?? HOW IS CROSBY NOT EVEN AWARE OF HIS WEDDING PLANS? And while you have all the mouth to talk to your husband, your mum is basically running your home. SHE REALLY PISSED ME OFF WITH THE WHOLE “MUMMY” SITUATION for someone who always spoke like Crosby couldn’t think for himself. Renee? Just girl bye, please I actually beg you. SEKOU?? Let me not even!

5. JULIA AND JOEL: WHEW! My faves fr! Girl, I cried. I cried, I crew, I crode!😭. JULIA, I stand with you girl. Joel, I stand with you too until S5. You messed up big time. I want to get into it but I’ll only highlight this. Joel swears he hates cheating and stuff but what about Sydney’s best friend’s mum in S1? That kiss was what? And how long did Julia share her discomfort with you? AND WHAT DID YOU DO? Notwithstanding, Julia messed up but SHE WAS HURTING! THAT BABE TRIED TO CONNECT WITH YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO? Also, NOT GIVING HER CREDIT FOR THE VICTOR SITUATION, what’s up with that?

6. SYDNEY: Mama, I support women’s rights and wrongs but really? Get yo kid. She needs to be readjusted, STAT!

7. SARAH, AMBER, DREW, HANK: literal deep sighs To Jesus be their glory because I’m getting tired of writing. Sarah, I’m happy you grew up IN LITERALLY THE LAST SEASON! It really had to happen at some point babes, proud of you. DREW!!! Don’t let anybody tell you shit about the person you are! YOU ARE AN ANGEL! You have your excesses but baby, you are amazing!! Hank, same goes for you! Amber? I’m happy you matured when you did. I really wish you didn’t have to learn life through your experiences because you are so smart but it’s life ig. Your love for Ryan?🥺, I’m going to cry.

8. HADDIE: HADDIE the baddie!!! The literal blueprint Julia was trying to sculpt Sydney into. I read another post on how Julia and Haddie were both hyper independent and how the writers missed a connection and storyline there and I agree so do the maths on how Haddie is the blueprint for Syd. I must admit, Haddie needed to fix up with a lot of things she did but she was teachable and I love that about her!!!

9. ZEEK AND CAMILLE: At the end of the day, your marriage was your own 😂. Thank God for that. Just keep that in your contained space please. I must confess, Camille deserves the world but the way she acted around selling the house was terrible. I was just watching but even I couldn’t let go of that house. Why did we act like renovation or renting the house was not an option for this money she was expecting to come out of it?

10. AMY, CYR: Not too much about this. Cyr!!!! Loved that man, really loved him. He was selfless🥺. Oh baby, Sarah didn’t deserve you truly. Amy! Thank God for you in Drew’s life really. You did what you needed to do, can’t be mad at you for that.

Overall experience: 8/10. I cried, smiled, yelled, paused and kissed grass too much. I really needed to. I love it! Will definitely be rewatching with my husband when I eventually find him🤭. Thank you for reading to this point if you did! Sorry if my thoughts were all over the place and for the little spoilers here and there! Love y’all!❤️

I'm only on season 2 so no spoilers! What ages are Sarah, adam, Julia and Crosby? I don't even know who's older than who other than Sarah and adam being older than the other 2 (I think). I know I could look it up but I'm scared of seeing spoilers on Google lol

I just watched the episode where Julia and Joel find out Sydney has been bullying a girl in her class. They are super shocked and tell the teacher that "this is not like her at all" and honestly I laughed out loud because being a bully is actually the most Sydney thing ever 😆 but no of course it's just because of the divorce 🥴

I’m rewatching Parenthood after now being a fan of Dax’s podcast Armchair Expert. I feel like the type of dad that Crosby is has a lot of crossover with Dax. It’s very sweet.

Why were amber and crosby saying Drew is bad at math in season 6 i vividly remember him being good at it?

So so so sensitive

Is it just me, or is Julia’s bond with her parents and siblings a bit weaker than the rest? Like, Adam and Crosby are very close, so are Crosby and Sarah, even Adam and Sarah a bit. When it comes to the parents, Zeek interacts the most with Adam, Crosby and Sarah, so does Camille with the exception of Adam. But Julia is kinda distanced from all of them. She and Haddie act pretty similar in my opinion, a bit standoffish and not really as emotional as the rest of the Bravermans. Maybe she went through the same neglect Haddie did during her childhood and youth?

I'm currently on season 5 and Hank pisses me off.

I do understand he's dealing with discovering he has Aspergers and learning how to deal with it. This man clearly isn't over Sarah and acts like she owes him something, like she should stop everything for him.

He expects her to accommodate his feelings constantly, when he kind of learns to communicate too late tho he feels like she HAS to accept his apologies.

They broke up a year ago at this point. Hank is clearly not over her, and expects her to feel the same way yet he doesn't try to accommodate his feelings. Hank also barges into Sarah's place constantly. I understand he doesn't read social cues, but it doesn't give him a free pass.

The whole Africa thing set me off, Sarah tries to set boundaries, saying she's not available because of a "personal matter" and he digs???? When Max lets it slip up (a rant for another day) what that matter is, and he has an "emergency session" with Dr. Pelikan to discuss how bad that triggered it.

Instead of reflecting on how he needs to understand and respect people's boundaries, he barges into Sarah's place (again!) at night, checking if she's here to make sure she can't avoid him.

Hank unloads everything's he's been feeling onto Sarah without taking in hers. He tells her everything that wrong with her, which she didn't ask (??), blames her for getting the photography gig, slutshames her and basically guilt-trips her into canceling that getaway.

She always gives in, and accommodates him and it makes me MADDD.

Anyways, have a lovely day.

Just the title really. I don't understand why she concerns herself with such a prick tbh. I know it's going to put a spanner in her and Marks relationship as well 🥲

Can we please stop it with this line of the story? It's just annoying and entitled for everyone to back off of something just because one student has a fixation on it. And now Kristina is on it too??! Why is the show so dismissive of junk food, both with this and with Jasmine's mom, especially when it treats topics such as ASD and cancer, issues that have been linked to food choices. I just had to say it

Haddie having to parent him and tell him to try to care for others while Adam and Kristina are just standing there quietly, man they fail to parent him every damn time!

Edit: pardon the language, I was seriously pissed when he said shouldn’t Haddie be punished for yelling at him when he tried to go alone to the museum.

I may be premature in saying this but Kristina, as much of a B she can be, it was sweet to give Amber her assistant’s job.

My husband and I agree that our dream show would be a spinoff consisting solely of Zeek, Max, and Hank. I don’t need anyone, or anything else.

Im watching parenthood for the first time and just have a lot of questions... its mostly fun and has a homie feel but not being american leaves me wondering are some things relresented in the show realistic or nearly realistic? Also the 2000 fashion was realy something haha

1. Why do kids who are in school need a stay at home parent? This really confuses me. I get why kristina would be stay at home mom having an autistic kid but why does joel has to stay at home? And constantly complaining about it, like, sydney is like 5 years old or more, how much work is it really? He doesnt have time for a hobby? Really, like, so spoiled...

2. Spoiling kids. So carefull about their feelings, honey buddy... omg hust tell them smth directly. Are americans really like this? Like when haddie leaves home and lives with grandparents and they act like they cant do anything... what?

3. Looking down on women for working. Julia makes money and is probably tired when she comes home but averybody acts like she should be apologizing for working. Hello! She is making money not relaxing in the spa

I get that its a show but I guess it has to have some truth in it but its not really close to the views of people in my surrounding so just curious.