EPISODE
SEASON
Parenthood - Season 1
Sarah Braverman, a financially strapped single mother, uproots her two teens, Amber and Drew, to move back home. Sarah is greeted by her father Zeek and mother Camille who are dealing with their own marital issues. Sister Julia is a successful corporate attorney trying to juggle work and motherhood alongside her stay-at-home husband, Joel. Younger brother Crosby must suddenly contend with accepting responsibility when an old flame Jasmine shows up and he must re-evaluate his priorities. And eldest brother Adam must relinquish his preconceived expectations about what constitutes a 'normal' family when he and his wife Kristina and teen daughter Haddie learn that their eccentric son Max has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome.
12 October 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 February 1981, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
15 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
March 02, 2010
Whether it's an intended joke, an intentional homage or something accidental, its effect is profound: I couldn't help but wish I was watching that excellent show and not this unexceptional one.March 02, 2010
Like the movie that inspired it, Parenthood isn't an instant classic, but it's smart and warm and knowing, and it casts its net so wide that at least part of it should connect with you.March 02, 2010
There are some good things about this version of Parenthood, it has a very good cast, and Katims has a great track record.March 02, 2010
Parenthood is so over-stuffed with characters that depictions of the realistic, messy details of family life get squeezed out in favor of broader strokes.March 02, 2010
Parenthood is a fairly promising ensemble dramedy that shows TV expanding beyond an emphasis on nuclear families to look at broader family systems reaching from ages 5 to 75.March 02, 2010
It remains to be seen whether Parenthood will be NBC's potential saving grace in their otherwise deflated and presently nonexistent 10 p.m. drama lineup.March 02, 2010
It seems to be scattered all over the field, with no clear focus or tone.March 02, 2010
There's real promise in Parenthood.March 02, 2010
Watching this dismal intragenerational cluster of families is sort of like seeing a Roots for the cannibal gangs in The Road.March 02, 2010
The acting and atmosphere are warm-but maybe warmed over. That's the problem.