Posted by Dustin on 01.25.2012 at 9:45 pm

It looks like both “Grimm” and “Parenthood” don’t return until February. *Sigh* I guess shows are going on hiatus in order to put good stuff on during sweeps month. Frankly we just came off a long enough hiatus if you ask me!

On “Grimm,” an illegal organ donation business plays on the “Hansel and Gretel” story.
On “Parenthood” Mark and Sarah have the talk about possibly having a kid . . .

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Posted by Dustin on 01.16.2012 at 12:32 pm

So I really enjoyed the last “Parenthood,” I think because we got a lot of Joel and Julia time. Joel always gets the shaft on this show in terms of air time. Even though Zoe dumped her boyfriend and got him to sign the adoption papers, I still feel something will happen and Joel and Julia aren’t getting that baby.

Crosby was doing so well and growing up, then this episode happened. When Adam got the spotlight in the paper during an interview, he pouted like a little baby. Grrrrr! Minus points for Crosby!

Finally I just felt like this entire episode was foreshadowing Mark and Sarah’s eventual break-up. She was freaking out over him not bringing up the baby thing, he was freaking out over her pushing him to get to know her brothers during their monthly poker game, and her brothers felt they’d be left with a vacancy in their game when this relationship went south. They finally, at the very end, got to the baby topic, but both were too drunk and Mark wanted to table it until the next morning . . . .

Onto “Grimm,” which I also really enjoyed. I liked seeing Nick working with his Aunt’s trailer a lot more, as well as Monroe being pulled into the trailer when Nick was out of commission after being beaten by an ogre. You could see his mind exploding being around all the ancient Grimm weapons.

Nick’s partner Hank seems to be catching on that something isn’t right with Nick. We know the captain already knows the truth. I have to wondering if he’s going to try and steer Hank towards the truth, or away from it?

Spoilers for the next two episodes of each show are below . . . .

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Posted by Dustin on 01.04.2012 at 8:44 pm

“Parenthood” returned last night with Zeke pressuring all the families to take a road trip to see his 86 year old mother. Zeke was feeling a little guilty not having seen her in awhile, and she hurt her hip recently, so he was fearing time wasn’t on his side. It was her birthday, so he orchestrated a caravan of Bravermans to see her. Nobody understood what it was really about though . . .

Unfortunately right before they were to leave, Max blew up at Kristina and called her a bitch when she turned off his videogame as it was time to go. Her punishment was that he couldn’t go on the trip, which meant she couldn’t go, and neither could Nora. Adam wanted to figure out some other punishment, knowing it would freak Zeke out, which it did. However Kristina said she never follows through with Max’s punishments, so this time she was. Good for her! Of course it didn’t last that long. Max eventually apologized and made nice, so she decided to fly them all down to Grandma’s to meet the others there. Do we think Max has really learned anything? I fear Max has just learned if he sucks it up and apologizes when he does something wrong . . . he’ll get out of his next few punishments. Well at least she made the small steps in actually sticking to her guns for awhile.

The road trip, of course, was almost a disaster. None of the kids really wanted to go, they were only doing it for Zeke. They didn’t understand why it was such a big deal to their dad, as none of them seemed to have fond memories of their grandma. Their mom had to explain to them how much this meant to him, because Zeke has never in his life been able to please his mom. She’s basically always found fault with him. At one point the kids decided to turn around and go home, but they did end up at Grandma’s house in the end.

I loved the parts of the road trip featuring Crosby in the back seat of Julia and Joel’s car with the kids. He was such a big kid and having so much fun with them, and clearly annoying the hell out of Julia who was trying to write a legal brief. It was great because every time he cracked a joke and annoyed Julia, we saw that Joel was holding in his laughter!

It wouldn’t be an episode of “Parenthood” without something awkward happening. Drew walked in on his mom and Mark having adult alone time at the very beginning of the show. They didn’t see him, and he had to endure a lengthy car trip with his mom and picturing her doing the nasty all the way. When she found out she was of course horrified.

The previews for next week have Sarah confronting Mark about how he mentioned having a baby with her, but then never spoke of it again. I have a bad feeling of what is to come! Jason Ritter was only supposed to be on for part of the season, so I see his being written off fairly soon with this episode being the catalyst. Of course perhaps things behind the scenes have changed and NBC plans to keep him? I don’t know, I haven’t read anything about if as of late. He was supposedly having a new show at NBC developed for him when he signed on to do another stint on “Parenthood.”

Posted by Dustin on 01.03.2012 at 6:35 pm

Here are the official spoiler releases for NBC’s “Grimm” and “Parenthood” for next week.

On another note, I’m probably gunna give the network’s new show “Smash” a try.

January 10th – Just Smile
ADAM UNEXPECTEDLY STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT FROM CROSBY; AMBER IS THROWN INTO A NEW JOB AND SARAH’S THOUGHTS TURN TO A BABY – Crosby (Dax Shepard) is frustrated when Adam (Peter Krause) becomes the focus for a local newspaper’s piece on the Luncheonette. Meanwhile, Amber (Mae Whitman) struggles to find her place in a new job and Sarah (Lauren Graham) becomes overwhelmed with thoughts of having a baby. Also, Julia (Erika Christensen) and Joel (Sam Jaeger) try to resist interfering in Zoe’s personal life.

January 13th – Game Ogre
AN ESCAPED FUGITIVE’S MURDEROUS RAMPAGE LANDS AT NICK’S FRONT DOOR — An escapee returns to Portland seeking revenge against those who put him behind bars. His unusual strength and high tolerance for pain makes Nick (David Giuntoli) take notice. As the case escalates Nick and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) are put in danger, and Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) is called into action to help put an end to the convict’s deadly rampage. Russell Hornsby, Reggie Lee and Sasha Roiz also star.

Posted by Dustin on 12.26.2011 at 6:48 pm

“Parenthood” returns in early January with all new episodes. Here is the first release . . . .

January 3rd – “Road Trip”

IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLEASE HIS MOTHER ON HER BIRTHDAY, ZEEK FORCES A LAST MINUTE ROAD TRIP WHICH STIRS UP MANY EMOTIONS AND ISSUES FOR THE BRAVERMAN CLAN – Seeking his mother’s approval, Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) demands the entire family caravan on a road trip where they encounter many road blocks along the way. While spending time on the road, Adam (Peter Krause) connects with Haddie (Sarah Ramos), Sarah (Lauren Graham) confronts an embarrassing issue with Drew (Miles Heizer) and Julia (Erika Christensen) learns to appreciate Crosby’s (Dax Shepard) odd personality. Meanwhile, Kristina (Monica Potter) struggles to enforce a harsh punishment she gave to Max (Max Burkholder) for acting out. Also starring: Sam Jaeger, Savannah Paige Rae Tyree Brown, Bonnie Bedelia, Mae Whitman and Joy Bryant.

Posted by Dustin on 12.04.2011 at 1:07 pm

In the latest episode of “Parenthood,” Max didn’t get to go to the museum as he wanted, so he ran way while Haddie was watching him.

Kristina had gone back to work, helping a young politician on his campaign. She also hired Amber as her assistant. Kristina then ignored all of Adam’s calls all day long, as she was stewing over the Rachel incident. I was actually more interested in seeing how Amber faired at work, which was overlooked to watch Kristina ignore 20 some calls.

Max ended up in the bad parts of town, but the cops did find him an brought him home. It hadn’t phased him that he had done anything wrong. He felt his parents were in the wrong for breaking their promise to take him to the museum. Adam and Kristina tried to be patient, but Haddie lost it and yelled at him for being selfish. I have to say, Haddie got points for once! I realize though that Max still doesn’t understand what he did wrong, so yelling at him probably did no good.

Adam did get the Rachel situation at work under control. She took Crosby’s advice and tried to apologize to Kristina early on, but Kristina didn’t want to hear it. Later Kristina called her and straightened things out, making it clear what happened would never ever happen again.

Jabar got hurt on the playground with Crosby, and Dr. Joe came running to help, leaving some amazing basketball seats to do so. Crosby realized what a good guy he was and told Jasmine that he already screwed them up because of a mistake. She shouldn’t lose Dr. Joe for a similar kind of mistake. Basically Crosby put her and Jabar first. Points for Crosby! Though I can’t believe when Jasmine screws up, somehow Crosby is still the ends up coming out the one who did the bad thing?

Julia distanced herself from Zoe at work. Zoe eventually showed up at the house trying to beg Julia to talk to her, that her boyfriend wasn’t horrible and was just looking out for her. Julia said she couldn’t adopt her baby now, but she would have made a great mother. Something tells me soon Julia and Joel will find a baby on their doorstep . . . .

Mark and Sarah watched baby Nora for the day and grew closer. Mark mentioned he could see having a kid with Sarah. He feared he freaked her out, but she said she wasn’t actually that freaked out at the idea . . .

Posted by Dustin on 11.23.2011 at 2:26 pm

Oh brother, what an episode of “Parenthood” last night. Can these people possible screw up any more at this point? The inevitable happened pretty much on all fronts, so I’m not sure why I was so shocked or surprised.

Crosby and Jasmine grew closer, and Jabar started wondering when they were going to get married. Oh brother, how old is this child. Does he not comprehend his parents aren’t together anymore? Crosby realized he not only screwed things up with Jasmine, but he ruined Jabar’s dream of a family too. In the end though, Jasmine and Crosby got drunk and did the dirty boogie. Oopsie! We knew they’d eventually get back together, but I don’t think they are there yet. Something tells me Jasmine will give him a “we were drunk, it’s a mistake, I’m with Dr. Joe now” speech in the next episode.

Adam has set himself up for a giant law suit because of his stupidity at this point with the new receptionist Rachel they hired (who he shared a drunken kiss with). He told Kristina that she kissed him, and she wanted him to fire her. Of course he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He told her “I love my wife, that can’t happen again or I will fire you.” Way to go Adam! Continue digging the hole your in even further! Kristina learned she was still working there and of course flipped on Adam, wondering if he was attracted to this girl? Adam just continued to dig his own grave. Kristina finally announced she’s going back to work ASAP, she is going to start doing what’s best for her.

Finally Joel and Julia decided to meet Zoe’s boyfriend Troy, to make sure he won’t be a problem with the adoption basically. Oh he was! I have always known this wasn’t going to go smoothly . . . nothing in this show does. Troy wanted an extra thirty grand for Zoe and his troubles, since people pay a lot for babies. Julia told him that was illegal, she could not do that. He basically left their dinner suggesting they think about it, as Zoe realized Troy had screwed everything up for her. She tried to apologize, but based on next week’s previews it seems she tells Zoe the adoption is off. I guess I’m still expecting that at some point in all of this Julia will learn she’s pregnant . . . because since they gave up trying that’s when it often seems to happen.

Posted by Dustin on 11.16.2011 at 10:18 pm

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote about “Parenthood,” and as usual with show, a lot of people need to be slapped!

The Seth/John Corbett storyline I thought had a touching ending, with him getting out of rehab, staying with Amber, her realizing how hard her mom had it all those years . . . and finally ending with him giving her and Drew a stack of cards for birthdays and holidays he had missed through out the years. Awwww!

I am really feeling for Crosby with this whole Dr. Dan storyline and Jasmine. I loved that he stood up to Dr. Dan about the baseball game, but still feel bad for him. He hasn’t known he was Jabar’s dad for that long, and now he has to contend with super step father wanna be coming in. I was hoping Jasmine would start to see growth in Crosby with this new job, the business and his helping Christina with the baby. But maybe not.

I absolutely loved the latest episode with Joel and Julia dealing with the spoiled monster they created named Sydney . Her tantrum was hysterical, as was Julia sitting outside the bedroom door drinking while listening to her scream her lungs out. I still however don’t hold out much hope for that happy ending with Coffee girls baby

Adam and Crosby hired a young and sexy new office worker to help them run the studio. She was hit on all fronts, with Crosby, with the clients . . . but it was Adam she liked. At the end of the most recent show, after a few drinks, they shared a brief kiss. He broke it off, and told her that he loved his wife. However the previews seem to show Adam being drawn dangerously too close to her, and admitting the kiss to a very upset Christina. Oh Adam . . . I’m so disappointed in you! This is on par with Tom from “Desperate Housewives!”

Posted by Dustin on 11.07.2011 at 6:59 pm

So we are hitting that TV time of year, Thanksgiving. When shows begin airing reruns until the new year. I am hopeful some shows that got a late start, like Grimm, will continue to air new episodes.

Coming up on “Parenthood,” Seth is released from Rehab, while Adam finds his marriage tested in a few ways.

On “Grimm,” Nick must protect the woman who attempted to kill his Aunt Marie, and Monroe faces his “big bad past.”

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Posted by Dustin on 10.25.2011 at 12:00 pm

There is no new “Parenthood” this week unfortunatly. However NBC’s “Grimm” does premier this friday! Here is the spoilers for the next new “Parenthood.” Nothing yet has been put out for “Grimm” however.

FORCED FAMILY FUN – November 1st

KRISTINA DEMANDS FAMILY TIME; JASMINE IS READY FOR A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP AND SARAH RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTS SETH–JASON RITTER AND JOHN CORBETT GUEST STAR–Sensing her family growing apart , Kristina (Monica Potter) demands a family night that doesn’t go as she had expected. Crosby (Dax Shepard) fears Jasmine’s (Joy Byrant) new date will replace him as Jabbar’s (Tyree Brown) father. Julia (Erika Christensen) oversteps her boundaries with Zoe (Rosa Salazar) and Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) continues to have mixed emotions about Sarah’s (Lauren Graham) involvement with Seth (guest star John Corbett). Also starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Krause, Mae Whitman, Savannah Paige Rae, Sarah Ramos and Max Burkholder.