Two Spuds and a Telly

Parenthood (I wish I was reviewing the ’89 Steve Martin movie) by sarcasmbutton

I was excited to watch the pilot of Parenthood, mainly because of Lauren Graham (I was a big fan of Gilmore Girls, whaddya want from me?). Unfortunately, she just couldn’t charm me enough in this to save her own…pilot.

Parenthood is about two sisters and two brothers and their families. And here we have my first problem. I guess it’s just been too long since I’ve seen a show about brothers and sisters…oh wait, how about the show Brothers & Sisters?

One of the sisters (Lauren Graham) just divorced her tortured-musician-drug-addict husband and has taken her kids (troublemaker teenage girl and crying-inside-because-he-misses-Dad teenage boy) and moved closer to her family. I think my adjectives are enough to show that there’s nothing quite new and exciting in this department.

The other sister (Erika Christensen) is married to an adorable stay-at-home dad and they have an equally adorable little girl. Christensen plays a successful lawyer who supports the family but in the process loses a bit of her relationship with her daughter. It was a little (more) interesting to see the dynamic between the mom worrying that the kid doesn’t like her while the kid clearly prefers Dad.

One of the brothers (Dax Shepard, who strangely enough is getting engaged to Kristen Bell in real life (Why, Kristen? WHY?)) is the one that sleeps around. And in the end of the episode, it certainly comes back to bite him in the butt.

The last brother (Peter Krause) seems to be the oldest, wisest brother who everyone looks up to and asks for advice. His family and his marriage even seems perfect. What I like about this part of the storyline was that in the end it’s not the cliche ‘he’s actually having marriage problems’, but (SPOILER ALERT) he and his wife find out their son has a form of autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, which I haven’t seen dealt with at all on TV.

Then you have the grumpy dad (or grandpa to some), the loving mom…you get the point.

Overall, I was bored. It was too close to reality for me. I don’t want to watch something on TV that either a) I’ve already seen before, or b) I know all about.

Sorry, Lauren Graham. I really did love Lorelai Gilmore.

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