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Remember Me, I’m The One Who Loves You
Original Air Date: Feb 21, 2012
Karen Belgrad – Senior Editor
karenbelgrad@thetwocentscorp.com
This is certainly an odd February. It’s near 40 degrees in Chicago at 10PM and Parenthood only has one episode left this season. The two have seemingly little in common, unless you look at the fact that neither is the way it’s supposed to occur. Although I relish the lack of shoveling this winter, I loathe the fact that this quality hour of television only has one hour left.
We probably won’t know for some time if this show will be back for a fourth season. On any other network, its ratings wouldn’t garner a renewal, but NBC isn’t exactly at the top of the ratings game. But don’t take anything for granted, be sure to let NBC know we want our show back! Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, but I will probably remind you next week, let’s get to covering this hour…
Julia/Zoe: Zoe’s pregnancy finally comes to an end tonight with the birth of her son. Julia is the only person helping her through delivery, as Zoe never told her mother or sister about the baby she plans to give up for adoption. Zoe has a hard time with delivery, not medically, just with the pain. Julia is there every step of the way, assuring her she isn’t dying. When the baby is born, Zoe opts not to hold him; and Julia shows tears of joy holding the (smaller than Nora) baby in her arms. The next day, and elated Julia, Joel, and Sydney arrive to take the baby home. But when Julia goes ahead to the nursery, she is stunned to see Zoe holding the baby in her arms. They exchange no words, but Julia reads Zoe’s face and realizes she’s changed her mind. She holds her composure in front of Sydney, cluing Joel in to the change of events, but breaks down in tears, alone in an empty hospital room. I haven’t been the biggest champion of this story, but Erika Christensen killed in that scene. Now… I am completely spoiler free…. But who thinks that Zoe will change her mind again next week?
Adam: I’m going to leave this marked as Adam, since Crosby has his own thing going on that I’ll get to in a little bit. Adam and Crosby meet with the head of West Coast Records, Richard Gilcrest (played by A Different World’s Kadeem Hardison, who I almost didn’t recognize without his flippy glasses). He makes them a million dollar offer for the Luncheonette, and while Crosby says no way-no how, it’s clear that Adam is a little torn. And while it would’ve been nice to revisit the Haddie-college-money story, it’s unsaid that it is still weighing on Adam’s mind. Crosby is steadfast in his stance, but Adam tries to get him to discuss it anyways. And later Adam reluctantly agrees to meet Richard for a drink, where he continues to be firm that he can’t do this without Crosby. Richard ups the offer (any guess for how much), and it’s enough to make Adam admit he has to talk his brother into the sale. Um… good luck with that Adam.
Sarah/Kristina/Amber: Sarah and Mark snuggle in bed. He broaches the idea of moving to New York, after Drew graduates, to bolster her career as a burgeoning playwright. Sarah definitely seems reluctant to put herself first, even more so when she finds out Amber left her job at the campaign office. Sarah visits Kristina to find out why, and when Kristina tells her off the busted rendezvous from last week, the two are on opposite pages. Sarah doesn’t understand why it was a big deal, and after mentioning the campaign, Kristina declares that she would have wanted Sarah to do the same for Haddie. It doesn’t end well, but faster than you can say never-seen-Nora, Sarah is at Kristina’s and the two flip flop sides and apologize to each other. When Sarah mentions New York, Kristina tells her to go for it. Kristina also apologizes to Amber, but only for embarrassing her, not for her actions. She implores Amber to return to work. Sarah accepts Mark’s New York offer over a nighttime picnic of wine, cheese, and a baguette (but he was also happy to see her). In the end, Amber curls up next to her mom in bed, still not ready to talk about the Bobby fiasco. The execution of all of this was a little choppy, but I loved the knowing, yet silent, mother-daughter moment between Amber and Sarah.
Crosby/Jasmine: Does anyone remember the Sex and the City storyline where Miranda and Steve, both in stable relationships while co-parenting, decided they loved each other and to get married? If not, no need to worry because we saw the same thing tonight. After telling Dr. Joe she loved him, Jasmine went on a school camping trip with Crosby and jabbar. And after a Johny Cash sing-a-long (see episode title), some post-marshmallow burn first aid, Crosby admitting he knew he screwed up and wanting to turn back time, and some morning lovey-dovey stares, Jasmine throws caution to the wind and declares her love to Crosby and asks him to marry her. The two embrace in the rain and invite a (sure to get a cold) Jabbar to join them in the happy moment. I get that the writers may be writing the show as if the next episode is the last and giving people closure, but I really liked co-parenting as opposed to the somewhat forced happy ending.
So with no Zeek, Camille, Haddie, Max, or Drew, that was it for this week’s hour. What did you think of the turn of events? And in case you were wondering, the closing montage, was Death Cab For Cutie’s “Transatlanticism” (aka Need You So Much Closer) You’ve got my TwoCents! Now share your TwoCents, comments, and feedback below!
Forced? No way! One year ago Jasmine and Crosby were on their way to the altar when they encountered a huge obstacle, they only just overcame it, one year later… with love. From the moment they had that ONS, it was obvious that it was just a matter of time.