I thought they handled it poorly. Given that situation, I wouldn't forbid Haddie from seeing him, but would instead control the circumstances under which she could do so. It would be easy to explain to my daughter. "I don't want you to find yourself in a situation that you are not prepared to handle."

There would be plenty of opportunities for them to be together, at work, in public, or at our house. His apartment is off limits. Yes. I have to trust my kid, but by giving that trust they're more likely to fulfill it.

The most likely scenario is that a relationship at 16 isn't going to last. Keep your relationship with your daughter and allow it to occur naturally rather than creating incentive for her to go behind your back.

Christina getting real shocked was awesome. Setting up a great start for S3. Adam with job questions and such. It is going to start being that family that should get most of the TV time.

I was talking to my wife about that after watching the episode (we have two little ones) and my knee jerk reaction was the same as the parents on the show but after thinking about it for a few minutes, this post is what I think I would do if my daughter had this situation presented to her. Definitely the best situation.

I know I haven't posted here but I'm an avid watcher of this show and I've said to my wife numerous times that I think this show has the best acting on TV. Truly superb.

Same as Goodie this was what my wife and I thought would be the best action after some deliberation. But based on those characters this response would have been way out of character.

Adam is a very protective father and Kristina is a very neurotic mother. Their only instinct is to get their daughter out of that situation and they end up handling it very poorly because of this. They really were impressed by him and can't really even justify to themselves why they don't want her to be with him. So they end up failing when trying to come up with a legitimate reason.

I do however, think that this is going to work to their advantage because the guy values truth so much that he is not going to be happy Haddie misled him.

Even with his downsides, this guy is so much better than a pool of random high school boys that Haddie could pick from. Isn't it obvious? He respects Haddie and her parents and was good with Max. They'd rather take pot luck for 200, Alex?

has it ever been clarified how old he is?

There is no such thing as a guy who is good for your 16 year-old daughter.

They have never fully clarified, but I would say he is somewhere between 17-20.

But surely there's such a thing as a guy who is better than most of the riff raff. It's not like they are shipping her off to a convent. He's better than the last douche bag she dated.

FYP.

Seriously, though, I don't think race is the issue here. His checkered past (and possibly the age difference) are setting off the alarm bells here. Sure, he may be a saint now, but why risk it?

On a related note, I find the Alex character to be pretty uninteresting. He just comes off as so perfect and saintly it's ridiculous. I don't even think it's unrealistic--there are people like him who do a tremendous job of turning their lives around when they've come from terrible circumstances--but it just bores me. I really hope we see him come into some sort of conflict with people in his past, or battle his demons, or something, because otherwise it's just dull to watch him.

just watch FNL! that actor's got a real checkered past on that show!

Yup, Parenthood has been great lately

wow hadie sucks. i hope i never have to deal with a b.tchy daughter

I have a friend with a 19-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. When talking about the difference he makes this assessment: Girls are awesome until they are 12 then they are a pain in your ass the rest of your life. Boys are a pain in the ass until they are about 7 then they have reached your maturity level and are awesome from then on out.

I don't really feel that this arc with Hadie makes sense. It feels forced or something. I know these are hard situations to deal with but him coming to see the dad at work and the whole "I wish I had parents like you" was ridiculously over the top I thought

It feels like they want to bang over your head that this guy should be the perfect guy for their daughter.

"Can I get his number? Kidding!"

Last week's episode was really good. And I can't wait to see what they do with the John Corbett/Lauren Graham releationship. Though did John Corbett play the original ex-husband from the pilot episode? I thought the character was originally played by someone other then him.

Minka next week!

Thumbs up for that, of course.

Very good episode this week. Nice to see Drew get some screen time--I really liked the scene where he's arguing with Amber. Hopefully the dad gets a few more episodes here and there--I'd like to see if he can get Amber to warm up to him a bit.

Also nice to see Haddie making peace with her parents and them allowing her to see Alex.

Sweet

Starting to enjoy the show again.. Hmm a Baldwin leaves and it gets good again

it can only get better with Minka

If it's been mentioned I'm sorry but is Parenthood scheduled for a Season 3?

This is the only show I watch on a weekly basis; I think it's really well done. I'm starting to warm up to all of the characters as well. I like it better without Baldwin.

The ratings aren't good but the standard for NBC is so low that it should be renewed.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ars-menu/81826


Michael Emerson is also supposed to be on next week's episode.

For some reason that storyline really irked me, I feel like it was out of character for the grandparents to let Haddie stay at their place for more than a night or two to let things cool down before being like "look, you have to live by your parents' rules" and shutting that **** down.

Minka and Crosby getting it on would be >>>>>>>>>>>> Lorelai getting back with her ex just cause the latter storyline would be sooooooooo predictable

This is great thank you.

Are the numbers low because the show isn't considered good or does it possibly have something to do w/ the time slot? Either way, happy it looks good for a season 3.