Parenthood: Season 3, Episode 6 “Tales from the Luncheonette” (B+)
While it might seem ill-advised to leave your wife and newborn daughter at home pretty much right away to go and work a lot, there is something inspiring about seeing Adam so passionate. His citation of his childhood wintertime lemonade stand was an amusing reference, and I do admire his optimism. I like that, after some bumps along the road, he and Crosby chose to celebrate failure rather than success, only to have Cee Lo Green waltz back into their studio and proclaim that he was having an off day. Seth’s blood-soaked offer to take his kids out for brunch signaled a definite problem, and I’m glad that Sarah has taken it upon herself to help him this time, revealing their plan to Amber and Drew at the end of the episode. Going to Julia for money after being shut down by Zeek was a smart move, and it provided Joel with an unusual chance to call Zeek out on not supporting his daughters enough, giving him double ammunition with his impending adoption also in the mix. Mark seems somewhat turned off by the idea of Sarah being so involved in getting Seth back in track, leaving us roughly where we were last episode in terms of the future of that relationship being up in the air. Drew asking Amber advice about how to kiss Amy was entertaining, but the episode’s sweetest moment was between Kristina and Haddie when the exhausted mother told her daughter she didn’t have any notes for her on her college essay.
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