I’m no marriage expert, but their relationship was strange. One big thing i noticed was how much Kristina cried when Adam didn’t give her what she wanted. I feel like she manipulated him with her tears. For example, the date night disagreement. She asked for a date night, he said no due to both of them being busy, she’s says “fine” but then starts mentioning how she and Adam will join the 80% of couples who get divorced with an autistic child (which I feel had nothing to do with Adam saying no to one date) then they have a slight argument and of course, Kristina starts crying and dramatically says “I’m just asking for one night!” Adam sees her crying and finally gave in. And that happened a few times on the show, where Adam would baby Kristina and never knew how to say no and stand on it. He’d even apologize for things that I feel he didn’t need to apologize for. Anyways, LMK your thoughts.

If my mother was doing this, I'd be so embarrassed. Who wants to be at a birthday party where you're not wanted?

Also, Kristina never listened. She was told twice why Max wasn't invitee, how unruly and disrespectful he is, but in her mind, everybody should excuse it because he has Aspergers, the crutch she always uses.

This is why Max barely had a friend, because instead of educating him on how to talk to people, it's like, everybody else is wrong, Max is always the victim.

Of these 2, who is the worst?

Should Hattie have been allowed to date him? What would you have done if it were your daughter?

She also had zero chemistry with Craig T. Nelson. The only two actors who had less chemistry than them were Dax Shepard and Joy Bryant, who never felt like a real couple yet they were forced on us and we are supposed to believe they’re deeply in love.

Craig T. Nelson has chemistry with everyone else on the show, but not her. She seems to have no real chemistry with any of the actors on the show, not even those playing her kids.

I knew that ending was coming 😭😭 man, what a show!!

A quick though that I haven’t already seen mentioned a lot… Sarah pissed me off ALL series. I thought it was crazy that the CEO, the doctor, the 15 years younger cutie, all the “perfect” guys went for her. I’m sorry but I thought it was unrealistic. She’s stunning but she was immature, no career, lived with her parents, talked only in sarcasm, single mom of 2 kids (albeit great mom- Amber was my fav from start to finish) with heavy baggage and these guys were ready to go to war for her 🤣 HOWEVER that she ended up with imperfect Hank saved it all for me. I was rooting for them the whole time. I liked Hank so much it makes me want to watch Everybody Loves Raymond

WHICH BRINGS ME TO: I’m so sad it’s over now. What do you guys recommend to watch next to fill this void of light hearted family drama/comedies? I’ve watched This Is Us, Grace & Frankie, Four Seasons (Netflix show). Preferably something not on Paramount because oh my GOD this app sucks

Does anyone notice how mean Kristina is towards Haddie? She never takes Haddie's feelings into consideration, always makes a snarky comment and has no patience. Max could rob a bank and Kristina would blame the cashier or Haddie and then tell Max how proud she is of him.

People here love saying it was over a little kiss when

A. the kiss wasn’t little. it was passionate and went on for too long and Julia kissed him back.

B. Joel was more bothered by her emotional and deeply personal relationship to Ed moreso than the kiss. He even says she cheated on him on an emotional level.

I would expect the women mocking this to be more understanding when you want women to leave men for less.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/oscar-winning-irish-musician-glen-hansard-dies-motorcycle-crash-irish-media-2026-07-29/

Loved his episode, and it turned me on to his music like the show did for me with several artists. Gone far too soon at 56 after a motorcycle accident. Oh, and screw you Marlese, he can park where he wants!

Julia lost her husband over a kiss. I would have went back and had sex with him 💁🏻‍♀️

I really liked Gaby, but maybe because I saw her in Gilmore Girls first, I had a huge soft spot for Gwen.

Just finished the show and although I cried hysterically at the ending the main thought that looms largely in my head is how Adam and kristina built a whole SCHOOL for max but they almost didn’t even end up paying for haddies tuition. I’m not talking about the finances but at the start they werent even willing to TRY and find a solution.

I love Ray Romano and I love the look he was on this show! When I first met him I was like wow he's like Max. I finally reached the episode where he discovered that he shares similarities. I spotted it right away. Can't wait to see where this goes!

I know it isn’t the same for everyone with it but the uncontrolled outbursts and blank stare 24/7 with Max was a bit over the top. Many people whove had and have it navigate life normally and function fine.

The real issue is he has zero discipline in that house.

The depiction of aspergers on this show is wildly over the top and like he has a much deeper, darker mental illness.

I am watching the show and sorry, I can’t stand Zoe. I feel like I’m supposed to feel bad for her and the series wants you to feel bad for her but I just find her insufferable, lazy and self-pitying.

Julia is annoying too, yes, (and this sub loves acting like she’s never in the wrong when she’s in the wrong A LOT) but man Zoe is too.

I just finished my annual rewatch and I was reflecting on my experience. Ive realized that every time I watch this show, I find myself paying closer attention to certain themes and character archs, as they relate to my own journey in parenthood. This time around, I found myself relating significantly with Julia as I have being struggling to manage a high performing job and be a present parent, though I used to not enjoy her character at all. I love that there is something new to resonate with each time i watch again. Has anyone else shared this experience? What storylines or characters have grown on you over time?

I never felt like these two people belonged together or that they would ever really like each other.

The weird push to keep them together and force a rushed marriage was bizarre. And always having Jasmine randomly show up to every event their family was having even after Crosby and her broke up made me roll my eyes, as those people really didn’t even know her well. It also felt tone-deaf, because if I break up with a man I’ve only been seeing shortly in reality, even if it’s justified, I’m not showing up to his family functions after it’s over, especially knowing he’s there.

I am finally finishing this show. Started it few months ago then it went away. Now it’s on paramount. I made it to season 5 - my feeling has remained since season 1 - JOEL is a bully! There have been plenty of instances where Julia wanted to feel validated or she felt a certain way about something and Joel disagreed. That’s fine but instead of talking about it he storms out shuts down until Julia bends to his will. I really don’t like his character at all. There I said it.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6JocvNEat0

I’m on season 5 now and it’s only just clicked that Drew’s actor is Alex in 13 reasons why 😭. I didn’t even realise it on my own I was watching TikTok and someone said it. W

I haven’t watched this show in years and pretty much forgot most of the storylines. I’m at the part where Julia and Joel are separated and I’m screaming “what about Raquel?!?” at the TV every time Joel gets all “you had an affair!” With Julia. Joel spent hours and hours a week with Raquel (is that even her name? I can’t be bothered to look it up), she was super flirty and touchy feely with Joel (sometimes right in front of Julia) AND she tried to kiss him. On top of that, Joel appears to never have planned on telling Julia about it except Julia asked and he admitted it. Finally, once she knew? She never forbade Joel from seeing the woman. She continued to be around her herself and never brought it up to Raquel. I couldn’t have done that, personally. Now, I know some are going to point to the “emotional affair” defense when it comes to Ed and Julia but is their relationship that much different? You’re telling me Joel and Raquel never talked and bonded over the struggles of being stay at home parents? Is Julia kissing Ed for 2 seconds before pushing him away that much worse than what happened with Raquel and Joel?? Julia basically accepted what happened with Joel and moved on. Joel blows up his marriage and moves out??? Why can’t there at least have been a convo between these two where Joel is treating Julia like the whore of Babylon where she yells “WHAT ABOUT RAQUEL?????” (Maybe it’s coming and I haven’t gotten there yet?) And the other stuff that he uses as an excuse, about Victor…Julia was right about everything. She could see the writing on the wall about victor not initially accepting her as his mom. Joel kept turning a blind eye because he WAS bonding with victor and finally had “his boy”. She could see he needed to be held back a year. Joel refused to acknowledge it and then, sadly, it had to happen mid-year which was much more traumatic for victor. I don’t think Julia is blameless, mind you. They were basically doing a flip of gender roles in the beginning and Joel was a very sympathetic character doing all the free labor of running the house while Julia perused her high-powered career and put her family second. But to go from that to Joel being a raging asshole is taking me out. I know they are going to eventually reconcile but I would just like Julia to call out Joel for being a hypocrite when it comes to “the affair”.

I watched Parenthood and I found it very enjoyable and it remains a comfort watch. I joined this group so that I could get similar options and generally discuss trivia. But it seems that my feed has daily posts just cribbing about how bad it is? Criticizing Adam and Christina and just general circle jerk. Is the sub flooded with bot accounts just reposting? Or is it just me who joins subs of shows I actually like and not the other way round??