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I guess Parenthood is ending next week. The show's totally earnest commitment to showing characters do not much interesting was strange at first, but over the course of six years the consistencies that it maintained end up being sort of interesting. Going into this last season, the thing I found most interesting was the way that every issue that cropped up basically felt the same depending on which characters handled it. Whenever a problem occurred, each of the characters seems to slightly and unconsciously cast themselves into their particular role. Kristina usually turns her troubles into combatting some form of injustice, Adam tries to find a way to sacrifice himself for the good of others, Sarah decides it's all over her head and too difficult and finds a way to not make a decision, Julia/Joel try to make small concessions while actually changing not much at all after every problem, and Zeek feigns leadership while being basically incompetent. In some sense, every episode is the same episode over and over - I'd be surprised if anyone could name a favorite episode of the show. But this is actually very true-to-life - usually people find themselves in the same sorts of conflicts, repeatedly, but in different contexts. Someone who finds themselves doing all of the lovely grunt work at their old job will probably find a way to end up doing that at their new job, as well. It's like as individuals, we're running the same run loop over and over, and our problems all end up taking the same tone even in different contexts. It seemed so grossly unfair that there was always this nasty feeling of mortification whenever Adam had to resolve something and Crosby's problems - even an accidental kid - end up turning out just fine for him with no pain or stress attached. (This changed a bit this season, with reality finally catching up to Crosby with the Luncheonette's failure.)
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