A few quick thoughts on last night's "Parenthood" coming up just as soon as I still have one screw left... Though this final season is only 13 episodes, a lot of the storylines feel like they've been running for much longer than that — some because they began in previous seasons (Joel and Julia's separation), and some simply because we keep taking one step forward and then one step back with them. It's always a challenge with a small, low-concept show like this, even in a year that has dealt with bigger life cycle events like pregnancy, health crises, marriage proposals, failing businesses and more. And some episodes have definitely dragged on, despite the usual fine acting and strong individual moments. "Let's Go Home" brought several big stories to, if not closure, then to major decisions — all of them made after much thought and discussion amongst the four Braverman sibs — with Sarah accepting Hank's proposal,...
- 1/16/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Like many musicians, Josh Rifkind spent much of last year on tour. He logged 32,000 miles in a used minivan crisscrossing the country doing concerts. "I was on the road the whole year," he says. "It was pretty epic." But the 41-year-old-guitar player's gigs are a little different from those of most rockers. Rifkind, who lives in Atlanta, has performed his music - which ranges from covers of Taylor Swift songs to "Old MacDonald" - for free for thousands of sick kids at more than 250 children's hospitals across the country since 2007. Often, he and his fellow musicians set up shop in...
- 1/1/2015
- by Michelle Boudin, @michelleboudin
- PEOPLE.com
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