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Some new information on what’s happening in the next two episodes of “Parenthood” have been revealed by Spoiler Chat!
Monica: Please, something good on Parenthood? I am so in love with this show.
Testify! Only two episodes left this season (they only got 18 episodes this year), and if that’s not enough to make you cry buckets, how about this scoop bomb: There is a devastating blow coming up for two characters that, honestly, I wanna curl up in the fetal position even thinking about. (Shudder.) Also, there’s a heartwarming surprise between a certain couple in the next episode that will lead to a very cool season finale! Bottom line: Next two episodes of Parenthood are not. To. Be. Missed.
Some new scoop about what’s ahead in “Parenthood” for 2012 has been revealed by Ask the Addict!
As a fortunate mother of not just one, but two adoptive children, Julia’s story on PARENTHOOD continues to have me in hysterics. Please tell me she patches things up with coffee girl Zoe? — Renessa
The TV Addict:As much as we hate to be the bearer of bad news, when PARENTHOOD returns in 2012, it will do so with a decidedly different coffee GUY at Julia’s office. Zoe, at least for the time being, may be out of the picture.
Some new spoilers on “Parenthood” have just been revealed by TV Guide – check them out below!
I could use some good Parenthood scoop. — Sally
ADAM: Three words: Braverman road trip! When Zeek decides to visit his mother to celebrate her 86th birthday, the whole clan tags along. The trip is, naturally, chock-full of disasters (including one particularly bad motel stay), but the biggest obstacle may be the birthday girl herself, who, even in her old age, is a tough old bat. Hopefully, witnessing the pure joy that is the Braverman dinner table will soften her a bit.
Julia and Joel’s unorthodox baby-buying plot hits another snag on next week’s Parenthood when Erika Christensen’s multi-tasking legal eagle makes a horrifying discovery.
Without giving too much away — I’ll let the following first look clip do that — Julia catches her colleague-turned-surrogate Zoe (Rosa Salazar) unwittingly endangering the welfare of her unborn baby.
“I don’t know how aware of it she is,” says “Parenthood” star Erika Christensen of her character, Julia Braverman-Graham, “but her motherly instincts really start to come out in this season, which is really cool.”
On Monday (Sept. 12), we caught up with Christensen when she stopped by the KTLA Morning Show to talk about the upcoming third season of the NBC show. Christensen’s character is a mom of one who hopes to adopt a second child along with husband Joel (Sam Jaeger).
“You’re starting to see some of the frustration that is setting in with the long adoption process,” says Christensen. “It’s been nearly nine months and she doesn’t have a child yet that she’s going through the process with.”
When fans saw Parenthood last, Julia (Erika Christensen) Julia had just decided she wanted to adopt a baby, and Kristina (Monica Potter) had just learned she was pregnant. Eight months later, Kristina is about to pop, but Julia’s daughter Sydney is still an only child. However, someone is about to enter Julia’s life who could easily change all that.
“There’s a turn of events which seems like it might be fate, and Julia has to decide whether or not she wants to be extremely inappropriate in the workplace to follow her gut and heart and her desire,” Christensen tells TVGuide.com. “She’ll put up a really good fight on getting what she wants and having a bigger family.”
The event in question is someone at Julia’s office who suddenly becomes pregnant and plans to give up her baby. After months of failed attempts to adopt with Joel (Sam Jaeger), Julia will slowly begin an interesting relationship with the young woman, Zoe. “She finds more of her maternal instincts throughout this whole thing, which is both wonderful and also makes the whole thing more painful because she really does have the desire to have another child,” Christensen says. “[Zoe] is a little prickly. She’s a smart, young thing with her guard up. I don’t think that Julia sees it going that way, but she does end up feeling maternal feelings towards her.”
In Julia’s mind, asking if she can adopt Zoe’s baby is only logical. Unfortunately, her husband doesn’t see it that way. “Joel thinks she’s thinks being completely irrational when she first brings it up and that’s a bit of a contentious point between them, but they will resolve it,” Christensen says. “Their marriage is surviving fairly well, but I think it’s just on the verge. If something doesn’t give soon, they probably will be quite frustrated by it.”
One thing Julia won’t have to worry about is getting daughter Sydney (Savannah Rae) on board with the idea of expanding the family. “It’s going to be interesting to see how Sydney deals with it. Right now she’s excited, she wants a little brother — they want a boy,” she says. “She may discover that she doesn’t want a little brother once she gets one, but at this point, she’s open to the idea.”
Outside of the Braverman-Graham household, Julia’s struggle to adopt will bring her closer to her older sister, Sarah (Lauren Graham), a duo that has yet to be deeply explored in the large ensemble cast. “Julia and Sarah have been brought a little bit closer in their adulthood by each of their troubles. They do seem to be able to confide in each other a little bit, which I think is new for them, and I like that a lot,” Christensen says. “They’re there for each other.”
Julia will also be getting an earful (as per usual) from Braverman family patriarch Zeek (Craig T. Nelson), who’s more than happy to share his thoughts on Julia and Joel’s life-changing decision, for better and for worse. “He’s not always the most considerate, but he’s got such a good heart and it comes from a really good place when he tells you you’re being an idiot so he’s sometimes scary to tell things to because you don’t want to go through whatever his opinion might be on it,” Christensen says. “He has an insight, but it can be rough.”
Out of everyone in the extended Braverman clan, the biggest question is how Julia and Kristina’s friendship will fare in the wake of Julia’s inability to get pregnant and Kristina’s unexpected pregnancy. Christensen says Julia won’t hold anything against her sister-in-law, but says there will be moments of hurt feelings. “There’s that longing, that wistful feeling of, ‘Wow, this is really happening for this person and I want it to be me,’” she says. “The last scene we shot was everybody meeting the baby after she’s born and Julia is the first person to ask if she can hold the baby. The baby and Julia connect.”
But considering how timely and costly and complicated adoptions can be, have Julia and Joel braced themselves for the possibility that it may not happen for them? Christensen admits she would be intrigued to see Julia cope with another detour in her road to motherhood the second time around. “Julia is an extremely tenacious person so I think she will come up with a Plan B or a Plan C if things don’t work out,” she says. “What will be interesting for me is if she finally decides to abandon that pursuit and do something else entirely.”
Parenthood returns on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 10/9c on NBC.
race yourself, Parenthood fans. The Braverman clan is about to expand. Twice.
In the second season finale, Julia (Erika Christensen) and Joel (Sam Jaeger) set their sights on adoption just as Kristina (Monica Potter) and Adam (Peter Krause) got the surprising news about baby No. 3.
The two new additions are certainly cause for celebration, but after Julia and Joel tried unsuccessfully for months to have a child of their own, Kristina’s unplanned pregnancy will be a tough pill to swallow.
“Adoption can be quite a process, and then at the same time, Kristina having gotten pregnant, that’s heartbreaking for me to think about Julia finding out,” Christensen told TVGuide.com at a Parenthood screening hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “I’m really interested to see how she finds out, how she deals with that and how it affects Julia and Kristina’s relationship and the two families.”
Christensen’s on-screen husband is already bracing for a rough patch between the two families. “Julia really wanted a baby so badly. I think it may be a little hard for her to adjust to suddenly the other Bravermans getting a chance,” Jaeger said. “I have a feeling we’ll see some feelings of envy.”
Learning to accept Kristina and Adam’s stroke of luck is just one of the obstacles Julia and Joel will have to overcome in the months ahead. There’s also breaking the news to the family about their own baby plans. “It’s going to be one of those situations where everyone is invested and ultimately supportive of this whole process,” Jaeger said. “But I’m interested to see because I’m sure there will be some hang-ups in the Braverman family about keeping it Braverman.”
The most important Braverman family member Julia and Joel will have to win over is their own 6-year-old daughter, Sydney (Savannah Rae). “I think the jump from one kid to two kids is pretty astronomical. And if that’s a kid that isn’t blood-related, it’s a lot of conversations with our daughter, I think, and trying to understand what that means to her,” Jaeger said. “She is extremely bright and extremely strong, like her mother, so I have a feeling she won’t take to the new baby all that well.”
Over at Kristina and Adam’s house, the new baby’s arrival comes just as their eldest daughter is getting ready to graduate high school and leave for college. Potter, who has three children of her own, says she can relate to that odd timing. “It’s hard. It’s very strange to let one go and then let another in, but it will also be very sweet to see them together,” Potter says of Haddie (Sarah Ramos) and the new baby. “It will also be very interesting to see Max with the baby because he’s always been the baby and Kristina is very protective of him.”
Although Max is used to being the youngest, Max Burkholder says his on-screen alter ego will revel in getting less attention. “Max really likes to be alone sometimes, with his book, doing his own thing,” he said. “I think — and I hope — he’s going to get really excited about [the baby].”
Max’s Asperger’s Syndrome and Haddie’s college plans combined with the baby’s impending arrival, will also put more pressure on Adam to find a new job after he was let go in the season finale. “Adam’s got to figure out something else that he’s going to do for a career and I think that’s an interesting thing to explore,” executive producer Jason Katims said. “He’s a guy who’s not necessarily coming in for an entry-level position. He’s expecting something that is not that easy to find in this period of time. He really has to be creative to figure that out.”
Lucky for Adam, help may be on the way in the form of a visit from some of Kristina’s relatives. “I like the idea of, at some point, a story where her family comes out, or somebody from her family comes out to help,” Katims said. “Then we get to see — in this very Braverman-centric world — what is Kristina’s family like?”
Parenthood returns for Season 3 this fall on NBC.
At last night’s NBC press tour bash, my favorite Parenthood couple, Erika Christensen and Sam Jaeger, confirmed reports that season 2 will find Julia and Joel contemplating [spoiler alert]. Jaeger also spilled the beans about his emotionally-charged confrontation with [spoiler alert] on the [spoiler alert] in the premiere. The spoilerific two-part interview is below – please watch only if you want to know spoilers!
