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PARENTHOOD
October 2, 2014  | By David Bianculli

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

Last week’s season premiere slipped in an unsettling, unexpected shocker: family patriarch Zeek (Craig T. Nelson), while playing cards at a Las Vegas casino with daughter Sarah (Lauren Graham) to celebrate his birthday, suddenly stood up from the gambling table and collapsed. He survived past the commercial break, refused hospital treatment and headed back home to his own doctor – but since this is the final season for Parenthood, and the producers already have hinted at the death of a beloved character, there are two ways this could go. This sudden “heart episode” could foreshadow Zeek’s death by a recurrent collapse – or it could be a red herring, having us worry about Zeek while another Braverman family member dies unexpectedly. Either way, this series is sure to make us care. A lot.

 
 
 
 
 
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