S06.E08: Aaron Brownstein Must Be Stopped - Parenthood [V]

A part of me really wishes that when Kristina went to hug Max outside after saying what he did was okay that he would have pushed her away that resulted in her falling down or he would have struck out at her and some people on the street or in their cars took notice and called 911 that this boy was attacking this woman.  Max struck his mother during the first argument in school, yes struck is a strong word but that's the word I used here for what he did to his mother.  I really think that CPS needs to get involved here b/c to be honest I'm afraid for Nora.  Her cute teasing of Max at the beginning has me afraid that she will do that innocently and he will snap and hit her or worse.  I really think the only way that Max can be helped is if CPS gets involved and makes him, and the entire family, go to counseling. 

Thank you. I'm of the opinion that every adolescent boy needs to be taught to be careful about his strength, but this is doubly true of a kid like Max who has socialization and impulse control problems. I feel like Adam and Kristina's worst nightmare for Max is that he might end up friendless and mateless, whereas many of us can envision a much worse scenario involving prison or institutionalization.

Amber made me mad every single moment she was onscreen, but never more than at the end, when she laid some Grade-A passive agression on poor Drew. Like he doesn't get enough of that from the rest of the family. 

What was Jasmine's mother wearing at work--a cocktail dress? I dunno, maybe I'd dress that way for filing if it paid $30/hr. I've been without a decent full-time job for 3 years now, and I'd take a "boring" filing job in a hot second if it meant pulling $60K a year . . . especially if I were allowed to stand around and chat while filling, like Jasmine and her mom are apparently allowed to do. 

Ruby is all over the map. Suddenly at the end she's being civil to both parents and graciously accepting her punishment? The writing just makes no sense. But I am finding myself wanting Hank to get back with his ex and have another baby with her so they can, fingers crossed, find out what it's like to parent a good child. (Not that those idiots aren't reaping what they've sown.) 

I'm so over these snobby Bravermans who mock paying clients because they're not making "art," imply that clerical work is something to be ashamed of, and consider someone who goes after a well-paying career--for all the right reasons, mind you--to be "selling out."  

For some reason I was really bothered by Nora saying "Max has a girlfriend" in that singsong voice, because it seemed really age-inappropriate to me. Isn't that playground behavior--something you'd see in a school-age child? 

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