And Zeek looks at him and says, "I'll tell you what I'm going to do. Parenthood, like Friday Night Lights before it, got to do exactly that. She still has a vital third act left to live; it’s just one she’ll experience without Zeek. The journey to do that was eye-opening as an actor to explore. Whatever Bly Manor’s ghosts are trying to accomplish, they have at least two accomplices inside the house. I was wrong when I said in last week’s cry-cap that we wouldn’t see that happen, because we do, but — and this is the part I was right about — it happens in the most gentle way, and the show doesn’t mire in it for more than a minute or so. We have this beloved character who was the patriarch of this family who we’re losing. Cry factor, on a scale of one to five tears: As previously noted: more or less infinite. It really is hard to stop, isn’t it? Residence: Gray Children: Zeek Braverman Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The season order consists of 13 episodes. He manages to get a decent hit. Saying goodbye to a group like that is really tough. (Mountain Springs: not even the same name, not at all.). Do you have one final message to fans? There wasn’t a school play or family dinner that a Braverman missed. Sadly, Zeek succumbed to his failing heart, though the moment of his death happened off-screen before Camille found him, passed away, in his armchair. Max graduated from Chambers Academy, and Adam (Peter Krause) handed him his diploma after taking Kristina (Monica Potter) up on her offer to replace her as principal. Again: Everything that happens in the last five minutes of this episode.In life, and especially in TV shows, you don’t always get to say good-bye at all, much less in the best and most fitting way. Still, even without those scenes — which Katims hopes will be part of the final season’s DVD set — viewers did receive a comprehensive, and rather satisfying, wrap-up to the Bravermans’ time on screen. Evil's First Season 2 Trailer Is Like Nothing You Imagined. Well, probably because he’s so used to assuming he can’t be responsible and handle business matters — which, to be fair, has proven to be true on many occasions — that he figured he’d always need upstanding big brother Adam to be in charge. TVLINE | How did that come about? Where do you think he ranks among the best TV dads? The fun of playing ball together with fellow cast members combined with the ending of the show made for "a really bittersweet day, a lot of hugging and tears. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. When we started breaking specifically what those last few episodes would look like, I kept being bothered by the fact that the series would end with somebody dying. 3 is purely a source of happiness, a child that, as the flash-forward shows, fits in seamlessly with Victor and Syd and the cute puppy with the red bow on his neck, and also … oh my God, Julia and Joel have another baby. 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Breathe. Jason certainly did the best with what he had. Paul Drinkwater/NBC. But then the flash-forward shows us Max Braverman receiving his diploma from his dad, who, earlier in the episode, agrees to become headmaster at Chambers Academy instead of taking a job at a bottled-water company that is definitely not in any way affiliated with Poland Springs. An agency flew away with photos of their son, Archie, playing in their backyard. He usually runs the family as a military operative, expecting his kids to take orders. The idea of the fourth child in the flash forward — a lot of people, as they go through the adoption process, it’s a long and drawn-out process. Season: OR . Coach [ending], I understood; The District, I got; but this one, I don't. The episode ended bittersweetly, beautifully: After Zeek died in the comfort of his own home, his family scattered his ashes on a baseball field and then played a ball game. The kids show that they do love their father, even coming with him to see his mom and to his defense when his mom makes him feel bad again. Cutting immediately to the celebration of his life on the baseball field (which is just what Zeek said he wanted way back in episode 2, remember?) ", More than half the cast finished work on the series that day, Katims says. Cry factor, on a scale of one to five tears at this point in montage: Back up to five. The episode featured another child for Joel (Sam Jaeger) and Sarah's sister Julia (Erika Christensen), as adopted son Victor's half-sister joined the family, which grew one child bigger in a flash-forward sequence at the end of the episode. TVLINE | There was also a scene with John Corbett that was cut. That knowledge alone keeps the bawl-ball rollin’, plus that song — “You and Me” by Sara Watkins — isn’t exactly an effective tear dam. — the Bravermans were hardly in a celebratory mood. Camille travels to Chez Marie after all, without Zeek.As previously noted, Zeek does die in this episode. When Crosby does the same with Jasmine, Zeek is one of the first to forgive him, having made the same mistake. While most of the finale is about tying up loose ends, one semi-meaty plot development is introduced in this episode: the fact that Victor’s birth mother has recently delivered a baby girl, Victor’s half-sister, and wants to give Joel and Julia first dibs on adopting the child. It was really like saying goodbye to something you really, really love, and you look back on it and think, "Oh my gosh, this is one of those extraordinary shows. Privacy | When Friday Night Lights, a cry-cappable show if ever there was one, ended, its fans felt bereft. Because the whole thing was set in motion by a death, it didn’t seem appropriate to have that montage be about the difficult times. It helped create a future not only for Crosby, but also for Amber, who became the "new Crosby" after the former became the "new Adam. I think it’s because it speaks to what a deep connection the two of them feel with each other. Now let’s talk. With updated release dates where available. But it also could not be more perfect, satisfying, and right. After Zeek's death late in the episode, the family mourned and celebrated the family patriarch, joining together to spread his ashes on a baseball field before going to bat in a fun, family game. The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Nelson to discuss the events of the finale, Zeek's fitting baseball-themed farewell and leaving the Bravermans behind. It was really hard to do. Do you think that's a service Zeek would have appreciated? So when she tears up after realizing the Luncheonette will shut down, and that moment is followed by images of the stripped-bare music studio the Braverman brothers built … it’s sad, guys. The star-crossed love affair of Peter Quint and Rebecca Jessel is the saddest and grimmest story yet in this sad, grim story. "I think it's nice to leave series alone" after they end, Krause says. Trump Says He Won't Participate in 'Ridiculous' Virtual Debate, Biden Announces Alternate Town Hall After Trump Pulls Out of Debate…, Green Lantern Gets HBO Max Series Order, Marc Guggenheim to Co-Write…, The West Wing Reunion Trailer Is Here, in All Its Nostalgic…, On Becoming a God in Central Florida Cancelled After Showtime…. Click here to read our Parenthood series finale postmortem with Jason Katims and here for more on the guest-star surprise. He has most of his problems with Adam, whose parenting style differs heavily from his, and the two often disagree on a lot of things. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Lesley Goldberg, [Warning: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of NBC's Parenthood.]. And then by the time the adoption goes through, they find out they’re pregnant. This isn’t a cry moment so much as a smile-through-ongoing-montage-tears moment. The actor behind the Braverman patriarch talks with THR about the events of the series finale and what the beloved NBC family drama has meant to him. Kristina Braverman (daughter-in-law)Haddie Braverman (granddaughter)Max Braverman (grandson)Nora Braverman (granddaughter)Seth Holt (ex-son-in-law)Hank Rizzoli (son-in-law)Amber Holt (granddaughter)Drew Holt (grandson)Ruby Rizzoli (step-granddaughter)Zeek Holt (great-grandson)Peter (grandson-in-law)Annabelle (step great-granddaughter)Joel Graham (son-in-law)Sydney Graham (granddaughter)Victor Graham (grandson)Jasmine Trussell-Braverman (daughter-in-law)Jabbar Trussell-Braverman (grandson)Aida Braverman (granddaughter) So many people come up to me and say how much the show has meant to them; they're so passionate about it. To me, the thesis statement of that montage afterwards reminded me of the thesis statement of the whole show: No matter what curveballs are thrown at you in life, your family helps you get through it. Fortunately for humanity, that is not what happened. How early in the season did Jason tell you what Zeek's journey was going to be? We reached out to Scott, and we wanted a special actor to do it, but it was tricky getting a special actor when somebody’s coming in to do a scene with no lines. Eziekiel "Zeek" Braverman (portrayed by Craig T. Nelson) is the husband of Camille and the father of Adam, Sarah, Crosby, and Julia Braverman. Character Information That's a hard one to answer. Just thanks for being there and supporting this show. The drama, which ran for six seasons, closed with happy resolutions for many characters. That would be when they were both playing with their kids on the playground, and he’s a single dad and she’s a single mom. The last four or five weeks were really difficult and very emotional. (This happens fairly early in the episode, and any Parenthood-watching vet knows how important it is to pace oneself. All rights Cry factor, on a scale of one to five tears: Two. “We sure did,” Zeek responds. Eye color: Hazel-Green "I felt like it was the Zeek story this year, a family dealing with mortality. TVLINE | A huge moment in the final montage was seeing that Joel and Julia end up with four kids. Or to put it in the words of Hank Rizzoli: “You don’t say much, and when you do, you talk kinda low. May God Bless and Keep You Always You don't get 15 people like that together who are able to work like that and have a copacetic relationship. 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