Parenthood
Parenthood Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | ||
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| S1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | ||||||||||
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | |
| S3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.6 | |||||
| S4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | ||||||||
| S5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.6 | |
| S6 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.6 |
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"Everyday family chaos rendered achingly, addictively real"
Parenthood follows the sprawling Braverman clan in Berkeley, California, as four adult siblings navigate marriage, parenting, addiction, illness, and their own tangled relationships with their parents. It's a warm, talky ensemble drama with handheld cameras and overlapping dialogue, closer to real family chaos than glossy soap. Episodes move slowly, built on small domestic moments rather than big plot twists, and lean hard into emotional catharsis. It rewards patience with genuine tears by season's end, carried almost entirely by a deeply lived-in cast rather than dramatic incident.
the ensemble cast making an ordinary family's messiness feel completely, achingly real.
you need strong plotting rather than slow, dialogue-driven domestic drama.
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