Parenthood’s Happy Middle
by J. L. WallNow drifting into its sixth and final season, NBC’s Parenthood has spent its run alternately pegged for cancellation and heralded as the saving grace of the network’s Thursday-night lineup. Rejecting both courses, it has remained just good enough to get by, just bad enough to remain tolerable. Sometimes better, sometimes worsebut always along the gradient of mediocrity. Continue Reading »