Season Analysis: Despite its huge roster of main characters, Parenthood is easier than most shows to jump into at any point, if my experience is to be trusted.  Most storylines were perfectly pleasant, but Lauren Graham has had too many messy love life storylines at this point (and I’m saying this as someone who only started watching this season), although at least Ray Romano was brought on board to give a solid performance for that arc.

Parenthood - Season 4

“There’s Something I Need to Tell You”
Whenever I think about saying, “I don’t know what specific details made this episode so good, but I know I liked it overall,” I make it a point to go back and remind myself of the details.  But in the case of Parenthood, I think it is actually appropriate to say that I am not sure what details of this episode made it so good.  That is because there is always a multitude of storylines going on, and most episodes do not have a strict beginning or end to any of those storylines, and the same solid level of quality is consistently maintained over each episode.  I do know that I enjoyed “There’s Something I Need to Tell You” more than any other episode of Season 4 of Parenthood.  That probably had something to do with Kristina telling her family members about her cancer, which was something that had to happen and of course those moments were going to be heartwarming.  But other than that, it is hard to say that there was something more than just some ineffable quality that made this episode better than all the others.