Shermie January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 Here's a potential series ending: Amber has a baby boy and names him Zeke (at least she spells it correctly). Zeek is so touched, he rethinks the baseball thing and decides to give it to Zeke Jr. as alegacy. The new family in his old house lets him retrieve it and he has a heart attack and falls (or vice versa, does it really matter?) and ends up at the hospital. The dad of the new family just happens to be a sports memorabilia expert (or maybe the mom is, ooh, tricksy!) and declares it to be a rare million dollar ball, which they bring to Zeek and family out of the goodness of their hearts. Zeek dies and Amber decides to sell the ball and share the money so her big ol' fam jam can solve their financial problems with the Luncheonette, thus guaranteeing herself a job too. The show ends with the whole family at the pitchers mound, tossing Zeek's ashes to the wind, as they all marvel what a legacy he has left them all - bringing Joel and Julia back together, saving Adam and Crosby's business and Kristina's school, and living on in Zeke Jr. Drew drives off into the sunset in the convertible Zeek gave him as the family looks on. Fade. 2 Link to comment
formerlyfreedom January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 We're seeing a lot of posts that are talking about what's going to happen at the end of Parenthood. Let's bring 'em all in here! Link to comment
Latverian Diplomat January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 (edited) I picture a Six Feet Under style fast forward to the future: Max becomes the first autistic(*) President. His "why don't you like us more than a 2 out of 5" foreign policy is a huge hit with Republicans. Sydney uses her precocious intelligence to invent an adhesive that holds families together. Amber has 15 children, all of whom are actually raised by Drew. Jabbar inherits the Luncheonette, becomes a millionaire when he shifts the focus of the business from music to high end file clerking. Hattie returns after a 30 year disappearance, having finally found the remains of Atlantis. Her parents are unimpressed. (*) Autism Parenthood style, no offense intended to anyone coping with autism in the real world. Edited January 21, 2015 by Latverian Diplomat 5 Link to comment
alexvillage January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 Maybe Amber is the one who dies. Not that I care. At this point, I am happy reading what you guys write, after bravely watching this thing. Link to comment
truebluesmoky January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 Lauren Graham has said in interviews that Sarah's ending is satisfying, so I don't think she, Hank, Amber, Drew, or Amber's baby will die. I really think it has to just be Zeek. Nothing else would end the series in any kind of a satisfying way. Death is always sad, but the family has at least had time to get used to the idea of the oldest member of their family dying. 2 Link to comment
DarkRaichu January 21, 2015 Share January 21, 2015 Zeek found long lost life insurance for ONE MILLION DOLLAR (insert Dr. Evil meme here) or some huge amount enough to take care his wife, his children and grandchildren, the lunchonette, snowflake academy, Amber's baby, Sarah's wedding, and other future Bravermans up in the clouds projects. Every other Bravermans achieved whatever goals / awards they had craved in their fields The alien came and obliterated earth and its population leaving Max as the absolute king of earth Link to comment
MaryPatShelby January 22, 2015 Share January 22, 2015 Amber's baby is born at the exact moment that Zeke (yeah, I spelled it that way) dies. And I agree that of course it will be a boy and of course she'll name him Zeke. I haven't thought through my predictions for the rest of the family. 2 Link to comment
Latverian Diplomat January 22, 2015 Share January 22, 2015 (edited) Does Amber's baby have to be a boy? Is Ezekiella really off the table? :-) Edited January 22, 2015 by Latverian Diplomat 2 Link to comment
ShadowFacts January 22, 2015 Share January 22, 2015 Yes, Ezekiella is off the table, the last two babies were girls so here comes lil Zeke. 1 Link to comment
truebluesmoky January 22, 2015 Share January 22, 2015 Lauren Graham said on Late Night that the last scene with the majority of the cast together takes place on a baseball field... ...so I think a popular theory on how it ends is true. Link to comment
mojito January 22, 2015 Share January 22, 2015 ...so I think a popular theory on how it ends is true. The writers of this show could easily concoct this ending to work for someone else's demise. I suspect they're not going to be so obvious. Link to comment
Mittengirl January 23, 2015 Share January 23, 2015 I wonder if the death will be in "real time" or in a flashforward to another timeframe. Or I suppose the death could just be referenced - "in 2017 Drew graduated from college, Victor was accepted to MIT, Sarah and Hank had a baby, Max was sent to prison and Zeek passed away". 7 Link to comment
Spencer Hastings January 23, 2015 Share January 23, 2015 According to Erika Christensen, there will be about a 3 year fast forward in the end. . I definitely think that Zeek dies, but maybe he does have the surgery after all and ends up adding three years to his life to live it to the fullest. Link to spoiler: http://www.ibtimes.com/parenthood-season-6-spoilers-erika-christensen-reveals-series-finale-time-jump-will-1791880 Link to comment
Mittengirl January 23, 2015 Share January 23, 2015 I have a feeling the "happy ending" for Joel and Julia will be a pregnancy. Which I don't think is a good thing for that family, but the writers and I seem to have very different ideas about these things. Link to comment
BBDi January 23, 2015 Share January 23, 2015 Am I the only one who thinks, after last night's episode, that the Snowflake Academy is going to somehow annex the Luncheonette or use it as a place for internships, etc. Adam seemed to be inspired by the idea of helping the snowflakes find their path forward and/or making them employable. So maybe he finds a way to do this via the Luncheonette, so that it is fulfilling both his and Crosby's passions? (Ugh, I almost barfed writing that.) 6 Link to comment
Lillybee January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Judging from this last episode I think that Adam will go to culinary school and turn the Lunchenette into an adjunct to the Snowflake Academy and teach some of the snowflakes how to cook. Link to comment
GreenScreenFX January 24, 2015 Share January 24, 2015 Clearly Snowflake Academey has over taken the NYU school for gifted students.... Tisch. Smish. 2 Link to comment
truebluesmoky January 28, 2015 Share January 28, 2015 I think Hank and Sarah will hire Max as their wedding photographer, giving him his first real job. 2 Link to comment
Sandman January 29, 2015 Share January 29, 2015 Amber has 15 children, all of whom are actually raised by Drew. It's funny, because it's sad. And probably true. Also probably accurate: Haddie's parents remaining unimpressed. She could discover Atlantis, cold fusion, and a cure for cancer, and poor Haddie would still be the family also-ran. 2 Link to comment
VanSensei January 29, 2015 Share January 29, 2015 I think Hank and Sarah will hire Max as their wedding photographer, giving him his first real job. Thankfully this is television, because someone like Max as a wedding photographer would easily ruin every wedding he goes to. Link to comment
BBDi January 29, 2015 Share January 29, 2015 My current theory is that if the show flashes forward it will show Joel and Julia as a happily polyamorous couple so they don't have to worry about all that cheating stuff. Link to comment
Shermie January 29, 2015 Author Share January 29, 2015 I just remembered that the movie ended with a flash forward too, although only about a year ahead. In that one, everyone either had a new baby or was pregnant, so I bet the flash forward will show Joel and Julia pregnant and Jasmine and Crosby with another baby (or the other way around). They might even go full movie hokey and have Sarah be pregnant too. Link to comment
ShadowFacts January 30, 2015 Share January 30, 2015 They could make Sarah be a parent again, too, but I hope none of those pregnancies happen. They've all had enough challenges with the kids they already have. In the movie the Sarah character married her kid's teacher, and that ship sailed here. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom January 30, 2015 Share January 30, 2015 Since the finale has started, we're going to go ahead and lock this topic. Here are a couple of topics you may head for after the series has ended; What Should Parenthood Have Done Better In Six Seasons? or if it's about the finale itself, May God Bless and Keep You Always. Please bring your own tissues, and thanks for playing! 1 Link to comment
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