‘Parenthood’ Recap - ‘Promises’

Natalie walks in on Drew and Amy playing cards. She quickly says hi and leaves, and Drew explains Natalie is just a friend.

Carl asks Sarah to go to a charity event with him. Sarah states that she doesn’t want it to be a date, and again states she doesn’t want to sleep with him again. Carl explains she’s just a “plus 1”. She agrees and quickly closes the door on him.

Ed stops Julia as she’s picking up the kids from school. He says that he just wants to apologize, and doesn’t want it to be awkward at the upcoming school charity event. Ed states though that he thought she was leading him on. She says “No” and quickly leaves.

Max goes to Hank’s studio and states he wants to develop the last pictures he took. Hank tells Max that he can’t do it today, he has to do a reshoot for a client. Max throws a tantrum, calling Hank a liar, stating that he promised he would develop his pictures today. Max throws a lens across the room and runs out. Hank runs after him, all the way to his house, where Kristina and Adam try to explain to Hank that Max sometimes throws tantrums like this.
Still living the bachelor lifestyle, Zeek lets dishes pile up, and has pretty much run out of food to eat. He shaves and puts on a nice shirt to give the appearance that he is doing fine when he talks to Camilla via Skype. She tells him one of her friends there has a villa and she wants to stay another week. She tells him to think about it and let her know.
Sarah tries on dresses at Crosby and Jasmine’s house. Jasmine Googles Carl and they find out that he is a doctor, and the charity event is for his charity.

Adam goes to Hank’s studio and apologizes for Max’s tantrum. Hank is more concerned that Max is OK rather than the tantrum. Adam gives Hank a book on Aspergers, hoping that it may help Hank understand more about Max’s behaviors.

Zeek goes to a diner to get something to eat and a man sitting near him at the counter tries to make small talk with him. Annoyed, Zeek tells him he just wants to be left alone to do his crossword puzzle.

Julia goes to Adam’s house and asks if he can watch the kids during the school fundraiser. Adam notices something is wrong and Julia tells Adam about her problems with Joel, and about kissing Ed. Adam tells her it’s OK and to concentrate on working things out with Joel.

Adam brings over a huge basket that Kristina put together for the school fundraiser to Crosby and Jasmine’s house. Adam tells Crosby about Julia and Ed, and to keep an eye on him at the fundraiser.

Laying out on the grass at campus, Amy, Drew and Natalie all hang out. Natalie suddenly lays on Drew and starts asking Amy about how they met. The conversation doesn’t really go anywhere and Drew feels very awkward.

Hank starts to look through the book Adam gave him, and starts making notes in the book, and earmarking several pages, at a more and more frantic pace.

Hank goes to Sarah’s house and has the revelation that he may have Aspergers, realizing everything in the book describes all his personality traits. Sarah tries to reason with him that even if that is true, he’s doing great. Carl knocks at the door to pick her up.

Zeek goes to the diner again and starts talking to the man he saw there before. They strike up a conversation about football, and realize they both were in Vietnam at the same time. The man, Rockford, or Rocky, was in the Navy and Zeek in the Army.

Carl and Sarah arrive at the fundraiser and she admits that her sister-in-law Googled him. He introduces her to one of his friends and Sarah gets a little jealous seeing Carl talk to other women.

At the school fundraiser, a drunken Ed tries to talk to Julia. Joel comes up and states that she doesn’t want to him right now. Ed puts his hand on Joel’s shoulder, and Joel shoves him down to the ground, telling him to stay away from his wife. Everybody watches and Joel and Julia leave.

Zeek and Rocky go to a bar and play pool. As they finish, Rocky asks when Zeek became a widow. Zeek, a little bit offended, states he’s not a widow and his wife is in Italy. Rocky states most women their age don’t even leave the house, and that he’s lucky to have someone wanting to go places.

Carl and Sarah sit down during the dinner of the fundraiser, and as an award is about to be presented, Sarah realizes the award is for Carl. She realizes as he’s making his speech, that he’s a much different person that she originally thought he was.

Amy and Drew hang out in his dorm room and she apologizes for how their relationship ended before going off to college. They begin kissing and she stays the night with him.

Outside by the playground of the school, Joel confronts Julia about having an affair with Ed. Julia denies anything is or has happened between them, but Joel doesn’t believe her. He hands her the keys to the car and tells her he is just going to walk home.

The next morning in the co-ed bathroom at Drew’s dorm, Natalie walks into the bathroom and finds Amy brushing her teeth. Natalie asks Amy if she’s going back and Amy says yes. Natalie wishes her a good trip, and as she’s walking out Amy tells Natalie “feel better”.

Amy talks to Drew about staying longer. Drew asks about her parents and class, but Amy states her parents have already left and she can miss class. She asks Drew if he wants her to stay, and he says yes.

Zeek sits in front of the computer writing Camille an email, first writing that he wants her to come home, erasing it, then simply telling her to stay the extra week, and sends it.

Hank goes to Adam and Kristina’s to return the book and talk to Max. Adam notices that there are post-it notes and Hank admits he had marked some pages. Hank goes upstairs and talks to Max. Max apologizes for his tantrum, and Hank accepts his apology. Max asks Hank to play chess with him, and they play as Kristina and Adam look on.

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