Ray Romano on Parenthood

This show is incredible. It is wonderfully written with a huge likable cast. Before now Craig Nelson has been my favorite actor in the show, his role as Gus, the family patriarch, is wonderful.

In the new season, now three weeks in we are blessed with Ray Romano joining the cast. He plays a photography studio owner who employs Sarah Braverman.

We love Ray Romano in our family, we still rage against the cancellation of Men of a Certain Age, but my wife does not want his character to end up with Sarah. She would prefer Sarah stay with her boy toy, the younger schoolteacher she is currently engaged to. I told her that his fate was sealed when he insisted on being in the family portrait. The Braverman grandmother, played by Bonnie Bedelia, has had a long rule against boyfriends and significant others being in the yearly portrait. One must marry into the picture. Still he talked his way into it and inevitably sealed his fate.

So much is always going on in this show, and this season is no different. Still here is one vote wishing that Ray Romano goes from a guest star on a short arc to a full member of the cast. He is brilliant in everything he does. As we learn more about his character it is interesting to see that Romano can do more than comedy and easy schtick. He is a much more nuanced actor than one would assume.

However it works out this is must see television in our house. Our middle son even comes out of his cave to watch this with us each week. It must be doing something right.