Speaker 1: Welcome to the Parenting Roundabout podcast. I'm Terry Morrow and
Speaker 1: I'm Catherine hileco. As parents and parenting writers, we can't
Speaker 1: help but see everything through a parenting lens. But as
Speaker 1: our kids have become adults, we find ourselves more interested
Speaker 1: in getting caught up on movies and streaming than I'm
Speaker 1: going over the same parenting topics over and over.
Speaker 2: So since we're pretty sure we can find parenting wisdom anywhere,
Speaker 2: we're going to talk about what we're watching, what we
Speaker 2: thought about it, and maybe what we can learn from it,
Speaker 2: if only what not to do. Watch and listen along,
Speaker 2: and let's all make like we're doing something important for
Speaker 2: our families. Each Wednesday we bring you our thoughts on
Speaker 2: a newer entertainment property. And for this week of March
Speaker 2: twenty fifth, we are kicking off or I was looking
Speaker 2: for a basketball shooting shooting off. No, that doesn't work, dunking,
Speaker 2: not quite, But anyway, we're starting a new showing the court. Yes,
Speaker 2: it's called Running Point on Netflix. It stars Kate Hudson.
Speaker 2: She is the daughter of the owner of a basketball team,
Speaker 2: and pretty quickly in the pilot she gets put in
Speaker 2: charge of the team for reasons of her older brother
Speaker 2: justin through being kind of a screw up, and so
Speaker 2: it's just, you know, the pilot, they set it up
Speaker 2: as kind of like her talking directly to the camera
Speaker 2: so she can introduce all of the people, which is
Speaker 2: kind of helpful, even to the point of like putting
Speaker 2: their names up on the screen. Yes, so she can
Speaker 2: spell out to us all of the important people. Dispense
Speaker 2: with that.
Speaker 1: And.
Speaker 2: You know, by the end of the episode, she has
Speaker 2: as she starts off like her first day, obviously being
Speaker 2: disrespected by anyone and everyone, but we had seen a
Speaker 2: small hint that as a child she was basketball savvy,
Speaker 2: you know, and was not was ignored. So by the
Speaker 2: end of the episode, she has set up this whole
Speaker 2: deal and made all these plans and you know, just
Speaker 2: kind of come in guns blazing, and it was I
Speaker 2: was like, okay, we're you're asking us to suspend a
Speaker 2: lot of dismally bear for her to have gotten to
Speaker 2: this point in like twenty four hours, but okay, well.
Speaker 1: It's a pilot. Yes, it has to some degree pilot disease,
Speaker 1: in which you have to set up the entire premise
Speaker 1: for a show in a very short period of time,
Speaker 1: so we allow, or I at least allow a pilot
Speaker 1: to be kind of clunky that way. Yeah, as long
Speaker 1: as where it ends up is a place I want
Speaker 1: to be, right, So you know, I forgive. Yes, it
Speaker 1: built into the premise that it is she's an unlikely owner,
Speaker 1: but look.
Speaker 2: Right, she actually knows what she's talking about.
Speaker 1: Her being stupid and dumped on that would not be
Speaker 1: a fun show to watch. And if it had, you know,
Speaker 1: if she was in the job when we started, that
Speaker 1: would not be fun to watch. So you have to
Speaker 1: sort of okay, all right, but she is very appealing.
Speaker 1: I always liked Kate Hudson mostly. I saw her in
Speaker 1: Almost Famous. I don't think I've seen any of her
Speaker 1: wrong cooms. But as they said on we listened to
Speaker 1: an episode of Extra Hot Grade about the show where
Speaker 1: they liked it, and they mentioned that she's just sort
Speaker 1: of a natural sitcom presence, and I found her very appealing. Yes,
Speaker 1: and did exactly what was called for. You know, you
Speaker 1: have to believe that she would be an unlikely choice
Speaker 1: for this, and that people wouldn't take her seriously, but
Speaker 1: that when it came down to it, she could deliver,
Speaker 1: and she did. Yeah, So and I enjoy seeing Brenda song.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned last week TV shows I watched with
Speaker 1: my daughter coming in with an adult role.
Speaker 2: Yes, good for her. Yeah, she was fun. I mean
Speaker 2: Justin Thru doesn't have a big part as the as
Speaker 2: the brother, but he's he's very funny too. I mean
Speaker 2: I didn't. I definitely don't think of him as a
Speaker 2: sitcom person.
Speaker 1: Did you watch The Leftovers?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I didn't either, but I understand that was not
Speaker 1: a comedian never in any way.
Speaker 2: No, I don't believe it was.
Speaker 1: So this seems like more fun.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, yeah, I thought it was fun. I laughed
Speaker 2: a lot. I would say, yeah.
Speaker 1: I didn't take many notes because I was just sitting
Speaker 1: and enjoying. Yeah. So, and then we have at the
Speaker 1: end of the episode a character who has seemed very
Speaker 1: incidental of like just a worker at the stadium right
Speaker 1: or at the Anyway arena, just a random guy who
Speaker 1: cutely pops up here and there turns out to be
Speaker 1: a brother. So, yes, much to his surprise, and I'm
Speaker 1: sure next episode to everybody else's yes.
Speaker 2: He's playing the What was that the kid who was
Speaker 2: on Dancing with Stars? Who was Arnold Schwarzenegger's son was
Speaker 2: his whole like reason for being famous and being on
Speaker 2: Dancing with the Stars. Similar story with this guy, like, yeah,
Speaker 2: he's the kid that no one knew about, right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that'll be interesting. I thought he was also appealing,
Speaker 1: so I'm happy to see more of him. And the
Speaker 1: annoying basketball player who with all the tattoos, who was
Speaker 1: going to get traded but she wanted him around. Is
Speaker 1: Chet Hanks, right, that's the one that's Chet.
Speaker 2: Hanks, I think so.
Speaker 1: Yes, Who is the son of Tom Hanks Rita Wilson?
Speaker 2: Yes, well I will just confirm.
Speaker 1: Yes, the not so well known son of Tom Hanks, right,
Speaker 1: Colin Hanks we all knew about. But I remember during
Speaker 1: COVID Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were somewhere in some
Speaker 1: foreign country and they got COVID.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they were in like Australia or somewhere.
Speaker 1: A statement about it was made by their son, Chet,
Speaker 1: and everybody was like, oh, Hanks has a sun Chat. Yes,
Speaker 1: and apparently based on that, he suddenly now has an
Speaker 1: acting career, so you go.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: I was looking at what he had done before and
Speaker 1: it didn't look very promising.
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's but he you're correct that he's the
Speaker 2: one who who plays that basketball players.
Speaker 1: An extremely unappealing character. But we trust that he will
Speaker 1: grow on us because she has made sure he stays around.
Speaker 1: So and she's got to be right. She's got to
Speaker 1: know something, She's got to have some instinct.
Speaker 2: So he sure doesn't look like Tom Hanks in any
Speaker 2: in any.
Speaker 1: Way, really doesn't. But okay, I'm pretty sure that's who
Speaker 1: that is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no it is.
Speaker 1: And uh if if those are not his actual tattoos, uh,
Speaker 1: kudos and sympathies to the makeup artists right a way down.
Speaker 2: Yeah that was quite a lot.
Speaker 1: Does he need sleeves? Really? Could he just get it?
Speaker 1: Just be one or two here and there?
Speaker 2: I wonder. I bet they have, like if they are
Speaker 2: you know, not real, they have like basically temporary tattoos
Speaker 2: where you could just I guess, you know, like you
Speaker 2: used to give your kids and you would have to
Speaker 2: sit there and hold like a washcloth on there.
Speaker 1: I used to give them to my would.
Speaker 2: You had to hold a washcloth on their on their
Speaker 2: hand or on their skin to make the tattoo stick
Speaker 2: for longer than you know they were really willing.
Speaker 1: To stillways gonna say that would let my son out
Speaker 1: because he you know, he has like a five second
Speaker 1: yeah stay still a capacity, right, And my daughter would
Speaker 1: probably not be interested. Whenever they would talk about tattoos,
Speaker 1: I would say needles. Yeah, pretty much the end of it.
Speaker 1: So even temporary ones not so interesting. But anyway, lots
Speaker 1: of from a parenting point of view, stuff on sibling dynamics.
Speaker 2: Yep, and uh, birth order. Even the coach gets in
Speaker 2: on the birth order. The coach is the one who
Speaker 2: prompts really a lot of the he's very this is
Speaker 2: kind of his thing. I guess, you.
Speaker 1: Know, the girl getting less respect and a girl and
Speaker 1: a family of boys, I guess right, but also having boy,
Speaker 1: you know, being interested in things like basketball. Yeah, not
Speaker 1: that you wouldn't naturally be, but I think probably if
Speaker 1: you're in a family of and it's your family business
Speaker 1: and stuff, why people would think that she knows nothing
Speaker 1: is well kind of to be expected, I.
Speaker 2: Guess, yeah. I mean it's just an assumption that people.
Speaker 1: Make yes, and the father not taking the daughter's interest. Seriously,
Speaker 1: don't do that dance?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: Is there a lesson today on the parenting podcasts? Got
Speaker 1: that out? Yeah, the certainly. Something that is of interest
Speaker 1: to parents right now was brought up, which is the
Speaker 1: toxicity of the internet, you know, and how they just
Speaker 1: don't go on there, just don't go on their kids.
Speaker 1: Just stay off, you know, you don't want to know
Speaker 1: what people are saying about you, and uh, you will
Speaker 1: feel worse after you've been on it. I am, you know,
Speaker 1: still on my h not quite on my social media
Speaker 1: fast entirely. I'm letting myself look at reels on Facebook,
Speaker 1: but I have not been on.
Speaker 2: X so gotcha, yami, because you know they're talking about
Speaker 2: you over there.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they are. I'm quite popular, Yes, I'm, I'm.
Speaker 1: My name is on everybody's list. So yeah, just bed
Speaker 1: just as just as uh just as well. I don't
Speaker 1: see it right, nobody cares. Just the bots, that's it.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 1: Just just they're the only ones who like my work.
Speaker 2: Oh well, but I I enjoyed this. It was a
Speaker 2: fun watch.
Speaker 1: It was It's uh hard to it may be hard
Speaker 1: for us to analyze a whole lot because I think
Speaker 1: it's just sweet, yeah, and funny and irreverent and lots
Speaker 1: of cursing. But that's okay. It would be a nice
Speaker 1: relief after loss.
Speaker 2: Exactly, because that's what Wayne need. We thought about watching
Speaker 2: for our new watch the show The Pit, but it's
Speaker 2: another hour long drama that may have just amped up
Speaker 2: our anxiety a little too much.
Speaker 1: So that's right. We already have a pit. He's already
Speaker 1: pit and lost. We don't need another pit, even if
Speaker 1: this one has two teas. Yes, yeah it does. I
Speaker 1: see clips of it every now and then going by
Speaker 1: and went, yeah, it does not look like fun. Yeah
Speaker 1: it's I remember when R was a thing, and I
Speaker 1: did watch R and I enjoyed R. But it could
Speaker 1: be intense. Yes, if I've told this story before. But
Speaker 1: my mom was visiting and she does not like medical
Speaker 1: shows because she said they make a worry about that
Speaker 1: she's got the thing. And I said, oh, but this
Speaker 1: medical show is really good. This is really good. It's
Speaker 1: it's really you know, the the you know you'll be
Speaker 1: randomly interested. And it was the episode loves Labor's Love
Speaker 1: Oh No Died, just the most excruciating episode of er
Speaker 1: possible've ever made. Yeah, and she just I'm not sure
Speaker 1: she ever quite forget you. No, I am never watching
Speaker 1: something you say again.
Speaker 2: That's like the one episode of er that I could
Speaker 2: never watch again, Like, yes, because I did watch it.
Speaker 2: I watched yeah, pretty regularly everything.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but that was it was very but that was yeah,
Speaker 1: that was almost a okay, we're done. Yeah, but the
Speaker 1: worst one for her to watch. There was some it
Speaker 1: had like light and dark, but that one was just yeah,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh. So yes, I feel like the pit
Speaker 1: would probably be that way. Now. I'll watch Scrubs. Thanks, right,
Speaker 1: people NYE on that show too, But there's like, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know, music and comedy in between.
Speaker 2: Exactly.
Speaker 1: That's all I'm up for now. Parenting wise, they were
Speaker 1: talking about how to deal with the basketball player who
Speaker 1: was having trouble and he said he needs someone to
Speaker 1: be scared of to manage his behavior issues, right, And
Speaker 1: I mean, we certainly don't want kids to be scared
Speaker 1: of us as parents, But there is something to be
Speaker 1: said about authority, yes, or.
Speaker 2: Sternness.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Every now and then there would be
Speaker 1: somebody that would just I don't think that my kid
Speaker 1: was scared of them, but they just knew that there
Speaker 1: was no you know, the person just carried sufficient authority
Speaker 1: that it overrode whatever behavior ports in the brain were yes, Like,
Speaker 1: how do I get that?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 1: I do that. I want to be that person. It
Speaker 1: would usually be like an older man who just had
Speaker 1: a very serious way about him and wasn't stern or
Speaker 1: a nasty but just you know, we're not going to
Speaker 1: do that.
Speaker 2: Yeah. We were just talking about this with my coworker
Speaker 2: the other day because she used to be a teacher
Speaker 2: and she says she's been told that she has like
Speaker 2: resting angry face, let's call it. And she said it
Speaker 2: did come in handy when she was a teacher because
Speaker 2: if if it was a time when all the kids
Speaker 2: were supposed to be, you know, sort of independently working,
Speaker 2: and they glanced her way, they'd be like, oh, snap
Speaker 2: to it. She's mad. She'd be like, yes, yes I am,
Speaker 2: I'm mad, Like get back to work or whatever. She'd
Speaker 2: be like, I used it to my FAI.
Speaker 1: Never know what's going to do it, but if you
Speaker 1: find it, it's so oh gratifying.
Speaker 2: Yeah, she was like score.
Speaker 1: And then there was one scene I guess it was
Speaker 1: justin thru where he was in the hospital bed and
Speaker 1: she was talking to him about something and he said,
Speaker 1: I need you to stop because I don't care about
Speaker 1: any of that bleep yeah, and that she was like
Speaker 1: you know how happy she was to get this thing
Speaker 1: and how you know how much it meant to her
Speaker 1: and when she was a little girl and all that stuff,
Speaker 1: and uh, there's probably a nicer way to do it,
Speaker 1: But boy, isn't that There's so many times you feel
Speaker 1: like saying that, Oh, yeah, like you know, I know
Speaker 1: I have to let you talk this out because you know,
Speaker 1: emotions and good parenting and stuff like that. But I
Speaker 1: got it, Yeah, I get it on yes, And honestly,
Speaker 1: I'm sure there are lots of times my kids would
Speaker 1: like to say my daughter is starting to get there,
Speaker 1: you know, at age almost thirty five, to just be
Speaker 1: able to say, yeah, I get it right. You've told
Speaker 1: me that a bunch of times.
Speaker 2: We're good.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go get I'm just gonna go right.
Speaker 1: I don't care about any of that.
Speaker 2: Yes, I definitely have one child who has struggles with
Speaker 2: the knowing when to stop talking.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I see where you're going with this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's just let's just let's just wrap it up. Yeah. Yeah, well,
Speaker 2: well should we wrap this up?
Speaker 1: Wrap this up?
Speaker 2: So next Wednesday we'll continue with Season one, Episode two,
Speaker 2: it's called Joe Peshi, so that's interesting. I don't know
Speaker 2: what that is supposed to meet And we'll see you, Yeah,
Speaker 2: we'll see you back here tomorrow for our Roundabout round up.
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