A couple of incredibly powerful scenes in this one, along with a very pathetic one too. When Adam plays Kristina's 'Goodbye' video that she made for the kids and the way that the entire scene was edited together, I was 100% positive they were in fact going to get rid of her character, which would have been a very ballsy move on the part of creator Jason Katims. It's a tricky proposition to knock off a very popular character and stay true to life. In the end she makes a miraculous recovery. I don't think she is out of the woods yet and they may in fact continue to go down this road in a future episode. I just think they didn't want to tie it in with a Christmas themed episode that millions of families are watching. It would have been a bad way to spend the holidays with the family for sure.

The meltdown that Amber goes through was a great scene for Mae Whitman and completely irrational. I've never seen anyone glom onto someone like she has to Ryan, with such conviction, that early into a relationship. They just met, but she is acting like her entire world is tied up in this one person that continually calls into question his own sanity. The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree. In a nice juxtaposition, we see Sarah doing the exact same thing in a more subtle way with her fawning over Hank. It sure doesn't take her long to "get over" Mark, huh? If she can move on that fast, Mark is better off without her. She, along with Hank looked pretty pathetic. A couple of bar flies just looking for affection to justify their own existence.

FYI, I'm getting tired of every episode consisting of Drew walking into a room full of people and saying "I'm going over to Amy's". Dude, just do us a favor and stay over at Amy's. That way I never have to see your face on another episode of Parenthood. Just sayin'.