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"Parenthood's" Monica Potter and Peter Krause
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the second episode of Parenthood's fourth season.]
NBC's Parenthood delivered an emotional blow unlike any other in the series' three seasons Tuesday.
While still adjusting to Haddie (Sarah Ramos) going off to college, Adam (Peter Krause) and Kristina (Monica Potter) were confronted with their own mortality during "Left Field," the second episode ofits brand-new fourth season Tuesday.
Breast cancer.
"My wife went through it a couple years ago and it's a story that I've been, in the back of my mind, wanting to tell," showrunner Jason Katims tells The Hollywood Reporter, noting he felt the same trepidation when mulling whether or not to include another personal story, Max's Asperger's, into the NBC family drama. "We ultimately decided this was a story we could tell in a unique way and that it would be something that would be a very emotional and poignant story with many positive moments, too."
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While the EP was discussing the then-potential story line with his producing partners, he received a call from Potter, who had just gone in for her first-ever mammogram and wound up contacting Katims to suggest the show explore a breast cancer story line for Kristina.
"I had to go for a mammogram -- my first mammogram ever -- and It was really scary and I didnt know what to expect," Potter tells THR. "I reached out to Jason and said, 'I got a little scare. I think I'm fine but what if we talked about Kristina having breast cancer?' I e-mailed him and within the hour, he e-mailed me back and said, 'I have the chills as we just broke that story for Kristina for this season.'"
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'Parenthood's' Jason Katims, Monica Potter on Kristina's Life-Altering News and the Journey Ahead
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