I believe they feel off because they have lot of issues to solve. Lux tries but she is not comfortable with Cate, and whenever she can she is mean with her (Come one, she was happy while telling her she moved with Baze, when Cate had lost Ryan 3 minutes ago and Lux could see her face) Lux has no empathy towards Cate. But they never talked about the past; and cate is also walking through glass with Lux. The only opportunity I watched Cate sincere and relaxed with Lux is when she told her "no" to Tasha.
And also Cate is not used to people living with her. That was crystal clear in the pilot. She is making an effort. The only person she is herself with is Baze.
With Baze as bitchy as she is, she is comfortable

The CW has made a bad mistake with this show. They put it on the same time as House, HIMYM and Chuck. Very, very bad idea.

I shouldn't like this show, but my wife forced me to as it's her Gilmore Girls replacement, but I do actually. My problem with it is more that I don't buy Cate and Baze being old enough to have a 16 year old. There playing slightly older than they are, and Britt is 3 years older than Lux's is supposed to be, so the actual 12 year age difference looks closer than that. It's probably because I remember Shiri Appleby from Roswell, and she looks barely older and her voice still seems like a young girl.

I have to say this is a much better Parenthood, than the actual Parenthood remake. Too bad I have to bittorrent it since there is no CW HD station in Cincinnati.

This was my favorite episode of the series so far. I think the thing that is weird about Cate and Lux's relationship is that it's nothing like the one of this show's heavily compared to predecessor, Gilmore Girls (God that was a bad sentence). The awkwardness is more realistic, but less enjoyable.

I just hate that the CW moved this show to the 8:00 PM slot. I'm already having a hard time keeping up with Chuck and House MD in the one time slot.

Baze is the good guy with no responsibilities to this point; we'll see how well he does the first time he has to tell her 'No' on something major.

In terms of the the dynamics of the Cate/Lux relationship, i think its a realistic representation... it might feel off because Shiri Appleby was a huge miscast on this pretty terrific show. On paper, Cate is a character who does stupid things, but you still have a degree of empathy for her. Appleby's abrasive performance seems forced, artificial. In her hands, Cate is virtually unlikable. I find I have no feelings at all for the character, and that's fairly dangerous for the pivotal role in the show.

I think part of it is that Baze really doesn't judge Lux or try to make her fit the role he see's for her like Cate. Cate is such a perfectionist that she has to be the perfect mother and therefore Lux should be the perfect daughter and things never work like that. Because of the way Cate is she sets herself of for failure with Lux. Granted she is usually able to fix it in the end but this was just one two many. Baze didn't ask questions, didn't judge just helped his daughter when she asked. I am sure that if it was something bad or dangerous he would have said no. But to give Tasha a home and make his daughter like him and respect him and see him as a father he said yes.

I like Cate and Lux's relationship. I like that it's awkward. They just met, Cate isn't a naturally maternal person but she's trying, and they're mother-daughter they will inevitably always have conflict. I think it's great that Lux has an easy relationship with Baze and that we get to see her relationship develop with Cate. It's more realistic to me.

NOW CW HAS TO QUICKLY RENEW UL & OTH SO I CAN RELAX!