NBC’s Parenthood is a comedy-drama revolving around three generations of the Braverman family living in Berkely, California. However, most people don’t know that the show is really a sequel to 1982′s Poltergeist. The show picks up 30 years later, as the Freeling family, now called the Braverman’s, must deal with new demonic forces trying to tear their family apart.

All of the children from the movie are now adults with kids of their own. Craig T. Nelson reprises the role of Steven, now named Zeke, a man haunted by the decision to buy a house on an ancient Indian burial ground and has become an overbearing and over-protective father. His oldest son Adam (Robbie) and oldest daughter Sarah (Dana) both have children of their own, while his youngest Julia (Carol Anne), also a mother, has suppressed the memories of her disturbing childhood by becoming a corporate lawyer (which furthers the theory that Carol Anne’s soul was damaged in the movie). Julia now has a daughter of her own, and she is married to Joel, a stay-at-home dad whose job is to make sure their daughter never turns on the  television. (more…)