Brothers and Sisters: Karaoke!
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So this is the last pre-strike episode of “Brothers and Sisters.” The show is scheduled to return, but it will probably be a good month to a month and a half before we see a new episode. Anyway, let’s dish about this episode.
Hitting FAR too close to home, Robert continued campaigning for President and it seems they’ve entered the primaries. In this episode he was working to win the Michigan primary. He attempted to the Governor of Michigan to endorse him, but the Governor wouldn’t. I was lost here. Do we know why he wouldn’t? Did I miss something? Maybe he just thought Robert wasn’t Republican enough?
Jason and Robert faced off this week too, as Jason learned Robert had hired Isaac, the man who outed him during Robert’s first campaign for Senate. Honestly I was expecting from the previews that this was to be such a major and huge issue of the show. It however seemed to be just a blurp. Robert said it was water under the bridge, that Isaac was good at his job. Jason however didn’t like that explanation at all. Jason felt he was brought out as the gay guy for the gay friendly states and hid away other times. Perhaps this will be brought up later down the road. Jason is always defending Robert to Kevin, maybe now he’ll see he’s not such the perfect older brother after all.
Kitty watched Robert’s brats, I mean kids, and they all ended up stuck in a hotel sick together. Kitty finally laid down the law with them, refusing to let them walk all over her or treat her like “The wicked step-mother.” She told them right now she was the wicked step mother, so get into bed, shut up and rest! By the end of the episode it seemed to gain her some respect with the kids. They were bonding as a family when the news that Robert won Michigan came in. I have to wonder if they plan to actually make Robert the President of the United States or not? That would kind of complicate things, and take the show far too much into “West Wing” territory for my tastes.
Kevin met Scotty’s friends out at a gay bar, and it didn’t go so well. They couldn’t forget the history between Kevin and Scotty, and they also felt Kevin was a bit uptight. Meanwhile Sarah received her divorce papers and decided she wanted to go get drunk, and decided uptight Kevin should go out with her. It didn’t help that her soon to be ex, the shmuch that he is, took his new girl (his former ex-wife) to Paris for her birthday. That was what Sarah always wanted but Joe never did for her. I hate Joe! They ended up at the gay bar, it was Karaoke night. Scotty and his friends were there, which is why Kevin picked it. He was determined to show them he could be fun, but it was Sarah who seemed to take control of the night and made friends with everyone! It was great to see Sarah letting her hair down a bit and having some fun. Kevin simply got sloshed and attempted to sing, but pretty much made a fool of himself. Graham brought a drunk Sarah her divorce papers, which she signed. They then had a little one night stand thing, which I’m sure will turn into more than a one night stand.
Rebeca tried to figure out what she wanted to do in life. It was suggested she look into photography, as she always seems to have a camera with her. She met with David, who gave her advice, as well as some old photos he took of Holly. Rebbecca then photographed her mom, and talked to her about David. Rebbecca let her mom know that David really loved her, which seemed to make Holly uncomfortable. Holly went to see David to thank him for his help with Rebbecca, and they had some romantical moments. Meanwhile Rebbecca seemed entranced by the photos she took of her mom and the photos David took of her years ago. Okay was I missing something here? It seemed like Rebbecca was having this “Aha” moment that I was not catching onto.
Finally Saul went in search of Milo, but found Milo was out of town. Milo was letting a friend of his stay at his place. Saul and Milo’s friend talked about Milo and his divorce, how hard it was for Milo. I was just waiting for Saul to end up pouncing on this guy, why I don’t know. Now I wonder if this means Milo will be coming back for a visit when the show returns.
Ahhhhhh! I don’t think I can wait for the next new episode. It seems like it won’t be here for forever.
After Rebecca grilled Holly on the timine of the pictures, it was more like she was seeing things that *weren’t* there in the new ones that she had seen before. All I could think was features she has that she had attributed to her mom previously that suddenly she didn’t see in the new shots b/c she had a different set of eyes after a day lf learning how to shoot and what to look for in shots from David. Total stab in the dark, but….
02.18.2008 at 7:15 am
Robert didn’t get the endorsement because the Gov. was afraid of retribution from Robert’s opp. if he was to win the nomination and Presidency.
02.18.2008 at 12:37 pm
Could it be that David is really her father, and Rebecca really isn’t a Walker after all?
02.20.2008 at 4:06 pm
It’s possible, but that would then mean for most of the series we’ve been jerked around. That kinda storyline is more common for a soap opera.
02.20.2008 at 4:43 pm
I agree with Erick, to make Emily not a walker now would be too much like something Days would do 🙂
02.20.2008 at 4:48 pm
While it would be like Days to make David her father, I can see going down the path of “is she or isn’t she a Walker”. It’s pretty clear Holly doesn’t want to go there and The Lady Doth Protest Too Much comes to mind. Want to bet she doesn’t have any clue from the… partying that was going on back then and is afraid to find out because William stepped up to the plate and supported her?
02.21.2008 at 7:31 am
I didn’t get the Rebecca and the photos thing either. I guess we’ll have to see what lies ahead to figure this one out.
Kevin trying to prove he wasn’t uptight was hysterical — he’s the walking definition of uptight. Thankfully Scotty got him off the stage — if I’d had to listen to any more of that song, my ears would’ve been bleeding.
The parts with Kitty had ups and downs for me.
Up: Kitty getting the “suck it up” speech from Nora. Welcome to the real world, little Princess Kitty.
Down: Kitty and the kids. How freakin’ fake. Obviously the writers are too wrapped up in their fairytale with Kitty and Robert, or no one on the writing staff has stepkids. The moment I saw them all huddled in bed together, I wanted to change the channel. Given how negative Sophie was about the whole thing from the beginning of Kitty and Robert’s relationship, there’s no way she’d hop into a big bed to snuggle with a step mom. Step families are rough — don’t sugar coat this for TV when this show is so real about relationships and family.
Again, my favorite moment was when Sarah and Kevin acted like real siblings. At the bar when Scotty came over there was this subtle exchange of “uptight” and “traitor” that you barely caught because it was slipped in around conversation. Those *real* moments are what truly make this show shine.
02.21.2008 at 9:36 am