"Brothers & Sisters" episodes now online!

This is terrific! With a new episode of "Brothers & Sisters" not airing until Jan.7, anyone who has missed any episodes of my favorite show can now catch up on ABC.com where episodes debuted online just this week. I was talking to my good friend Karen the other day and although she has been reading about the show on my blog, she hasn't seen it yet! OK Karen, time to add ABC.com to your favorites!

Now you can relive, or in Karen's case watch for the first time, the unfolding of the romance between Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) and Kevin (Matthew Rhys) from the flirtation to first kiss to second kiss to..break-up. I miss Scotty! Those two crazy kids are meant for each other! Oh well, maybe next season there will be a reconciliation.
I have a few thoughts about this Sunday night family drama which also has plenty of humor too. Anyone who reads this blog knows that I worship Sally Field. As family matriarch Nora Walker, I think this show has given her one of her best roles in a career that now spans 40-plus years and includes two Oscars ("Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart") and two Emmys ("Sybil" and "ER").
Rachel Griffiths is also operating on all cylinders as Field's daughter Sarah who is juggling motherhood with running the family business. Griffiths is such an interesting actress and her character here is so much more appealing than Brenda on "Six Feet Under." I think Calista Flockhart is still settling into her role as Kitty Walker. At first I thought she was miscast but now I can't imagine anyone else in the part and her chemistry with Field and with Rhys is excellent and very real. I'm also crazy about Dave Annable as Justin, the troubled son who is fighting his demons and making his mom cry just about every episode.
So, I love the show, absolutely. And the addition of Rob Lowe? Fantastic! But, I think maybe the cast is too big and maybe brother Thomas (Balthazar Getty) should maybe do what older brother Chuck did on "Happy Days" all those years ago: just say he's going out to play basketball and never return. No explanations needed. And his pretty wife Julia (Sarah Jane Morris) might as well go with him since she is given so little to do (Morris had far more to do as Zoey during the final season of "Felicity").
And finally, I don't like Uncle Saul (Ron Rifkin). He needs to be redeemed for deceiving his own sister (Nora) on so many levels. I don't get his character at all. Is he a good guy? A bad guy? And mostly, I don't much care.