"Brothers & Sisters" is back tonight with an original episode! I hope I'm back from the Grammys in time to watch it live. I do know a few things about the episode which includes the return of adorable Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) who Kevin runs into at a bar when he's with his soap opera star lover and his "girlfriend." Also, apparently Calista Flockhart and Rob Lowe, I mean Kitty and Sen. McAllister, will get romantic (who saw that coming? ha!) and Sally Field, I mean, Nora Walker, is set to get herself into some kind of trouble that I think involves jail. What is Gidget doing in jail for God's sake? Just kidding. I worship Sally Field and think she is doing some of the best work of her career in this gem of a role.

TV critic Robert Bianco of USA TODAY wrote a nice article in Friday's paper about my favorite show which I have loved from the beginning but others are now coming around. He calls is "TVs best family drama...
Few things in life can make you happier, or drive you crazier, than family. Overstuffed and a bit of a mad jumble it may be, but after a stumbling start, this talent-rich hour has coalesced into one of the season's most joyfully endearing and entertaining series."
Here is more of what he wrote:
"You can see the improved results of their combined efforts Sunday in a witty Valentine's Day episode dedicated to the vagaries of love, sex, and '60s nostalgia. As an added treat, it boasts an amusing guest shot by Margot Kidder as a friend who leads Field's Nora Walker down a garden path she quickly comes to regret.
Anyone who hasn't watched Brothers since its earlier outings may be surprised by how well the family gets along these days. The original mystery/tragedy (the death of the Walker patriarch and his pilfering of the family business's pension account) has been dumped, along with much of the angst it provoked.
Equally wise has been the rehabilitative work done on Flockhart's Kitty, who has left her job as a conservative talk-show star to work for a Republican senator (Lowe). It's a much better fit for Flockhart, who never seemed either flamboyant or aggressive enough for talk-show fame, and it has allowed the show to jettison most of its political diatribes. Brothers still explores the family's political divides, but it does so in a way that is far less argumentative and preachy.
Actually, Kitty herself kicks off Sunday's parade of Valentine's Day massacres, waking up in bed with her boss and immediately calling her sister, Sarah (Rachel Griffiths). As the family phone tree spreads, we find out that Kevin (Rhys), the gay brother, and Justin (Dave Annable), the troubled brother, have both made iffy choices. Best of all, Mom has made a choice that landed her in jail."

And while you're watching, note the matter-of-fact equivalency granted to Kevin's relationships. Neither neglected nor highlighted, they're treated with as much seriousness, or lack thereof, as any other."