Brothers & Sisters recap: a serious night in Walkerland...
Not much deliciously witty dialogue on "Brothers & Sisters" last night with such weighty matters as the lives of Tommy and Julia's twins hanging in the balance, Sara and Joe breaking up, Justin visiting wounded soldiers at a veterans hospital as a way to gear up for Iraq, and Sen. MacAllister being blackmailed.
First Tommy (Balthazar Getty) and Julia (Sarah Jane Morris). I had labled them the boring characters and believe I may have suggested they be written off at some point so my Kevin (Matthew Rhys) could have more scenes. Well, I take it all back.
As a new mother whose child is dying, Morris was a revelation and showed us all what a terrific actress she is when given the material. The raw emotion she displayed was far better than anything Calista Flockhart (Kitty) could ever manage and far more real. Getty was also very, very good. Even though one baby dies, the other lives and the episode ended on an optimistic note - it ended with hope for the future. The surviving girl is named Elizabeth and Tommy says to his mother (Sally Field): "She's so strong. She reminds me of you."
Joe finally moved out and he and Sarah told the klds. It was sad. Boo hoo. Kevin was relegated to a subplot over the senator (Rob Lowe) being blackmailed over the truth behnd his "heroism" during Desert Storm. Kitty turns to Kevin for help. The liberal Democrat Kevin cannot bring himself to help a Republican who voted to block gay marriage even if he is his sister's fiancee.
Later, Justin is telling Kevin that MacAllister is a good guy who helped open his eyes by taking him to the Veteran's hospital leading to Kevin admitting: "I might hate his politics but he is a man with perfect skin."
Kevin comes through in te end, blackmailing the blackmailer and was kinda smug about it all. Does Kevin ever lose a big case?
The chemistry between Flockhart and Lowe remains first rate. Just the following deadpan exchange inside the senator's office was pretty funny:
Senator: "Why doesn't the staff say hi to me?"
Kitty: "Because they don't like you."
And they just keep on walking. In the end, MacAllister proposes to Kitty and she says yes around 5-6 times.
Who could blame her? The man really does have perfect skin!
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I agree that Morris was excellent last night. But disagree with you on Calista. When Billy died on Ally McBeal she had me sobbing. Prior to Ally, she was wonderful in Drunks. Her whole performance in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her was beautful and heartbreaking. And she was brilliantly disturbing in Bash: Latter-Day Plays. I think Calista has so much talent but that Kitty is the most thinly written character on the show.