Brothers & Sisters: Too many quotes
Brothers & Sisters outfoxes me this week (it being all about me): They knew I'd want to use a funny, none-to-flattering quote as a headline, so they threw two at me. Now I'm torn between "You never loved anyone but yourself and your stupid penis!" and "Hi, my name is Kevin, I'm a bitch, and I'm powerless over my anger."
This spoiler loves beer in the shower!
Kitty is verklempt because Robert has a last-minute political trip, and she doesn't want to be stranded, unemployed, and stuck by the phone waiting to see if anyone wants to give them a child. She stops by Nora's and burbles about how she hates waiting, she wants to attack problems head-on, she's all about being proactive... Nora pounces. Well, why don't you join me on my errands? That's because Nora is heading out to Bakersfield to attempt to talk to the Laffertys, and she doesn't want to go alone. She neglects to mention this until they are well on their way.
Kitty is appalled, but she's soon distracted, because she hears on the radio that Robert isn't on some one-day trip to D.C., he's embarking on a heretofore-secret five-day trip to the Middle East. Nora opines that figures Robert was up to no good, that he was taking advantage of Kitty, etc. Kitty is confused -- this is coming from where, precisely? The women get to the Lafferty house, and just as Nora rings the doorbell, Robert calls. Kitty excuses herself to take the call -- the man is on a plane to the Middle East, and it's not like he can call whenever -- and they have a low-volume spat about why he didn't tell her (what part of "secret mission" did she not get?), whether this means he's angling for another White House run, and so forth.
No one is home at the Laffertys, so Kitty and Nora retreat from the front door -- and Nora loses it. How could you abandon me? (Huh?) Why are you letting Robert poison you toward your family? (What?) Why didn't you defend me when Robert attacked me at dinner a few episodes back? (Because you deserved it?) This leads to a screaming match, which is interrupted by a friendly man with a not-so-friendly dog. He turns out to be George Lafferty. Oops.
Nora and Kitty follow him inside, and Nora spills that her dead hubby probably schtupped his dead wife (um, pre-death. This isn't Supernatural. Or disgusting.) Lafferty doesn't want to hear it -- why are you telling me this? What proof do you have? Get out! The Walkers retreat. Nora makes Kitty pull over at a secluded spot so she can vent her bile toward her dead husband (leading to the awesome "I hate you William Walker! You never loved anyone but yourself and your stupid penis!"), and she and Kitty bond. Kitty checks her voicemail and discovers there's a pregnant woman in Missouri who want to give them her child. Woot!
Justin, Rebecca, Kevin and Tommy
After many (off-screen) sexy-fun-time activities, Justin tells Rebecca that he's getting his one-year chip at his AA meeting. Will she come? Rebecca is thrilled. She decides to get Kevin and Tommy to attend as well, since they're the ones who sat with Justin as he detoxed a year ago. Kevin bitches and moans, but agrees to come. Tommy pledges to attend as long as Kevin behaves himself. Yeah, right.
Tommy and Kevin run into each other at the door, and they immediately commence carping at each other. You fired me, you bastard! Kevin says. Again. In case we forgot. Yeah, that sucked, but hey, at least you got a great new job, and congrats on the new career, Tommy says. OMG! I can't believe you want me to thank you for firing me! Kevin gasps. Sigh. Tommy said nothing of the sort, Kevin, and yes, you are being a drama queen. The boys commence fighting, which continues until they're both bloodied and Justin's touching "Sobriety rulz!" speech is ruined.
At Walker Central that evening, Justin locks his brothers in a room and tells them to get the hell over themselves. (This is the origin of "Hi, my name is Kevin, I'm a bitch, and I'm powerless over my anger.") He tells them to fake liking each other. They bitch and moan but eventually agree. Finally!
Sarah
Sarah is getting much better at the stay-at-home mom thing, but she's still looking for a job. She interviews for an internet startup that tracks the impact of organic produce, or something to that effect, and the ridiculously young proprietors seem to like her. Still, she's unsure she's getting the job, so she takes Paige's advice and does a little extra-credit work. When she stops by their office to deliver her proposal, she discovers the dudes are working out of their apartment and seem to be (gasp!) drinking beer. (I can't help but thing that if it were wine, it wouldn't be a problem...) She has a hissyfit -- you lied to me, this isn't a real company, eat organic fertilizer and die!
Later, Studly Startup Guy appears at her door, begging for another chance. Yes, we're working in humble circumstances now, but that's just because we're plowing all of our money into the business. We really can make this company work, but we need you. After Study Startup Guy promises that he'll sell his truck to pay Sarah's salary, she agrees to take the position -- and to host the company in her house.
Highlight, thoughts and odds and ends
- Nora was really, really annoying me this episode. It sucks that William was an ass, but that doesn't mean she needs to ascribe his failings to Robert. Boy, I hope that the previews for next week are misleading.
- Still, seeing Nora scream I hate you and I hate your ass face on a lonely hillside made me laugh. She needed to do that.
- Poor Lafferty. He shows up at Nora's door, asking if there was more to the story. When Nora tells him when the probable affair took place, he does the math and realizes what this means for his son's actual paternity.
- This show is seriously messing with my head -- when did Tommy become one of the most sympathetic characters in the ensemble? The poor guy keeps getting attacked for a decision he had to make. Get over it, Kevin!
- I did love Tommy and Sarah's interaction -- she shows up at the office for an interview-outfit check, and Tommy does what he can to psyche her up for the meeting. When that doesn't seem to stick, he brings up all of Sarah's corporate failings. That gets her going!
- I really liked Sarah this episode -- you can never have too many cormorants! -- but I'm slightly confused about her hissyfit at discovering the Startup guys worked from their apartment. Yes, they should have been up-front about that from the beginning, but it's hardly a deadly sin. I worked from my home office for five years, and I know I'm not the only one!
- I loved how awestruck Cooper was when Sarah talked about her headhunter. Sorry, kid, not as exciting as you think.
- Who wants to bet that Sarah will end up hooking up with Studly Startup Guy? Oh, and even though I'm assigning that title to the blond, Ostensibly Nerdy Startup Guy certainly managed to rock the dressed-on-in-a-towel look. Some Sarahs have all the luck!
Nora needs to go home and just bite her pillow!!!
If Nora and Ryan's dad hook up I'm going to have to vomit in my mouth a little bit at the predictability of it.
How does Sarah afford to be unemplyed for over a month!! I dont get it anywho okay episode. Nora has been bugging me sine the premire shes either crying or whining. The writes try to make all the characters have a hidden motivation for there behaviour but Nora's resentment of Robert didint make sense.
Well done Sarah! Simultaneously quoting "Waiting for Guffman" and Nora Walker is a feat to be sure!
"Nora was really, really annoying me this episode. It sucks that William was an ***, but that doesn't mean she needs to ascribe his failings to Robert. Boy, I hope that the previews for next week are misleading."
I can't add anything to that. :)
THE best quote was at the beginning of the show:
Nora: "Holly is threatened me"
Kitty: "We're running away from Holly!?" lmao! Kitty's face was so funny!
This was a great episode- although I did notice Holly wasn't in it at all.
I'm surprised that ABC has played so many consecutive new episodes- usually there are 1 or 2 week gaps by now. And the ratings seem to be doing decent too, so that's a good sign.
I immediately ***umed Lafferty would hook up with Holly since Nora is looking like a whiny beeyotch to the guy. But maybe Saul. Who knows. btw, I'm still not on board for Justin/Rebecca. I like both actors and characters and it just seems too gross and unlikely that they could switch from sibling to lover. Blech. But I don't want to lose Rebecca so I'll suck it up.
Rebecca and Justin have too much squick factor for my tastes, so I'm with you, Callie.
I fell asleep before the end of the episode, so I never really figured out gl***es dude's problem with Sarah's answer. Was it too good? Too left? What?
I don't think that Sarah had a problem with them working out of their home exactly. They really played up the company and then she finds them in an apartment. I think she felt they misled into believing they were more profitable than that. (They did take her to dinner at a posh restaurant and they used a head hunter to find her.) Which led to questions about pay (iffy) and benefits (none).
I did think Nora's connecting Robert to William was a bit harsh and out of nowhere. But I'm not surprised that she was mad that he told her off a few weeks ago. I didn't care for it either. I think there were better ways for him to have expressed his displeasure than the way he did.
This show had all the things I love and despise about this show.
I love that the characters recognize their flaws and event comment (humorously) on them - thus the awesome "*****" line by Justin. But also the ridiculous behavior that makes me want to slap them: Kevin/Tommy *physically* fighting outside the one year sobriety ceremony and annoying Nora's verbal diarrhea to Kitty.
It's right that Nora should be mad at William, but I'd like to see more... self-blame isn't the word I want... but since Nora is an intelligent and seemingly intuitive person, there's a certain amount of complicity she has or likely feels for not seeing multiple (long term) affairs. I think that is at the root of her anger.
I still don't like Justin and Rebecca together, but since there's nothing I can do other than stop watching the show, I just don't pay a lot of attention to them.
An earlier poster commented that possibly Saul and George Lafferty would get together. I know I read that Saul would be getting a personal life this season and the lack of boundaries these characters often display, suggests that maybe this could be on the horizon. Either him or Nora - which is poetically wrong.
Sarah was ok to be mad. The wining and dining would lead one to believe that the guys had a lot of capital and organization to start this company when all they have is a wish and a prayer. Sarah is only getting paid if blondey sells his car, which I thought was funny that he agreed to. Bet she won't make him do it...
Sarah, I almost fell out laughing at "I hate you and your *** face". But then Carrie topped it with "Nora needs to go home and bite her pillow!!"
Don't let the commenters be funnier than you. Do NOT put up with these bastard people! We're talking about your life here, not somethin' else.