'Brothers & Sisters': Not that kind of girl

We get a boatload of revelations this week on Brothers & Sisters. Nora finds out that Roger hasn't been totally honest, Rebecca discovers that Tommy has been hiding something, Justin figures out that Chelsea has been hitting on him all this time, and Kitty learns that babies come with lots of stuff. Who knew?

This spoiler is thrilled to see John Glover, even if he doesn't have full-on Lionel Luthor Magnificent Bastard hair anymore.

Nora and Roger
Nora is in her element: She's boinking Roger, and when she's not horizontal, she's planning a traditional baby shower for Kitty. But tradition is about to get dope-slapped. First, she discovers that Roger is married. She stews over this for a while, but Roger tells her not to worry -- he and his wife have an open marriage. Nora's head explodes.

After guzzling wine to drown her sorrows, Nora throws herself into hosting the very bestest baby shower ever, complete with shower games (guess the baby food!) and The World's Most Expensive Stroller. Kitty freaks out (more on that later) and tells Nora that she's just not as traditional as her mom. Nora freaks out in turn -- what's wrong with tradition?

Nora gets some wise words from Henry, Saul's boyfriend (the always fabulous John Glover, who I adore) -- you can be happy in any kind of relationship. Nora thinks that maybe she'll give it a try... but first she consults with The Other Woman in her own life: Holly. Were you happy? Holly says she was, but that's in part because she loved her freedom. She revels in the idea of Nora being involved in an open marriage-- it's so modern!

Nora decides that The Other Woman thing isn't for her, even if the wife is question is fine with it. "I'm just not that kind of girl," she says. And then she gets to the crux of it: "I want to feel I'm enough for a man, just me, for once in my life." And since Roger can't give her that -- he adores her, but he has not intention of leaving his wife -- they're going to have to be platonic friends.

And then there's the matter of the hang-up calls Nora has been getting. She assumes it's Roger's wife crank-calling the dirty mistress, but it's not -- it's Ryan Lafferty, William's illegitimate child. He wants to meet Nora. Here we go again...

Kitty and Robert
Kitty gets a job offer from her alma mater: They're starting up a broadcast journalism program, and they want her to head the department. Is there anything that would prevent her from jumping in full-force? Nope, says Kitty... but she doesn't mention that she's going to have a baby in about a month. Hmmm.

Sarah is incredulous -- Have you thought about how your life is going to change? Kitty tells her to just be happy for her. But then it's time of the shower, and Kitty starts to realize just how much things WILL change, as evidenced by the mountain of baby stuff she receives. When the stroller Nora gives her needs an instructional DVD to demonstrate how to use it, Kitty flips out  -- why is everyone making a such a big deal, heaping all this pomp and circumstance onto getting a kid? Nora demands to know if Kitty is planning to just pretend the baby isn't coming.

Kitty talks to Sarah again, who calms her down. You're not pregnant, so you haven't had your body telling you for the past several months that everything is changing. It's tough, and you're terrified, but having a kid is worth it. You can do whatever you want, but realize that everything will change. With that in mind, Kitty turns down the job. Robert is not thrilled -- he was really hoping Kitty would be so distracted by the new job that she wouldn't be pissed at him for running for governor. Now that the job is off the table, he feels the full brunt of Kitty's disappointment. 

Rebecca, Justin and Tommy
Rebecca is pissed at Justin for not dumping Chelsea as his sponsee -- she seems to call a lot, and she has no desire to find another sponsor. What's up with that? We find out when Justin tells Chelsea that she's really got to find someone else, and Chelsea kisses him. D'oh! Rebecca is not happy.

But she's got other things on her mind -- the property deal just closed, and everything is great ... except Kent Chandler, who sold them the orchard, says something about Tommy contacting him two months ago. But ... Rebecca only had the idea one month ago! What's going on? She digs around on Tommy's computer and gets evidence that the deal was in the works long before she proposed it. She starts to realize Tommy manipulated her into having the idea, and fears that this is some new way for the Walkers to get back at Holly.

Rebecca goes to Justin with her suspicions, but Justin doesn't want to hear it -- why are you attacking my family? Rebecca says just once, she's like Justin to treat her like she matters as much as his brothers and sisters. Um, Rebecca? Have you checked out the title of the show? Not going to happen. Rebecca eventually goes to her father, David, for advice.

The other family members

• Tommy pays off Chandler for his part in the property deal. This seems illegal.
• Kevin, Scotty and Saul are invited to attend Kitty's shower, but Tommy and Robert aren't. Apparently, gays love babies and painful shower games, while straight men don't. All righty then.
• Saul initially bridles at being pigeonholed, but he eventually shows up anyway -- with Henry, his boyfriend, in tow.
• Hey, Julia has some lines! Hi, Julia!

Highlights, thoughts and odds and ends

• Saul turns curmudgeon about being invited to the shower -- what, because I'm gay I have to suffer through baby-shower games? He's also horrified by the matters of etiquette: "I find this whole evite thing profoundly annoying. Whatever happened to proper triple-embossed paper with a nice response card and a sweet little tissue over it?" That little tissue always bugged the crap out of me. Why is it there?
• Nora is pissed to find out Roger is married -- but even more pissed that she's now The Other Woman. "I'm Holly Harper! I could kill him!"
• Sarah reacts to the open marriage news: "Oh my god, that's fascinating!" That wasn't the response Nora was looking for.
• Kitty is gobsmacked by the amount of stuff that comes with having a baby. "I guess I'm going to have to build a whole new room on my house for all of this stuff!" Makes you long for the days when babies just slept in a dresser drawer, doesn't it.
• Sarah explains to Kitty what she's avoided by adopting: "Strangers haven't been rubbing your belly..." Why DO people do that? It's just rude!
• Kitty invites Nora to be in the delivery room when Trish gives birth. Nora is touched. I'm moderately creeped out. I wouldn't want some strange woman, even if it was the adoptive grandma, checking me out while I pushed.