This week on Brothers & Sisters, we learn that some things (major demolition work) are best left to people with lots of experience; some things (running a start-up, becoming an advertising exec) are ideal for passionate newbies; and one thing (taking down your arch-nemesis) is just made for family.

Step right up to the Amazing Cavalcade of Poor Decision-making on Brothers & Sisters! See! The most ill conceived set-up in the history of the universe! Witness! A colossally bad impulse buy! Marvel! At the idea that these people still get together for dinner, considering how often said dinners end in tears! Continue reading »

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."

Yeah, yeah, I know -- Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The Walker family on Brothers & Sisters tends to be unhappy at great volume. Now, that high-volume discontent is in its way to philanthropy and politics. Continue reading »

Did anyone else find Brothers & Sisters an exquisite torture this week? No, not because of the plot, which was actually pretty good -- I'm talking about watching all that tag-sale treasure just sitting out there, and I wasn't able to go rifling through bins of books and piles of kitsch from my childhood. Wants it! Wants the precious!

We've all wanted to stick it to The Man at some point. This week on Brothers & Sisters, some of the Walkers did just that, and one of them folded like a cheap shirt. Plus, Justin stops being polite and starts getting real, Nora hold her tongue (I know!), and Robert threatens to warn the president about apian evildoers.

Brothers & Sisters brings a bucket of awesome to the table when someone finally – finally! – calls the family on their tendency to, shall we say, overshare at the most inconvenient times. There aren’t many shows that can get away with having someone explicitly state what’s maddening about the main characters, but this one pulls it off with aplomb.

Welcome back to Brothers & Sisters, where the family drama is plentiful, the mistakes are manifold, and nobody knows how to keep their mouths shut. Ah, Walkers -- I've missed you! You make my family seem absolutely perfect!

Brothers & Sisters closes out the season with a wedding, some confrontations, several revelations, plenty of uncomfortable moments, and one particular retconning, butt-covering doozy of a plot twist. Continue reading »

What to do when the family firm is in danger? In the world of Brothers & Sisters, you rant, point fingers, lie, tell the truth, come out, confess inappropriate feelings, propose, mount a coup, get kicked out of multiple homes, or spend the entire weekend having sex. Continue reading »