Brothers & Sisters

As a follow-up to yesterday’s recap, here are some memorable lines from the episode “Compromises.” Did I miss one of your favorites? Share it in the comments.

Rebecca: Everybody thinks I’m an aimless loser.
Justin: Hey, ‘aimless loser’ is my job.

Robert: You all told me to focus on Adamson and Burgess, ignore the rest of them, those were the two to pay attention to, and then Taylor ambushes us in Iowa.
Travis: Well, we also advised you to reveal the truth about Adamson and you didn’t, which gave Taylor the opportunity to reveal it on his own schedule.
Isaac: And even worse, it let Taylor see what kind of campaign you’re running.
Robert: And what kind of campaign is that?
Isaac: Robert, taking the high road doesn’t always get you where you want to go.

Kevin: I’m not actually a karaoke … type.

Scotty: They just think you’re … uptight.
Kevin: I’m not uptight!
Scotty: Okay. Whatever you need to tell yourself.

Travis: I get very nervous when Kitty’s vague.

Travis: Hey, maybe we can do a photo op, you know, you, rifle in one hand, deer or elk …
Isaac: Too late, it’s small game season, squirrels, bobtail rabbits.
Robert: Yeah, it’s not very manly to kill Thumper.

Saul: I was very surprised that you had time for lunch.
Nora: Why, I always have time for you, Saul, and then, a lot of my family and loved ones are not even in the state.

Nora: Why are you smiling?
Saul: I just thought how much fun it would be to tell mother about your new boyfriend.
Nora: I really don’t care what anyone thinks. I only care what I think and what Isaac thinks. And you know what? I have a family who loves me, and they’re happy when I’m happy.
Saul: So, this is no longer about you and Isaac, right?

Kevin: Do you think I’m uptight?
Sarah: Yes.

Sarah: Kevin, I’m not in the mood for one of your neurotic freak-outs.

Sarah: We should go out. You’re uptight. I’m not going to Paris. This deserves an outing. You and me tonight. We can commiserate.
Kevin: I don’t need to commiserate.
Sarah: Then watch me commiserate with a bottle of tequila.
Kevin: You don’t need a brother. You need to get lucky.
Sarah: Oh come on, it’s not my senior prom, I just, I want to go out, let my hair down, and get savage.
Kevin: Okay, now you’re scaring me.
Sarah: That’s because you’re uptight. Come on, Kevin, we’re Walkers. Let’s go do what Walkers do best.
Kevin: Get drunk?

Travis: Take that, Boyd Taylor! You know what, we are winning this thing, we are going to kill him in Michigan, and then we’re going to drag his bloody carcass through every primary state ’til there’s nothing left but a mangled flag lapel pin. I gotta hand it to Kitty, bringing the kids was a stroke of genius, walking Petri dishes that they are.

Travis: You know what, I’m gonna be blunt. If you want Robert to win, you’re going to have to lay low.
Jason: You want to run that advice by Robert?
Travis: Believe me, he doesn’t want to know. But he’s willing to make concessions to win. Like hiring Isaac. I’m surprised you’re being such a good sport about it.
Jason: Why wouldn’t I be?
Travis: Oh, wow, you’ve got this whole forgiveness thing down, don’t you. I’d want to kill the man who outed me.
Jason: Isaac outed me?

Kitty: The kids are sick, too, and they’re not letting me get any sleep, and you know what, I don’t know how to make them feel better, and didn’t you tell me once that grandma gave you some brandy or something?
Nora: Yes, but that was a different era, and she was a terrible mother.

Nora: Kitty, do you remember when you had the chicken pox?
Kitty: Yes. You made me chicken soup, and you put cold compresses on my head, and you rubbed calamine lotion all over my body.
Nora: Yes, but what you don’t remember is when you had the chicken pox, Sarah had the chicken pox, and Tommy had the chicken pox, and Kevin had the chicken pox, and I had a very bad cold, your dad was out of town on business. Sweetheart, I’m saying this to you with as much love as I possibly can: Sometimes motherhood means sucking it up. Kitty, go suck it up.

David: Drugs are bad, you know that, right?

Jason: I know about Isaac. And you still put him on your payroll.
Robert: That was a long time ago.
Jason: No, no, you breaking my Rock-em Sock-em Robots, okay, that was a long time ago. Me being outed in the local paper when I was barely twenty, that’s damn recent.
Robert: This is something that we should talk about. But right now …
Jason: It’s inconvenient, is that right? Unlike when you’re campaigning in the Bay Area, when having a gay brother is the thing you’re most proud of.
Robert: I have been completely consistent with you, I’ve never hidden or lied about your sexuality, I couldn’t care less whether you’re gay. Would it be easier for me, if you weren’t? Yeah.
Jason: I’m sorry I can’t make it any easier for you.

Sarah: Actually, Kevin and I are going to do a big duet.
Scotty: Really?
Sarah: Yes. Kevin: No
Scotty: Okay, well, I’m glad that’s settled.
Kevin: I would, but my throat’s a little sore.
Sarah: Liar.
Kevin: Traitor.

Sarah: Do you want Scotty’s friends to know what a warm, caring, fun guy Kevin Walker is?
Kevin: Yes.
Sarah: Then drink up and get stupid with me.

Sarah: How about Dolly Parton. You love her.
Kevin: No I don’t.
Sarah: Remember back in high school? You said she had the only pair of breasts you ever noticed.

Sarah: I’m in a bar.
Graham: Are you drunk-dialing me?

Saul: I didn’t have that kind of relationship with Milo.
Evan: I know, he told me. I think you broke his heart a little bit.

Sophie: My mom has a dress just like this, except it’s bigger on top.

Sophie: Mom says yelling is a sign of weakness.

Graham: I called a messenger but he wasn’t comfortable picking out a woman in an unknown bar, but I can see that wouldn’t have been difficult.

Sarah: So. I’m a divorcee. Does that make me hotter?

Robert: I didn’t get the endorsement. It’s probably your cosmic payback.
Jason: I don’t want payback.
Robert: Yeah, because you’re good, and forgiving. I wish I was more like you.
Jason: I feel like we’re both doing the same thing, you know? We’re making compromises for a greater purpose.
Robert: Is that what I’m doing? ‘Cause boy, I don’t know, it all just seems like a game. Attack this guy, stay away from that issue, and in the end, what do you really accomplish?
Jason: Well, you didn’t get into politics for money, or power. A lot easier ways to get that, right? I think we were both called to serve.
Robert: Thank you. … Well, listen, it could all be over in 24 hours.

Sarah: Can I ask you something? Do you have women in every city, or just California?
Graham: Well, not every city, no.

Graham: Well, you won’t be on the market long, a woman like you, I give you a year, tops.
Sarah: Maybe I like being on the market.

Graham: Just seeing you do the Walk of Shame. You. I’ve been seeing a whole new side to you lately.
Sarah: No, no, there’s no shame. I am going to strut out of here, and I’m going to get in my car, and I’m going to drive home with pride.

For more recaps and memorable lines, visit the pages for Season 1 and Season 2.

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