Brothers & Sisters

As a follow-up to yesterday’s recap, here are some memorable lines from the “History Repeating” episode.

Justin: Don’t give me that “gentle Kevin” look, you know that creeps me out.

Kevin: It’s a well known fact, meditation can minimize pain.
Justin: The only thing you’re minimizing right now is my testosterone level.

Kitty: How do you manage to smell so good, even in the basement of a chemical plant? Is there some sort of presidential after-shave you’re wearing, you smell like a power devil.
Robert: Power devil? Is that like a Tasmanian devil? Because I think I shot one of those once.

Robert: People are sick of that stuff. They want to talk about health care, jobs, the war, why it’s 72 degrees in Iowa in the middle of October.

Robert: So you think that I should crawl into the gutter with her?
Kitty: No, no, I don’t think you’re going to have to crawl. I think she’ll drag you there.

Tommy: So your parents just showed up?
Julia: We don’t always know when your family is stopping by.
Tommy: Yeah, but at the end of the night, my family goes home.

Justin: Alright, tell me: What’s the fastest way out of this conversation.
Nora: By having it.

Nora: I’m old enough to know that, when life does something this horrible to you, there are no rules as to how to get over it. You just have to do whatever you can, anything you can, to make it better.
Justin: Ma, I can’t, okay? “Anything” is not an option for me.

Robert: I’ve got a plane to catch.
Kitty: Honey, it’s your plane. They’re not going to be leaving without you.

Robert: I am not going to beg my ex-wife not to discuss an affair that I never had.

Robert: Do you have any idea how much the electorate loathes politicians right now? It has been crooks, lawyers and hypocrites since … the Salem witch trials! I’m not getting down in the muck while insisting that faith and honor be restored to American politics!

Robert: Is this the opinion of a politico, or a girl who’s pissed ’cause her guy’s getting slandered?

Scotty: I’ve been trying to be a grown-up.
Kevin: Yeah, it’s hard work, isn’t it.

Nora: When you’re off the crutches you can do the dishes. Not that you’ve ever done them before.

Rebecca: Nora, have you tried telling him all this? (Thinks) Of course you have. You’re you.

Officer: I stopped Mr. Wandell, who was in a rusted orange 1972 Ranchero missing a tail light.
Kevin: And you stopped him for the tail light?
Officer: And felt that, because of his demeanor and his breath, alcohol had been imbibed recently.
Kevin: What was his demeanor?
Officer: A lot of catty backtalk.

Officer: He also called me “Little Miss Officer,” your honor!

Robert: Can we go inside, because I think Mrs. Anderson is probably shooting photos for the Enquirer as we speak.

Robert: You gave up honesty the day you accused me of screwing the nanny.
Courtney: Well, I don’t know what happened. You refuse to talk about it. You refuse to talk about anything, except your career, when you were even here, which was rarely.
Robert: So you’re going to go on television and play the victim and search for a book deal. It is so cynical. I am asking you …
Courtney: What if you don’t win the nomination? You taught me that timing is everything, and it’s a good story.

Saul: Why couldn’t we go to a nice museum?
Tommy: I know, you hate golf.
Saul: I don’t hate golf. I loathe it, I despise it. I would rather spend all eternity at a dinner party seated next to Britney Spears than waste an afternoon lugging clubs around with a bunch of overfed, overprivileged Arnold Palmer wannabes, but for you, I’ll swallow it.

Tommy: If you weren’t here as a buffer, I would wrap my nine iron around his neck.
Saul: Do it now, and I’ll spot you three strokes.
Ben (hitting ball): Yes! That’s what I’m talking about. You boys are going down.
Saul: Yeah. Make it four.
Ben: Buck up, son! We’ll find something you’re good at.

Nora: I’m not mad at you. I’m mad at everyone else. I’m still mad at Justin for signing up. I’m mad at his dead father for letting him go even when I begged him not to. Even last year, even with William’s death, amidst it all there was always this sense of reason to it. But not with this. This time, there’s only pain. That’s why I want him to take his medication. The only good that will come out of any of this is when it finally stops.

Robert: How bad was it? I had frostbite. I could have used a parka.

Tommy: What are you talking about?
Julia: William’s death. You pressured me to go to the vineyard that day. And at the hospital, I’d just had the babies, I needed some time, and you kept pressing me for a decision, and I didn’t know what to do, so you decided …
Tommy: That is not true, Julia. We decided together.
Julia: I know, I know, I know it’s crazy, I do, okay, but I can’t help it. I blame you, Tommy. I want to get past this. I think if I go away, I can put it in perspective.
Tommy: You think.
Julia: I need this, otherwise we’re not going to make it.

Justin: I want you to fill the prescription.
Nora: Okay. I already called it in. I just have to pick it up.
Justin: Of course you did. What a surprise.

Courtney: You think you’re his partner. Nobody’s his partner. He does it all alone.

Rebecca: Nora, I have a lot of friends who are addicts. And when they head back down this road … Starting now, everything changes. You have to lock things up, count his pills. He might not be Justin for a while.

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

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