Brothers & Sisters

As a follow-up to the recap, here are some memorable lines from the episode “Patriarchy.” Did I miss your favorites? Add them in the comments.

Kevin: Is there any chance you may have garlic, pasta, frozen peas and chicken broth?
Kitty: No peas, but you know what, I do have a little sage left over from the dead chickens.
Kevin: Okay, good, you can have a delicious meal ready in 10 minutes that anyone in Milan would die for … and that was too gay a sentence even for me.

Kitty: I have a right of safe return, Kevin, to L.A., it’s written in the Constitution.

Justin: You didn’t bring Jonathan?
Kitty: No, I didn’t want Dad to challenge him to a boxing match or a horse race or something.
Justin: I’d love to have seen that.

Justin: So you’re really going to be saying pompously relevant stuff on TV?
Kitty: Well, they need someone young … ish from the right.

Nora: You look wonderful. Just wonderful. … You could use some sun. Maybe some raisins or something.

Justin: If you ever get arrested again, Sweetie, Kevin’s your guy.
Fawn: They dropped the charges.

Kitty: What’s up with this counseling?
Sarah: Two little kids, we have Gabe three nights a week, too much management, so little touching. So little touching.

Sarah: Being a working mom is like being a currency that never has enough value.
Kitty: Oh my God, I’m going to steal that line.
Sarah: Plus, it’s not easy having these two parents who have this absurd, iconic romance.
Kitty: I know. They’re so Ron and Nancy.
Sarah: Who made you this way?

Sarah: It’s such a relief when they’re finally asleep.
Tommy: The kids?
Sarah: No, the folks.

Justin: Hey, does anybody want to go out? There is this great bar in Chinatown we could tear up.
Tommy: Do they allow people with jobs to go there?
Kevin: Or is it just for unemployed hipsters who know every episode of Scooby.

Joe: You all do the Walker Watch on him, anybody’d get spooked by that.

Kevin: If you lived here, you’d have more control over what’s said about you.
Kitty: You think I care? … What do you say about me?
Kevin: You’re fat.

Kevin: No, we like him.
Kitty: Oh. But.
Kevin: But it’s you with him I’m not over the moon about. You seem slightly, I don’t know, smaller to accommodate what you see as his very large presence.
Sarah: He’s a little self-involved.

Kitty: You know what, Kevin, you’re going to have to get over thinking that my politics are just poses geared to annoy you.

Kitty: Forget about Jonathan and the fact that you think I’m some horrifying little zombie with him. I’m sick of the cracks about my political beliefs. I am conservative. Tough on crime, big on defense, America first, old-fashioned and in your face.
Tommy: I’m with you there, kid.
Kitty: And if you think this is funny, great. I’m glad to be of comic service. But you just keep on laughing and watch the rest of the country pass you by. (Stalks out)
Sarah: You set her off, Kevin.
Kitty: (from offstage) You set me off, Kevin!

Sarah: This is not cool, Tom. This is a family business. There shouldn’t be any secrets here.

Sarah: Saul, this company has a serious cash flow problem, and we need to know why. And let me be very clear about this: I won’t be scolded, and I won’t be handled or spoken to like a child. So the next time you have an impulse to talk to me like that, please, take a beat and reconsider.

Jonathan: Of course they’re going to want you. Of course they’re going to make it appealing. But I think maybe there’s a better job. Stay in New York. Start a family with me.

Kitty: The thing is, I’m really thinking about this job. What if it is worth it? What if I can really make a difference?
Jonathan: By being an 11:30 smart-ass on TV?

Kitty: No, Mom. This is not just about my politics. Tommy and Dad think the same things I do, and you’ve managed to reconcile 40 years of loving somebody who fundamentally disagrees with you. But you can’t love me. And I don’t know what it’s about. But it’s not about the war.

Justin: Can I ask you a question?
Tommy: The answer is no, you can’t borrow my surfboard. No, I don’t have any money to lend you. And yes, girls still think you’re cute.

Kevin: So did Kitty and Mom …
Sarah: Fight. Yes. Drama.

William: And I must announce with some trepidation that you’re no longer grounded.
Justin: When she was 14, she was grounded indefinitely.
Jonathan: What for?
Kitty: Oh, it had something to do with cigarettes and surfboards.
Tommy: And shoplifting, and a boy named Pablo.
All: Pablo!
Kevin: I forgot about Pablo!
Cooper: Who’s Pablo?
William: A name I never want to hear again.

Nora: To Kitty, who I will probably always violently disagree with, but who I’ve never stopped loving.

Nora: We fight. We fight. It’s not the end of the world. Just come home.

Sarah: Dad, what have you done.

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