Brothers & Sisters

Sex on the brain. That’s what’s troubling the Walkers this week. They’re either getting too much of it, or getting it from an inappropriate source, or trying to make sure everybody knows they’re not getting it, or worried that their spouse is getting it from somebody else. Hot-and-bothered are they, and quick to gab to each other about it, too.

Tommy’s the one asking for a little rest, since Julia’s back and hormonal and hot for hubby. She’s attacking him in the shower, she’s waking him up early and disturbing his night’s sleep, and the poor boy just can’t keep up, so to speak. Of course, he tells his siblings all about it, which I think is grounds for divorce in many states. But Julia, presumably wanting to stay on good terms with everybody so she can get a line and a walk-on once in a while, brings muffins over to Nora’s house for the family to munch on and soothes poor tired Tommy with Die Hard DVDs and good beer. His wife — he thinks he’ll keep her!

Kevin’s the one looking for love in all the wrong places. Or one wrong place, specifically: the inscrutable golden-boy soap-star stud at his gym, who professes to have a girlfriend but nonetheless ogles Kevin, gets him fancy sneakers, invites him on a hike, takes him to a Laker’s game, and drives him up to Lover’s Lane. And it’s not that Kevin doesn’t know what a bad idea it is to get involved with this guy, but dang, we’re talking Greek God here. So he gets hot and heavy with Mr. “Just Because I’m Not Gay Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Have Sex With Men,” and not unexpectedly gets the cold shoulder when the alleged girlfriend gets back in town.

Kitty’s the one trying to assure her co-staffers that she’s just getting to work, not getting it on. No one believes that she and the senator aren’t a couple, so she contrives to grow a Chia-Boyfriend of some sort by hiring an executive matchmaker to set her up with somebody appropriately stunning who she can snap for a desktop photo. In some sort of crazy two-fer, the matchmaker also sets Nora up with someone “her own age,” and gifts both ladies with silicone “enhancements” for the occasion. But the falsie-fied backside is all for naught in Kitty’s case, because her date turns out to be … the very senator she’s been claiming to not like that way. They have a lovely dinner anyway, and agree to forget this whole silly date ever happened, until the paparazzi greet them at the restaurant’s front door, flashbulbs bursting. Well, hey, Kitty did want a picture. (The matchmaker went 0 for 2 since Nora’s date turned out to be gay, but while she lost a boyfriend, she gained a shopping buddy.)

Sarah’s the one who’s worried about her spouse, who seems awfully friendly with that neighborhood mom. Oh, sure, they were just having a little guitar lesson. Mm-hmm. Is that what the kids are calling it these days? She tries a little date-night action with Joe, but it ends with an endless line at the concert and illness at home, ’cause as we’ve seen so many times before, the girl can’t get a break. Nonetheless, Joe assures her that, although he is bored out of his mind being home with children all day, and although guitar mom is very nice, he hasn’t strayed. And maybe there’s hope that they can reconnect. For starters, Sarah should probably start learning the guitar.

Not getting anything at all this week are Justin, Saul and Holly, who are mentioned as being in rehab and/or at the office, but get no screen time, not even a phone call. I hope they’re having a fine time in the limbo room where Julia spends most of her time. No doubt she’ll be heading back there now to claim her spot on the sofa.

Original air date: 1/14/07

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