Retcon Patrol: 1-01 “Patriarchy” Part 3
Today we continue our look for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters first season with a look at the third part of Episode 1. Read Part 1 and Part 2 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 3.
21:56
Speaking of wasted plotlines — what a false start this whole talk-show set-up turned out to be. Long forgotten now, isn’t it. I wonder if the creators always meant for this to be a temporary thing, and if not, what the reasons were for ditching it. I’m not sorry it’s gone, mind you, but it seems like a lot of trouble for not much.
24:13
Don’t you love the way, on TV, the most top-secret account information is just a click or so in from the desktop? I have more trouble than that finding the document I just worked on.
24:37
Sarah, of the locked accounts: “It’s not cool, Tom.” Is that the only time ever he was called “Tom” not “Tommy”?
25:22
Well, okay, Saul just called him “Thomas.” Which is weirder.
25:25
Boy, is Saul a defensive old SOB when he’s challenged. He’s obviously a lot darker and more suspicious back here than he is by the end of Season Two, but this speech isn’t that different from the one he gave Sarah about the China deal. Sarah had a little more spirit early on, though — her put-down of him is just great.
26:23
Kitty didn’t expect the TV people to be smart. Was it the “Kitty Walker Is Red Hot” poster that convinced her they were all about the issues?
26:58
Who puts an engagement ring in a martini? Really? Aren’t there about a billion ways that can go seriously wrong? And is she going to want to put some booze-soaked thing on her finger?
27:15
Alright, so it’s bad of Jonathan to want Kitty to abandon her career prospects to start a family with him … but a year-and-a-half down the road, isn’t that pretty much exactly what Kitty asked Robert to do? She doesn’t seem to be career-pursuing very much herself, either, with all that conception-attempting. Jonathan appears to have been a victim of bad timing more than anything.
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Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Patriarchy
May 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Interesting point about Kitty’s change-of-heart regarding career vs. baby. I’m sure it was caused by the writers but within the “Walker World” we can attribute it to several things such as being in CA with her family made her want her own family and/or Jonathan was never the right guy.