Brothers & Sisters

Today we continue our look for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters first season with a look at the fourth part of Episode 4. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 4.

25:40
Kevin and Saul bond over being owned by Nora. See, right here we should have suspected Saul was gay.

26:10
Considering how whipped Saul and Kevin are by Nora, they probably oughtn’t to be so concerned about things “destroying” that delicate flower. How many things did this family hesitate to talk about because it would destroy Nora? Holly, the business, Rebecca — anything else? Mom really doesn’t destroy that easily, folks.

26:36
Really, the reason Saul “can’t let that happen” — that being telling Nora about William’s embezzlement — is that he swore to his sister that there were No More Secrets. Saul is still in oily lying mode here.

26:43
Wait, who are these arguing people? Oh, okay, there’s Justin behind them, carrying their bags and being Troubled. Fake out!

27:06
If one rude remark from a jerk sends Justin scrambling for the pills, he truly is not cut out to be a bellboy. Or, you know, really anything where you have to be in contact with the general public.

27:20
Joe and Sarah are talking about how they’re not talking. I’ve had that conversation, actually.

28:22
Coop asks what’s for dinner, and Sarah says “your grandmother’s crazy spaghetti.” I would like a recipe for that, please. (Assuming it’s Nora’s, and not Joe’s mother’s, in which case Cooper’s “Blech” is probably right.)

28:28
Paige is asleep! For almost three hours! And that should be about our last anvil, as Sarah rushes upstairs all concerned.

28:46
Nora is trying to convince Kevin that he had a choice about going to the golf tournament, and he is responsible if he didn’t want to go. Yeah, right.

29:20
No way has Kevin really had free choice in this matter, but … he does sound awfully whiny. I mean, saying he should have been out on a date with Scotty instead of “out on the town with my friggin’ Mom” sounds more like a Justin line of dialog.

29:24
Blaming Nora for being manipulative is like blaming the sky for being blue.

29:32
Oops. Kevin outed Uncle Saul for being whiny about Nora, too.

30:03
Line of the night, from Nora: “Kitty, am I insensitive?” Um, what was that thing you hung in the hall again?

30:22
Nora is in full tantrum mode. Paige and Cooper should come take lessons.

30:38
Kitty says it wasn’t her decision to move to New York, that Nora drove her away. That would have been before the Justin-enlisting argument. Again, I wonder how this matches up with their conversation at the end of “Separation Anxiety,” where Nora regrets not telling Kitty that she needed her. That sounded more like not providing something that would make her stay, as opposed to actively driving her away. Hmm.

30:43
Saved by the bell! Just when they needed it, one of those crises that Brings the Family Together. Paige is not waking up!

31:21
And Justin is not standing up. Sober up, Buddy. Your boss has a crush on you, and there’s a Family Crisis to attend to.

32:01
Tyler knows who Justin used to be in high school — the boy with the sweetest smile. Yeah, he was loaded then, too.

Continue on with the conclusion, Part 5.

_{Photo: ABC.com}

Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Family Portrait