Brothers & Sisters

Today we continue our search for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters first season with a look at the fifth and final part of Episode 4. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 5.

32:31
Sarah’s beating herself up for not noticing Paige’s diabetes. Hey, what about Joe, super-involved and superior father Joe? I don’t remember him saying anything about it.

33:35
Aww, Joe and Sarah still love each other, at least in the context of worry over a sick child. Hey, that talking stuff’s overrated anyway.

34:13
Tommy clearly did not get the memo that crisis Brings the Family Together. Justin is supposed to have a “Get Out of Being Hassled About Being High Free” card here. C’mon, man!

34:20
The doctor who complimented Sarah for having a tribe full of Walkers in the waiting room is now probably calling hospital security.

35:32
Childhood health trivia: Tommy had a broken arm and a broken ankle; Kitty had asthma; Kevin and Sarah had a “super glue mess,” the details of which are probably better left unspoken.

36:39
Kitty lets Nora off the hook for the “driving away” thing by saying they both did it and it was supposed to happen. Nora in turn says she needs Kitty — which, okay, does match up with the “Separation Anxiety” conversation — and is sorry about the picture. This, I think, marks the official end of the Kitty-Mommy Cold War.

37:29
The Walkers reconvene at home to the tune of Neil Halstead’s “Hi-Lo & In Between.”

37:54
Saul makes a high-falutin’ speech about wine, to which Tommy responds, “I never understand you, Saul, but I like your wine.” Perhaps Saul’s the one who should have spun off the wine business.

38:08
Aw, Kitty booted the big interview because of Paige’s health crisis. Warren seems to be able to do it without two all-nighters’ worth of preparation. His hair looks a little messy, though.

39:09
Kitty tells Sarah she’d trade lives with her in a second. At which Sarah should have said, “You’re on, sister!” and hopped a plane to go have a wild weekend with Jonathan. But no.

40:08
Saul characterizes his feelings for Holly as being not on a grand scale, just human sympathy and the beginnings of a friendship. Nora gives her blessing for something more, although from what I recall from “Date Night,” that doesn’t include dating-type feelings.

40:27
k.d. lang’s singing “Helpless” as Saul tells Nora he doesn’t need her blessing. But Saul, your dating her husband’s mistress could destroy her!

41:01
Tommy doesn’t want to talk to Justin — he’s done. Except, as we know, not so much.

41:55
“Helpless, helpless, helpless” is playing full blast now, with no interfering dialog, as the family gathers for a new photo, with Paige running across the lawn like she’s in a commercial for insulin or something.

42:14
Should we consider Saul’s pink sweater to be foreshadowing of some sort?

42:40
And there we have it — a new, complete, up-to-date photo of a good-looking family. But of course, pretty soon they’re going to have to take another portrait, with Rebecca in it. Then another, with Lizzie included. Then another, without Joe and Gabe. Another, with Robert. And another, with Scotty but without Rebecca. Unless she and Justin get married, and then she’s back in. Really, Nora ought to just put a photographer on retainer and get one of these done every month. The Walkers take some keeping-up with.

And that’s five days of catch-up on Episode 4. Retcon Patrol will continue tomorrow with Episode 5.

_{Photo: ABC.com}

Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Family Portrait