Retcon Patrol: 1-05 “Date Night” Part 5
Today we conclude 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 5. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 5.
32:10
Jonathan expected “that passive-aggressive crap” from Nora, but not from Kitty. If arranging a double-date with “that jerk you slept with” was passive-aggressive on Kitty’s part, though, it was aimed at Warren, not Jonathan. But yeah, it’s totally genetic.
32:16
Jonathan says he’s done everything he can possibly do to make this relationship work. Except, like, call and say he’s coming before he just drops in out of nowhere. Speaking of passive aggressive, buddy, springing surprise arrivals isn’t the most straightforward way of operating, either.
32:25
Jonathan’s list of the things they could “get past” includes Kitty’s job, living in two separate cities, Warren, and her family. But not her grief over the death of her beloved father, from which she has every right to reel a little bit. Don’t they tell you not to make big decisions for a certain amount of time after a significant loss?
33:19
Kevin isn’t comfortable with public displays of affection. I suppose the Walkers are all fairly reserved in that area. Public drunkenness, though, and public scenes of yelling and recrimination are absolutely A-OK.
33:30
The old judgmental Scotty is in full swing, psychoanalyzing Kevin as being tragically tangled up in his own homophobia, and not comfortable in his own skin. Really kind of insufferable, wasn’t he?
34:42
“The whole evening is a haze of alcohol and mortification,” says Nora. Another nominee for Walker family motto.
35:28
Nora thinks Kitty loves Jonathan the most when he’s about to leave. Maybe that’s why he keeps dropping in and out like that.
36:22
Should Sarah and Tommy really be taking advice from the guy whose heart is being broken by their sister? What’s to stop him from giving bad advice to get revenge?
37:57
I will say, the adorableness of this apology scene pretty much makes up for Scotty’s inappropriate judgmentalness earlier, both after the restaurant and in all previous episodes. It’s pretty cute.
39:26
Any particular reason Jonathan doesn’t want to tell Kitty he’s helping Ojai? Afraid she would stay with him out of gratitude? Or uncover his evil plan to destroy the company as revenge? Guess we’re just supposed to think of it as a noble gesture.
40:06
The Be Good Tanyas’ “1,000 Tiny Pieces” underscores the final Kitty-Jonathan kiss-off scene.
40:18
Kitty wants to learn how to be on her own, but … didn’t she go right to trying to work it out with Warren, and then directly to Robert? I guess there was a “man fast” in there somewhere, but it didn’t last very long. Quick learner, that girl.
41:16
It’s night, Nora’s reading in bed, Kitty comes in spooked by the wind again and tells Nora that Jonathan’s gone. But … didn’t she and Jonathan have that conversation in the morning? Have Kitty and Nora just not seen each other all day? Did Jonathan hang around the house until leaving for a red-eye flight? Another of those ignoring time issues so that you can set a scene where and when you want it things, apparently.
And that’s five days of catch-up on Episode 5. Retcon Patrol will continue tomorrow with Episode 6.
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Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Date Night
July 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
For me, the Kevin/Scotty apology/kiss scene was the moment that I thought that B&S could be different than other American network tv shows. It was sincere, tender, and damn hot!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:12 am
The old judgmental Scotty is in full swing, psychoanalyzing Kevin as being tragically tangled up in his own homophobia, and not comfortable in his own skin. Really kind of insufferable, wasn’t he?
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At the time, yes, but he was right about a lot of things he said. It’s just that he was so ‘intimidating’ about it. (still think that that desciption Kevin gave, is the best)
that he annoyed me.
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I will say, the adorableness of this apology scene pretty much makes up for Scotty’s inappropriate judgmentalness earlier, both after the restaurant and in all previous episodes. It’s pretty cute.
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I’ve said it before, I fell in love with Scotty right there and then. I found it so brave of him to stand there and show his vulnerable side and apologise. This is something so few people dare to do. ‘Sorry’ seems to be still one of the hardest words to say.
I agree with Lorraine: The fact that they dared to show the tenderness before (We’re doing this not look away thing again, you like so much. Awww, I melted.) and the kiss itself. I was stunned!! In a good way!
Gotta give credit to the music though. Beautifull chosen. AND ah mrs berryman…
And the way Kevin slams the door in front of Scotty’s face… only to open it up again and pull him into his appartment. It never fails to make me laugh.
July 8th, 2008 at 7:47 am
I don’t remember being as put off by Scotty in the beginning as other people have expressed. Maybe he could be a bit “intimidating” but he always seemed to be more than that. I guess that I like his sense of humor. He’s a great character. A terrific combo of good writing and acting. I couldn’t be happier that they brought him back.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:50 am
I was not so much put off… I found it irritating that he is in the office of a lawyer, he doesn’t know, and based on the fact that he just found out the lawyer is gay, he judges Kevin as ‘trying to pass’.
Kevin is at work and looking professional is important, Scotty had no right to judge him based on that. What if Kevin had accused him of ‘trying to pass’ based on Scotty’s looks as a waiter in ‘For the children’?
On the other hand, when Kevin tells him he’s “not having a great day…”, the look on Scotty’s face has a certain compassion I found contradictory to the behavior he had a few seconds earlier, and he immediately made me think differrently about him.
Within a few lines he showed a certain complexity, that made me notice him. And yes, I’m glad he came back.