Retcon Patrol: 1-06 “For the Children” Part 3
Today we continue our search for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters first season with a look at the third part of Episode 6. Read Part 1 and Part 2 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 3.
17:39
True to family form, Justin asks for a date by describing the event in derogatory terms. But Tyler, who must have crazy low self-esteem under that confident exterior or she wouldn’t be going out with this guy, says yes.
18:02
Well, maybe she agrees because he says “they’ve got great food and it’s kind of weird and cool,” and “it’ll be rocking.” Silver-tongued devil.
18:45
Kitty asks her mom if anybody ever tells her to “bugger off,” and then says sarcastically that her mother is “so chill.” Someone in the writing staff got a slang dictionary for their birthday.
18:50
Lest we wonder where the Walker kids got their inability to keep a secret, Nora immediately spills to Kitty what Joe let slip about Ojai’s problems.
19:20
It’s nice that Nora doesn’t want to get Joe into trouble. Doesn’t seem to mind getting Kitty into trouble, though.
20:04
While discussing potential baby names, Julia opines that she wants to find something unique. Like, oh, I don’t know … Elizabeth!
20:19
Here’s why Justin was in such a good mood in that scene with Tyler: Tommy borrowed his Troubled Look to get through this “I’m infertile but haven’t told the wife” spell. Julia’s trying it out too.
20:45
Kitty has really awful taste in formalwear, doesn’t she? Between this bow-bedecked silly thing and that unflattering green dress she wore in “Double Negative,” I think she really could use a fashion consultant.
20:57
For someone who’s going to have a career of sorts in politics, Kitty sure doesn’t know how to be politic. “Hey, Sarah, hi, nice party, by the way, Mom says Joe told her the company’s in big trouble, and what’s up with that?” For goodness sake, let the woman get a drink or ten first.
21:49
Kitty immediately gets her comeuppance for her clumsy handling of the Ojai inquiry when she discovers that her mother has invited Warren to be the emcee, and he has invited Amber to be his date. The big event just gets more and more excruciating, doesn’t it?
23:08
And Nora, in turn, gets her comeuppance for telling Kitty “you can’t be mad at people for who they bring to this, it’s such a good cause” when Saul arrives with Holly on his arm. Holly says Nora and Kitty look stunning, but really, stunned is more like it.
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Brothers and Sisters, ABC, For the Children
July 8th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Lest we wonder where the Walker kids got their inability to keep a secret, …
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Well, they didn’t inherit that from William.