Retcon Patrol: 1-06 “For the Children” Part 4
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 6. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 if you need to catch up, then dive right in here with Part 4.
23:54
I know I asked this when I wrote about the episode the first time around, but: If Tyler’s a smart girl, and a hotel manager, and this event is as high-profile in the community as it seems, would she not have known it was a black-and-white ball? And even if she didn’t, would black not be the safest thing to wear to an event the formality of which you are unsure? I think her whole involvement with Justin is some sort of cry for help.
26:01
Julia is hoping to be pregnant by Christmas, and she gets her wish — they’ll announce the impending blessed event on Thanksgiving.
27:33
Amber admits people underestimate her a lot, and says it “goes with the hair.” And also, I’d say, the baby-doll voice. And the giggle. And expressions like, “Goodie!”
27:57
I know Nora can be plenty tough, but it’s more along the lines of emotional manipulation than direct threats of violence. So I don’t at all believe that she would tell Harry that if he made a fool of her she would cut his nuts off. Especially since he did. And she didn’t. As far as we got to see, anyway.
29:17
Nickname alert: Tommy calls Julia “Jules.” Have we heard that before? Or since?
29:43
Do they really just allow random people into coat closets at big affairs like this? From what I’ve seen, those racks are usually blocked off by employees waiting for tips.
30:23
How cute is tipsy Kevin, dancing with women so he can ask them if he made a mistake with Scotty. Matthew Rhys does high-functioning drunk really well. Sort of a sleepy thing with the eyes and just a bit of slurriness.
31:16
Hate this whole scene with Margaret and Harry and Nora. It seems so over-the-top and really not necessary with all the better stuff going on. I suppose its purpose is to drive Margaret to the coatroom so she can find Tommy and Julia going at it on her mink, but … it’s like they set up a whole “best friend” just for a joke and then completely ditched the whole thing.
32:06
Matthew Rhys also does pathetic romantic begging well. While I wasn’t in the Scotty fan club early on like a lot of folks here, I think this scene with Kevin flipping from lovelorn to lawyerly is one of my favorites from the first season. Just paints his character so perfectly. “Can you please forgive me so I can stop getting drunk?”
Continue on to the conclusion, Part 5.
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July 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
ooh yes, Matthew plays drunk Kevin so damn well and drunk Kevin is so damn adorable *sigh*
That is one of my favourite scenes too - him begging Scotty to forgive him, with those puppy-dog eyes and forlorn smile - who could resist? And the I-forgive-you kiss was so hot too. Then him switching from helpless lovesick boy to confident skillful lawyer with a crick of his neck and voila! A perfect reflection of Kevin’s multidimensional endearing character.
Think I might go watch that scene again
July 9th, 2008 at 4:43 am
It’s not just “A perfect reflection of Kevin’s multidimensional endearing character”, but also a good look at the multi-dimensional acting skills of Matthew Rhys, because he makes the scenes believable.
I guess it would be easy to play this scene wrong, to be too drunk, too pathetic, too begging or too forceful in his approach of the manager. But it was well tuned.
And I also have to give credit to Luke for playing it so well with Matthew. Scotty’s annoyance and concern was well voiced and his forgiving Kevin with that sweet smile was just right too. Knowing how well Luke can give Scotty the ‘condescending look’ on his face, this scene could have easily been ruined by Scotty’s behaviour and it wasn’t.
As hilarious as the scene was of Nora and Margaret finding Julia and Tommy on the mink, I just felt it didn’t belong in the setting of the story.
I am not sure if I should say this, but I actually like Amber. At first I thought she was the prototype of the ‘dumb blonde’, but as I watched her a few times. I think that maybe she was smart enough to know what she was doing.
She is aware that it is a male-dominated field that she is in and she plays the game well. He language is still a ‘left-over’ from her youth, but I think that given time she COULD be as professional as Kitty or maybe even better. She is certainly ambitous enough.
Of course she could also marry the first rich guy that comes along.(sigh)