Brothers & Sisters

Today we continue our look for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters first season with a look at the second part of Episode 8. Read yesterday’s post for the first nine minutes or so, then hop right in here.

8:47
Justin’s at work, and happens to walk into an empty hotel room where war news is playing. Let this be a lesson to you, people: When you leave your room, turn the TV off, lest you send some poor young vet over the edge.

8:52
The closed-captioning is such a slacker. The maid’s prattling on and on about something, and all the caption says is “[speaking Spanish].” Maybe she’s giving Justin instructions on how to go escape to her family in Mexico, and we’ll never know.

9:08
Ack! Blinding white flashback light!

9:26
Ack! Blinding bad Nora flashback hair!

9:29
Justin’s giving his dad advice about what chicks dig. Seems like ol’ William didn’t have too much trouble in that regard.

9:51
William says Justin reminds him of him when he was younger. But I don’t think you build a big business by blowing off work to surf.

9:55
What a little puppy-dog boy they’ve made Justin here, to differentiate him from Mr. Troubled in the Present Day. In such an over-achieving family, why wasn’t he being made to work or go to school or do something besides surf? Why, come to think of it, is he still doing pretty much the same thing, seven years and two war tours later?

10:08
Aw, you know, I’m not sure that even now I’m ready to have watching those towers burn and fall be something characters do on TV. It’s too fake for something too real.

10:57
And … Kevin puts his foot in his mouth again, and Scotty makes him pay for it. I just so disliked the dynamic between the two of them in this first-time-through. There are so many legitimate jerks in the world, and Kevin is so clearly trying to be what Scotty wants him to be, and Scotty is so quick to take offense. Bah! Good riddance to him, and bring on the kinder, gentler Scotty of Season 2. Seems like a different character there, but I like him better.

11:47
One of the things they tried for the password was Rebecca’s favorite color. Really? They thought that might be the password? The illegitimate daughter’s favorite color? That’s why this guy gets the big bucks, I guess. … Blood type? Really?

12:18
The password guy gives this snarky little smile when Sarah goes to take a phone call, like he’s digging all the family drama involved with Holly not “being happy” about providing all Rebecca’s details.

12:54
How many billable hours does Kevin spend handling legal problems for his siblings, or handing them off? Does his firm care?

13:02
Justin says, “So because I’m a bellboy, I have to go to Baghdad.” Bummer how that career path’s worked out for you, dude.

13:10
Kevin squashes Justin’s plan to flee to Mexico. Would have been a pretty sweet road trip, though, with Nora ditzily chatting up the border guards so they don’t notice Justin in the trunk.

To be continued.

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