Brothers & Sisters

Today continues our summer-long journey through the first season of Brothers & Sisters, from our perspective here at the end of Season Two. As with our re-view of Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, I’ll be looking for contradictions between where the Walkers were then and where they’re at now, and also commenting on how the episodes look in retrospect. I’ll time my observations to the playback of the DVD, for those who want to view along. Share your own reflections in the comments.

And now, Part 1 of Episode 19, “Game Night.”

1:00
Hard to care about all this campaign planning and vetting now, isn’t it? All that work for nothing.

1:22
Hey, hi, Jason! Hard to care about you, too, now that we know all our romantic hopes for you and Kevin will come to naught. (Alright, not everybody’s hopes, I know. Mine, though.)

2:01
Jason also calls Robert Bobby. It was the hometown nickname, apparently.

2:40
Kitty is once again wearing a shirt I would deem inappropriate for work, tight and tiny with a little, what is that, button thing keeping it covering her up at all. That girl is begging for a wardrobe malfunction.

3:52
Kitty and Robert are having a confidential discussion about a potentially explosive campaign issue in front of an open door. Even though it’s just staff outside, you know … close it. Close it right now. And Kitty, put on a sweater.

4:18
Nora asks, “Who reserves meat?” And I’d add to that, “Who still goes to butcher shops?” Surely there’s a supermarket in Pasadena that could provide her with something more palatable to the grandkids than duck.

4:54
If it’s “been so long” since the Joneses have seen Nora, shouldn’t they say something like, “So sorry to hear about your husband?”

5:42
Trivia note: Paige’s middle name is Victoria.

6:12
Wow, a legendary Walker story that Julia doesn’t know.

7:30
Well, wait, she has heard about Kitty throwing the trophy at Tommy’s head. Why didn’t he get anything thrown at his head over the whole Lena affair? Maybe some blunt trauma would have knocked some sense into him.

8:16
Kitty programs “Jason M” into Kevin’s cellphone, to keep company with the four other Jasons. I barely know how to program my own cellphone, much less somebody else’s.

8:31
Saul makes a holiday toast. You know, I thought Sarah was the speechifier in this group. I was going to keep count of her speeches, but there have been none. This is at least #2 for Uncle Saul, though.

8:38
Justin thinks they should have invited Rebecca to Easter dinner. I think she’s lucky to have ducked the duck.

8:58
Nora says “Far be it from me to butt in.” Oh, goodness. When has that ever stopped her?

9:14
Hard to care about all this “Should we make Rebecca part of the family?” turmoil now that she is, and is not.

Continue on to Part 2.

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