Brothers & Sisters

Today we continue our look for inconsistent or comment-worthy moments in the Brothers & Sisters second season with a look at the third part of Episode 5. Read Part 1 and 2 and then hop right in here.

17:09
This is the way I like Justin, sort of light gossipy comic relief, lying on the couch snacking and sharing secrets. Whatever level of meds he’s on right now is where he should stay.

17:16
We cut from Justin siting sideways on an off-white couch at his mother’s house to Paige sitting sideways on an off-white couch at hers. Deliberate? Or are they recycling furniture from set to set?

18:46
Tommy … really? You’re finally talking to your wife, who you complain has been dodging your calls, and you’re going to hang up on her to find out who’s on the other line? Bad form, dude.

18:58
Especially since it turns out to be your little office manager girlfriend.

20:10
And, Tommy and Lena start kissing in the car right out in public, oh joy. Oh stupidity. Oh highly annoying plot thread.

20:41
Robert worries that there’s something holding the voters back from committing to him. Maybe they’re seeing another candidate at the park, and he’s bringing them frozen yogurt.

21:35
How to passively aggressively determine if your girlfriend is pregnant and hasn’t told you: Bring home sushi and champagne. (”Think of it as ginger ale, only more fun.”)

22:48
And Kitty’s resentment of Robert’s political career starts … right … now, when she complains that she can’t be giddy about her pregnancy and rush out to buy booties because she has to worry about his campaign. Essentially, this is the point at which she starts unilaterally changing the ground rules of their relationship, and though Robert comes off looking like an ambitious jerk, I can see where he’d feel betrayed.

24:14
That was a pretty Season 3 sort of argument there, hurtful and with neither of them entirely in the right. The sort of thing that makes me want to hide under the couch.

Continue on to Part 4.

Season 1 Retcon Patrol

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Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Domestic Issues