Brothers & Sisters "Prior Commitments" S02E16 5/11/08

[Graymalkin]

This was a fun episode. And it didn't end with a cliffhanger -- yay!

Justin: "This is just the gayest week I've ever had!" (or something like that).

Rebecca <3s Justin, too! Awww... I wonder if the writers had to change their minds about this once they saw the chemistry between the two of them.

Now everybody knows Saul is gay. Will this subplot go anywhere, or will they drop it for half a season?

I'm still having a lot of trouble accepting Jayne Brook as Scotty's mother. She's only 47 years old IRL and she looks late 30s:

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/63/82/18451664.jpg

So William Walker not only was canoodling with Holly for 20-plus years because he thought Rebecca was his daughter, he had a secret son with another woman (a lobbyist with the food industry)? What a jerk.

[jehma]

This was a nice episode. I loved all the stuff about having to let go of what you expected to see what can be.

[johnspalm]

And it didn't end with a cliffhanger -- yay!

Well, yes and no. It definitely opened the door to some potential sub-plots.


Justin: "This is just the gayest week I've ever had!"


My wife and I ROFL at this line.

[Jesda]

Now I see why I like this show. The characters are people instead of live action cartoons.

This might the most respectfully portrayed homosexual relationship on television. The two men aren't stereotypes, nor do they outwardly defy them. Nicely and delicately done, especially because you can forget they're gay and just see them as a believable couple.

[Gunnyman]

The existence of this thread makes me happy. I thought I was the only straight man in America who likes and watches this show. :up:

[MusicMama]

I started out loving this show because the family was more dysfunctional than my own. ;) But got absolutely hooked into it when Rob Lowe came along. (mmm mmm)

The whole coming-out for Saul to the rest of the family was so like a lot of their family "situations" - you walk in a room where everyone else is there and laughing, and you think they're talking about you when they're not. (How different from his conversation with Kevin last week.) This season's road trip was also pretty good - not as funny as the one with Sarah and the guys - but for the thought behind it. Kevin has become much more caring than the arrogant so-and-so he was in the first season, with the inference being that his relationship with Scotty has made him a better human being. Similar thing with Kitty and Robert - they are both strong individuals who care for each other and the whole baby thing has changed them both for the better. Daughter has been cheering for Justin and Rebecca, so the end made her happy.

Do we really need yet another possible William Walker progeny? That's my only complaint.

[Cindy1230]

This might the most respectfully portrayed homosexual relationship on television. The two men aren't stereotypes, nor do they outwardly defy them. Nicely and delicately done, especially because you can forget they're gay and just see them as a believable couple.

I agree. The very stereotypical gay couple I just saw on HIMYM was awful. I found it offensive as a straight woman. I had thought writers were starting to stray from those sterotypes. I guess I need to go find that thread. :)

[jehma]

Now I see why I like this show. The characters are people instead of live action cartoons.

This might the most respectfully portrayed homosexual relationship on television. The two men aren't stereotypes, nor do they outwardly defy them. Nicely and delicately done, especially because you can forget they're gay and just see them as a believable couple.

+1

The whole wedding plot wasn't a gay wedding story, it was a wedding that happened to be between two men. It was beautiful and moving.

[BrandonRe]

The existence of this thread makes me happy. I thought I was the only straight man in America who likes and watches this show. :up:

At least one more of us here... :)

And I concur with Jesda. The reason I like this show so much is that the characters are real, multidimensional people. What I want to know, though, is why I can't vote for Robert McAllister this fall?

[brebeans]

Now I see why I like this show. The characters are people instead of live action cartoons.

This might the most respectfully portrayed homosexual relationship on television. The two men aren't stereotypes, nor do they outwardly defy them. Nicely and delicately done, especially because you can forget they're gay and just see them as a believable couple.

I agree. Great episode.

And, Kevin and Scotty are gay AND a real couple. You shouldn't forget that they are gay. It's well done because you see them as "not different than being straight" and that's because gay people are not different. This show does a great job of portraying these two gay men for who they really are; loving, caring, scared, troubled, fussy, fun, etc. people....just like all of us.

And, so does anyone think they know who how the whole "Ryan" thing might turn out?

[Graymalkin]

What I want to know, though, is why I can't vote for Robert McAllister this fall?

Because does anyone really want Kitty Walker as First Lady? :D

Now if it was Nora Walker, there'd be some kick-butt parties in the White House, for sure!

[dmlove51]

My husband (definitely a heterosexual male!) watches this show faithfully.

What I loved about the wedding storyline was Nora -- how she did the whole "wedding" thing despite Kevin's protests to the contrary, and how she interacted with Scotty in the kitchen. Loved it.

[MusicMama]

What I want to know, though, is why I can't vote for Robert McAllister this fall?

For the same reason that we couldn't vote for Jed Bartlet or even the guy that Alan Alda played. :rolleyes:

Unfortunately. Wish our current candidates could measure up.

[craftassistant]

Maybe Ryan will turn out to be Scotty :)

It will be interesting to see what happens with Justin and Rebecca

[dmlove51]

Maybe Ryan will turn out to be Scotty :)


:p

[Graymalkin]

Maybe Ryan will turn out to be Scotty :)

There's a movement (supported by Michael Ausiello of TV Guide) to cast THIS actor as Ryan:

http://www.ifilmalliance.com/newsevents/images/newsletter3_img_1.jpg

:D

(That's Gregory Smith, who starred in Greg Berlanti's Everwood. Emily Van Camp, who plays Rebecca, was his girlfriend in this series.)

Or we could go with another Berlanti alumnus, from Jack & Bobby:

http://i.teenblvd.com/media/photos/2004/49073.jpg

Matt Long, who played Jack McAllister, the older brother of Robert McAllister, who eventually became President. Gee, Robert McAllister. That name sounds familiar... ;)