Most of my favorite TV series will be back this week. Hooray! So for those who didn't spend the last week or so "reviewing" the last episodes as preparation for the season premieres hoopla, here's a quick primer. Since I already watched the new episode when I watched it, I've thrown in my thoughts on it, too. :D
Previously on Brothers & Sisters!
Oh, it never runs out of drama within the Walker family. Eldest sibling Sarah was kind of down on herself because the family business she was running went bankrupt. But then, along with dad’s-former-mistress-turned-business-partner Holly, they finally discovered that Narrow Lake – the only major asset they had left, is standing on top of a huge aquifer, thus paving the way for the family to shift from the wine business to water. Well, the Bible, Jesus turned water into wine. Okay, that is of no consequence here. Second eldest Kitty was running for Governor while senator-husband Robert was facing some tough high-security level type of political conspiracy/problem. Meanwhile, third eldest Tommy is still somewhere but home. Haha! That’s what happens to your character when the actor gets fired. Second youngest Kevin and husband Scotty were on their way to having a baby, thanks to their surrogate Michelle. Youngest Justin and wife Rebecca (daughter of Holly, so yes, his dad’s mistress is now his mother-in-law, haha) were having some minor marital problems because Justin wanted to do some volunteer work in Haiti for med school credits but Rebecca wanted to accept a new job. But both don’t want to be apart for a year so they didn’t know who should give way. Lastly, Uncle Saul tested positive for HIV but he hasn’t told anybody yet.
In the last episode, the whole family got together for some sort of food tasting for the restaurant that Saul and Scotty were planning to put up. And we all know what happens to Walker dinners – they fought, haha! Oh, and Robert sort of had a heart attack. I wonder if they ever got to eat all the good food Uncle Saul and Scotty cooked.
By the next morning, everything was okay, as always because all the characters had time to think and came to terms with whatever they were dealing with in their lives. It would’ve been a happy ending but on their way home (they kind of car-pooled for they left the rest house at the same time), they met a road accident. Everyone had varying degrees of injury but it seems that Robert and Holly had it worst. Knowing that Rob Lowe, the actor who plays Robert was leaving the show, I just knew that Robert was going to die at the end of the season. Well, there’s only a couple of ways to get rid of his character, either he dies or he and Kitty gets a divorce. But their marriage is too precious to just end in divorce, so I guess it was better that he dies. I know it’s going to be heartbreaking but that’s life. Or that life in TV, at least. Haha!
Stuff to look forward to in the upcoming season!
*I’m kinda dreading the 5th season, to be honest. I had this hunch that it’s going to be the last for my sentimentally favorite TV series. A major character (Robert) was leaving and the episode order has been cut to just 18 episodes, instead of the usual 23 or 24. Usually, these are tell-tale signs.
*Now, Brothers & Sisters isn’t the most exciting or gripping show. But it has this sentimental charm for me because it’s about the family. And to be honest, I’ve learned a lot of life lessons from this show. So I’m generally looking forward to more family angst and drama from which I know I will learn lots from.
Character-wise, it would be interesting to look forward to the following:
*Kevin and Scotty are on their way to being parents themselves. How will this change their lives?
*Uncle Saul is HIV positive. I don’t think there are many shows today that address this issue.
*Sarah will be having some sort of renaissance in her career now that Narrow Lake could become a cash cow for the family.
*Since Kitty and Robert will be over due to Robert’s impending death, I guess their shoes will be filled in by Justin and Rebecca.
*Brothers & Sisters started with the death of the family patriarch, William Walker. And since then, most story arcs involved dealing with that loss. Since the next season will deal Kitty’s loss, there should be enough drama and struggle about that for the whole season.
What actually happened in the Season 7 premiere
It’s been a year since the accident and we were brought to speed about how the family individually coped up. Surprise, surprise, Robert wasn’t dead but he was in a permanent coma so he’s practically dead. Kitty didn’t seem to wanna let go. And it’s not yet clear what happened to her candidacy for governor but it’s highly likely she didn’t push through with it for she would’ve been busy taking care of Robert. Sarah and Holly weren’t able to push through with the water business because it turns out that Holly suffered some sort of recurring amnesia from the accident. Sarah was able to find a buyer though for Narrow Lake for a nifty price of $55 million! Woah! Uncle Saul and Scotty’s restaurant was going well, but apparently, Kevin and Scotty are still not parents because Michelle miscarried, twice. Justin went back to Iraq, against Rebecca’s wishes. That’s why when he came back, Rebecca had already moved out of their home. Lastly, Nora wasn’t the overbearing, meddling mother who always knew how to keep the family together.
As always, it all came down over a planned family dinner which didn’t push through. Because whenever the Walkers gather, everyone’s issues will be discussed, haha. For the past year, everyone was dealing with the aftermath of the accident on their own. They were mainly in denial. It actually took the youngest for everyone else to finally face their problems head on. The life lesson that was reinforced in that episode – problems do not get solved by pretending they don’t exist.
Let me end this post by sharing three of my favorite scenes from the episode:
“Do you know that every time I go there it always shocks me how much he looks like Robert. But it isn’t him, is it? No.. No.. I just feel so backed up against the wall lashing out at Justin like that. I don’t want to be this person anymore. I know that he’s never going to get better, I know that he’s gone. And I wanted to say goodbye for so long but I just can’t do it because I don’t know what to do without him. It’s not Robert that I’m afraid of losing anymore, I think it’s me. I always get to this point, and then I just can’t say it. Goodbye. Goodbye Robert.”
~said Kitty while she was talking to her mom Nora, outside Robert’s hospital suite
“Thank you for pushing me, for getting me out of my miserable self and forcing me to go off to war and do what I needed to do this whole last year. You did that, Mom. You hear me?.. Mom, come home. I did, but you didn’t. We need our mother again. We need the most overbearing, in-your-face, nosy, hovering, little -- in other words, the greatest mother in the entire world. We need you. Come home..”
~said Justin to his mom Nora, towards the end of the episode, after Robert’s funeral
“Like I said, it took a long time to get back here. I did the right thing, I know that now. I would’ve done it sooner if you would’ve been there to help me. But you weren’t. But I have this feeling that I’m gonna be okay. I think we’re gonna be okay.”
~said Kitty, as she offered a beautiful bouquet of flowers for Robert at the side of the road where the accident happened.
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