Brothers & Sisters (4.07) "The Wig Party" Recap

I liked it. There was a lot of Walker interaction, and no Holly and especially no Ryan.

Still do NOT like the gayby storyline. If you have to jump through this many hoops to pay for surrogacy, maybe that should be a sign that you need to wait until finances are in better shape, especially considering the cost of a baby in it's first year. However, Scotty's dad giving a collector's item like that to his gay son so he can pay for a surrogate to have a baby with his husband is pretty cool. And that is a sentence you don't normally see in regards to a mainstream TV show, so kudos to B&S and ABC.

Nora was fine, although that was quite to hoity-toity fundraiser for her Ronald McDonald House. Should be fun to see her dating a younger man (boy, my memory of him was from 15+ years ago, and he's aged....as have we all).

Kitty. Not much to say here. I'm not so sure I wouldn't feel the same way if chemo made me feel like hell.

Robert. Really, if he's going to be a Republican, then let him be a Republican. He sounded just like a Democrat, and Kevin like a Republican. Next you'll tell me that the Earth is rotating backwards. Where was the person who filmed their confrontation and put it up on YouTube? And since when is Kevin his campaign manager? As his Senate press aide, Kevin would not be allowed to have any part of his campaign for Gov. Frustrating storyline I wish would go away.

Justecca. Who didn't see this coming from a mile away? Not just one, but two TWO! baby storylines in one season. At this rate, next year we'll have baby storylines for Nora and Holly. I wish they would get over this crutch of baby storylines. They're overdone and boring as hell.

Why was Gilles in this episode again? I'm not complaining, but he was woefully under-used and over-clothed.

I think this was the first episode that had a Scotty storyline not dependent on Kevin. I think that really is something. It was sweet and it showed how his dad really has no issues with him. And it showed Scotty as successful and the one who gets the money to fund the surrogacy.

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wait, so rebecca ISN'T pregnant?

 I still bet she will be by the end of the season and i also bet they will make a bigger deal out of her and justin having a baby then kevin and scotty

I would bet that Rebecca will have a miscarriage. How many babies can they have on this show?

I actually wasn't bothered by Scotty seeming confused with finances. This show already has one person who inexplicably went from having no skills, to becoming a financial wizard, to apparently having no fiscal common sense again (Holly).  It's enough that Scotty graduated chef school in like three months. It would be all-out bizarre if he's branched out into finance as well. There has to be some level of realism.

But it was great to give him some attention. Truthfully I'm not surprised that his parents split up. Bertha was visbily a raging bitch both times we saw her. Remember that she had no problem with being shockingly rude, even in front of Kitty and Robert. I can only imagine what she was like in the privacy of the home! That her need to find fault with everything in the world finally drove Wally to seek a more bearable woman should surprise nobody except Phyllis Schlafly.

Hopefully we'll see more of Wally. His presence on the show would be at least as justified as David's. 

Kevin being both a Senate staffer and a campaign manager is just a recurring continuity gap, since Kitty did the same when Robert ran for president. But I actually think his behavior makes sense given lawyerly tendencies towards limiting verbal statements.

What I think that some people might have missed is that Robert was all worked up over his opponent's racism because Robert now has a black son. That would inevitably make him more conscious of racial politics because he is no longer insulated within an all-white family. Granted Robert always seems too liberal to be a Republican. But in this case he would be expected to be prickly.

As for Kitty, finally some good drama! She's been annoying for a while fretting over immaterial things that it's nice that her storyline has gotten truly serious. Not sure if the shaving was done in CGI or for real but it was an excellent scene and I think it would have been a cop-out to have Kitty undergoing chemo and not losing her hair. This just helps make the cancer storyline much more tangible and less abstract (especially since Callista Flockhart has always looked ill anyway).

So last night was definitely an up-arrow in my book.

I liked the little focus on Scotty (enjoy it, it's probably 'once only'.)

 And yes, I do hope we get to see Wally more often. This new girl-friend seemed willing to meet Scotty, even though Scotty wasn't ready to meet her. That IS a point scored by her.

But I hope we will also see Bertha again. True, she's a very bitter woman, but at the same time, her reaction towards Kevin/Scotty is a good counter-balance to Nora's so accepting nature. Maybe she could even try to take a little step in the right direction. Not the a whole turn-around, but just a little de-frosting.

I've given up on Kevin, whenever he's around Robert, the black hole. In all honesty, I think Kevin should simply give up giving advice, lawyerly or otherwise. No one is listening to him anyway. Whatever practical, sensibel thing he says, they Walkers and McCallister always do the opposite. I know... drrrrama, but still it's tiresome.

Yup, Robert was definitely sounding like a bulldog Democrat in those scenes. Makes me wonder if they are building up to him switching parties. At this point, if they want to keep any sense of believability, he'd totally be an outcast in his own party. He kinda HAS to.

I have to say I really enjoyed this episode. While it had the usual family bickering, it also was done in a more realistic way than in the past. As for Nora & Simon, was I the only one who thought they cut a scene? Simon tells Nora he'll be right back, yet he's not seen for the rest of the show. It seems that someone got lost?As for Robert having a backbone, that was great to see however it's the death knell for his campaign (which we all know he ain't gonna win ... unless they want to do a spinoff called Republicans & Democrats).