"Brothers & Sisters" Episode 204 Recap: “States of the Union”

Blabbermouth Scotty has wasted no time in telling Kevin he spotted Saul at a gay party. Scotty just assumes that Saul is gay, but Kevin gets all bent out of shape.

Scotty: Ask yourself, how many 60 year old men do you know who’ve never had a serious relationship with a woman? Kevin, it’s time to take off your Prada shades and open your eyes.

Cut to the Winery where Holly has started the meeting with that bullying distributor. He says they need to reduce their per unit price. Holly wonders aloud sarcastically about how to cut costs. Maybe they should package their wine in boxes?

Tommy comes in fifteen minutes late. He’s distracted and constantly checking his cell phone for a message from Julia. Holly wants Tommy to put up a fight with the distributor, but he’s completely useless at the meeting.

Cut to the Ojai spa. Kitty and Sarah have just had their massages and meet up with Nora in the quiet room. Only they’re not quiet. Nora in particular is acting all fussy and reading aloud from a women’s magazine about how men like sleeping with divorced women.

Sarah: You’re killing my buzz, Mom.

They squabble and cluck amongst themselves while the other solitude-seeking spa guests give them dirty looks.

Kitty sneaks off into a towel cupboard to call McAllister on her cell. She’s trying to give him an opening to talk about the prenup, but he’s preoccupied with preparing for a campaign speech.

Kitty: Do you ever get itchy?
McAllister: What?
Kitty: You know, the itch.

I think she’s referring to the “seven year itch,” but she could just as easily be trying to break it to him that he needs to refill his Qwell prescription.

Attendant: Hi. Sorry to interrupt. We don’t allow cell phones in the spa area.

Kitty, peeved at both McAllister and the passive-aggressive spa attendant, hangs up in a huff.

Cut to a veteran’s rehab facility. Justin is with his physical therapist and trying to bend his knee. He’s not getting very far with it, and the effort is causing him to wince. The physical therapist assures him things will improve in time.

Brief aside, but is every physical therapist in the world handsome, compassionate, black and male? It seems to be the running stereotype of the profession on TV. Another recent example: Luke’s PT on As the World Turns. Just for once I’d like to see an ugly, white and heartless physical therapist. You know, just to change things up a bit.

Anyway, the PT sees Rebecca waiting nearby and mistakes her for Justin’s girlfriend. Hey, is it just me or is there always a faint whiff of romantic/sexual tension between Justin and Rebecca? Down the road, will the show break that sibling love taboo and have these two get involved? Eeyew. Even I’m not open-minded enough for that.

Brief aside, but the only way I can see them doing it is if you find out later that Justin and Rebecca aren’t actually related by blood. Maybe Holly lied and Rebecca isn’t Bill Walker’s kid? Better yet, what if Nora cheated on Bill Walker way back when and Justin is illegitimate! Wouldn’t that be interesting? Oh, but I’m letting my imagination run away with me.

Back to the Spa Quiet Room The Walker women are still doing their Three Stooges routine, much to the chagrin of the rest of the spa guests. I keep waiting for them to box each others ears and go, "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk." In the course of their bickering, Sarah lets slip that Julia left Tommy and went to Arizona. Their vaudeville act reaches a crescendo, bringing the increasingly unctuous spa attendant over for a third time.

Attendant: Ladies. Ladies! I’m sorry but you’re going to have to leave the quiet room.
Kitty: You’re throwing us out?
Attendant: Do I have to call security?
Nora: Well I never.
Attendant: Namaste.
Sarah: Oh namaste my ass.