"Brothers & Sisters" Episode 206 Recap: “Two Places”

Kitty is all excited to see Danny Glover. I’m a bit less enthused. Glover is playing “Isaac,” a devious political strategist along the lines of Karl Rove. Now wait, I thought campaign staffer Travis was a devious political strategist along the lines of Karl Rove? Do we really need two Karl Roves on this show?

Isaac: So you’re finally collecting, huh?
Kitty: I told you I would.
Isaac: Stupid move on my part. I get you to keep quiet about my candidate’s offshore accounts and the idiot still loses the election!

Whoa. Back up the truck. So let’s see, back when Kitty was a “journalist” she failed to report on a crooked politician just so she could extract a future favor from a high-powered political strategist? This was before she ever met McAllister – so why in the world did she think she’d need the services of a political strategist? And setting aside her motives, isn’t this apparent quid quo pro far worse than that time last year when she went “easy” on McAllister during an interview so he might pull some strings to get Justin discharged?

Seems like back then she could’ve skipped sucking up to McAllister altogether and just called in her favor with Isaac to get Justin out of serving in Iraq.

All these questions and contradictions leave me dizzy and disheartened. Surely the writers could do better than this Isaac character? But things go downhill from there.

Kitty tells Isaac that she needs his help with a PR issue. She hems and haws and finally comes out with the news that she’s pregnant.

Isaac: With that build up I thought your guy was busted for playing footsy with a state trooper in an airport bathroom.

Oh, I wish. That would have been a far more interesting plot twist.

Kitty asks him if the pregnancy is anything to worry about. Frankly, it’s almost impossible to decipher Isaac’s response. (Throughout this episode Danny Glover slurs, lisps, and mumbles his dialog in a monotone stage whisper. It is frustrating as hell. I’m going to call him Mr. Mumbles.)

In so many indecipherable words, Mumbles tells her to be worried. A Republican politician having an out of wedlock baby?

Mumbles: Is perry scamanous in som parts of the cunchy.

I have no idea what that means, but the gist is Kitty and McAllister need a high-powered spinmeister such as himself.

Mumbles: Wa bo wants tuba preziden geshow butts donut shetty hall.

That is an exact transcription. I’m not making this up. What has happened to Danny Glover? Has he had a stroke or something? Or can he really not be bothered to enunciate his dialog?

The gist of Isaac’s mumblings is that he wants Kitty and McAllister to get married this weekend. No time to waste.

Cut to Chez Frou Frou, the restaurant where Scotty works as an unpaid intern. We find him in the employee locker room/walk-in refrigerator/diaper changing area. He’s changing his apron between meal services. What a dreary life this boy leads.

Kevin comes in. Scotty is surprised to see him. Kevin says he’s tried his home and cell and all are disconnected. Then he went by Scotty’s apartment and found out he no longer lives there. Why is Scotty ducking his calls?