"Brothers & Sisters" Episode 207 Recap: “36 Hours”

Cut to the Walker mansion kitchen. Justin and Nora are seated at the island waiting for his withdrawal symptoms to begin. Kitty comes in and says she spoke with the doctor

Kitty: He has a room for you waiting at Riverside. We better get you packed.

What do you wear to a detox?

Justin: All right, don’t freak out, but Mom and I were talking and we think I can do the detox at home. It’ll be fun. Like a sleepover. We’ll pop popcorn and watch scary movies…

No seriously, Justin is worried if he goes to a facility it’ll get out to the press and damage McAllister’s campaign. Kitty says she doesn’t care about that. Justin says he does.

Kitty and Kevin are skeptical, but Justin says “at least let me try.”

Justin: I already know the drill — just keep me hydrated and don’t let me out of the house. That’s it.

Cut to a short time later. Justin is fidgeting on the couch and Sarah and Nora are holding vigil over him. And knitting. He tells them they don’t have to watch him every second. No doubt Sarah’s already dropped a bunch of stitches. Or maybe Justin wants another shot at their pocketbooks.

Kitty comes in after getting off the phone with their doctor. Again. I hope he’s charging them for all these calls. She says that given the fact that Justin’s only been taking Oxycodone for three weeks, and also given the low amount he says he’s been taking, it is feasible they could start a detox without medical supervision.

But quick PSA from Kitty — the doctor would “prefer it” if Justin went to a facility and got professional help.

It’s sort of equivalent to that “check with your doctor before starting any weight loss program” disclaimer that everyone always ignores.

Kitty asks him to swear that he told them the truth about the amount of drugs he was taking. If he was doing more, then a detox at home could be dangerous.

Justin: I’d like to think of myself a pretty honest thieving lowlife addict.

Tommy comes in and wants to know where the fire is, but all he sees is Justin and the Walker women in a friendly knitting circle in the den. And he tore himself away from Lena’s feet for this?

Justin: The family is throwing me an all night cold turkey detox pary. Fun times.

Tommy makes a crack about Justin screwing up his life yet again, but Kitty jumps up and tells him they’ve already done the “vicious name calling” thing. That’s the price you pay for being late.

Nora tries to defuse things by sending Tommy upstairs to get “the room ready” What, are they putting up new wallpaper or something? Otherwise getting a “room ready isn’t really a three person job.

Tommy: Just one question. Whose idea was it to detox at home?

Nora and Justin say “mine” in unison.

Tommy: And nobody found that suspicious?

Kitty, Nora and Sarah exchange nervous looks. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s gonna be a bumpy night.