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

Cut to upstairs where Saul and Kevin are rifling through Justin’s personal things to make sure there aren’t any sharp objects, pills, or good porn squirreled away anywhere.

Saul makes a crack about Justin being a slob.

Saul: The only dangerous thing on this desk is an uneaten sandwich.

Must be a pulled pork sandwich made with imported meat. And I notice Saul doesn’t bother to throw it out. Some help he is.

Saul: I’m finished over here. What’s next?
Kevin: We’re done with the bed. Why don’t you try the closet.

This might have been a perfectly innocent statement, but Saul looks affronted and then Kevin makes a big production of apologizing for the slip.

Enter Tommy. Kevin asks where he’s been. Tommy says he was at the gym. Which is sorta believable, actually. Tommy looks like he’s slimmed down a bit.

Saul: Maybe next time you shouldn’t stray too far from home, Tommy.
Kevin: Saul relax, it’s not his fault.

Downstairs in the kitchen Kitty is making sandwiches. Not to eat, mind you but just to strew haphazardly about the house. These people are always preparing food but rarely do we see them actually eating it.

Nora comes in and says she was banished from the den by Sarah, who said she had to stop mothering Justin.

Nora: “Mothering.” What does that mean?
Kitty: I have no clue.

Like Kevin upstairs, Nora makes a big production of apologizing for the supposedly insensitive slip.

Cut back upstairs where Tommy has given the room a once around with a white glove.

Tommy: This room is officially clean. Has anyone checked the bathroom?
Saul: Yes, Tommy, some of us have been here for hours.

Passive aggressive much?

Tommy: Well I’m here now, okay? Hey you got something to say to me, say it.

Saul holds his tongue.

Tommy: Yeah, I thought so.

Tommy storms out. Kevin of course picked up that something is going on between his uncle and his brother. He presses Saul for details...

Saul: He wasn’t at the gym this morning. He was at Lena’s.
Kevin: So what’s the big deal?
Saul: He lied. Draw your own conclusions.
Kevin: Let me get this straight….pardon the expression…you go to a gay party it means nothing. He spends one afternoon with his secretary and all of a sudden they’re having an affair?
Saul: You’re just not going to let go of that, are you? What is it going to take to get you to understand that I am not you, okay? I know you feel a need to have company, but…
Kevin: No, I have no need for any company. It is you who is stunningly all alone.
Saul: You may have grown up in a world where men walk around in public holding hands, but at the end of the day you are one of the loneliest people I have ever known.