"Brothers & Sisters" Episode 208 Recap: “Something New”

Cut to Kevin’s apartment. He’s working from home when Scotty barges in with a big box of leftovers from a catering gig earlier that afternoon. It was a children’s party and the guests had trouble eating “Sebastian,” which is the name of the lobster in The Little Mermaid. Hey Disney/ABC, way to cross promote!

Kevin goes to draw the butter and tells Scotty to pour the champagne and light the candles. This makes Scotty a bit self-conscious.

Scotty: Candles? It’s just takeout when you think of it.

Cut to the mansion. Rebecca has arrived to discuss bridesmaid dresses. She’s in the study with Sarah and asks innocently if Sarah is going to be maid of honor. Sarah points to her bare ring finger.

Sarah: Well, I’m certainly not matron of honor.

Rebecca interprets this is a dig at her and apologizes under her breath. Kitty comes in wearing Nora’s 60’s era wedding dress. How unfortunate for her that she’s the only girl in the family the right size to wear it. She’s unsure if it flatters her. Rebecca and Sarah try to be supportive, but no one except for Nora is all that enthused about the dress.

Justin comes in and asks to speak with Rebecca privately. They head off to the study where Justin tries to apologize for being such an ass during his intervention.

Rebecca accepts his apology. If you can’t be an ass at your own intervention when can you be?

Rebecca: You’re really good at this whole making amends thing aren’t you?

Justin’s phone rings. It’s Lena. She invites Justin out for coffee. That shameless hussy!

Justin hangs up and tells Rebecca that Lena was on the phone. Rebecca doesn’t look happy about that.

Cut to a fancy restaurant. Nora comes in wearing pearls and a black dress and tells the hostess she’s looking for someone. Then she notices a silver-haired, partially bald pate in a nearby booth. Either she’s having dinner with Richard Cheney or that’s Chevy Chase playing her old flame, Stan Harris.

Either way, boooooo!

Side comment, but I don’t think I like Chevy Chase. Read just about any SNL memoir out there, and he doesn’t come off well at all.

And my, has he aged! If Nora was expecting to find the Stan/Chevy of bygone years (anyone remember Foul Play?), then she’s going to be sorely disappointed because he really does look a lot like Richard Cheney these days.