Before we look at this week's episode of Brothers & Sisters, called "Moral Hazard", I have to give another shoutout to the incomparable work of Dennis Ayers, who gave us 34 recaps of this sometimes ... inconsistent show. You'll be glad to know that Dennis is doing fine. He's currently "resting" at a "resort". (EDITOR'S NOTE FROM MJ: I completely deny all rumors I worked Dennis so hard he had a nervous breakdown.)

Trying to step in for him is a daunting task, indeed. I feel like Julia Duffy replacing Delta Burke on Designing Women (and we all know how well that turned out). Hopefully, you'll enjoy the different "spin" I put on things this week!

On with the show...

"What Sarah wouldn't give for a Six Feet Under
death sequence right now"

The episode opens with ominous music, and Sarah giving the "icy stare of death" to Uncle Saul. In case you don't remember, last week Saul went behind Sarah's back and committed Walker Foods to a multimillion dollar deal that then blew up in their faces, and now the family company is on the hook for 20 million dollars. Saul is optimistic that it'll all somehow work out, but Sarah is this close from a total breakdown (and Rachel Griffiths, one of my all time favorite actresses, does scare me a little. I think she could easily snap my neck like a twig).

"Sarah, Sarah...storms are brewing in your eyes"

Graham comes in with bad news. He's tried everything he can do, but none of the companies they're beholden to will budge. If they don't come up with 20 million smackers in the next 48 hours, Walker Foods will go into "receivership" (which I assume is business-speak for really bad). Graham tries to deliver a pep talk with this appalling nugget:

Graham: It's not the end. The bank can't take your knowledge and experience.

And their health, Graham...they still have their health! And their dignity. No matter what they take from them, they can't take away their dignity, right? Oh, wait -- these are the Walkers we're talking about. Dignity isn't their strong suit anyway.

Sarah looks appropriately perturbed, and tells Graham that if he really wants to help, he can give back the money they paid him. Graham replies that he's not a fortuneteller, and it's not his fault that the hedgefund went belly up, and besides, the problem actually lies with "familial dysfunction" of miscommunication.

Sarah agrees, and banishes Graham from the room, and we're back to Saul in the crosshairs. She tells him that she's going to have to tell Nora, and Saul halfheartedly volunteers to do it himself. Sarah says that it's going to be hard enough for Nora to accept what's happened to the company without knowing it was Saul's fault.

"Um...you're absolutely sure you want to interview nannies?"

Cut to Kitty and Robert in the fertility clinic, and they find out that none of the eggs they tried to use are viable, and Kitty should take the next cycle off before laying more. (EDITOR'S NOTE: AfterElton.com in no way supports this implication women are comparable to barnyard fowl.)
Robert mentions something about trying to conceive "the old-fashioned way" (a turkey baster?) Oh, he's talking about sex. The doctor tells Kitty that it is her "fertile window" (my grandmother used to have one of those.. every summer she'd grow petunias in it), and if they wanted to try "sex", they'd better do it in the next forty-eight hours.