"Brothers & Sisters" Episode 306 Recap: “Bakersfield”

Cut to Nora making nice with Kitty and saying she’s sorry Robert’s not there to celebrate with them. Kitty reminds her she called Robert “Mr. Arrogant” earlier, and Nora jokingly corrects her that it’s “Senator Arrogant.” And I correct both of them, that it’s “Senator Prettyboy,” although I’m willing to go with “Senator Arrogant Prettyboy” from now on, since it’s got such a nice ring to it.

Nora gives Kitty the cast-iron-skillet-to-the-head symbol to take home, a.k.a. The Velveteen Rabbit book, saying the jinx is now lifted, when it is so not, something that at least Kitty finally understands, mentioning all the things that could still go wrong. She wonders if she’ll feel more like celebrating when Robert’s actually home, and Nora tells her she shouldn’t have to put her happiness on hold.

Kitty surprises Nora by saying, “Okay,” and giddily starts singing, “I’m Happy! I’m Happy!” There are several more times this episode where she talks about how happy she is, which basically means Robert is doomed even if his plane hasn’t gone down just yet.

Cut to Rebecca and Justin in bed AGAIN, and I’m really getting really tired of the clear double standard between how the two of them are constantly lounging around in bed like this versus how Kevin barely even sees Scotty. Is this show trying to make some sort of commentary about how even gay couples don’t have sex anymore after they get married? Because even though that’s totally true, we still like to watch other gay people having sex on television, so throw us old married viewers a bone once in a while, okay?

Now Rebecca’s the one wearing a men’s robe, and if they’re going to show people playing kinky bedroom dress-up games, I really wish the attire could be a bit more interesting than ratty old bathrobes.

She thanks Justin for inviting her to his N.A. anniversary, saying she knows it’s not easy for him to share certain parts of his life like that. He says he’s working on it, and he clearly is, because she goes ahead and gives him the key to her place and he doesn’t even pull the typical male fear-of-commitment freak-out on her.

Cut to Kyle arriving on Sarah’s doorstep. Sarah is surprised to have him show up like that, and he’s surprised to find out that she’s got demonic children living with her. As if that wasn’t terrifying enough, Sarah also throws in that she’s divorced, and has “siblings who don’t have any boundaries and a mother who treats me like I’m 16.” Heh.

He apologizes for stretching the truth on certain things (why does every final act of this show end with people apologizing?) but claims their idea and business plan are sure-fire winners. He and Ethan believe in it so much that they’ve quit their jobs and put every penny they have into the site, which is why they don’t have real offices yet.

Of course, he calls her proposal “brilliant,” (her big idea? adding a social networking component — don’t even get me started), and says they want her aboard to help make it a success. Although they’re broke now, he swears they’ll be rolling in dough after the site launches, and promises he’ll even sell his truck to make sure she gets paid by the end of the month. She negotiates terms, and gets him to agree to set up office out of her house. Having not met Paige yet, the poor guy has no idea what he’s just signed on for. He’d better watch his back at the top of the stairs is all I’m saying. [Editor's note: I predict the site will launch, fail spectacularly and Sarah will relaunch it has MILF.com with her as the star. It will then again fail spectacularly.]