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That being said, I have to tip my hat to Sally, Patricia, and Meredith for actually looking their age! It looks like all Sally takes is the Boniva she promotes. No botox here!

Margaret, incensed at losing her hubby to Gidget, storms off to collect her coat with Nora close behind. Margaret bursts into the coatroom, surprising Tommy and Julia mid-hump. Nora did want to be like the Kennedy's, right?

Margaret: Like mother like son. No sense of decency. Is that my mink?

Cut to the service area hallway. Waitstaff scurry about and Scotty is busy clearing his tray. He does it with great intent and it's clear how serious he takes his work. He's practically in the zone. Kevin, now completely hammered, staggers up to Scotty and tries to make a heartfelt but slurred apology.

Kevin: Could you please forgive me so I can stop getting drunk? I promise I'll never offer to pay for anything again. Not a dinner or a movie, not even a parking meter.
Scotty: Okay, enough. I forgive you.

I'm not sure I quite get the “getting-drunk-until-you-forgive-me” bit. Wouldn't it be more appropriate if Kevin starved himself or crawled over broken glass until Scotty forgave him?

Nonetheless, the two smile and start kissing. Two episodes in a row with same-sex kissing? Have I died and gone to heaven? Plus, these two are just so darn cute. I want them to register at Neiman-Marcus and sign up as domestic partners tomorrow.

They're still kissing when the catering company manager storms up. And he's not made because Scotty isn't kissing him.

Boss: Scotty Wandell! That's it! You're fired.

Poor Scotty, that $300 dollars Kevin offered you must be looking pretty good right now. Kevin calms him down and tells him he'll fix things.

Kevin: It's okay. Even wasted I can handle this one.

How butch! Kevin catches up to Scotty's boss and threatens him with an employment discrimination lawsuit if he tries to fire Scotty.

Is it me or does this just seem plain wrong? I mean it is kind of inappropriate for the wait staff to be making out with a guest, right? Claiming anti-gay discrimination here kind of ruins the point of it. Well, unless all the other straight cater waiters are making out like mad, but I haven't seen much of that so far. Not really cool with this scene at all.

Back to Saul and Holly's table. Holly is preparing to go powder her nose. When she fishes through her purse for her compact, Saul notices a wallet photo.

Saul: Who's that? Is that your daughter? What's her name?
Holly: Becky.

You can almost hear the light bulb go off in Uncle Saul's head. Is this Becky actually Bill Walker's illegitimate child? Could the password for the secret bank account be “Becky” or “Rebecca”? Could Lost actually be too convoluted for its own good? The answer to all three questions, of course, is duh! (FYI, Lost is losing viewers like Bush is losing the public's approval.)

Cut to the women's restroom. Momma Nora is in need of a bobby pin but the bathroom attendant doesn't have one. Bad bathroom attendant! In walks Holly. Holly tries to be helpful and offers up a bobby pin, but Nora snootily refuses. (I think Holly is lucky Nora didn't take it and stab her with it.) You see, Nora's not accepting anything from her dead husband's mistress.

Nora: I think I've shared enough with you already.
Holly: I don't know what the etiquette is in our situation, but at what point am I allowed to be rude back?

Now, Holly, right now! I really want to see these two women go at it, Dynasty-style. I mean, if this were Krystle and Alexis they'd be ripping at each others Nolan Miller dresses and the scene would climax with Linda Evans forcing Joan Collins wig-first into a toilet so she can give her a swirly.

Unfortunately (well, for me at least), Brothers & Sisters is not that type of show. The scene ends peacefully when Nora turns tail and heads back to the family table. BTW, does Holly really think she ever gets to be rude? It would be one thing if she didn't know Papa Walker was married, but she did. So Nora gets to be snotty until hell freezes over.

Back at the “Wicked” table, Nora laments about what a disaster the evening was. She's mad at Tommy and Julia for the coat room scandal. She's also mad at Sarah for not giving her the full scoop about the company's dire finances. When she assumes that Sarah and Tommy have done something to cause the financial problems, Sarah almost blows a gasket. Still, she doesn't want to upset Nora (or Kitty) and tell them that dear old dad was an embezzler. She races away from the table. These people really need Dr. Phil.

When Nora catches up to her, they have a great mother daughter scene. Sarah tells Nora everything about the empty employee pension fund. Nora consoles her. It's really sweet. It's the highlight of the entire episode.

The show ends with the entire Walker clan outside waiting for their cars. Or possibly the bus, its hard to tell. Scotty, conveniently, runs up with a tray of champagne glasses. Everyone grabs a drink and then they all start dancing with one another. At least I think it's dancing. The way they are shuffling around out there on the sidewalk, they look like the zombie hordes in Night of the Living Dead.

So ends another episode of Brother's & Sisters.

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