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Cut to Kevin Walker's apartment. Kevin and Scotty are snuggled up on the couch watching television and eating ice cream. Kevin tells Scotty he lost his virginity in Ojai. Both times.

Kevin: First to this girl, Sarah Gimble. The second, one summer later to this guy, this total stud. Everyone in Ojai was in love with him.
Scotty: What was his name?
Kevin: Tucker Booth.

Okay, this is sort of funny. Tucker Booth is the same guy older sister Sarah said she lost her virginity to. That Tucker really got around.

Kevin: Hey, you know what we should do?
Scotty: Google Tucker Booth?”
Kevin: No! We should go up to Ojai this weekend.

I like Scotty's idea so much better. In fact, I've taken the liberty of Googling Tucker Booth myself.

Kevin: I wanna see the orchards.
Scotty: I wanna see the tree house.

Me? I want to see Tucker Booth. I'm really hoping he's still up in Ojai and Kevin and Sarah have a run in with him later in the show. Now that would make for some interesting television.

BTW, hats off to the show for not treating Kevin and Scotty's libido any differently than his siblings. No case of gay eunuch's disease here!

Cut to Justin Walker's Loft Apartment. His girlfriend/boss Tyler is lounging on his bed in a skimpy crimson sweater and black brassiere. Justin invites her up to the Ojai ranch for the weekend, but she says she can't because she's a good Catholic girl. This is sort of amusing to me, given how much cleavage she's showing in this scene. Adorable Justin convinces her to throw caution and any pretense of propriety to the wind. And let's face it, with that cute mug he'd be pretty hard to refuse. Tyler agrees to go up to Ojai with him.

May I just say, all of this seems really silly and needlessly contrived. Why didn't the family members just agree to go up to the ranch house together, like Momma Nora asked them to? That would have been much more plausible than having each sibling secretly decide to head up on their own. Did the writers borrow this plot from an episode of Three's Company or something?

Cut to a staff meeting for Red White and Blue. The producer is complaining that the news show needs to appeal to the youth market because we all know youth are so passionate about politics they don't even vote! But I digress.

You can see where this storyline is going. Won't be long before intern Amber winds up in front of the camera, competing for airtime with Kitty. Kitty is about to be All About Eve'd, but she's totally blind to the threat. Kitty even speeds her demise along by bowing out of the interview with the French ambassador as it conflicts with her romantic weekend getaway with Warren. Is Kitty a pro, or what?

Kitty recommends that the producer let Amber do it. What are the chances that Amber will do a bang up job and capture that elusive “youth market” Red, White & Blue producers are looking for? I guess we'll have to wait until next week to find out.

But back to this week's episode. We cut to the Walker mansion. David the Contractor (played by Treat Williams) is in the study with a tape measure. What the hell is he measuring in there, the desk blotter? Nora disturbs him to ask a favor. She's decided to go up to the ranch in Ojai by herself to retrieve a wooden wall panel. The panel has sentimental value to her because, through the years, she made marks on it to measure her children as they grew. Nora wants to borrow David's truck to bring back the panel before the ranch gets sold. David insists that he drive her up to Ojai. He's either making the moves on Nora or he doesn't trust her to drive clutch.

Are we done with scenes of each Walker family member independently deciding to go up to the cabin for the weekend? Whoops, almost forgot Tommy and Julia.

Cut to the fertility clinic director's office. Tommy “Shooting Blanks” Walker and wife Julia are reviewing the catalog of prospective sperm donors. (Hmm, mine didn't come in the mail this year. I wonder why?) They aren't wasting any time, these two. They just found out Tommy was sterile last week, and they're already looking for a pinch hitter! The clinic director points out her recommendation to them – an Ivy League sperm donor who is part Irish and part Jewish, like Tommy!

Brief aside here, but since “Walker” is an Irish name that must mean that father Bill Walker was Irish and Momma Nora Walker (Sally Field) is/was of Jewish extraction. That would make sense given the fact that Nora's brother is “Uncle Saul.”

Back to Tommy and Julia. You'd think Tommy would be pleased to find a sperm donor that matches his Irish/Jewish background. But for some reason he's distracted and obviously in a foul mood.

Julia: Are you all right?
Tommy: When I think about that guy's sperm in your body I just want to strangle him.

I want to strangle you Tommy. You and the writers who gave you that line. It's just tacky.

We all know where this storyline is headed: Tommy is going to hit up gay brother Kevin for a sperm donation. You know, I love this show, I really do. But I'm a little disappointed at how obvious the storylines can be sometimes. As if to prove my point, Tommy now segues into asking Julia up to the Ojai ranch.

Tommy: So we can get away from this stuff and just relax.

Might be hard Tommy. Your entire family had the same secret Ojai weekend getaway idea.

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