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Cut to the kitchen where the now slightly tipsy Nora stumbles onto Senator McAllister. She finds they have a shared interest in a particular children's charity. That surprises her.

Nora : I thought you Republicans didn't care about such things.

McAllister: You know Nora, I bet we could find lots to agree on. In fact, I'm sure we're in complete agreement in what an astonishing woman Kitty is.

Is he smooth or what? If I were Nora, I'd check to make sure my jewelry hadn't just been swiped. Kitty shows up and catches the tail end of the conversation

Kitty: (to McAllister) You should relax. You're never going to get her vote.

Nora: I don't know. I think he's my favorite Republican. Right behind Abe Lincoln.

Kevin shows up. Nora asks if he's met the Senator.

Kevin: No, not officially, although I am familiar with his politics. Hi, I'm the gay brother.

Nora tells Kevin to be nice. After all, they owe the Senator for providing the catering. (Presumably that outweighs his signing on to a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.)

Kevin: Of course! Maybe one day he can even cater my wedding. Although he'd have to be voted out of office for that to happen, right?

McAllister: Not necessarily. My senatorial duties don't preclude catering.

I guess Kevin just blew his chance to land a diplomatic post to France through Kitty's connections. Kitty, perturbed at Kevin's thinly-veiled attack on the Senator, pulls her brother away for a private chat.

Cut to an upstairs bedroom where Kitty and Kevin are having it out.

Kevin: It's one thing to go work for him, but to bring him to my…uh our house… to our mother's birthday party? Grrr!

Kitty: He gave us his chef. It was the nice thing to do. And you know what? You're one to talk. Aren't you sleeping with a closeted actor?

Kevin: Who told you?!

Just then Tommy walks in and Kitty points to him. Kevin gives his brother an evil look.

Tommy: Hey, you're the one blabbing to the entire family.

Kevin: Forget it. Where did you hide the wine, anyway? I need to get grandma a drink ASAP.

Tommy: It's in the closet.

Kevin disappears into Kitty's walk in closet.

Kitty: Is your little boyfriend in there?

Okay, that was sort of a bitchy thing to say now, wasn't it? Shame on you, Kitty.

Saul enters the room and asks them to come downstairs because they are about to start Nora's tribute video. On the way down Tommy asks if anyone has seen Justin. Kitty tells him Justin went off to meet his ex-girlfriend, Tyler. Tommy, who is supposed to be supervising his brother, is upset about that. Some chaperone you turned out to be, Tommy! Let's hope Justin is the one Walker who manages to stay sober tonight.

Cut to the living room where everyone is now assembled to watch the tribute video. Set to the sappy strains of Kenny Rogers' “Through the Years” we see pictures of a young Sally Field kissing various little tykes. Then we get to the new video tributes from each of the siblings. Sure enough, Joe and Sarah's sex tape footage is included. Joe vainly scrambles for the remote and tries to block the screen from the assembled guests. Everyone is scandalized. Particularly Ida. Good thing Sarah is home sick so she doesn't have to be embarrassed.

BTW, too bad the mix-up hadn't been with Kevin and Chad's sex tape. Imagine the hits that would get on YouTube!

Whoops! I guess I spoke too soon about Sarah because we cut to the front door, where she is making her entrance. She's risen from her sickbed and is late to arrive, but she couldn't miss her mother's party, could she? Sarah notices that all of the guests are looking at her and smirking. Classy guests, eh?

Joe intercepts and tries to sequester her. He doesn't want Sarah to know that everyone has seen their sex tape. Smart fellow. Once Sarah figures what happened Joe and Sarah might not be having sex of any kind for a
l-o-o-ong time.

Cut to a restaurant across town. Tyler, Justin's old girlfriend, has reluctantly agreed to meet him. He wants to apologize for falling off the wagon and cheating on her.

Justin: That day I got high. I don't even remember. And that girl. It was just someone I used to use with. We'd try and forget about stuff together.

Tyler: You may have been high, but I wasn't. I remember everything.

Justin tells her he's getting out of rehab in a week. He asks if he can come see her. Tyler tells him she's seeing someone.

Poor Justin is crushed. And may I say-- no one on the show can do “crushed” like the actor who plays Justin (Dave Annable). He has this patented, smacked in the face with a two-by-four expression which makes you want to reach through the television screen and hug him. But I digress.

Justin tries to put on a brave face and congratulates her. She asks what he's doing after rehab. He tells her that he has to go back to the Middle East. Tyler finally figures out that what made him fall off the wagon a few weeks ago was learning he was being called back to the Army. She softens a bit, but there's no going back to the way things were between them. She kisses him on the cheek and leaves.

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