IMHO "Brothers & Sisters" Episode 307: “Do You Believe in Magic?” I will if it makes Kitty disappear!

This might be the most boring episode of this show I've seen.  It was terrible.  I hate that Kevin took this job because it's so out of character and now we get to see even more of Robert, a character I don't care much for.  It's ridiculous that these people wouldn't bat a eyelash at the mother being of color and so cyncial of the show to not have to deal with it by having the mother turn them down.  And what adult wants to have his anniversary party at a magic shop or whatever that was?  I usually don't complain about Scotty not being in every episode, but he can't get the night off for a big family occasion?  He wouldn't know about this far enough in advance to get the night off?  These lame excuses are getting lame, IMO.  And Rebecca and Justin are still boring.  Awful, awful.  Down arrow for me.  WAY down.

The Prop 8 bit at the begining was there for the sole purpose of using it as the twist at the end. It was just a plot prop. Nothing more.. Disappointing.

Lack of Scotty once again. Doubled Disappointing.

Over use of Justin/Rebecca. Tripled Disappionting.

The whole Prop8 issue sounds like "I dun wanna touch it so I'm just rubbing it the wrong way". What's the point of doing something if you don't do it right? It's like B&S has gone Ball-lesS this time. Or perhaps it's ABC? Wouldn't be too surprising following killing off Erica Hahn.

The whole episode just felt like a poof of non-magical air. Nothing special, just passing by. 

Finally we're getting to see Ryan, who'll be played by Luke Grimes. But do the writers not have anything more to write about than digging up more consequences of passing sperms? How about a life for Saul? How about more on Julia? We don't need injections of new characters when the old ones are still not fully developed. 

On the other hand, is Sarah getting into a 3some soon?

I had not watched the prior episode (Bakersfield) and thus wound up watch both last night.  BORED TOO TEARS.

As for the Prop 8 stuff, what little argument they presented against it didn't make sense at all, especially coming from two lawyers.

Really poorly done. 

I'm usually an avid defender of B&S, but I do have to say that last nights episodes was pretty bad. It just felt like it missed the mark on EVERY part of the story last night. Sad. The only things that could have saved it 1) Scotty 2) Mc-BORE-ister actually was cheating on Kitty.

Talk about blink-and-you'll miss it on the Prop 8! After all the hype I thought it would be the center of the show. Alas...

Just to add that it's obvious that Kitty didn't want the doc because she's black, but boy did they ever try to "save" that one by backtracking all over the basic premise. Didn't work at all. Kitty is a racist and there's no getting around it. The only good thing is that the doctor knew it -- and let us know that she knew it, so all the dancing around the issue was for naught.

Did Kitty and Robert ever say if they had a “type” of baby in mind? (er, it being a certain race?)

Speaking of birthmother....did kitty and Robert only want a baby from inside the U.S.??? Did the show ever clarify that?

 

Already Senator Prettyboy is ready to fire Kevin ? Gee I thought the writers would have held on to that one for at least two or three episodes but not the first one to show Kevin working for the Senator.

And that frustrates me to no end.

Does Rob Lowe have it in his contract that Robert must be a paragon of virtue and sobriety in contrast to the Walkers? I'm waiting impatiently for the day when somebody, heck, even the character-less Julia or the missing Scotty, takes him down a peg. Or just takes him down. Man, I hate his character. And not in a good "love to hate him" like Holly. I just hate Robert, he sucks the life out of every scene he's in, and seemingly enervates the entire show as well.

And this addressing of Prop 8 was utterly ridiculous. No Scotty; no real story for Tommy, Julia and Saul.

What's the point? Is there still a reason to watch this show?

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But I was actually hoping that Nora and Ryan's dad would hit it off. But maybe I misinterpreted this show as a soap and not a platform for prop 8. Sorry you guys (in the generic) "lost" but I think that the courts will quash the "vote"!

I have been one of this show's most vocal supporters (and one of Michael's biggest pests about it).  I hated this episode, which is really nothing new this season.

After enduring a hopelessly mediocre second season (which I was willing to forgive due to the writers' strike), this season so far has been beyond soul suckingly terrible. 

I thought there was some hope for some decent Kevin drama when he "caved" to his boss instead of standing up to him the way he told Scotty he was going to - did he lie to Scotty? I am sure Scotty would have asked how that went.  WTF was up with that?  It just died to play up Nora's garage sale...WHEEE!!

The whole Prop 8 thing was nonsense - a crappy little attempt to "address" the issue.  And I don't buy the "schedule change" for a minute (not that it mattered for the miniscule effort they put into the message).  ATAS sets the air date for the Emmy Awards very early every year - it is probably set already for next September and will be announced in January or February.  ABC NEVER begins it's season before the Emmy Awards (major networks usually don't). The producers were not paying attention to the fact that they would not be debuting on September 21 due to the Emmys already being scheduled on that Sunday - long before they began writing any Season 3 episodes.  It was ABC's year to host them, so there were no freaking surprises or scheduling changes there.

Regardless, it was a lousy episode in keeping with the theme of the season thus far, IMO.  Enough of the let's watch Dave and Emily re-enact their off-screen romance for us.  I don't even see them as characters anymore...simply actors that used to date off screen and who get paid to do it again for the cameras.  Between that and the recycled bastard child plot (not to mention Senator Smug), I have nearly had it.  Arrow way down from me.

This used to be my favorite show, but I am losing interest FAST.