In case you've had your head inside a watermelon for the last several weeks and haven't heard it mentioned on everything from network promos to cable guides to this site, last night marked a gigantic moment in terms of gay visibility on television: Brothers & Sisters' Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys) married his boyfriend Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) in the big season finale. This marks several firsts (first gay wedding season finale, first gay central character to have gotten hitched on primetime, first out gay man playing out gay man in a series regular role on network primetime), but more than anything, it was just damned good. I'm not a fan of the show myself, but this was perfection.

In case you missed things, we've posted clips of the most important moments after the jump. And also be sure to check out our vow-by-vow recap of the episode over on the main page, as well as our article on gay weddings in movies and TV. Grab some rice, have your tissues handy, and enjoy!

Yesterday we shared a handful of pics from the upcoming gay wedding finale of Brothers & Sisters, and last night ABC released a few more of the grooms-to-be preparing (big thanks to Lee for the tip!)

Wait, isn't it bad luck for the intendeds to see one another before the ceremony? Shouldn't the maid of honor be helping with that? Or at least ... Patrick Dempsey?

 (All photos Copyright © 2008 ABC Television Studio/Michael Desmond)

ABC just released pics of Kevin and Scotty's wedding on the upcoming Very Special Episode of Brothers & Sisters, and we've got 'em for ya. Last time we reported on the upcoming gay wedding finale, Luke MacFarlane hadn't come forward yet to publicly announce that he is a gay-type person. Now it's all the more wonderful to see these pics ... oh damn, we always cry at weddings! Where's the open bar...

Here's ABC's description of the episode:

"Prior Commitments" - Kevin and Scotty make a commitment to be life partners, Saul finally deals with his identity in a public way, and the family discovers that William (guest starring Tom Skerritt) kept yet another painful secret from his family, on the season finale of "Brothers & Sisters,"

Tons more pics after the jump!

(All photos Copyright © 2008 ABC Television Studio/Michael Desmond)

A while back we ran the news that in an upcoming episode of Brothers & Sisters, Kevin will tie the knot (or "tie the bow", at the very least) with on-again-off-again boyfriend Scotty so that Scotty can get health insurance. The response seemed to be overall a bit "meh", as most fans of the show would rather that the gay characters get married because they actually love one another.

If last week's toggery-enhanced stills weren't enough to convince us that maybe the show has more up its sleeve than a marriage of convenience, Kristin over at E! just ran this promising scoop:

Perry in Sebastopol, Calif.: You have got to tell us more about this Walker-man marriage you've been teasing on Brothers & Sisters!
What kind of more information? Like Kevin and Scotty are totally getting married, mostly because Scotty needs the partner benefits, but also because they are in loooove? That kind of more information? Or maybe you wanted to know there's going to be a bachelor party leading up to it, too, so it's probably not just a wham-bam City Hall ceremony?  

Well that's encouraging, and not just because I'm dying to see what a gay bachelor party looks like when thrown by the notoriously tipsy Walker family.