Roush on Brothers & Sisters
Question: One way the coupling of Rebecca and Justin
might work out and still lend some integrity to this plot twist on
Brothers & Sisters is if the Walkers keep Rebecca in their family, embracing her through whatever ups and downs she and Justin have in the future, almost as if she's still their sister. They could continue to recognize her as a sort of half-sister for being the child of their father's "other" wife. It's screwy, but it's a connection of sorts, right up the alley for this family. If they write it well, it could work.
— Hollis T.
Matt Roush: I agree that a redefining of family is par for the course for this show and for the Walker clan in general, which was the whole point of building Sunday's terrific season finale around Kevin and Scotty's non-wedding wedding. As Nora said in Sunday's episode, as the family was forced to confront the Rebecca problem: "There's more to family than just DNA." What's unclear is how the family, as accepting as they obviously are of Rebecca, will react if and when Rebecca and Justin openly reveal their romantic inclinations. Rebecca now belives that all of this family drama — the Holly-William affair; the paternity question — was just a roundabout way for her to find her soulmate Justin. How (um) romantic? Again, quite the polarizing storyline. But let's not bury the lead here. Ryan Walker? Could you die? And who's going to fall for this lost half-brother? Sarah? Saul? Let's hope not.
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