February 11, 2007: Valentine's Day Massacre
So much happened last night that it could have taken weeks for a typical family to sort out every event. Thank goodness the Walkers don't keep secrets. All it took was one four-way conversation for everyone to know that Kitty slept with the senator, Kevin slept with Scotty, Justin slept with Tyler, and Nora spent the night in jail.
Kitty and the senator were the big story, obviously. Once we found out that a business trip had them spending Valentine's Day together, it became apparent that something would happen between them. Things started off romantically, but there's so much potential for complication. It seems fairly certain that issues will come up at work and/or with their families. On a side note, I did like the senator's comment that he "always had a thing for
Demi Moore,"
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore of course both being members of the Brat Pack.
Valentine's Day didn't go quite as smoothly for Kevin. Dealing with his ex-boyfriend and his secret boyfriend in the same night proved to be difficult, and no one ended up happy. It was pretty hypocritical of Chad to be mad at Kevin for sleeping with Scotty, given their situation. I was glad to see Scotty back, although he and Kevin's night together didn't seem to leave room for a real reunion. It's ironic that the only one who has no clue as to what's really going on is Chad's girlfriend Michelle. Speaking of Michelle,
Roxy Olin really does bear a very strong resemblance to her mother,
Patricia Wettig, as several people have commented.
Things are looking up for Justin, and he only had to go to nearly every Italian restaurant in the city to find out for sure. It didn't seem like the most appropriate thing to do while babysitting Paige and Cooper, but it was pretty cute when they started cheering after Tyler told Justin she wanted to see him again. Things ended on a high note for Nora as well, although unfortunately it was the kind of high that had her spending a night in jail with her friend Emily (guest star
Margot Kidder).
Finally, Holly was back and up to her old tricks, i.e., making things tense in the Walker family. I'm not sure I fully believe that she was just making an innocent suggestion to Tommy, especially now that we know that he plans to vote with her on the winery issue. Tommy appears to be more serious than the other Walker siblings in general, as seen in his absence from the gossipy phone conversation in the opening minutes of the episode. At times Tommy seems a little bit separated from his siblings, and it doesn't look like siding with Holly is going to help matters.
