November 19, 2006: Thanksgiving
One of the things I like most about
Brothers & Sisters is that each week there are moments that I think about long after the show is over. Tonight, that moment was Kitty comforting Nora as she cried about losing Justin again. It can't be easy to see your mom fall apart, and I'm sure it was scary for Kitty to play the mom role for her own mother. But she did it very well, and the shot of the two embracing showed viewers that Kitty and her mom will make it through Justin's second call to duty without the tension and anger that existed between them when he enlisted.
It was overall an emotional night for the Walker family, who dealt with both their first Thanksgiving without William and Justin's impending return to active duty. Kitty made a mistake in asking Senator McAllister (Rob Lowe) for help in getting Justin out of the army, but at least her intentions were good, and she was honest about what she had done. It didn't seem like Amber, on the other hand, was entirely motivated by a sense of doing the right thing. It looks like she sees Kitty as competition for Warren, based on her expression when she saw Kitty and Warren hugging. It's kind of ironic that Amber was so threatened by the hug. After all, she sat through a tension-fueled dinner with Kitty, Warren and Kitty's former boyfriend Jonathan a few episodes back and was completely oblivious to the romantic tension between Warren and Kitty.
I like Warren, or at least I have so far. He's not always perfect, but he and Kitty do have good chemistry. But I have to admit I was pretty disappointed with how Warren handled his suspicions about Kitty's asking for a favor from the senator. Senator McAllister, on the other hand, came off as very professional and even likable. He didn't seem like the person the tabloids had made him out to be. Actually, I kind of got the impression that his divorce had been misrepresented in the press. I'm curious to see what everyone thought of Rob Lowe in his first appearance on the show. I wonder if Kitty will take the job offered by Senator McAllister, and, if she does, if that will cut down on her interaction with Warren.
As for the Sarah, Kevin and Tommy's road trip, it looked like it was going to be one of the worst ones ever when Kevin flooded the engine. But things turned out pretty well for everyone - a financial windfall, a love interest for Kevin, some brotherly and sisterly bonding, and a chance for Sarah to show off her expertise at pool. And luckily, everyone was back in time for Thanksgiving. (I liked the running joke about Kitty's bad cooking!)
Finally, Nora was wearing the wig again in the flashback scenes. It didn't look much better than it did before pretty stiff and not at all like her natural hair. But since it looked so much different from her natural hair, it was a good way to distinguish between the scenes occurring in present time and the flashbacks.
