October 22, 2006: Date Night
It was nice of Jonathan to give the brothers and sisters some friendly business advice, although I got the impression from his final conversation with Kitty that he might not be that optimistic about the future of the family business. I actually felt kind of bad for him when he and Kitty were breaking up, even though Jonathan often comes off as arrogant and I never really liked him for Kitty. He appeared to be genuinely sad, and he also apparently knew Kitty better than she thought, as he seemed aware that she hadn't fully let him in.
But tonight was really all about Nora and Kitty for me.
Sally Field was great as usual, especially when Nora realized her "date" with David the contractor wasn't really a date. How awful, and it only seemed worse when Nora tried to salvage it with jokes about her "comedic timing" being off. It was good to see
Treat Williams (
Everwood) back on TV again as David, even though things ended awkwardly between him and Nora.
Kitty didn't have much better luck on her disastrous double date with Jonathan, Warren and the new intern. It seems pretty obvious that Kitty is interested in Warren, even if she's not admitting it to herself. But since she made it pretty clear to him last week that she's not interested, it looks like it's going to be an uphill battle getting him to admit to feelings for her again. At least she's aware, thanks to Mom, that she doesn't love Jonathan.
Two other observations:
Uncle Saul and Holly: At first I thought he genuinely liked her, and I do think he seems to like her on some level. But when he asked her about any secrets William may have shared with her, I wondered how much of his "interest" has to do with the company's financial trouble.
Kevin: he plays a lot of roles in the family, including lawyer, mediator and sometimes even unofficial date. (Although it looks like he might be relieved of that one after last week. Nora reiterated that tonight when she sarcastically joked that she and Kevin were no longer "seeing each other socially.") With their dad having passed away, I think Kevin's going to play an even bigger role in holding the family together. I like the way he does it in a quiet way but still manages to get and keep everybody's respect.
