Desperate Housewives/Brothers & Sisters

Desperate Housewives – A Humiliating Business

     Bree started menopause.  If I passed out every time I’ve had a hot flash, I would have some explaining to do:  at work, at the chiropractor, at a friend’s house, to other drives on the highway.  I wish male writers would consult with doctors when they write about menopause, since they never seem to get it.  Hell, on this show they should just ask their actresses, there are at least a couple of them who could be helpful. 

     I knew the minute Bree had a new doctor that it was going to end up that she was Keith’s mother.  They telescoped that pretty obviously.  I WAS excited to see John Schneider as his father.  I had heard he was cast, but actually forgot until he was on screen.

     Susan is desperate for work, and actually takes on the job of being Lynette’s nanny, after thinking Lynette and Renee wanted to hire her to be an interior decorator in their new business.  A bit silly and naive of her to think that they would need to hire someone to work in a business they *just* started.  Also, who is taking care of MJ while she is taking care of Lynette’s baby, and having drinks with Lynette when the workday is done?  She isn’t working teacher’s hours anymore, and Lynette and Renee were taking their client out for a 7:00 reservation, then Lynette invites Susan to stay for a drink.  Yet, no sign of Tom, any of their other children, or MJ even though it is probably after 10:00 PM.  I just don’t know who the heck is watching MJ, and I hope they are doing so free of charge, since it wouldn’t make sense for Susan to be acting as a nanny just to earn enough to pay a babysitter to watch MJ.

     Paul’s wife, Beth, finally had sex with him.  Then his former cell mate, Derek Yeager, showed up to stay in Paul’s old house and “do some work” for Paul, and Paul refused, yet again, to tell Beth what he’s doing.  Beth then called her mother (I was starting to doubt my idea that her mother is Felicia, because how does she get so much phone time in jail?), and had an idea when they were on the phone.  She went over to talk to Derek and threatened to tell the police he attacked her, if he didn’t tell her what was going on.  She found out, told Paul she knew what he was up to, and then told him she understands about vengeance.  So, now Beth knows, but the audience still doesn’t.  We DID finally find out that Felicia is indeed Beth’s mother, so I feel good about guessing that one a while back.  Although I probably shouldn’t pat myself on the back too hard, since it was pretty obvious that was the direction it was going.

     Bob and Carlos got to be friendly, and Lee made Gabby think Bob may have been trying to “flip” Carlos.  After some “hilarious” misunderstandings, Bob admitted to Gabby that he is just lonely and looking for a friend.  He said that after he and Lee split up, he just hadn’t had a lot of time with friends.  Eventually Gabby took Lee over to Bob’s, and they are apparently going to start working on getting back together.

Brothers & Sisters – Resolved

     Nora met a handsome doctor who has a show on the same radio station she is on.  His name was Dr. Karl, but to me he remains Dr. Christian Shephard.  I really like this actor, and there is some good chemistry between him and Sally Field, so I hope we see more of him.

     Paige worked on a debate, and in so doing, worked on getting Kevin and Scotty back together.  She needed help with her debate skills and strategy, and asked both Kevin and Scotty to help her.  As it became evident to both men that Paige was using this as a way to try and get them to work out their problems, Kevin told Paige it was inappropriate.  Maybe it was, but she was obviously doing from her heart, and her plan actually worked.  She got Kevin and Scotty talking to each other, and they came back together, are going to work on their issues, and they both said “I love you” to each other, which is a great start at healing.

     Sarah and Kitty spent the episode sniping at each other, but it wasn’t a serious argument and they resolved it by the end of the hour.  Sarah decided she was going to buy a media holding company, and one of the holdings happened to be the radio station for which Nora works.  This should make things interesting going forward, Sarah in a position of power and authority over her mother.

     Justin realized that David was using again, and took him to a meeting.  I hope that is the end of “David’s using again” storyline, because A) I don’t really care and B) If I have to care, he should be stronger and really there for Holly, the woman he professes to love.  Both David and Holly told Justin he needs to move on, and be open to new people and experiences.  So, Justin took Holly’s nurse, who we have never seen before tonight, a coffee and asked her out.  I think this storyline is a bit premature, I mean Justin still had a tan line from his wedding ring for goodness sake.  That said, the actress is Dave Annable’s real-life wife, and she was very good in the movie Cloverfield, so I will give the storyline a chance.