Brothers and Sisters

[indygirl]

kanding said:

Thanks, Kafka, for the fix! I

Okay, Kafka can be a bridesmaid, but she doesn't get to walk with Ioan, does she?

Calista Flockhart rubs me the wrong way. Not all the time, but sometimes she just bugs.

How funny that her character had to express disgust at men dating women 30 years younger. I would think that she would be worried about Harry hearing that one, but she must have known he was having his mid-morning nap in the backseat of the car.

[kanding]

indygirl said:

kanding said:

Thanks, Kafka, for the fix! I

Okay, Kafka can be a bridesmaid, but she doesn't get to walk with Ioan, does she?

Nah, he's all yours. I don't see Ioan as Kafka's type anyway...

[kafka]

Heee!

Indygirl, you are the sole bridesmaid and you may totally have Ioan. (But if you ever come near my Sean Bean, you're dead meat, GF! )

Kanding, I gave it one more try tonight. Partially for you, but mostly because I've got a crush on Josh Hopkins who seems to be showing up in all the shows on all the networks this season. Their characters (and the gay guy discussed below) are truly the only amusing part of this series.

But since you want recaps, Matthew's character refused to get in the middle of an argument between Rachael Griffiths and his brother. Later, when RG was in his office, she met Matthew's witness in another legal matter he was handling. The guy has a huge crush on Matthew's character and, as always was flirting with him shamefully. Rachael decided to invite him to a party her mother was hosting as a teasing revenge on Matthew.

He arrives, with red velvet cupcakes, and banters with Matthew in what was probably the highlight of the show. You see, the chap comes from some place in Mississipi and is totally outrageous in a very sweet, campy, sexy, funny way. You can see that Matthew is overwhelmed but also charmed, against his will. The chap basically gets Matthew to open up about his father and the chap immediately realises about the adultery.

The scene ends shortly thereafter but you can sense Matthew was surprised at his own candour with this chap whom he's struggling to resist and whom he's trying to see purely as a professional, working/business encounter. He's also surprised by the other man's perceptiveness and sensitivity.

At the end of the show, Matthew finds himself watching television and absentmindedly eating the cupcakes made by the chap. He stops, realises what he's doing and gives an almost imperceptible smile at the thought of the chap.....

[kanding]

{{{sigh}}}

Kafka, you are truly a friend. I'm very interested to hear that they're giving Matthew Rhy's character a possible love interest. I wonder if they'll allow it to develop or turn his character into the typical gay eunuch. Yes, while it may seem that kanding is reflecting on the current portrayal of gays in popular culture, she's desperately wondering if subsequent episodes of this show will feature Matthew Rhys in bed.

Just so I don't seem like a total putz, I would watch the show even if Matthew Rhys weren't in it just to see Rachel Griffiths. That's, of course, if I got the show.

[indygirl]

kafka said:

At the end of the show, Matthew finds himself watching television and absentmindedly eating the cupcakes made by the chap. He stops, realises what he's doing and gives an almost imperceptible smile at the thought of the chap.....

That was the loveliest little scene! His smile was precious--part "he actually brought cupcakes" and part "I can't believe I'm eating this guy's cupcakes" with more than a hint of "I think I like this guy" as well. And then he managed to take the biggest bite ever.

[kafka]

indygirl said:

That was the loveliest little scene! His smile was precious--part "he actually brought cupcakes" and part "I can't believe I'm eating this guy's cupcakes" with more than a hint of "I think I like this guy" as well. And then he managed to take the biggest bite ever.

Indygirl, you described it perfectly and a thousand times better than I did.

The two of you already know my less than ..... enthusiastic..... position on this series as a whole, yet despite that, I'm having more fun recapping it with you for Kanding and seeing her reaction than anything else. I swear it's more fun than actually watching the blasted thing!

Last night, when watching it, I found myself thinking, more than once, it's SUCH a shame this show isn't just with Sally Fields, Rachael Griffiths, Ron Rifkin "and the guy Kanding lusts for" (which is what MR is known as, in my mind. Heh.) But seriously, Sally Fields is such a great actress that I wish she were the star of the show (rather than the Trout Mouthed Toothpick). Hmmm, I wonder if we should start a thread for Sally Fields because I really love her.

Speaking of Calista Flockhart, is it me or is she starting to resemble Goldie Hawn in "First Wives' Club" when she got her lips so inflated that she looked like a puffer fish? Even apart from that disconcerting sight, she is looking pretty terrible with puffy bags and lines under her eyes that not even massive studio makeup can hide. Relatively speaking, Sally Fields actually looks better for her age than Calista.

[indygirl]

Sally Field gave a wonderful performance last night. Calista Flockhart looks and emotes like swollen ass.

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kafka said:

the Trout Mouthed Toothpick).

I LOVE it!!!!! I *heart* you, Kafka.

I think the show has gotten better with each consecutive episode, and I loved Sally Fields calling Holly out on the affair. That was priceless......

[kafka]

sarcasticcheese said:

kafka said:

the Trout Mouthed Toothpick).

I LOVE it!!!!! I *heart* you, Kafka.

Heh. Excessive collagen or Restalyne injections always bring out my inner B****. ;D

I think the show has gotten better with each consecutive episode, and I loved Sally Fields calling Holly out on the affair. That was priceless......

I only agree in part, SarcasticCheese. Yes, Sally Fields was amazing (as she always is, imo) throughout that whole situation where she set up the mistress and slowly --- sloooooooooooooowly, like the spider to the fly ---- reeled her in. I had read from ahead of time something which made me guess she knew from the onset whose house she was checking out, so I guessed something would happen sooner or later.

But even so, I was still shocked and surprised by the way the gauntlet was actually tossed. It was such an incredibly smooth delivery and segue from casual dinner banter to "Oh yes, they're silent because they're all worried I might find out that woman was my husband's mistress.... Will someone please pass the peach mango chutney to Scott?"

Brilliant.

But see, to me, that's merely Sally Field being her usual marvelous self. And she would be able to enhance even a lousy McDonald's commercial if she set her mind to it. Where I have to disagree with you is about the show getting better.

I think we merely know these characters more, are more involved and/or invested. IOW, we finally have *something* to counteract the incredible Gaping Black Hole of (non)Talent and (Dis)Interest that is: Calista Flockhart; her character's utterly BORING, neurotic, whiny, constipated and psychologically disassociated personality; the producers singleminded focus on her no matter how much better every one else, including the 6 yr old kid, is; and Calista's singular inability to do anything but an Olsen Twin's puckered pout while chanelling the same pidgeon-toed, insecure neurotic's pose of "I'm just an adorable, vulnerable soul in a Sea of Confusion. Take me home and feed me!"

Occasionally, when really pushed, she'll even manage to get a look of slight irritation to cross that Botoxed Brow of Marble Solidity, all the while doing the Trout Pout and looking up under her lashes and.....

Well, basically, she's regressed from minimally nonexistent acting abilities to the "Full House" School of Trout Lipped Olsens!! It's a bloody unsettling thought for someone her age and with her wrinkles.

In fact, I think I need some Advil. ;D

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I do agree that the show would be much better without Calista. I don't like her character and her whole pleading to Jonathan to take her back was just. so. Meh. Her and Warren going at it did nothing for me, except make me laugh. Aside from her, I think the show has gotten better. I like more of the characters with each passing episode, except for Calista.

I'll put it to you this way. This show isn't something I'll set the VCR for if I happen to be out some Sunday at 9pm. I'm not going to lose sleep if I miss it. Or if something better happens to be on, I won't fret over what to watch. But, it's good, and I agree that most of it has to do with Sally Field.