Brothers and Sisters is a drama series that ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2011.The series details the lives of the Walker family. Patriarch William Walker runs his family fruit business, Ojai Foods, with one son and daughter and his brother-in-law. Another daughter works in politics, one son is a vet from Afghanistan with an addiction problem, and the other is a gay attorney. William's wife, Nora, is the heart of the family. When William dies, his family not only loses their patriarch, but finds themselves suddenly privy to secrets they wish had never been exposed...The series was produced by ABC and can be extremely funny. The show could switch from high drama to high comedy within the same episode, or even the same scene.The Walker family, are detailed here.For some unearthly reason, the show features featured Rob Lowe as a Republican Senator. From California.
This show contains examples of:
Actor Allusion (possibly. Joel Grey featured as a psychiatrist in a few episodes, he played Ron Rifkin's doppleganger in Alias)
Always Camp (Scotty was a cater-waiter before becoming a chef; but averted with Kevin, who's a lawyer, and Saul, an accountant)
Bad Dreams (Kevin, after donating part of his liver to save Elizabeth, who is really his daughter.)
Berserk Button (most of the family members have one; Sarah's seems to be whether she can balance work and family; Kitty's is the new baby; once upon a time Nora's was Justin and the war; etc.)
Blonde Republican Sex Kitten (Kitty- and a male, non-blonde version in Rob Lowe's character. The former would have been a Blonde Republican Sex Cat, had her pregnancy not miscarried)
Rob Lowe was initially a guest star- the ratings went up so much he became a regular.
Brother-Sister Incest (Rebecca and Justin used to believe each other were blood siblings, but then found out otherwise. Justin still felt somewhat uncomfortable on the subject)
But Not Too Gay: Averted with Kevin (and Scotty), who makes out as much as his siblings. Played straight with Saul, who rarely has an onscreen kiss, which could be tied to Nobody Over 50 Is Gay.
How We Got Here (one episode opens with Nora, Sarah and Rebecca entering a hotel lift, their hair dishevelled. It's implied they've all had sex. None of them had. Nora passed out drunk while kissing Roger Grant, Sarah merely had a lot of alcoholic drinks and Rebecca spent the night alone in the honeymoon suite after Justin went to help a Addicts Anonymous sponsee).
The St. Valentine episode of season 1 also opened with the end; Kitty in bed with Mc Callister, Justin with Tyler, Kevin with Scotty, all calling each other and Sarah, who didn't have sex, and finally Nora, who ends up being calling from... jail.
Jerkass Façade (Kevin, especially in the earlier episodes)
Lampshade Hanging (in one episode, Sarah tells Nora about her ex-husband remarrying his first wife and going on a month-long honeymoon to Europe with her kids. Nora responds that she stopped watching those trashy soap operas in 1982)
Mistaken for Cheating (Justin in one episode; others have played this briefly for laughs, most notoriously the "Mom is a Lesbian" fakeout in early Season 5)
Nobody Over 50 Is Gay (averted with Saul, born 11 August 1938. He spent most of his life in the closet)
Part of the reason we don't see Tommy any more is because Balthazar Getty would show up late to tapings, or not at all, making life difficult for the rest of the cast.
Running Gag (Any Walker family get-together must involve at least one stand up argument)
And then Justin vs. Ryan over Rebecca. An interesting variation since Rebecca was once thought to be Justin's sibling.
Slap-Slap-Kiss (Justin and Rebecca have a big argument and then proceed to have sex with each other for the first time)
In a variation, Robert and Kitty once had sex in their office after a policy discussion.
Straight Gay (Saul, who doesn't understand why men, even gay men, would have any interest in baby showers or other female-oriented activities; Kevin, Jason, and Chad also qualify)
Suspiciously Similar Substitute (interesting example with Kevin's boyfriend, Jason; the actor left to film a new show, so the producers brought back Season One boyfriend, Scotty, albeit a little more mature and subdued, making him more like the character he was replacing)
Switch to English: Sarah is in France and attempts to ask for directions from a Frenchman. After much struggling, the Frenchman casually reveals he can speak English and the rest of their conversations stays in English.
Tangled Family Tree (Rebecca's the daughter of Holly and William, no wait, the daughter of Holly and David; now there's a Ryan who's the son of William and some random dead woman; plus, Tommy's daughter Elizabeth is really Kevin's daughter because he donated sperm...confused yet?)
Token Minority (Don't know what to call this one- Robert and Kitty's adopted child Evan is African-American. And a baby).
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