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by Allison Waldman, posted Mar 2nd 2009 12:29PM
So, if you saw the preview for last night's special two-hour Brothers & Sisters, you were anticipating that someone was going to die. Then, if you surfed the net, there were all kinds of rumors and spoilers that something life-altering was going to happen. Would it be Tommy? What about Kitty and Robert's newborn, coming via surrogate mom? Would Nora keel over from all that running in the hospital hallways? Maybe it was going to be something from left field, like Uncle Saul gagging on a wine cork and kicking the bucket? Imagine my shock and surprise when all the build up turned out to be something unexpected. If you haven't watched it yet, I'll save it for after the jump.
First, though, take a look at this promo:
Either that was a fantastic bait and switch or they're not paying the ABC promotions department enough. I was sure there was going to be an assassination attempt on Robert. Instead Brothers & Sisters presented the most accurate and scary-looking heart attack I've ever seen on TV. Rob Lowe was drenched in sweat, spitting up, glassy eyed, clutching his chest. I didn't think he was going to make it.
In some ways there was a death on the show because Senator McCallister did flat-line. He had to be brought back to life, so he sort of died. I also think there were a few metaphorical deaths. Tommy's career might be dead now that Holly has had him arrested for embezzling $2 million from the family business. (By the way, isn't it interesting that Conner got away with embezzling millions on Ugly Betty and the cops showed up after he'd already gotten away, but on B&S, the cops showed up the moment Holly dropped a dime!)
Robert's political career might be on life support if not dead. Imagine, on the day that he announces he's running against the incumbent Republican governor, you have a massive heart attack and then try to keep it from the press. Does he really think the media won't find out that he's had triple bypass? You think the Walker family will keep their mouths shut?
But what really may have died was Robert and Kitty's marriage. She was ready to dump him before the birth of the baby because he put his political career before the birth, then gave him a pass when she found out about the heart attack. However, in the end of the episode, when Kitty was at home holding little Evan and she saw Kevin on TV soft-peddling Robert's illness, she looked down at the newborn and said it would be just the two of them from now on. Was that the death of the McCallister marriage?
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