Tonight's episode of ABC's Brother's & Sisters discusses a few sensitive subjects that face all GLBT people:
- Coming Out of the Closet at a mature age
- Same sex marriage proposals
Meanwhile, Kevin is falling in love with Scotty to the point of making a fool of himself. The script is brilliant by noting the normalcy between gay and lesbian couples by Scotty being flattered by Kevin pressured promises like changing the lightbulbs to the environmentally-friendly kind.
Strange bed-fellows indeed: Getting out of the financial trouble Sarah has dragged the family into, her younger brother Tommy and her father's mistress Holly have offered to help. Norah, along with Sarah are stunned to realize the offer is that Walker Landing, Tommy's vinyard, will absorb Ojai Foods as a means of expanding their own company. The merger leaves Tommy as CEO of Walkers Landing and Sarah as CEO of Ojai Foods, however Holly is left has Chairwoman of the board striking the final vote in any despited decision. This rubs Norah Walker out of Ojai Foods by reducing her to little more than a disengaged bystander to a company she partnered with her husband to build.
Later, Saul approaches Norah and explains that he's the true culprit in the business deal gone bad. Saul underestimates his own self-interests as he realizes Norah's anger that was leveled against Sarah. Uncle Saul disappears from the scene while Justin, the youngest Walker struggles with his feelings of affection towards Rebecca, his alleged half-sister. He doesn't know that the paternity tests came back negative and that Rebecca isn't related to him at all. She's actually lied to him, deciding to risk loosing her new family and the love she's developed for each of them, rather than explain that she's not related to them at all.
A phone call at the end of the day and it's Kevin's phone that rings. It's Uncle Saul, and Kevin needs to pick him up at the police station. Kevin signs the necessary paperwork and joins Uncle Saul in his car. Uncle Saul breaks down in tears and tells Kevin that he is indeed gay. Uncle Saul mourns the loss of all the years he's wasted pretending to be straight and wants those years back. With all that he's ruined for his nieces and nephews as well as is his sister Norah, Uncle Saul drowns his problems into a bottle and rams his car into a tree while drunk.
The car accident becomes a brilliant parable to GLBT life. The costs of living in fear of what others think or caring what they think about you in exchange of even considering what you think of your ownself! Dismissing your own self worth value in exchange of fearing rejection from your family leaves such a person feeling like they've cheated their own selves like an "empty shirt". Or, in Uncle Saul's case: A very stupid banged up car and a slightly injured tree.
Emotionally exhausted, Kevin returns home to Scotty. Scotty took the incentive on his own and changed all of those environmentally friendly lightbulbs and Kevin returns to his second childhood falling in love all over again. He explains his day to Scotty; business proposals for Ojai Foods and Walkers Landing, Uncle Saul being the one to blame for the mess, Uncle Saul's DUI and finally, Uncle Saul coming out to himself and admitting for the first time that he is gay.
Our episode hero is Kevin: He falls to the ground on one knee and tells Scotty that he wants to be married.
"I love everything about you" Kevin said. "Even the things I hate about you, I love. Please Scotty, will you marry me?"
Scotty joins Kevin on the floor and with both on their knees, Scotty cries out:
Of course I'll marry you..!
And then they kiss...full on the lips and full in lip-lock. And every gay man in America cried, and cheered them on!
Hooray for Kevin and Scotty! Three cheers for Brothers & Sisters!
EnK
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