MATTHEW RHYS, LUKE MAC FARLANE AND ERIC WINTER ~ LOVE TRIANGLE

KEVIN, SCOTTY AND JASON~ Last year I was hoping for a love triangle and now it looks like it is here.

What a pleasant surprise! Even with 3 months of a writers strike we had a new episode on Brothers and Sisters tonight. And next week there will be another new episode.

I talk to myself during the show sometimes….
“Oh, we’ve seen that before. He’s at the door.” But this time it’s Kevin and Jason. Not Scotty and Kevin at the door.

And the scene with Scotty serving up soft-shell crabs with the three of them sitting down for a meal was eye glue. Maybe, not fun to watch, but it was magnetic. “The best writing is given to them.”

After Scotty huffs off again, the next morning Kevin and Scotty have a short make-up conversation in Scotty’s old car.

I know it may just be me, but I wait for the scenes with Kevin and his personal life. I’m not sure why, maybe I like the actors who play Kevin (Matthew Rhys), Scotty (Luke Mac Farlane) and Jason (Eric Winter) better than others. But then I like Rachel Griffiths who plays Sarah. And Sally Field has some great writing once in awhile.

It might be interesting to me because it is teaching me. Whatever it is, it is my favorite part of the show and the show is a whole lot less without these scenes.

You can watch some of the shows online.

Jon Robin Baitz the creator of the show apparently is gone.

9 WEEKS IN AND KEVIN FINALLY GETS A KISS

It took too long and now we have a writers’ strike ~ justifiably ~ but still, we waited too long to see Kevin get a kiss and now we may never see the rest of the season of Brothers and Sisters.

This episode was written by two females, Jennifer Cecil and Sherri Cooper-Landsman. And the writing between Scotty and Kevin was either good, the actors just were great at presenting it or both. I don’t write about an episode unless I like it enough to invest the effort. I liked this episode. It felt more real or less predictable than the episodes prior to “36 Hours” this season. “Something New” had some pleasant little surprise lines that gave me a laugh, smile or surge of excitement. Nothing offensive, other than the sleeze-Lena being the assigned character-of-the-moment to dislike.

Let me start with the part that I am drawn to the most ~ Kevin and his love life. Thank goodness, he has “a someone” in his life that we can enjoy again. This show suffers when he doesn’t.

Scotty Wandell (Luke MacFarlane) and Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys)

Scotty is ba-ack. Well, yes, he’s been living at Kevin’s apartment, but tonight they kissed. I hear that Eric Winter ~ who plays Jason McCallister ~ has signed on to be back on Brothers and Sisters, but that is all I know by choice. I don’t like to know ahead what is coming, so I purposely stay uninformed unless I unexpectedly read something.

Some memorable lines of Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) and Kevin (Matthew Rhys)

Scotty: (Carrying in lobsters and champagne, walking into Kevin's apartment.) I come with decadence.

Kevin: Light some candles, I’ll be right back.

Eric Winter as Jason McCallister

Jason finally calls Kevin from Malaysia. A very excited Kevin to Jason: Jason, Oh my God. Oh, I’ve missed you. Yeah, yeah, I need to talk to you, too.

Then we find that Kevin has broken up with Jason on the very phone call that he was so thrilled to get from Jason. Hmmm….love to know what happened on that phone call. …and how Kevin turned from being loyal and in love with Jason to. . .

Kevin to Scotty: I finally spoke to Jason. I broke up with him (this is a puzzle, it seemed like Jason must have been the one to break up with Kevin . . . hmmm . . .) Scotty, when I first met you, what we had was messy. We were hot and cold, back and forth, all over the place. But I want to be back there with you because I want to be honest about who I am.

Scotty: Did you tell Jason we slept together.
Kevin: Yes, I did.

Wow, the story really moved ahead tonight. We open with everyone sharing their “first times”.

The second thing that I love about this show is Sally Field. I like it when the story has her going for some “love life”. She can be real special when the script gives her some stuff to put her best into. She really cleared out the room when she talked about “Pretty Woman” in the opening scene. She just forges ahead into “intimate territory”, but the adult children don’t really want to hear.

Nora (Sally Field) meets up with her "sexual encounter of the first kind", Stan Harris, who is played by Chevy Chase.

Julia (Sarah Jane Morris) returned to her marriage with Tommy (Balthazar Getty), reuniting Tommy with baby Elizabeth, at least I think that’s the baby’s name.

Lyle Lovett is a plant by Senator Robert McCallister (Rob Lowe) to impress Kitty (Calista Flockhart) with a romantic moment.

Saul (Ron Rifkin) gets his back up with Nora, when he thinks she is meddling into his newly acknowledged homosexuality.

Sarah Whedon (Rachel Griffiths) looks to be getting a new love interest.

Justin Walker (Dave Annable) is coming off the pain killers and is sweet again. He is so good at owning up to his “flaws” with Rebecca.

Holly Harper (Patricia Wettig)…well, her character is less brassy.

And the unlikable Lena continues to be unlikable.

Rebecca (Emily Van Camp) finally has some pleasant exchanges with her mother ~ the “other woman” of William Walker and Nora’s deceased husband.

And Kitty finally welcomes Rebecca as her sister and illustrates it by asking the half sister ~ via their mutual father’s extramarital affair ~ to be one of her bride’s maids. I liked the line where Kitty says after Rebecca is thrilled to be asked to be a part of the bridal party: Should we hug?

The wedding is next Sunday night.
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A Walk Down Memory Lane in the Caterers' Kitchen (Season 1):
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsSiSC3eo

Scotty won’t take Kevin back (Season 1):
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=ErljOzjR_-k

Jason and Kevin’s kiss in Nora’s kitchen pantry (Season 1):
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=7mCXl4sltI4

Brothers and Sisters Season 2, episodes:
9/23/2007: Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
9/30/2007: Home Front
10/7/2007: An American Family
10/14/2007: History Repeating
10/21/2007: States of the Union
10/28/2007: Domestic Issues
11/4/2007: Two Places
11/11/2007: 36 Hours
11/25/2007: Something New
12/2/2007: Holy Matrimony

The Bonus Show from Season 1 recap
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/brothersandsisters/bonusrecap

Recap of 36 Hours
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/brothersandsisters/207

Recap of Two Places (Scotty moves in with Kevin)
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/brothersandsisters/206

About the writers’s strike
http://www.afterelton.com/blog/adamlubitow/baitz-on-wga-strike

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Tell U.S. Senators to support SADA to help end the Darfur Genocide

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Call President Bush
and tell him to actually act on his words
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Talk is useless, President Bush.
His number: 202-456-1111

Thank You

BROTHERS AND SISTERS GAVE ME AN EPISODE I LIKE IN "36 HOURS"

BROTHERS AND SISTERS - The ABC Television Show

Wow, seven episodes into season two of a television show that I fell for hard last year when it debuted and I finally really liked an episode. Tonight, the writing had more substance… at least the actors seem to be able to get their acting chops into the material more than any other episode so far. The episode of Brothers and Sisters, “36 hours” showed what this show does best when it is allowed to from the writing – is relate to one another. I haven’t liked the predictability of the lines and the fluffy humor in past episodes. I prefer Matthew Rhys’ character in a relationship – or at least – trying to be.

Tonight, the writing was strong. The acting followed and I was in from the first segment prior to the first commercial knowing this episode was different and better. The writers were David Marshall Grant and Molly Newman. The director was David Paymer. The only minor writing bit that I didn’t like was with the scene of Tommy breaking up with Lena (I think that is her name). I thought Lena’s lines were “throw away” lines – just gratis type lines. Just lines to move the story along, not much thought put into them and bland all the way around.

Everything else was quite stellar for this little gem of a show.

I love how Sally Field got some lines again that let her talented acting shine through. Finally. She was especially great with the scene where she locked the door on Justin and also at the pool. Great scene at that family pool…almost as good as the kitchen setting for this Walker family.

The little scene with Robert McAllister and his daughter while ice skating was well-done. And the scene with Sally’s Nora and her brother, Saul Holden, baring the truth about his sexual orientation was the kind of scene that this show has made as its trademark.

Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker

Matthew Rhys as himself

I didn’t know that Kevin (Matthew Rhys) had not been talking to Jason McAllister. How sad for him. Matthew was great tonight, but then he is always good even when the writing leaves me wanting more substance.

Even Holly Harper was likeable tonight. It was nice to see Rebecca confide in her mother about Justin Walker.

And the writing where Justin unloads on each person within ear shot was outstandingly well-written and well-acted.

I just hope that the fluff, predictable lines don’t come back.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Season 2
Episodes

12/2/2007: Holy Matrimony
11/25/2007: Something New


11/11/2007: 36 Hours
11/4/2007: Two Places
10/28/2007: Domestic Issues
10/21/2007: States of the Union
10/14/2007: History Repeating
10/7/2007: An American Family
9/30/2007: Home Front
9/23/2007: Brothers & Sisters: Family Album

THAT CERTAIN SOMETHING – IT’S SO ENJOYABLE…

ISN’T IT? You see it. It happens between actors. I wonder do they know it is special too? Those are the scenes that I can watch over and over and never get tired of them. It happens for me with Dirty Dancing. But then I think of the magic of the music and the way Patrick Swayze moves. It happens for me with Robert Redford.

I’ll start with Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in Out of Africa:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTvjEkBGte0

The Horsewhisperer with Annie Graves (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Tom Booker (Robert Redford):
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV0mwryvjwU

Robert Redford on Charlie Rose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoH7lIwcdEI

Dirty Dancing - Solomon Burke’s Cry To Me - Patrick Swayze:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhiqXUsaS4

Dirty Dancing – The Time of My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSuCtebBT0

Hungry Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvcqt_4NOds
Wonderful Video Montage of Dirty Dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agpA1opKiwY

The Bridges of Madison County
Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QYmzgAgQyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSqW9kYl7_U

The Notebook
Ryan Gosling and Rachel Adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKrCuPGtzY

I fell for the television ABC show, Brothers and Sisters, last year when Kevin and Scotty were coupled. Kevin is played by Matthew Rhys of Cardiff, Wales. Read more about Matthew Rhys: http://ioanzone.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=114&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 Matthew is special as an actor, but I especially liked Luke MacFarlane, aka Scotty Wandell, son of Wally and Bertha, paired with Matthew’s Kevin. Then came Chad played by Jason Lewis for Kevin’s love interest. Okay… so I didn’t like Chad with Kevin. Jason just didn’t look comfortable being his gay character. Then came along Eric Winter as Jason MacAllister, a minister-brother of Rob Lowe’s character, Robert. Eric Winter – I like. But tonight we got a lot of looks at Luke MacFarlane’s Scotty again. And you know what, I sat there and said to myself “They just have something special”… when they are together on the screen. So Kevin didn’t let Scotty get the kiss he was going for – but they are going to try to be friends while Eric is a missionary in Malaysia. I say send Kevin to Malaysia - that would be so cool.

In the meantime, I like not knowing ahead of time what is going to happen, but I think it is obvious that Kevin’s loyalty to his boyfriend, Jason/Eric Winter is going to be tested. It just was set up in tonight’s episode. It is always good writing for Kevin’s character when Jon Robin Baitz is writing the script and tonight was no exception to that.

This one includes the Kevin and Jason irresistible kiss:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQReNI2oJl4

Last season’s Scotty and Kevin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6YiMkHHx_Q

This is one of my two favorite scenes with Kevin and Scotty, however there is one little move that Kevin does at the end that is cut off in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsSiSC3eo

And this is the other favorite scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErljOzjR_-k

I THINK I’M GOING TO LIKE ERIC WINTER AS KEVIN’S NEW LOVE INTEREST

Eric Winter will play Todd McCallister, Kevin's love interest

The magic that Kevin Walker (played by Matthew Rhys) and Scotty Wandell (played by Luke MacFarlane) lit up the screen with was undeniable. While I pine for those two to get back together, I am getting the impression that the new beau friend for Kevin may be very enjoyable.

Brothers and Sisters is a television show that I adore. My favorite actor is Matthew Rhys (from Cardiff, Wales) who plays a brother and a lawyer, Kevin Walker. And oh, by the way, Kevin is gay.

Matthew Rhys plays Kevin Walker in Brothers and Sisters

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The Film: Darfur Diaries - Message from Home

As a human rights activist, I bring to your attention the four year old genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

Genocide flourishes when there is no accountability.

WE CAN’T SAY THAT WE CARE ABOUT JUSTICE

WHEN WE DO NOTHING TO STOP THE INJUSTICE

THAT SINCE THE HOLOCAUST

HAS BEEN called - GENOCIDE.

We each have a voice.

W each have a presence.

Let us not be silent.

We have been called to be human

 in the most basic way

 on this subject.  

Where there is a will - there is always a way.  

And where there is no will - there is no way.

Silence is necessary for genocide to go on.  

Our collective silence is a weapon used by the genocidaires.  Silence kills.  

And we are responsible for our personal silence.

One World.

One humanity.

One Human Race.

One.

• http://www.Savedarfur.org
• http://www.ajws.org/
• www.sudandivestment.org/
• http://www.genocideintervention.net/
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The link in my post’s title is for foster children.

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BROTHERS & SISTERS CAST ERIC WINTER AS KEVIN'S NEXT BEAU

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING AND GUESSING - NOW THE WAIT IS OVER.

PULL BACK THE CURTAIN AND REVEAL
Senator Robert McCallister's brother, Todd.

Kevin Walker's next love interest. So , we've been told.

KT Tunstall performs Black Horse & The Cherry Tree Live at The O2 Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park 2006 5:16 minutes

KT Tunstall à Taratata VERY SLOW AND INTERESTING

The "gay brother" has been in the storyline, but we didn't know who the man would be, until now.

The actor to play Todd McCallister is Eric Winter, born July 17, 1976.

Tvguide.com broke the news March 12, Monday, evening.

The pictures are mostly "shirtless", but apparently that's what they do on daytime soaps. I wouldn't know because I have never watched them. I apologize if they offend anyone's sensibility.

Pictures gotten at http://soaphunks.net/winter

except the second one.

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