I know I lauded Brothers & Sisters for being so Boomer-licious in the first season--it stars and features Sally Field, among other real Boomers. But, still. Here's an unanticipated consequence of the writer's strike: When one of your favorite shows comes back on the air, you can't for the life of you figure out why you liked it in the first place!
Sally is all whiny about moving from California to Washington, D.C., and away from her five overly-dependent, whiny allegedly-grown up children. She announces quite firmly that she will go, to be with her new boyfriend of just a few months, played by Af-Am Boomer, Danny Glover. She can't stand all of her children's eye rolling and barely-concealed irritation with her, and she's ready for a Major Life Change that's just for her. Go Sally!
I admit that I was relieved to be rid of her. Now all they have to do is move a few of the other, equally annoying, members of the Walker clan to the Right Coast, and maybe the show will be tolerable. But no. Sally changes her mind, whatever's left of her mind, because the children need her. The children, by the way, are all over the age of 30ish, or so. And the decision made no sense, in the context of what she'd already said about why she needed to do something just for herself, and her own happiness.
Also, Kitty Walker, played by Ally McBeal, has a new husband, Robert McAllister, who is played by Rob Lowe. Thankfully, in this week's episode, "Separation Anxiety," he lost the Republican Presidential nomination. Really, I can't think of anything more BORING than a fictional Presidential race, while we're suffering through the real thing. Alas, it looks like he may get the nomination for Vice President. Ugh.
Where's another Writer's Strike when you need one?
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