"Brothers & Sisters" Shocker: Uncle Saul Gay? (#123: "Matriarchy," Season Finale Spoilers)
The writers of ABC's must-see drama "Brothers & Sisters" have come up with an emotional and shocking season finale episode - Justin bids farewell to his mother and sister Kitty as he leaves for Iraq; Kevin hooks up with Jason McCallister and Uncle Saul may be a closeted homosexual.
Uncle Saul (Ron Rifkin) has been a suspicious bachelor from the very beginning. The writers had teased us with suggestion that he may have feelings for William Walker's mistress Holly (Patricia Wettig) who seemed to have created a special bond with Nora's brother.
All year long however we saw very little of his personal life. Now in the season finale (airs Sunday, May 20 at 10/9c after the 3rd season finale of "Desperate Housewives") Uncle Saul bumps into an old friend at a family event celebrating the engagement of Kitty and Senator McCallister.
Uncle Saul's old friend Milo reveals that he had come to terms with his sexual identity and reminiscing about the time they had spent at the Keys he invites an obviously shaken and uncomfortable Uncle Saul for a drink.
Meanwhile, Kevin's hot date from last Sunday's episode, Senator McCallister's brother Jason (played by the hunkalicious soap stud Eric Winter) returns in the episode bumping into Kevin while planning the party for Robert and Kitty.
Similarly to last Sunday's disastrous date, the two men clash over the choice of venue for the event. At the party however they channel that energy into a very passionate french kiss, possibly the hottest gay smooch you'll see on television this season.
What does that mean? Is Eric Winter sticking around for a second season? All you Scotty lovers out there (including KC, the Luke MacFarlane website maintainer, whom I am once again very, very grateful for the exclusive scoop) may want to kill me, but I do hope Eric's pilot fails and he sticks around on "Brothers & Sisters." The man is a sex-bomb!
Finally, Justin (Dave Annable) is devastated to learn he is leaving for Iraq two days earlier than he expected and he almost leaves without a good bye. Nora and Kitty rush to the airport to bid a tearful farewell.
The scenes have yet to be filmed, so I will post images from the episode as soon as they become available.
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Labels: Brothers and Sisters
posted by Justin Van De Kamp at
1:30 PM
8 Comments:
I can't wait for the kiss Justin, I agree Eric Winter is HOT!
I think Uncle Saul thought Holly was a drag queen (a theory I posted before, based on her overly heavy makeup LOL)
I love it how the season ender links up with the season opener... nice.
Hmm.. sounds like it will be a ball.
I honestly can't say that i didn't like an episode..That's a first.
Oh you're so dead, Justin. LoL :P
Actually I like Eric Winter. I still don't know what his chemistry is like with Matthew on screen since we still haven't seen them kiss, but their bickering energy is awesome.
However, the pilot he is in, Viva Laughlin, costs CBS over 7mil to produce. I don't think they're not going to pick it up. Plus, there's a string attached that if CBS doesn't they still have to pay Hugh Jackman a huge sum of money for not picking it up.
But yeah, I like Eric. He's very cute.
However, just wanna reiterate that Kevin & Jason cannot have a relationship IF Robert is still going for presidency because no Republican will ever vote for a man whose brother is sleeping with his fiancée's brother. So either Kevin & Jason's relationship will be closeted because that type of relationship is what media eats up to give bad press to any candidate.
KC
Maintainer of Luke MacFarlane Fansite
P.S. I'll make sure to send a swarm of crazy Luke fans to club you now, Justin. :P
I disagree, Kong. That's not going to be a consideration. Since when have the writers cared so much about the realism of the presidential campaign storyline?
IRL, no one as gay-friendly as McCallister would stand a chance for the Republican nomination, and that's not even touching on the impropriety of having a romantic relationship with his communications director shortly after going through a controversial divorce. Or the fact that he's been using his Senatorial funds to fund his campaign--which is illegal under federal law.
What I'm saying is...B&S is about relationships, not politics. If the chemistry clicks and Winter is available, they will most likely pursue this relationship (and it would be open--no way would they do a "in the closet" retread after Chad). Time will tell what they do, but it's certainly a possibility. Even today the blog noted the positive reception Jason has received by the fans.
Just wanted to add...
I think most people would agree that they're not going to have McCallister reach the White House. (Wouldn't fit on this show.)
So either he'll lose the nomination or withdraw from the race eventually. Which would make any Kevin/Jason relationship free of those concerns.
Anonymous:
Anyway, it doesn't matter because Eric Winter may not even stay on B&S for second season unless he is getting recasted off of Viva Laughlin.
Personally, I'm already more invested in the upcoming love interest #4 than Jason McCallister's character.
Viva Laughlin will most likely get picked up by CBS. Les Moonves is a cheap bastard. I don't think he is willing to negate 7+ millions of dollars + penalty money for not picking up the pilot.
Of course, this doesn't prevent him from coming back later in 2nd season if Viva Laughlin does poorly in ratings and eventually gets canned. But by that time, Kevin will have moved onto love interest #4.
I'm sure the creators/writers already have plans for both scenarios once the May upfronts by CBS are announced.
KC
Maintainer of Luke MacFarlane Fansite
Sorry if I'm a little dense but if Moonves is cheap, why would he pick up a series that would cost him lots of money. I mean, he got into a contract with Jackman that if he doesn't pick it up, he'll pay a certain amount. But won't it cost even more to produce a season?
Cheap, doesn't mean Scrooge cheap. Cheap as in...Les Moonves doesn't like to waste money and wants to make it back, especially when the average pilot costs 2-4 mil and this one costs over 7 mil to produce. That's a lot more money wasted if CBS doesn't pick it up, plus paying the penalty fee to Hugh Jackman, which is stipulated in the contract he has with CBS.
This is what happens when you have an A-list actor, like Hugh Jackman, going with a TV idea, and having ABC and CBS do a bid-war on the TV pilot, and CBS won, but winning it also incurs all the stipulations Hugh Jackman requests and requires.
The reason CBS paid more money is because they are hoping that, if they go with it, because of Hugh Jackman's name, 1) more advertisers will pay big bucks to advertise during the show and 2) audience viewers will watch it because it is produced and created by Hugh Jackman (who will also guest star in the first episode) and hence good ratings. And good ratings = more dough from advertisers. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. This is a huge bankroll for CBS, and a risk-shot they're willing to take to make the money back quick and efficiently.
Moonves is known to be cheap in that a huge investment like Viva Laughlin! cannot go without being picked up.
KC
Maintainer of Luke MacFarlane Fansite
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