Episode Report Card LuluBates: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT All About Her Mother
By LuluBates | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 04.25.2010
Despite the kitchen calamity, everyone still comes over for dinner. Rebecca is going on again about her Barbie Dream House and, gracefully -- or perhaps guiltily-- no one mentions that she could have bought the damn thing if she hadn't given all the money to Ojai. Rebecca chirpily continues that she will buy it just as soon as things turn around at Ojai and the small family business is flush enough with cash to repay her $2 million loan. Like, next week? Week after? Sarah looks much aggrieved by this situation and avoids all eye contact. She would normally be chugging wine at this point, but you know: THE BABY. I'm actually surprised that her family has not accused her of being pregnant yet since the only reason not to be chugging wine at a Walker dinner is pregnancy or pre-surgery. And actually that pre-surgery thing is pretty debatable. Seeing Sarah's abject misery on the subject, Rebecca quickly backtracks to explain how cozy and jewel-like her apartment is. Scotty reminds everyone that they live in a Loft and are having a baby. Everyone jumps up and down about the baby, but Kevin shuts them down: They are just being hopeful and positive, but they don't have any hard news yet. All this talk about babies and her depressing work life is too much for Sarah and she excuses herself from the table. When Kitty comes to join the party, Sarah hijacks her to the study so Kitty can FEEL HER UP. I don't have sisters, so is this normal? Is this what sisters do in their free time? Go to second base with each other? I find this troubling, even if it is for ostensibly medical purposes. Sarah explains that she bought a test but had to throw it out before Luc saw it. Kitty is shocked that she hasn't told Luc yet, but um...why not be sure first? I'm Team Sarah on this one. Kitty yells at her about being in a loving, trusting relationship and Sarah tears up and accuses her of being mean to her. Although she admits it might just be hormones. Kitty looks apologetic and gets Sarah a tissue and explains that the issue might be more hers anyway. She begins to explain about meeting Ann earlier. Kevin interrupts the conversation right then and Kitty fills him and Sarah in on the whole The-Senator-Got-Hosed storyline. Just as she and Kevin are about to figure out what in the what is going on, Sarah interrupts with some stupid line about "don't talk about birth" and looks all queasy. Obviously such a weird ass statement raises Kevin's suspicions. He wants to know whether Scotty said anything to them, but Kitty doesn't get what he's asking and then, suddenly she does, "Are you pregnant, too?" Kevin and his razor-sharp lawyer's mind quickly parse the sentence and realizes that "TOO" is the interesting word. They all glare at each other and deny everything until Kevin bluntly asks Sarah if she's pregnant, JUST AS LUC WALKS IN. That's actually not required capitalization, but you can really tell the writers wanted that to be a shock. It wasn't, but let's pretend to keep those writers happy so they give The Senator a proper sendoff, eh? Luc is obviously super excited while Sarah protests that she doesn't know anything. Kevin, however, is one thing: PISSED. Because he is an idiot who has drunk the psychic's Kool Aid, found it tastes like baby formula, and believed that the baby in her vision was his and Scotty's. And now in his deluded mind thinks Sarah has STOLEN HIS PSYCHIC BABY. Man, in nine months Kevin is totally going to slice Sarah open and steal that baby right back. Scotty comes in to get to the root of all the yelling and gets an earful of Kevin's crazy. Kevin storms out of the house with Scotty being all reasonable and trailing after him. Luc simply beams at Sarah who is just looking rather uncomfortable with the whole situation. Luc makes their apologies to Nora, who is not at all pleased to see them go and leave her there with Ida. Nora tries to get up from the table to see what is going on, but Ida slaps her down. The children are grown ups and don't need Nora butting into their business. Saul tries to defend Nora, but Ida won't hear it. Besides, she's made a decision. She does not want to spend the next ten years of her life with Nora. She wants to move into a nursing home. Nora protests despite the fact that her mom is SO INCREDIBLY MEAN to her, I mean, I would be dying if my mother said that to me, even though I truly hope my mother never comes to live with me. Besides, my brothers are much closer geographically to her. Regardless, that shit would SMART. Ida glares at Nora and tells her that she has made up her mind and hopes Nora will at least allow her the dignity to make her own decision. Nora looks mighty small and sad and defeated by her mean mommy.
Over in Crazyland, Kevin is still grousing about his baby-stealing sister and how Scotty should never have made him Believe. He wanted to stay in his happy place of pregnancy forums filled with horror stories of miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and blighted ovum. He was happy there! He wanted to manage his expectations. Scotty points out that if Michelle's not pregnant, it will be painful one way or the other. But they will face it together. Awwwww. I love Scotty. Kevin suggests they get a dog. It can be their fur baby. Gah, I was trying to find a link to the Best Story Ever From an Inflight Magazine all about a woman's love for her three fur babies and their adorable wardrobes and her grieving process when they died and how she could never understand why people didn't allow her children in restaurants and how deep her abiding love for these blessed fur babies is. It was truly awesome. And horrifying. And in a Delta Airlines magazine. I would love to find the editor who greenlighted that article.