Heather Locklear

I’m quite a Heather Locklear fan: from her Dynasty days as tacky golddigger SammyJo, to scheming Amanda Woodward in Melrose Place and then on to Spin City: Who knew she could do funny too?

Over the last few years life’s been tough on Heather, who turned to drink and was charged with DUI. Then again, that’s like a girlscout badge among Hollywood stars! I’m glad she checked herself into rehab though and seems to be ready to get on with it, starting with, perhaps, a recurring role in B&S. Apparently, HL is lobbying with the producers. I wonder what kind of part she could et? Tommy’s next fling? Yet another WIlliam Walker fling?
Anyway, at 47 she’s still looking HOT!

Uncle Saul aka Ron Rifkin

Sarah cooks a celebratory dinner for Scotty who’s had a raise, Justin tries to set Saul up. Kevin has to deal with a pay cut and tries to compensate by buying a mansion.

Rather slow episode. Again. And not really realistic. Sooo. Nora goes out to buy a house for her charity without checking the inside and whoever is funding it is ok with that? Just let any old housewife with too much time on her hands squander millions on some house that might be filled with rats or fungi? And then Kevin ends up buying the house his mom wants to buy. Because he’s feeling low he’s buying a mansion of over 700.000 dollars?! That’s some retail therapy. To top it all off,  he simply expects his mom to take the house off his hands when he finds out Scotty doens’t want it.It’s all a bit neat and especially in this time of global crisis, with lots of people having to sell their homes because they can’t afford it, a little insensitive. Who are these people who can just fork over nearly a million on a whim? “I’ll just dip into my savings”?! Then there’s the weird Sarah cooking Scotty dinner thing. I know these writers love nothing more than a Walker family dinner where everyone spills the beans about everybody else, but wouldn’t they ever tire of it themselves? And who would invite a guy whose just made head chef at some fancy schmancy restaurant over for chicken piccata? And who… Oh, forget it. They definitely need a bit more action, a new bad guy. Where’s Ryan? What evil schemes is his dad plotting? Thank God Lionel Luthor?! Aka John Glover is coming to the rescue!

Soooo, Saul is seeing someone. And not Paul (hello-o, how out of touch is Justin anyway? A fat ex-druggie vs rather suave and sophisticated uncle Saul? I’m guessing it is Lionel Luthor and that stuff might get interesting very soon. Let’s hope so, ’cause this was kinda boring.

I like the new, confident and stubbly Scotty though!

B&S Everything must go

Though the rest of my tv week was a bit dull, with a goody goody episode of One Tree Hill, NO 90210 and a downright boring run of ossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters actually came through. Yay. It’s as if they don’t mind taking their time with a storyline, they don’t have to dissect an entire relationship in 30 odd minutes. Or maybe it’s just that their target audience s a bit older? I don’t know.

Anyway, Nora gets rid of all of Cheating William’s stuff, good for her, more people should deal with their issues that sensibly. Kitty looks for her own replacement and finds out that Robert is less than thrilled. And is totally confused by it. Hello-o, you secretly wrote a BOOK about the guy! Your husband!

Here’s the link on youtube. I know it sucks, but it works!

Dave Annable aka Justin Walker

I like Brothers and sisters, it’s sharp and funny and there’s some great acting. Not by Calista Flockhart, but Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths and Sally Field rock. I hope I look half as good as Sally Field when I’m her age.

Anyway, the new storyline with yet another illegitimate child spawned by their dad? Really? How very As the world turns or Dallas even.

The thing that bugs me about this is why would anyone go looking for a half brother they never met? Why would they care at all? Sarah and Kevin jumped all over this, Kevin left his new husband on their wedding night to go and talk to Sarah about this new brother. Why?!!

My dad’s not the most, err, monogamous of people, and if any halfsiblings ever end up on my doorstep I’ll share a beer with them, sure. Maybe even mix ‘em a g&t. But getting all in a huff and loosing sleep over them? Heck no.

The Walkers already have family enough to satisfy a whole rack of Hallmark cards, and a not-so-related illegitimate sister, so why add to that? I know, the storyline, obviously, but why not let sleeping dogs lie? And why o why would Sarah and Kevin tell their mom before they even found this guy? Hasn’t she had enough to deal with? Must suck so badly that you find out all this stuff about your husband after he’s dead. You can’t yell, there’s no point egging his car or cutting up all his clothes….

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