Hello everybody, I wonder if you watched “Brothers & Sisters” last Sunday, and if you did, how did you react to Scotty’s confession. By the way, it looks like next episode “An Ideal Husband” is mostly concerned about the Kevin/Scotty issue. And that’s what we’re gonna talk about in this week’s article.
It’s nothing new that Kevin and Scotty relationship is one of the most representative for gay/lesbians couples. Their story went through the issues of every normal straight couple, showing that being married to a same-sex partner it’s nothing different than being married to a different-sex partner, and that’s what I think caught most of the attention of LGBT community, and not only it. Same-sex couples is one of the issues that are still opened in today’s society and it’s anything but easy to “deal with” and personally, I appreciate how the writers decided through these years to face this kind of matters. I think it’s a strong and important message to all the people that gays are normal, in the good and bad things.
Of course, some things are more difficult, like getting married and trying to have a baby and it’s something that Kevin and Scotty had to deal with during these years: they got married with a commitment ceremony, tried to have a baby through surrogacy, and dealt with discrimination (remember season 3?) on the workplace and of the parents. But all of this had the chance to teach something and to show something relevant.
Kevin and Scotty are loved by all “Brothers & Sisters” viewers because of the honesty, the clearness and the sweetness of their relationship, one of the best among the other Walker siblings (since Sarah divorced, Kitty almost divorced and cheated, Tommy divorced and cheated, Justin divorced). But now, the time has come for them to face one the biggest issue a couple could ever go through: cheating.
We must say that maybe the “cheating card” was overused on this show, but that opens up these characters to new horizons in terms of storyline and in terms of acting, and there’s no way they’re gonna let us down! Mostly because we know (and here I yell at you “SPOILER”) that they’re gonna adopt a baby girl, Olivia, and even this will lead to a stronger and more important message to society: gay couples can look after and raise a baby like all the other couples can!
LGBT community should be glad to these writers who made a hard choice in exploring so deeply these characters: it’s almost an experiment of how things can work out in a gay couple! I’m personally sure that all of this will help people who gone through issues like that and people who are still close-minded! On a personal note, I just would love to see Kevin and Scotty (maybe accompanied by the tremendous Nora) to a L.A. parade for gay rights! That would totally be as hilarious as important to show! And.. Since Proposition 8 got cancelled, we could get to see another Kevin and Scotty real marriage, who knows...
For now, just watch this Sunday, the brand new episode of “Brothers & Sisters”!
Dominic Brown
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