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
I watch this show mainly for them now. I'm ready to cry next week. wo... its friday OMG!!! sunday is closer than i thought awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Nice article I agree so much. I always hope that every gay/lesbien couple on tv helps a little some people to see it's normal, and this show does it so well. plus they break the stereotype with Kevin :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's a very strong message that needs to be spread! It's time to understand that gay people are not aliens!
ReplyDeleteI know right. I'm so use to it I just asume poeple are all okay with it then I ran into some jerks and it pisses me off. (my two best guy friend are gay)
ReplyDeleteI heard they fostered a girl called Olivia who had had bad home in the past, not that they adopt a baby girl...
ReplyDeleteshe should be 8/10 I think... sorry for the misunderstanding..
ReplyDeleteYeah it really is. Just because we know it doesn't mean that everybody knows it. There's always a asshole ready to piss us off with homofobic offenses and points of views! However I believe that we can change and we can progress.. So this word MUST be spread!
ReplyDeletehell yeah we can change. Look at how it was before... You were gay you better shut up or get beat up. I smile at progress haaha. GOD ITS FREAKEN TOMOROW!!!! I never wanted to see an episode from brother and sister so badly! except last year's finale caus ei thought Scotty would die..
ReplyDeleteI can't wait either!!.. Don't know if I'll need tissues.. Maybe... haha
ReplyDelete"normal straight couple" just wanted to point out a flaw in your article. Not trying to beat you down or anything but using the phrase "normal straight couple" emphasizes that homosexual couples are not normal or at least the way you used it in the sentence. I know it is obviously not what you meant but just wanted to say.
ReplyDeleteAs for other things, i don't think people do not think same sex couples can raise kids. They are just curious on if you can raise kids without both a mother and a father. I mean everyday you see kids being raised by teenagers, single moms, single dads, adn the kids turn out fine but some people question whether or not if it is the best route to take (i am just stating the arguement this is not exactly what i believe is true.)
The fact that Kevin and Scotty fight should also not be foreign for people either because of the fact that they have a relationship and anyone you have a relationship with are people you may at one time fight against (brothers, sisters, moms, dads, friends, and etc)
I feel like both sides are looking at the whole gay thing (gay rights, marriage, don't ask don't tell) the wrong way. The left side (liberals) are kinda pushing the whole gay rights thing against people (understandly so) but the truth is most people on the right (conservatives) may not know much at all about homoseuality to make a correct and unbias assessment. The right wing is so intent on keeping rights away so they make gay people seem like monsters and come up with illogical arguements. I personally think we need to take a step back and really provide information (solid information) about homosexuality and if it stands (just like how majority of people can't argue about the sky being blue, you need water to live, or you get your genes from your biological parents) then we would have a much more solid ground to fight for these rights.
Honestly, what scientifically has been officially determine about homoseuality? Is it genetically passed down by your parents? who carries the gene? if people were made to love people of the same sex then why can't both sexes have children? I know the questions can go on but it is because the answers to these questions are things we are not taught about in elementry school people have a hard time changing their thoughts about it. So if we do have this information something solid, not a theory (not to say theories are wrong but they are not fully pieced together yet and their are sometime still holes in them, like in evolution "the missing link") then these arguements would seem pointless
We should be fighting for education, then rights and then you will find out that things come much easily. I personally do not know the answers to any of the questions in the paragraph above and would love some answers on them if anyone does not mind. I will come by and check on them later, just leave me a link (please do not use wikipedia, make it a legitimate site or book about a study which has been done numerous times because science is only science if it can occur more than once (or be determined) using the same methods over and over again) thanks