Brothers and Sisters: Season 2

by Mindy Monez September 22, 2008 3:37 PM
Brothers and Sisters: Season 2 This season on Brothers and Sisters we learned that love conquers all, booze conquers even more, incest is OK sometimes and that William Walker and Holly Harper were even bigger sluts in the '80s than everyone previously imagined. All in all a lovely follow-up to the first season, (though why people continue to invite these animals to dinner parties, let alone get involved with them romantically is still just completely beyond me), and the DVD set offers up some nice extras, along with some really pointless ones. Let's examine the good first:

Blooper Reel!
Who doesn't love a gag reel? Highlights include Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys accidentally slipping into their respective Australian and British accents and calling themselves out on it (delightful!), and Rachel Griffiths breaking character in one scene to bluntly ask, "Is everyone just going to sleep with everyone on this show?!" Hilarious and valid, Rachel! Ooh, but yikes -- there are also several instances of Balthazar Getty going up on a line and fixing it by pretending to make out with many of his female co-stars, which would be funny, but in light of his recent philandering... is not. Can't win 'em all, Balty.

Deleted Scenes
Most of these scenes are your average 43 second waste of times, but two do stand out. One is a scene in which Justin tries to speak at his old high school about the horrors of war but has a panic attack and runs out in the middle of it. I have a pretty thick skin, but it was very difficult to watch, and I can see why it was cut.

The other scene is amazing and there is just no excuse for cutting it. It's from the episode where Kitty, Sarah and Nora crash that random wedding, and while Kitty is ordering a drink at the bar a bouquet flies out of nowhere and smacks her in the head -- hard. Then while she's marveling at it all dazed like, "Heyyy, prettyyyy" she gets clotheslined by a couple seething bridesmaids and fights tooth and nail for the bouquet. She is eventually victorious, and it is great television. Calista Flockhart hit over the head with flowers and jumped by a bridesmaid gang??? How do you cut that?!

Commentary
There were only a few, and they're honestly not that great. My personal favorite was one with Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig and Matthew Rhys, which concluded in a fake fart noise contest between Olin and Rhys because they're 12, with Patricia Wettig trying to get them to be mature for two seconds of the commentary, to no avail (she's married to Ken Olin in real life, so it was actually pretty endearing somehow.)

Guest Book
This is a featurette about all the amazing guest stars this season, with many of them talking about why they love the show and wanted to be on it. There is also an explanation from writer David Marshall Grant (who tortured Vaughn in Alias Season 5, and I still haven't forgiven him for it) about why EP Ken Olin joined the cast, which was helpful, and Rob Lowe literally gets teary-eyed on camera talking about how magical having Garry Marshall at his wedding was. That last one is beyond adorable and not-to-be-missed.

"TV Dinners" and a Set Design Featurette
The last two features are a behind the scenes of the lady who makes all the crazy food that's in each episode, with interviews from the cast on how they eat all day in every scene without getting fat, and a look at how they make all the sets that I didn't care about because I do not work at Home Depot.

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