In typical Brothers & Sisters fashion, apparently a few weeks (months?) have passed since we last joined the Walkers. I'm going to assume they spent the time 1) drinking, 2) on the phone, and 3) drinking while on the phone. Amid that busy schedule and their purported day jobs, Kevin and Scotty also managed to squeeze in a few visits to Olivia, the poor little foster girl who caught their hearts in her magic dimples. The foster care licensor and/or adoption specialist (same same?) informs them that the visits have been going well and it is now time for an overnight visit. Scotty and Kevin are excited about the prospect and they have been preparing for their new role by hosting Paige while Sarah is out of town and Joe is, presumably, off washing his hair and Cooper is, presumably, in a Ritalin-induced coma until he turns 18.
The social worker reminds them that this is a big change for Olivia and she might start acting disinterested to avoid getting hurt again. You know, like Kitty did before she boned the bipolar plumber. Kevin nods knowingly. Olivia comes in then looking as adorably Punky Brewster-ish as ever. After confirming that the accommodations are up to her exacting standards (what's the thread count? free continental breakfast?), she agrees to spend the weekend at The Loft. Then she gives Scotty a big old hug that Kevin awkwardly third-wheels onto.
Kitty is leaving The Barista in charge of Evan as she dashes out to do a few errands. This is a marked improvement for Kitty since it appears she actually remembered she had a child. I say, BRAVO. The Barista reminds us that he is in grad school by, you know, publicly reading Moby Dick, but then he ruins his believability by complaining that Melville goes on too long. No real grad student would dare to besmirch the works of Melville and instead would devote their life to convincing others of how funny Moby Dick is and not just in that dirty-joke-punchline sort of way, but ACTUALLY funny. Unless, of course, said graduate student wanted to make a point of not liking Melville and spending his career in the academy denouncing Melville as a fraud and a racist. Either of those two options are completely believable, but just dismissing him as wordy? NO.
Then he kisses Kitty and asks her about what she learned during the past semester. The semester is over already? What time is it in Walkerlandia? DO NOT SAY TIME TO GET A WATCH. I mean wasn't it just Christmas? Well, whatever wormhole Walkerlandia exists in, the semester is over and Kitty failed to get her MRS degree, but she did find a nice barista who is willing to babysit in a pinch and doesn't charge her more than $11/hour and doesn't eat all the ice cream in the freezer, which is pretty hard to come by in this neighborhood. Kitty looks all kinds of vague as she talks about her trip and her return to teaching, but Seth is too busy nuzzling the back of her head like he's a drunken llama at the kiddy zoo to notice.
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