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[[File:brothersandsisters.jpg|thumb|350px|The Walker Clan]]
''[[Brothers and Sisters]]'' is a drama series that ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2011.
The series details the lives of the Walker family. Patriarch William Walker runs his family fruit business, Ojai Foods, with one son and daughter and his brother-in-law. Another daughter works in politics, one son is a vet from Afghanistan with an addiction problem, and the other is a gay attorney. William's wife, Nora, is the heart of the family. When William dies, his family not only loses their patriarch, but finds themselves suddenly privy to secrets they wish had never been exposed...
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The Walker family, [[Brothers and Sisters/Characters|are detailed here]].
For some unearthly reason, the show <s>features</s> featured Rob Lowe as a Republican Senator. From ''California''.
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** Rob Lowe was initially a guest star- the ratings went up so much he became a regular.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]] (Rebecca and Justin used to believe each other were blood siblings, but then found out otherwise. Justin still felt somewhat uncomfortable on the subject)
* [[But Not Too Gay]]: Averted with Kevin (and Scotty), who makes out as much as his siblings. Played straight with Saul, who rarely has an onscreen kiss, which could be tied to [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]].
* [[But We Used a Condom]] (Kitty's pregnancy)
* [[Candlelit Bath]] (subverted)
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** Walker family dinners are massive arguments waiting to happen. Just see the above two tropes.
* [[Easy Amnesia]] (Holly in Season 5, though to be fair, it's a long-term plot point and her memory seems to come and go.)
* [[Embarrassing Slide]]: A [[Home Porn Movie]] among a collection of clips for a birthday video.
* [[Fake American]] (Kevin is played by a Welsh actor)
** Scotty and Rebecca's actors are Canadian
** Sarah's actress is Australian... she even slips accents in the bloopers
* [[Fake Brit]] (While he may sound like one, Roger Grant is played by real Brit [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369814/ Nigel Havers])
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* [[Home Porn Movie]] (Sarah and her then-husband. [[Hilarity Ensues]])
* [[How We Got Here]] (one episode opens with Nora, Sarah and Rebecca entering a hotel lift, their hair dishevelled. It's implied they've all had sex. {{spoiler|None of them had. Nora passed out drunk while kissing Roger Grant, Sarah merely had a lot of alcoholic drinks and Rebecca spent the night alone in the honeymoon suite after Justin went to help a Addicts Anonymous sponsee}}).
** The St. Valentine episode of season 1 also opened with the end; Kitty in bed with McCallister, Justin with [[Gender Blender Name|Tyler,]] Kevin with Scotty, all calling each other and Sarah, who didn't have sex, and finally Nora, who ends up being calling from... jail.
* [[In Vino Veritas]] (well, Ojai Foods did make wine)
* [[Jerkass Facade]] (Kevin, especially in the earlier episodes)
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* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Justin and Rebecca
* [[Overly Narrow Superlative]] ("You're my favorite brother." "Only brother.")
* [[Personal Effects Reveal]] (the photograph of <s>Rebecca</s> Ryan)
* [[Put on a Bus]] (Jason, all the way to Malaysia). Joe. Rebecca. And after he stopped [[Commuting on a Bus|commuting]] Tommy left to go after Julia and Elizabeth.
** Ryan Lafferty, a main character in Season 4, disappeared with [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|no onscreen explanation]]. [[The Scrappy|Not that most of the audience cared.]]
* [[Real Life Relative]]:
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* [[Slap Slap Kiss]] (Justin and Rebecca have a big argument and then proceed to have sex with each other for the first time)
** In a variation, Robert and Kitty once had sex in their office after a policy discussion.
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* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] (interesting example with Kevin's boyfriend, Jason; the actor left to film a new show, so the producers brought back Season One boyfriend, Scotty, albeit a little more mature and subdued, making him more like the character he was replacing)
* [[Switch to English]]: Sarah is in France and attempts to ask for directions from a Frenchman. After much struggling, the Frenchman casually reveals he can speak English and the rest of their conversations stays in English.
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** Plus Tommy and Julia both played around on the side while they were separated.
** And Kevin is heavily implied to have had issues with this in the past.
** While married, both Sara and Joe came close to doing so.
** Not to mention Kitty having an (emotional) affair with a guy in the park
** And in an episode where Sara wonders if Luke cheated on her, we find out it was really {{spoiler|Scotty}} who was the cheater.
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