A Letter of Apology from Brothers & Sisters

To Our Viewers

The writers and producers of Brothers & Sisters would like to apologize for mistakenly indicating in Episode 202 that Nora Walker was a Gold Star Mother.  As many of you have pointed out on this blog, a Gold Star Mother is a mother whose child served and died in line of duty.  We are truly sorry for our gross oversight during the writing of this episode.  As ever, the writers and producers of this show are in awe and indebted to those serving our country as well as the people that love them.

With deepest regret,

The Writing Staff of Brothers & Sisters

Comments

[Mariah]

Give me a break!!! Justin has a knee injury, poor boy. Give him the pain killers. At least he still has his leg. Too many of our soldiers have suffered more serious injuries and even death. This storyline is disgusting.

[Madeleine]

I love this site, we havent seen series 2 yet, so I am getting lots of sneeky peeks.

[betsy]

I totally agree with Will about the show not really being political but only having a political backdrop. But it is going further than any other show on tv that I can think of these days, and for that I think we should forgive the writers for their mistake about Nora being a Gold Star Mother. I love Sally Field for what she said at the Emmy's! (there are far many of us than people who stopped watching the show like aneka)

[Sera]

I am a Gold Star Mother, a Republican and a Born Again Christian and HISPANIC! After the comment did I stop watching? No!!! Was I upset? NO!! I was bugged and thought the writers were stupid not to know the difference. Yes!!!!
I enjoy this show very much and i will continue to watch regardless of the mix up and regardless of Sally Fields stupid comment.
What i am offended with is what is written here - comments about hating gays; war mongers etc.. all very hateful.. Liberals tend to put everyone in the same category when people claim the are Republican.

My best friend is gay - he and his partner come to my home on holidays because their families live in another state, they come for dinner ... I see my friend as my mentor and good friend. I don’t hate him nor any other gay person. Who am I to judge and who are you all to judge us?

War mongers - how dare you say this to a Family who has lost their child - do we have special pass to be afforded some respect for our loss and sacrifice? Don’t you think human decency would grant us just that?

For your information my son was in college. Just like so many other Gold Star Families our Sons were able to afford college but chose otherwise. Most of you think that our young Son’s could not go because the family was to poor and stupid - So they joined because they had no other choice... Again it shows a lack of knowledge and close mindedness of some many here.

The ugliness of the comments tells me how immature some of you are, how misinformed you are and how bigoted some of you are - Including you the Gay Gentleman. Don’t lump me with NO one else regardless of Race, Religion or political affiliation.

[Ron]

I stand corrected. To simplify my comment I used the word Democracy. Either way you have the right to vote. It does not change the idea I was getting across. By the way, making an incorrect statement does not make you an idiot. Calling people an idiot becuase you corrected them does not make you smart either. I made no reference to having disdane for our armed forces. I have 2 sons serving our country, 1 was killed in Iraq. I thank every serviceman I see for his sacrifice. It takes a lot of courage to put your life on hold for at least 4 years to protect our country and I am thankful to each and every one of them.

[Barb]

Sally:
I've been a fan of yours forever!! I just wanted you and the wrighters to know I was really touched by the episode where Jason wants to say goodby to you, Sally, before he leaves for Irac.My son leaves for Irac in March 2008. I could not even talk to him about his choice to go instead of staying in collage. That episode and others has helped me and my son. (He watches sometimes) He now is making special time for all family members before he leaves. So Thank you all.

[Kevin]

I enjoy B&S though I don't always get to watch it. I understand it is a T.V. show, meant to entertain and that it's characters are people with real opinions and that the soldiers who fought, fight and will fight again do so for a multitude of reasons, nonetheleast of which is to secure our FREEDOM... I was offended by Sally's comments at the Emmy's....but understand her RIGHT to make them, indeed her Need to make them. We're blessed in this country to be able to dissent and express our dissent, but it would go over perhaps a little better if dissenters at least acknowledged that they would not have these FREEDOMS in other lands and that is part of our country's greatness.

Despite my having taken offense at Sally's comments, I will continue to periodically enjoy B&S for it's entertainment value...

Thank you.

[Enough with the gays]

I love the show and and want to see it stay on the air for a long time. I think you should stop with all the gay stuff. It's just way too much and I think it will be the demise of a show I enjoy watching.

[GoldStarMom]

I want to thank the writer's of B&S for their prompt and heartfelt apology for the misuse of the term "Gold Star Mother". When I heard the comment, it was another stab to my already broken heart.

As I watch the show, I appreciate that most of the time the writers "get" Jason's and Nora's story line pretty right. Unless you watch your child go off to war, it would be difficult to imagine what military mom's and their families go through. Thanks for making the effort.

Those who say "it's a TV show" minimize my loss and the efforts of the B&S writers and actors to get it right.

My only child was in Iraq for 384 days when he was killed 3/12 years ago. I never supported the war or this administration's drive for this endless war. AND I would never wish this journey on anyone.

Kudos to Sally Field and Nora for having the courage to speak out, too!

I am Ken's very proud Gold Star Mom

[Mark from tampa Fl]

B&S is the best show that is on the air at this time.i have watched the show since it first aired,every Sunday nite.I dont record it or tvo it.I watch it along with millioms of others.i have read alot of the blogs before i wrote mine and i can not believe some of them.HELLO PEOPLE the show is based on a family the has issues and that every peron in the family is different and have their on differances thats what makes a family a family.why blame a show for making a mistake on the war?? things happen.if it wasn't for George "i lied to get a war started" Bush the writers wouldn't have wriiten that in the first place! As far as the gay issues in the show I say GREAT JOB!! Kevin is one of the best in the show.As a gay man It makes me proud to see our issues addressed in the way that the show does.not all gay men were dresses or are flamers,just the guys next door.people that have problems with it have problems with who they are.if you dont like the way it is wriiten than as an adult turn the channel.We live in the land of the free. Thank you for giving us such a great show.Sally you are wonderful and i love you and everyone on the show! Ken you did a great job on thirty something and a better job now ! keep up the great work! before i end Kevin,dont do anything to mess up your relatonship with the preacher!Please!!

[Single]

Ok, I've finally had enough! Enough of this prime time B.S. where the mother is the only one who cares for the kids and it's all about meeee, pooooorrr meeee! I'm a single dad who cares every bit as much about my children as anyone else and who takes EVERY bit as much a part in their lives as ANYONE else! Where does it say that Mothers are the only ones that have a sincere stake in the lives of their children?!!! Enough already! Men have a part in families too!

[Beverly/So much potential; So little substance]

As a viewer who comes from a large family, with a gay brother, a military brother, a mother who has no life except to dwell on her children when they are in crisis..I always expect more from this show (because I can relate to the premise of the show)..but it never quite measures up. Kevin is an embarrassment to the gay population. What a whiny, self-absorbed, bigoted character. He doesn't reflect positively on the gay men of the world who have come so far within the last two decades. Nora needs some Xanax, or something stronger. We get it; she cares about her children..but please...she is so annoying..it's difficult to watch. The fact that Tommy cheated on his wife after she was gone for two seconds was a little disturbing and not really in line with what we previously knew of this character. That was difficult to swallow. The show has so much potential. I expected it to deal with issues and story lines more intelligently and a little more deeply. It just doesn't aim very high. I do appreciate that Kitty is such a believable character. I love that the show reveals a registered Republican, who can have moderate views about certain issues, while leaning more conservatively on others. It is truly representative of more Republicans than people may think. Good job on her character. Her character is the redeemable feature of this show that keeps me coming back. I'll hold out and hope for better...So I hope the bar gets raised. Great acting...except for Sally Field's ranting and raving and nagging and hysterics! Please, I'm needing some Xanax just thinking about it.

[Jen]

"Don’t lump me with NO one else regardless of Race, Religion or political affiliation." -Sera

It should be Don't lump me with ANY ONE else...
Not "NO one else."
*sigh*

[Ann Z]

I noticed that the word "candidate" was misspelled as "canidate" under a photo of one of the debate participants in Sunday's (10/28/07) show. Tisk, tisk!

[Bashir H Abdi]

Ok I have had it. I will try my best to express myself as civily as possible, and of course avoiding not being 'posted'. My beef is that I despise the character 'Scott'. I am not homophobic by ALL account, but this dude annoys me to the nit wits of ninny winny tolerance! My objection is mainly his actions and his dialogues lines. Why does scott talk as if he is this cute, little heroine, demsell in distress?? He is a dude! A man! Cuteness does not become him! Hellooooooo! How disgusting!