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BROTHERS & SISTERS Calista Flockhart and Rob Lowe

BROTHERS & SISTERS
APRIL 20 · 10 PM · ABC
EPISODES LEFT: 4

WHERE WE LEFT OFF: While Robert (Rob Lowe) got deeper into the presidential race, his campaign strategist Isaac (Danny Glover) began dating Walker matriarch Nora (Sally Field). Kevin (Matthew Rhys) and Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) grew closer, and Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) bonded with David (Ken Olin), an old boyfriend of her mother, Holly (Patricia Wettig).

UP NEXT: ''Nora and Isaac have been getting serious,'' says exec producer Monica Owusu-Breen. ''Isaac is going to offer a big change to Nora. [Her decision] will ricochet through the entire Walker clan.'' As for Kevin and Scotty, ''We've to'd and fro'd for so long now,'' says Rhys. ''I think we're ready to become a little more domesticated and settled in our relationship, which is about time.'' In other couples news, Kitty (Calista Flockhart) and Robert will try to conceive, and embark upon IVF treatments. Also, look for Robert's presidential race to be resolved. But the biggest twist involves Rebecca and whether she is actually William Walker's biological daughter. ''It gets resolved, but then it brings up something that no one will see coming,'' teases Owusu-Breen. ''So there's a surprise in store for the Walkers. When Greg [Berlanti, one of Brothers' executive producers] pitched it, we were dumbfounded for 10 minutes. It's just amazing.'' With that kind of buildup, it better be. —Tim Stack