Brothers & Sisters focuses on a quintet of damaged adult siblings, highlighting their devotion to their mother, Nora Walker. She's played by Oscar-winner Sally Field.
Every member of the Walker family has faced significant challenges in his/or life, from divorce to addiction to infidelity.
The characters are:
- Kitty McCallister: a communications director for her husband, United States Senator/Former Presidential candidate Robert McCallister
- Tommy Walker: a husband, father, Co-CEO of Ojai Foods
- Kevin Walker: a homosexual lawyer, married to Scotty Wandell
- Justin Walker: a veteran of the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; recovering drug addict
- Ryan Lafferty: the Walkers' newly discovered half-brother.
Brothers & Sisters airs on ABC.