List of Brothers & Sisters episodes

Brothers & Sisters is a family drama that premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and concluded on May 8, 2011. A total of 109 episodes of Brothers & Sisters aired over five seasons.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Rank	Rating
			First released	Last released
1	23		September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	37	7.3
2	16		September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	May 11, 2008 (2008-05-11)	38	7.6
3	24		September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	33	7.2
4	24		September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	34	7.0
5	22		September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	52	5.6

Episodes

Season 1 (2006–07)

Main article: Brothers & Sisters season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Patriarchy"	Ken Olin	Jon Robin Baitz	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	15.69[1]
2	2	"An Act of Will"	Matt Shakman	Jon Robin Baitz & Marti Noxon	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)	13.46[2]
3	3	"Affairs of State"	Tucker Gates	Jon Robin Baitz & Emily Whitesell & Craig Wright	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)	13.01[3]
4	4	"Family Portrait"	Ken Olin	Jon Robin Baitz & Craig Wright	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)	12.15[4]
5	5	"Date Night"	Allison Liddi-Brown	David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman	October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)	11.92[5]
6	6	"For the Children"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Jon Robin Baitz & Jessica Mecklenburg	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)	12.50[6]
7	7	"Northern Exposure"	Lawrence Trilling	David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)	13.53[7]
8	8	"Mistakes Were Made (Part 1)"	Michael Lange	Jon Robin Baitz & Craig Wright	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)	12.78[8]
9	9	"Mistakes Were Made (Part 2)"	Ken Olin	Marc Guggenheim & Greg Berlanti	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)	13.04[9]
10	10	"Light the Lights"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Peter Calloway & Cliff Olin	December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)	10.40[10]
11	11	"Family Day"	David Petrarca	David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman	January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07)	11.87[11]
12	12	"Sexual Politics"	Sandy Smolan	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	January 14, 2007 (2007-01-14)	12.32[12]
13	13	"Something Ida This Way Comes"	Michael Lange	David Marshall Grant & Sherri Cooper-Landsman	January 21, 2007 (2007-01-21)	11.79[13]
14	14	"Valentine’s Day Massacre"	Michael Schultz	Peter Calloway & Cliff Olin	February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)	11.02[14]
15	15	"Love is Difficult"	Michael Lange	Jon Robin Baitz & Molly Newman	February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)	11.28[15]
16	16	"The Other Walker"	Gloria Muzio	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)	11.60[16]
17	17	"All in the Family"	David Paymer	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & David Marshall Grant	April 1, 2007 (2007-04-01)	9.15[17]
18	18	"Three Parties"	Sandy Smolan	Jon Robin Baitz & Marc Guggenheim	April 8, 2007 (2007-04-08)	10.80[18]
19	19	"Game Night"	Matt Shakman	Story by : Peter Calloway & Cliff Olin Teleplay by : Molly Newman	April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15)	11.26[19]
20	20	"Bad News"	Jason Moore	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	April 29, 2007 (2007-04-29)	11.15[20]
21	21	"Grapes of Wrath"	Michael Morris	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & David Marshall Grant	May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)	10.83[21]
22	22	"Favorite Son"	Gloria Muzio	Benjamin Kruger & Daniel Silk	May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13)	11.61[22]
23	23	"Matriarchy"	Ken Olin	Greg Berlanti & Jon Robin Baitz	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	12.31[23]

Season 2 (2007–08)

Main article: Brothers & Sisters season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
24	1	"Home Front"	Ken Olin	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	12.83[24]
25	2	"An American Family"	Gloria Muzio	David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman	October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)	11.91[25]
26	3	"History Repeating"	Matt Shakman	Jon Robin Baitz & Jennifer Cecil	October 14, 2007 (2007-10-14)	12.51[26]
27	4	"States of Union"	Michael Schultz	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Liz Tigelaar	October 21, 2007 (2007-10-21)	11.54[27]
28	5	"Domestic Issues"	Ken Olin	Peter Calloway & Cliff Olin	October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28)	12.59[28]
29	6	"Two Places"	Gloria Muzio	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)	12.09[29]
30	7	"36 Hours"	David Paymer	Molly Newman & David Marshall Grant	November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11)	12.35[30]
31	8	"Something New"	Michael Morris	Jennifer Cecil & Sherri Cooper-Landsman	November 25, 2007 (2007-11-25)	12.25[31]
32	9	"Holy Matrimony"	Robert Lieberman	Mark B. Perry and Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)	12.56[32]
33	10	"The Feast of the Epiphany"	Laura Innes	David Marshall Grant & Jason Wilborn	January 13, 2008 (2008-01-13)	10.90[33]
34	11	"The Missionary Imposition"	Michael Morris	Daniel Silk & Brian Studler	February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)	8.63[34]
35	12	"Compromises"	David Paymer	Cliff Olin & Peter Calloway	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)	8.50[35]
36	13	"Separation Anxiety"	Gloria Muzio	David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman	April 20, 2008 (2008-04-20)	10.09[36]
37	14	"Double Negative"	Michael Schultz	Josh Reims & Liz Tigelaar	April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)	11.19[37]
38	15	"Moral Hazard"	Michael Morris	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Jason Wilborn	May 4, 2008 (2008-05-04)	10.46[38]
39	16	"Prior Commitments"	Ken Olin	Greg Berlanti & Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	May 11, 2008 (2008-05-11)	10.69[39]

Season 3 (2008–09)

Main article: Brothers & Sisters season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
40	1	"Glass Houses"	Tucker Gates	Molly Newman & David Marshall Grant	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	12.03[40]
41	2	"Book Burning"	Laura Innes	Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	10.33[41]
42	3	"Tug of War"	Gloria Muzio	Josh Reims & Liz Tigelaar	October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12)	9.90[42]
43	4	"Everything Must Go"	Michael Schultz	Nancy Won & Michael Foley	October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)	9.82[43]
44	5	"You Get What You Need"	Chad Lowe	David Marshall Grant & Cliff Olin	October 26, 2008 (2008-10-26)	9.86[44]
45	6	"Bakersfield"	Gloria Muzio	Molly Newman & Peter Calloway	November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	9.62[45]
46	7	"Do You Believe in Magic"	Michael Morris	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Jennifer Levin	November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)	10.11[46]
47	8	"Going Once...Going Twice"	Karen Gaviola	Brian Studler & Beth Schwartz	November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16)	10.00[47]
48	9	"Unfinished Business"	Michael Morris	Jason Wilborn & Nancy Won	November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30)	10.07[48]
49	10	"Just a Sliver"	Michael Schultz	Molly Newman & David Marshall Grant	December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07)	10.55[49]
50	11	"A Father Dreams"	Tom Amandes	Jennifer Levin & Michael Foley	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	9.09[50]
51	12	"Sibling Rivalry"	Jeff Melman	Liz Tigelaar & Josh Reims	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	8.97[51]
52	13	"It's Not Easy Being Green"	Laura Innes	Peter Calloway & Sherri Cooper	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)	8.87[52]
53	14	"Owning It"	Bethany Rooney	Cliff Olin & David Marshall Grant	February 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)	9.26[53]
54	15	"Lost and Found"	David Paymer	Michael Foley & Jennifer Levin	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	9.00[54]
55	16	"Troubled Waters"	Ken Olin	Monica Owusu-Breen & Sherri Cooper-Landsman	March 1, 2009 (2009-03-01)	11.98[55]
56	17			David Marshall Grant & Molly Newman
57	18	"Taking Sides"	Michael Morris	Michael Foley & Beth Schwartz	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	10.32[56]
58	19	"Spring Broken"	Richard Coad	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Brian Studler	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	10.44[57]
59	20	"Missing"	Michael Schultz	Jason Wilborn & Nancy Won	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	10.15[58]
60	21	"S3X"	Laura Innes	Cliff Olin & David Marshall Grant	April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)	9.46[59]
61	22	"Julia"	Michael Morris	Molly Newman & Michael Foley	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	9.31[60]
62	23	"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"	Laura Innes	Peter Calloway & Daniel Silk	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	9.11[61]
63	24	"Mexico"	Ken Olin	Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	8.75[62]

Season 4 (2009–10)

Main article: Brothers & Sisters season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
64	1	"The Road Ahead"	Ken Olin	Molly Newman & Marjorie David	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	9.38[63]
65	2	"Breaking the News"	Ken Olin	David Marshall Grant & Cliff Olin	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	9.65[64]
66	3	"Almost Normal"	Michael Schultz	Jennifer Levin & Sherri Cooper-Landsman	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	8.97[65]
67	4	"From France With Love"	Michael Morris	Sarah Goldfinger & Michael Foley	October 18, 2009 (2009-10-18)	9.72[66]
68	5	"Last Tango in Pasadena"	Bethany Rooney	Molly Newman & Jason Wilborn	October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)	9.97[67]
69	6	"Zen & the Art of Making Mole"	Michael Schultz	Brian Studler & Geoffrey Nauffts	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)	9.47[68]
70	7	"The Wig Party"	Ken Olin	Marjorie David & David Marshall Grant	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	9.08[69]
71	8	"The Wine Festival"	Michael Morris	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Michael Foley	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	10.08[70]
72	9	"Pregnant Pause"	Matthew Rhys	Sarah Goldfinger & Jennifer Levin	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	8.69[71]
73	10	"Nearlyweds"	Laura Innes	Michael J. Cinquemani & Molly Newman	December 6, 2009 (2009-12-06)	10.81[72]
74	11	"A Bone to Pick"	Chad Lowe	Cliff Olin & Brian Studler	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	10.78[73]
75	12	"The Science Fair"	Laura Innes	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10)	10.45[74]
76	13	"Run Baby Run"	Richard Coad	Marjorie David & Jason Wilborn	January 17, 2010 (2010-01-17)	7.97[75]
77	14	"The Pasadena Primary"	Jonathan Kaplan	Michael Foley & Geoffrey Nauftts	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	7.65[76]
78	15	"A Valued Family"	Michael Schultz	Sarah Goldfinger & Michael Cinquemani	February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)	7.85[77]
79	16	"Leap of Faith"	Michael Morris	Matt Donnelly & Marc Halsey	February 28, 2010 (2010-02-28)	7.92[78]
80	17	"Freeluc.com"	Bethany Rooney	Molly Newman & Brian Studler	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	8.53[79]
81	18	"Time After Time"	Ken Olin	Sherri Cooper-Landsman & Jennifer Levin	April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)	8.84[80]
82	19			Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen
83	20	"If You Bake It He Will Come"	Bethany Rooney	Marjorie David & Cliff Olin	April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)	7.84[81]
84	21	"Where There's Smoke..."	Michael Morris	Michael Foley & Jason Wilborn	April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)	8.36[82]
85	22	"Love All"	Michael Schultz	Michael J. Cinquemani & Sarah Goldfinger	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	8.44[83]
86	23	"Lights Out"	Michael Morris	Molly Newman & Brian Studler	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	8.18[84]
87	24	"On The Road Again"	Ken Olin	David Marshall Grant & Geoffrey Nauffts	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	9.93[85]

Season 5 (2010–11)

Main article: Brothers & Sisters season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
88	1	"Homecoming"	Michael Morris	David Marshall Grant & David Babcock	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	9.49[86]
89	2	"Brief Encounter"	Jonathan Kaplan	Molly Newman	October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)	9.17[87]
90	3	"Faking It"	Michael Schultz	Veronica Becker & Geoffrey Nauffts	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	8.90[88]
91	4	"A Righteous Kiss"	Ken Olin	Cliff Olin & Stephen Tolkin	October 17, 2010 (2010-10-17)	8.81[89]
92	5	"Call Mom"	Michael Schultz	Veronica Becker & Brian Studler	October 24, 2010 (2010-10-24)	8.21[90]
93	6	"An Ideal Husband"	Bethany Rooney	David Marshall Grant & Michael J. Cinquemani	October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31)	8.15[91]
94	7	"Resolved"	Michael Schultz	David Babcock & Gina Lucita Monreal	November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)	8.70[92]
95	8	"The Rhapsody Of The Flesh"	Matthew Rhys	Molly Newman	November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)	8.69[93]
96	9	"Get A Room"	Eli Craig	Marc Halsey & Matt Donnelly	December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)	7.59[94]
97	10	"Cold Turkey"	Michael Morris	Stephen Tolkin & Geoffrey Nauffts	December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)	8.76[95]
98	11	"Scandalized"	Bethany Rooney	Veronica Becker & Sarah Kucserka	January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02)	7.85[96]
99	12	"Thanks For The Memories"	Michael Mayers	Cliff Olin & Brian Studler	January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)	8.25[97]
100	13	"Safe At Home"	Richard Coad	Michael J. Cinquemani & John Kazlauskas	January 16, 2011 (2011-01-16)	7.07[98]
101	14	"The One That Got Away"	Michael Morris	Gina Lucia Monreal & David Babcock	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)	6.27[99]
102	15	"Brody"	Matthew Rhys	Molly Newman	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	6.77[100]
103	16	"Home Is Where the Fort Is"	Bethany Rooney	Geoffrey Nauffts & Brian Studler	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)	7.37[101]
104	17	"Olivia's Choice"	Michael Morris	Cliff Olin & Stephen Tolkin	April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)	6.59[102]
105	18	"Never Say Never"	Bethany Rooney	Sarah Kucserka & Veronica Becker	April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)	6.43[102]
106	19	"Wouldn't It Be Nice"	Ken Olin	Michael J. Cinquemani & Marc Halsey	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	6.32[103]
107	20	"Father Unknown"	Matthew Rhys	Molly Newman & Gina Lucita Monreal	April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)	6.55[104]
108	21	"For Better or for Worse"	Michael Morris	Stephen Tolkin & Matt Donnelly	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)[a]	5.70[105]
109	22	"Walker Down the Aisle"	Ken Olin	David Marshall Grant & David Babcock	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	7.18[106]

Notes

1. This episode was interrupted on the east coast and pre-empted on the west coast due to the Osama bin Laden death coverage and was never rebroadcast.