Posted by Dustin on 05.20.2008 at 10:36 pm

The second hour of the “DH” finale began the next morning after Wayne had kidnapped Adam . . .

Katherine found herself at the police station to report Adam being missing and her suspecting Wayne. She was reminded years ago when she tried to report Wayne for beating her that because of his cop status, nobody would help her, and she was advised to run. Once again, the cop she talked to knew Wayne and didn’t believe her, he believed Wayne’s stories that she was nuts.

Katherine went home to pack her things and when Dylan wouldn’t leave, Katherine told her the truth. Dylan ran off in tears, and of course we didn’t hear the secret just yet.

Meanwhile the four girls had their poker game and were all discussing Katherine, basically how they didn’t really like her too much. Bree was the only one who defended her, until Katherine showed up and told Bree she was leaving and she couldn’t help plan the wedding anymore. That ticked off Bree, who had to hire the girls to help her. Oh you know that is going to turn out to be a disaster!

Julie found out she got into Princeton. Not only that, but she was leaving the following week as she got a summer internship. Susan didn’t want to let her go just yet, but eventually did. I honestly didn’t understand the purpose of this little storyline at all. I have a feeling it will become important though. Susan kept commenting about this strange professor who gave Julie the internship and what did they know about him. Could he end up being her new hubby in the 5 year jump? I’m thinking that, or Julie ends up married to him.

Over to Carlos, who told Gabby she would either have to get a job or stop shopping, as they were broke and in major debt. Of course this is when Ellie, on the run, calls begging Gabby to bring her a teddy bear she left in her closet, saying it was a gift from her dad. Okay this is the same dad that ran out on her, so she cherishes it why? She needed to come up with a better story there. Gabby found the bear, and also the insane amount of money Ellie stuffed in it! Clearly it wasn’t the bear she wanted.

Bree and Lynette met with Bob and Lee about the wedding preparations. They were arguing over an ice sculpture, Lee wanted an enchanted castle but Bob wanted a cherub. Lee eventually caved and gave up his “dream” sculpture. Tom told him if he was going to cave that easily, he would spend this whole marriage being pushed around. Lee then stood his ground and Bob said he could have the sculpture. However once Lee left, Bob insisted they go with the cherub and he’d just but Lee some nice jewelry or something to make up for it! Lynette asked “are you sure you haven’t been married before?”

Wayne continued to beat Adam to the point it appeared Adam was dead. Fortunately he wasn’t, he faked being dead and after Wayne left him, Adam ran for it. Walking around bloody, a man in a car stopped to offer him help. Adam then pulled him out of his car and stole his car! Jeeze, couldn’t he have just asked the guy to drive him where he needed to go? This isn’t “Grand Theft Auto” Adam!

The wedding day arrived, and Bree had to drive out to get the ice sculpture when it wasn’t set to be delivered. Of course her car broke down and she ended up trying to get the sculpture to the wedding in a baby stroller! Orson showed up to rescue her once again, and she got the sculpture to the wedding, though it’s wings had fallen off and it was badly melting. Bree finally forgave Orson, which we could see coming.

Lee saw that Bob went behind his back and got the cherub, which infuriated him. He said Tom was right, he was sick of being pushed around so the ceremony was off. Lynette told Tom he had to fix this or tell Bree he ruined this wedding! Lynette and Tom sat them down and Tom told Lee and Bob that these were the little things really, not the big ones like a tornado hitting your house or your spouse getting cancer, so if they couldn’t move past them and agree the person they were with was worth it then they were better off not getting married. Lee and Bob agreed they were worth it and the wedding was back on. Once again Tom made big steps in redeeming himself. I was starting to really hate Tom thanks to Kayla.

Meanwhile Ellie called Gabby back asking where her bear was, realizing Gabby had obviously found the money hidden in it. Ellie told her she was coming for her money and would throw acid in Gabby’s face if it wasn’t all there. Gabby told Carlos it was time to call the cops. Ellie showed up and she and Gabby had a fight over the bear. When the cops finally showed, Ellie ran out and mingled in with the wedding guests to hide. It seems like Gabby and Carlos made out like bandits and got to keep the money. We never got any closure there.

Wayne meanwhile showed up at Katherine’s and held a gun on her. She told him to kill her, she wouldn’t tell him what he wanted to know. Wayne threatened to kill Dylan, but Katherine said they fought and she ran off, she might not come back ever so Wayne was screwed! She also pointed out if she turned up dead then he would have no alibi, he’d be their main suspect. Unfortunately for Ellie, she happened to walk in and Wayne shot her! He not only shot her, he did so with Katherine’s gun.

Outside, Bree learned Katherine hadn’t left town, she was at her house. Furious that Katherine dumped the whole wedding on her, she ran to confront her, only to be taken hostage by Wayne. Wayne threatened to kill Bree if Katherine wouldn’t talk. This forced Katherine to finally reveal the truth trough a big flashback.

Katherine ended up going to stay with . . . Mary Alice! Yes we got to see Mary Alice again. She thought they were safe there, but Wayne snuck in to give Dylan a doll. Katherine took the doll from her and put it on a bookshelf. She then confronted Wayne, that’s when she clubbed him with a candle stick. He then left, vowing to come back. Katherine’s aunt then found Dylan dead! She had tried to climb the bookshelf to get the doll and it fell on top of her. Her aunt convinced her that Wayne would pin this on her, they had to bury Dylan, which they did. She then got another little girl from a Romanian orphanage who looked remarkably like Dylan. That I have to say was a tad twisted, the whole “replacing your daughter” thing. But they explained it well enough, that when Katherine saw Dylan 2 she saw a little girl who needed her as much as Katherine needed her (and not just in a “cover-up” kind of way). I also have to say I’m a little let down by this big secret of Katherine’s, because this is sort of the first thing everyone suspected, that the real Dylan was dead and Katherine replaced her.

Wayne blamed Katherine for letting Dylan die and burrying her like a dog, so he was preparing to kill her when Adam showed up. Wayne and Adam fought and Adam beat Wayne up! Bree and Katherine were free. As Bree tended to Adam’s many cuts, Katherine held a gun on Wayne. Wayne said he still had friends in high places, he might do some time, but he’d get out and he would come for her. Katherine said she knew, and so she shot Wayne! Good girl!

Bree then ran to get the other housewives help to keep Katherine out of jail. Not that she really would have gone anyway, I mean the man was about to kill her, emotionally tortured her not to mention physically beat her for years and was threatening to come get her when he got out of jail. I think a jury would have found her not guilty. But of course the point was to have the girls rally behind Katherine. Bree told the cops it was self defense, Wayne was going to kill them and Katherine managed to get the gun and shoot him. The other girls all gave statements about how they knew Wayne was crazy, he had threatened her, this was bound to happen. Wayne’s cop friend from earlier in the show let Katherine go and said this was clearly self defense. Dylan returned at the end of the show and she told her mom she was so sorry and they hugged. All I have to say is I hope Katherine sues those cops and wins big! I am hoping when the show returns in the fall we find out that she did sue them.

The end of course was the big five year leap, which I’ve already posted about in a separate post.

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