Desperate Housewives: No You Are NOT Leaving Me!
Wow, last night’s “Desperate Housewives” had quite the ending. I did NOT see that one coming at all. But first let’s talk about some of the other parts of the show.
First up, Tom and Lynette basically had an “everything must go” sale at the pizzeria to make as much money as they could from it. Bree and Lynette made up in this episode over their money fight a few back. It was good to see that behind them. I would hate for that to continue to drag on honestly. The only time it’s fun to see any of the women feuding is when they do so with Edie, because Edie acts the bitch part so well.
Bree then tried to help by setting up a dinner date that functioned as a job interview for Tom. But when Tom didn’t seem all that interested, Lynette jumped to try and get the job herself. Of course this set off Tom’s “male defense mechanisms,” so he had to compete for the job as well. It was so painful watching the two of them insult and tear each other down for this job. I mean parts of it were comical, some of their insults to each other were witty. However a lot of it made me cringe to see them fighting for the same job. In the end, Tom realized if Lynette wanted to be the one to go back to work she should, they did his thing for the past 7 years. Guess mama’s going back to work. I’m not exactly sure if Tom will be a stay at home dad again or what. The kids are pretty much grown to the point where they could both work.
During all this, a little secret about Orson came out. Orson has visited Tom earlier and they got into a little tiff. Orson was trying to be supportive and understanding, knowing what it was like to lose a business and a living. Tom was insulted as Orson committed a real crime and had to pay, Tom didn’t. Orson ended up stealing some salt-n-pepper shaker Tom’s grandfather left him. Later at the party Orson stole the job interviewer’s dictation tape recorder when he felt slighted by him. Bree saw this and confronted him. Later, feeling slighted by Bree, he stole some charm of hers from her nightstand.
Okay, so Orson has an inferiority complex and all of the sudden steals from people he feels have insulted him? Am I getting this right? I totally didn’t get this one at all. I feel like the show just needed to find something to do with Orson honestly. I hope this is leading somewhere.
Susan and Katherine’s issues over Mike continued in this episode. Katherine was throwing a housewarming party, and to the shock of the others, invited Susan. They tried to act like they were okay with all of this. Edie and Gabriel had the best lines of the episode here. Edie said this was bizarre and not normal. She asked Gabby “Remember when I was with Carlos?” Gabby said “Shut it bitch!” Edie responded “Now that is normal!” I loved it, and I’m sorry, I will miss Edie when she’s gone. I am just hoping with Edie it might not be the case of “third time is the charm.”
Well issues happened later. Susan was flattered that Katherine had hung a painting of her’s for Mike above the mantel. Katherine liked it, until she found out it was Susan’s and a gift to Mike. Later at the party it was replaced, she acted like she accidentally broke the frame while dusting and it was off being fixed. Susan snooped and found the painting, which she told Mike about. This of course caused a scene, and everything thought Susan did it on purpose. Well she did, but at the same time she was also hurt by Katherine’s actions which she felt were a slight to her.
She later explained to Katherine how she loved the painting, until she found out she had done it. Susan however totally didn’t seem to get it. Katherine explained how it was hard enough she and Mike shared a past and a kid, and she lived across the street. All she wanted was a clean mantel, she knew she wasn’t going to get a clean slate with Mike. In the end Susan made it right, she pretended to “take back” the painting from Mike saying she wanted it and it meant more to her than him, since clearly they were not displaying it. She let Mike think she was being mental Susan to get the painting out of the house for Katherine’s sake, who knew what she was doing. Aw. Finally a likable Susan moment! I was very proud of Susan in this episode. Usually I just cringe at her actions.
Gabby and Carlos, well mostly Gabby, continued to be at the mercy of Carlos’ blackmailing boss. He was using Gabby as play dates for his wife while he went out with his mistress. It was too much for Gabby, who eventually told the guy she was out. She said she wouldn’t cover for him any more. He told her then come Monday, Carlos was fired.
Well Gabby got the idea. If the husband wasn’t going to tell his wife the truth, and she couldn’t do it, perhaps the mistress could? Gabby paid a visit to the mistress who cut hair at the mall. When subtly hinting around didn’t work, she used the direct approach telling her she knew all about her affair and it was wrong. Of course the mistress had only been told half the story. That the husband didn’t love the wife and of course, was going to leave her. Gabby said that wouldn’t happen as the wife was pregnant. The mistress was of course shocked, as far as she knew the husband hadn’t slept with her in over a year . . . so he claimed.
In the end, the husband was pissed and confronted Gabby. It seemed his mistress must have left him or given him an ultimatum. He claimed he really loved the mistress, she was who he wanted to be with. Gabby said then just tell your wife that. Well he went home to do just that . . . . Later Gabby got a frantic call from the wife saying she needed help, she didn’t know what to do, the husband said he was leaving her. When she and Carlos arrived, they found the husband dead with a knife in his back!
Wow, I did NOT expect that the marriage would end that way. What a shocking and twisted end to the show. Of course the really twisted part? I guess Carlos won’t lose his new job after all!
Edie discovered more of Dave’s secret past lies, and at the end of the show, through a priest who knew Dave before, learned his real last name was Dash, not Williams. The show ended with Edie googling Dave basically. And thus leads us to the end of nosy Edie fairly soon I would guess.
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