Posted by Dustin on 04.28.2009 at 8:00 pm

The most recent “Housewives” seemed to be more of a set-up for what is to come in the next few and final episodes of the season more than anything.

First up, Tom was getting more and more weirded out with Lynette’s job. She was over-worked and tired, he was over-sexed and not getting any. She showered in Carlos’ shower at work one night before coming home, which upset Tom. He didn’t want her doing that anymore. Later as Lynette was showering at home, Carlos showed up to pick her up for a meeting. She didn’t get a text that it had been moved up. He shouted this up to her, and she ended up slipping and falling in the tub, knocking herself out. Carlos rescued her, but she asked he not tell Tom about this at all.

Meanwhile Gabby was a member of some flower club, but when the old president died and a new one took over, it went from being cocktail hour and just looking at plants to having to get out and plant plants. Gabby and some of the girls planned to stage a coup and brought Tom in to tip the scales in their favor. Unfortunately being around all those ladies, one who was basically the neighborhood skank (now that Edie is dead), well that wasn’t a good mix. Gabby got upset when Tom was flirting with the neighborhood hussy Patty.

Carlos and Gabby had Tom and Lynette over for dinner, and well everything came out. The shower was first, as Carlos assumed Lynette must have told Tom when he talked about it. Tom was talking about the shower thing at work though. When Tom was upset Lynette wasn’t honest with him, Gabby exposed Tom’s flirtations to Lynette. Lynette said Tom should be on penicillin for even sitting in Patty’s car! In the end everything worked out. Tom told Lynette how he was in a funk and her ignoring him was hurting. Gabby meanwhile told Told she had been where he was and never thought she would have cheated on Carlos, and did, so she was just looking out for him.

Moving along, Orson lied to Bree about his head injury and had to be put in the hospital for observation. While there he found out the woman he robbed the night of Edie’s accident was there, having suffered a heart attack. She was telling wild stories about “Death” sneaking into her house to steal her knickknacks, how she hit him in the head and he caused Edie’s accident. Panicked, Orson told the doctor he knew the woman and clearly her dementia was getting worse. He tried to get the doctors to move her to a long-term care facility. Bree however heard the story passed on from Katherine, who the woman told. Katherine thought she was nuts, but Bree knew better. Bree went to Andrew and told him she would have to divorce Orson and would need his help.

Katherine was feeling guilty and opened up to Mike, saying when she asked him to move in it wasn’t because she was having bill troubles. She said she was scared and hoped to get him closer to her to keep him. However she didn’t like that, she wanted them to be honest. He said it was okay, and she said “I don’t want to lie to the man I’ll spend the rest of my life with.” Mike seemed to make a face upon hearing that!

Finally Susan became concerned about Dave this week, fearing he was suicidal. Susan being Susan stole his gun and all his knives, only to be pulled over by a cop for talking on her phone while driving. Of course she was arrested and taken downtown. Susan later apologized to Dave. He finally opened up, kinda, saying the night Edie stormed off they had a huge fight. Susan said it wasn’t his fault, not to let the guilt get to him. She then made a huge mistake, telling him about her biggest mistake. The night of the accident she and Mike were in . . . yup she was driving. However she had forgot her license, so Mike claimed he was driving. She said the accident and the lie eventually tore them apart. Dave thanked her for telling him, saying he did feel better now!

The episode ended with Dave telling MJ not to play out in the street, as it would just destroy his mom if anything happened to him . . . .

My Thoughts
First up, Dave is just a sick sick puppy! He better be put out of his misery soon, but something tells me the season finale is going to leave us wondering who lives and who dies, much like the original did. The sad part is, I really like the actor. It would have been great if Dave could have gotten help and been reformed, but at this point too much has been done by him.

I’m glad Bree is making plans to end things with Orson, but I don’t think it will be so easy. There have been comments from the actor that the finale could also set him up to be a major villain next season. Orson is on my last nerve at this point and I would not miss him if he were to leave the show.

Once again they are setting it up to look like Tom might cheat on Lynette. I really don’t like these stories at all! They are one of the few happy couples on the block, let’s keep it that way. Spoilers though indicate big changes down the road for Tom and his own career.

Katherine’s little admission to Mike this week about “trapping him” made me like her and them as a couple even less. Unfortunately with Jackson returning, I think we have to face that they are taking the soap route here, making us wait till probably the very last season for a Mike and Susan reunion.