Posted by Dustin on 05.04.2009 at 9:07 pm

So this week’s “Housewives” for the most part was about the state of many marriages on the block.

Bree was looking into divorcing Orson, only to find out that under California law he is entitled to half of her business, since she started it while they were married. Seeking to protect her business, she went to Carl for help, knowing he’d be underhanded and sneaky. Carl needed something from her in return. It seems his devil child Adam was not invited to MJ’s birthday/sleepover party, and he wanted Bree to make it happen.

Mike and Katherine were allowing MJ to have a sleepover party for his birthday. MJ, over breakfast, began question his dad if he and Katherine were going to get married. It made Mike uncomfortable, but Katherine was eager to hear his answer. Later Mike broke it to her that while he loved her, he thought he would never marry again. She was later honest with him saying that while they may act and think they are a family here, really they aren’t.

Dave invited Susan and MJ out on a friend’s boat for a fishing trip to thank her, but really he was planning to kill MJ. He had an old story about a child dying tragically during a fishing trip on the lake. Later the cops investigating the fire at the club and his psychiatrists death came to see him. He claimed he had only falsely ID’s Porter, but he didn’t see anything else. They said Jackson was locked in a back bathroom, did he know anything about that? He claimed he didn’t, and lucky for him Jackson seemed to be missing at the moment.

Unfortunately for Dave, in more ways than one, Jackson returned in this episode! Jackson asked Susan to have dinner with him, which they did at her house. He shocked her with a proposal, and she burst into tears. She went on about how she’s tried to be strong, but she’s lonely and she misses him and she really loves him. This made Jackson feel guilty, as Susan didn’t let him finish. He wanted to marry her because he was being deported to Canada as his old student visa was expiring! She was furious, but in the end agreed to marry him. This put a damper in Dave’s plans. One, he was shocked to see Jackson back, as he could get him into trouble with the fire. Two, Susan couldn’t go on Dave’s trip because she was marrying Jackson that weekend.

Gabby was furious when Juanita went to school in make-up. Juanita claimed some of the girls at school said they didn’t look alike and that she must be adopted. Gabby tried to convince her she didn’t need make-up to be pretty. Carlos, who was being given an award for Latino Businessman of the Year, suggested Gabby not wear make-up to the award dinner to prove the point to Juanita. She agreed, but when the photographers wanted a family photo, she scrambled to find make-up. She had to have a talk with Juanita later, telling her that she wanted her daughter to learn beauty and self-worth came from inside, and to worry about being a kid and making friends. Gabby said she was a model at a very young age, she missed out on a lot, she didn’t want that for Juanita. She told her when she realized she didn’t need to wear make-up, that was when she was old enough to wear it.

Finally Tom read some book which said he and Lynette should have sex every day for a month to improve their relationship. Of course Lynette’s job and hours caused problems. In the end, Lynette didn’t understand what was going on with Tom. He told her that lately he realizes the only thing in life he’s really passionate about is her, and that is a problem.

My Thoughts
So first, I think this was the first time I’ve ever actually felt sorry for Juanita. Usually I just think she’s an evil little child 🙂

Speaking of evil children, Adam made his return this week. There are spoilers that Bree might end up sleeping with Carl. Oh if they hooked up, Bree having to deal with that child could be funny. She needs to take him for an exorcism!

Speaking of Bree’s predicament with Orson, I hope she finds a way to leave him and save her business. Honestly, I’m hoping Dave accidentally kills Orson. Orson is one character whose time is up I believe. I’ve loathed him most of this season and I don’t see that changing.

Dave meanwhile is one sick puppy and I hope someone catches him before he does something bad to MJ!

Someone else I keep getting annoyed with is Katherine. Yet again we had to see her being all clingy with Mike. She basically used MJ to pressure Mike into answering the marriage question. What a piece of work!