Desperate Housewives

Good morning! Later on today, I’ll be dishing about Richard Burgi on Reaper, but for now… there’s plenty of news to talk about. Plus, a new promo! First off, everyone’s talking about Edie leaving Wisteria Lane and wondering if that means the end of Nicolette Sheridan on the show. Her reps aren’t talking and Marc Cherry is being a bit tight-lipped as well. The story’s so big, it even made the AP newswire. It seems to have done the ratings some good as well. The episode brought it over 15 million viewers.

Andrea Bowen is also in the news right now. I’ve read various reports saying that, like her TV parents, she has the music bug. She’s planning to record some songs over the summer. Look out, Teri and James! I’ll be looking forward to hearing what she can do.

Finally… I promised a look at the promo. I’m sad to see that the season is ending already, but at least we’re getting a two-hour episode! And what an episode it appears to be. It looks like Lynette’s in for some trouble thanks for Kayla’s phone call and Katherine appears ready to spill what’s going on with her and her family. My personal favorite moment of this promo is the housewives reaction to Susan’s choice in baby names. I have had that reaction many times myself… If you missed it, here it is:

What do you think of Susan’s choice? Will Edie ever return? And what on earth is Katherine hiding? Darned if I know, but maybe you do! Comment and share you thoughts.

Good morning, everyone! Ready to dish? I am! Picking one actor this week was a tough job. I was partial to one’s performance, but another one also did really well. So, I have decided to go ahead and pick them both. This week, I’ve picked Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross.

Ever since the beginning, Felicity has managed to make me tolerate Lynette no matter how many dumb moves she makes. Like getting Tom fired, pretending one of her kids is sick to get into yoga… you get the idea. Still, I’ve really warmed up to Lynette ever since Kayla and her mother entered the picture. I like that, for awhile anyway, Felicity managed to walk a thin line between resentment and discomfort with the kid and affection. Now, she’s doing an excellent job of portraying a scared and frustrated mother dealing with a clearly messed up kid. The slapping scene in the mall is a perfect example of that. You could just feel the terror and frustration coming off her when Penny is threatened. She combines it with total regret over the slap itself. Kudos to her…. can’t wait to see where this all goes.

Meanwhile, Marcia Cross is doing a great job as well. Especially in the scenes where Edie blackmails her and she confesses the truth to the others. As Edie reveals she knows everything about the baby, Marcia Cross seems to visibly age several years in about two seconds. As for the confession, I loved the combination of resignation and regret in her voice as well as the obviously gratitude and relief when the others side with her and tell her she’s a great mom.

So, there you have it: my favorite performances this week. What do you think? Did I overlook someone? Let me know about it in the comments. Well, that’s about it for now. See y’all next time. I’ll be dishing about the finale promo, Richard Burgi’s (Karl) appearance on Reaper tonight and more this week. You won’t want to miss it!

Good morning, everyone. Well, after some technical difficulities, I’m here and ready to recap the episode. And what an episode it was… I’m gonna take a slightly different approach with the recap this week, so bear with me. As the episode opens, Bree is confronting Edie about her kiss with Orson as McClusky, Carlos and a Scavo kid look on. You don’t actually hear what they say. You just see it with the scene focusing mainly on the other’s reactions to it. It ends with Bree slapping Edie and walking away. Later on, Edie is showing a house to some clients. While one is inside with Edie, Bree walks over and tells the other buyer all kinds of bad things about Edie. Edie is furious and decides to go to Orson to get Bree to back off. Orson, by the way, has his own problems. Bree won’t let him see Benjamin, saying he’s not related to the child anyway and it’s not right now that they’re not together for him to pretend he’s the father. Especially since he gave Edie “a dental exam with your tongue”. Orson later goes home and speaks to a lawyer, planning to meet him with a detailed account of exactly what’s been going on as soon as he gets out of the shower. Edie picks this moment to show up and, finding the door unlocked, walks in. She demands that Orson get out here and talk to her about what Bree is doing. While waiting, she sees the notepad Orson used to detail everything about the baby and tells him to never mind. She knows how to deal with Bree now. Edie shows up at Bree’s house, sweet as pie, going on about a new buyer that will pay more money than the one Bree chased away. Bree says she’ll just have to get rid of them, too, but Edie disagrees. She tells Bree she knows the whole story and is going to spill unless Bree is nice to her and bakes stuff for her house showings. Obviously, Bree was not too happy with that plan, because she goes to the others and confesses the whole story, including the blackmail part. The others are shocked at Edie and admire Bree trying to protect her daughter. They agree that Edie’s gone too far and they’re going to deal with it. They walk together to Edie’s house and inform her that from now on, she is invisible to them. Not only that, they are going to let everyone know just what kind of person she is. Edie tries to make nice but they won’t listen. Edie decides to leave town for a bit to spend more time with her kid.

Meanwhile, the Solis’ are loving their new roomie, Ellie. Gabrielle mentions that they don’t fight at all now that she’s in the house. Carlos is even going out for walks with her while Gabby stays home. He says that he likes walking with Ellie because she won’t “let me get hit with tree branches.” Gabby teases that Ellie is spoiling him. Right after they leave, a smoke alarm goes off in Ellie’s room. Gabby runs to the door and yells out to Ellie the door is locked, but they’ve already gotten too far away to hear, so Gabby takes the spare key and walks in, finding a stick of incense still burning but no fire. Gabby tries to get the battery out, but ends up dropping it on the ground. It rolls under the bed. As Gabby reaches down to get it, she finds drugs hidden there. As soon as Carlos gets home, Gabby tells him what she found. He asks if she’s sure and she delivers the model in the 90s response I mentioned before. He wants to go to the cops, but Gabby isn’t sure. Ellie has become a friend to them. Carlos doesn’t care, however, cause he’s still on probation and can get in a whole lot of trouble for harboring a dealer. Gabby finally agrees to go to the police. As they’re talking to one of them, a familiar face walks in. It’s an undercover cop that Gabby had seen at the house talking to Ellie. Turns out, they’re on to her and have been biding their time until they can get the information they need to bust her supplier. Gabby isn’t too thrilled with the idea of participating in the set-up until it’s pointed out Carlos could be thrown back in jail if they don’t. Later on, as they’re waiting for Ellie to come down to eat, Gabby starts getting more uneasy again. Especially when Ellie presents her with a bunch of flowers for being nicer to me than my mom was . You can just see Gabby cursing herself over that one.

There’s plenty more afoot in Wysteria Lane. Susan and Mike, for example, are dealing with his mom, Adele. Turns out, Mike’s been making little comments to her about Susan’s housekeeping and all and Adele is more than happy to make jokes about it all. She even gives Susan a book of recipes and insists on teaching her how to cook properly for Mike. Susan goes along at first, but gets more and more annoyed with Adele’s comments. When Adele keeps it up during a dinner out, Susan tells Mike to start defending her or else while Mama’s in the bathroom. He agrees, but doesn’t quite deliver. Susan is so desperate to get away from her (not to mention avoiding a three-week stay to clean together) that she fakes labor so they can leave. As Susan and Mike leave, Susan confesses what she did and Mike finally realizes he has to do something about his mom. Ironically enough, when he does crack down on her later, Susan ends up really going into labor. Lord help that kid….

Now, we come to Katherine and Dylan. Katherine wants to leave town and get away from Wayne, Dylan’s father. Dylan refuses, saying Katherine can do what she wants, but she’s staying right here with her dad. Later on, Wayne shows up, trying to win Katherine over again. She refuses and lets him know that she cheated on him often and Dylan isn’t his, so there is no need for him to come to her recital. Wayne doesn’t buy it and steals a piece of gum that Dylan left outside so he can get it DNA tested. When the tests come back and exclude him as the father, he gets upset and goes home to watch home movies and drink. One of the home movies features Dylan showing off her stiches and talking about how they didn’t hurt at all. Later on, when Dylan comes over, he notices so scar on either arm and orders her to leave.

Finally… the Scavos. This plot really made the episode in my opinion. Their story this week begins with Tom and Lynette inviting a therapist in the house. Lynette wants the therapist to focus on Kayla, but he wants to look at the whole family. He even asks Lynette if she loves Kayla. Lynette answers that the situation is complicated and she’s treating Kayla well. The therapist says that’s not what he asked and believes that part of the problem is Kayla is picking up on Lynette’s attitude. He thinks they should spend more time together and try to bond. So, Lynette goes along with the plan and takes Kayla on a shopping trip. Kayla is her usual charming self, demanding Lynette buy her an expensive top and a corn dog. Lynette gives in on the shirt, but tells Kayla she will get her something healthier than a corn dog if she’s hungry. Kayla immediately goes back into creepy kid territory by telling Lynette she’d better do what she says or she won’t be happy with what happens. Personally? I would’ve said How about I put you over my knee right here? Would you be happy with that? Lynette doesn’t though. Instead, she asks Kayla if she’s threatening her. Kayla mentions the stunt from last week and wonders aloud what she can get Penny (the barely out of her toddler years kid) to do. Lynette slaps Kayla for that remark, and instantly feels bad about it. She even apologizes. Still, she makes it very clear to Kayla that what she said was completely wrong and out of line. The next scene with the Scavos has the kids, sans Kayla, bringing Lynette breakfast. Lynette comments on Kayla’s absence after the others leave. Tom says that she’s still upset and actually has the nerve to act angry with Lynette himself. Lynette agrees she wasn’t 100% right in what she did, but he didn’t hear what Kayla said. Tom doesn’t seem to care, taking away any like I ever had for him. Take him to the cleaners in Divorce Court, girl. The Scavo story for the week ends with Kayla calling the therapist and claiming she gets abused by Lynette. She adds that she doesn’t feel safe there and needs help. As she hangs up the phone, she turns on the TV and gets that trademark evil smile going. And, as always, the episode ends with a Mary Alice monologue about mothers and celebrating what they do for us. And on that note, I say see y’all next time with much more!

Hello, again! As promised, I’m back to give you a little recap of James Denton and Marcia Cross being interviewed on a couple of talk shows.

First up was James Denton. He appeared last night on Last Call with Carson Daly. Carson introduced him by saying he stars on Desperate Housewives and, in the process, is keeping the show from reaching dangerously high levels of estrogen. Ok, kinda lame, but it still got a laugh out of me. Surprisingly, Housewives wasn’t the first thing they talked about. They started off the conversation by talking about James’ band called “Band from TV”. It features Bachelor Bob Guiney, Bonnie Somerville, Hugh Laurie and Greg Grunberg and others. James said that Teri Hatcher recently joined the band as well. He credits her as the reason that the band was featured on the recent Idol Gives Back special and that Band from TV actually helps raise money for a variety of charities. A new DVD they are releasing through the website will also contribute to these causes He also talked about how they convinced him to sing a couple of songs himself, even though he usually plays guitar. According to James, he made a point of choosing songs he can mostly talk through. He added that, while the band doesn’t sound selfish, it really is because “we get to pretend we’re rock stars.” I thought that was really cool. They don’t seem to take it too seriously. Carson actually played a clip of Bonnie and Hugh singing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. It didn’t sound half bad. Check out a picture of him performing with the band:

That wasn’t all they talked about, though. James also told a funny story about going to the Golden Globes one year. Apparently, a guy cornered him at the event, calling him “Lost”. Someone else with him said they don’t think it’s him, but a picture was taken of James anyway. Just in case he was actually Matthew Fox of the series Lost. They closed off the interview by playing a clip from this weekend’s Desperate Housewives and talking about Out and About with Allergies. It’s a free Zagat guide for people who have allergies that tells about the best places to go when you have them. It also tells people how to control allergies and things they should ask their doctor about. James is supporting it because he suffers from allergies himself. The free guide is available here. Now, we move on to Marcia…

She appeared on ABC’s The View this morning. She even came onto the set pretending to read Barbara Walters’ new biography. This interview seemed a bit shorter to me, and the ladies almost seemed to talk over her in some parts. They started the interview off by talking about Marcia’s twin girls and showing a picture of them. I really liked her for this because she admitted it was hard to get pregnant at her age and said she wanted to make people aware that it really isn’t that easy. She says she even turned down magazine covers because she didn’t want to be out there promoting a misconception about fertility. On a slightly less serious note, she talks about suffering “mom guilt” when she can’t be with them and feeling like a true success now that she not only has the career, but a family as well.

Whoopie then asked her about the period between Melrose Place and Housewives. Marcia says it was a time when she was trying to figure herself out. She wasn’t getting roles that really interested her and wasn’t quite fulfilled personally, so she decided to take time out to get her psychology degree.

One of the cuter moments came when she was asked how she plays the uptight Bree, since she’s nothing like her in real life. Marcia responds that she has no idea how she manages it, it’s just some magic that happens when she gets those clothes on. She said she even starts straightening crooked pictures on the set and stuff like that. Now, that, I want to see!

To close things off, they talk about Marcia’s support of the skin cancer takes friends project and how important it is to protect your skin from the sun. She said her husband only started listening to her when he needed to get something frozen off his face during a doctor’s visit. She also talked about the misconceptions that darker skinned people don’t get the disease. The project has a website where people can sign themselves and a friend up for a free screening.

Well, that’s all for now. Look for another recap next week when Teri Hatcher also appears on The View. I’ll see y’all again on Monday with a recap of the latest episode. Have a great weekend!

Good morning, everyone! Since a new episode airs this weekend, I thought I’d take a look at the new promo today. Before you view it, why not check out a recap of last week’s episode?

They may have been sidelined by a strike, but the Housewives have come back really strong in the last few weeks. Based on that promo, this week is going to be no exception. All the elements are in place for a great one. Apparently, Gabby either decided to snoop or wants to borrow something and ends up coming across the mystery drawer. This leads to my favorite quote of the entire promo: “Carlos, I was a fashion model in the 90s, I know cocaine!”

The Scavos apparently have some more trouble with Kayla while celebrating Mother’s day. I’m basing this on the clip of Lynette asking someone “are you threatening me” after Kayla is shown looking down a stairway. If she does, I wanna see Tom justify not taking the kid to a therapist now. Especially after what happened with Parker.

Edie and Bree apparently are going to get into a war over the Orson kiss. Wonder if Bree’s gonna recruit Katherine to help her out? If so, I really wouldn’t want to be Edie.

I’m not so sure about the Susan going into labor thing, though. I mean, have you seen Susan at all? I don’t even want to imagine her in charge of a helpless baby. It’s a miracle Julie ever made it out of her own babyhood.

Well, that’s about it for now. Stay tuned, because later on I’ll be back to tell you all about James Denton’s and Marcia Cross’ talk show appearances. Til then, take care!

With all the rumors about tension on the set that keep popping up over the years, it’s nice to see something like this. The picture is from a party celebrating the launch of a new Badgley Mischka campaign. Teri hosted the party and, as you can see, Felicity was there to lend her support. The party took place back in August of last year. All I have to say is, if there is tension on the set, these ladies are much better actors then anyone could have ever thought. They always look very comfortable with each other at these events. Not to mention the great chemistry the cast has on screen as well. I’ll be keeping a look out for any other interesting photos and will, of course, share them with you all at least once a week. So, what do you all think of this picture? Did I make a great choice, or do you think I lost my mind on this one? Comment and let me know!

By the way… as a little side note, Teri and Felicity have plenty of reasons to smile right now. The latest episode brought in over 16 million viewers. In a post-strike TV landscape, I’d say that’s pretty good. Will the next episode be able to match or top that number? Stay tuned to find out.

Well, that’s about all for now. I’ll be back tomorrow with more, including a little write-up of James Denton’s appearance on Carson Daly’s show tonight. It starts at 1:36 AM eastern time. Check your local listings to see when it airs in your area. Til next time… take care!

QUICK UPDATE: I found out that Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher are going to be on The View. Marcia will be on tomorrow, while Teri will join them on on the 16th. I’ll be sure to tape them to give anyone who doesn’t get to see them a recap.

Good morning, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well today and ready for the new episode this weekend. So, how many of you have heard or have the Desperate Housewives soundtrack? If you don’t, you’re missing out (yes, this includes me). I was exploring Amazon last night and listened to some of the sound clips. There’s a lot of country on it, but there are also songs by Gloria Estefan, Joss Stone and others. One of the cuter things about the CD is the bits of dialog that are spread out through it. They picked bits they really fit each character. Gabby, for example, has the “I’ve been poor but happy before, and guess what? Wasn’t that happy” quote, while they chose Lynette talking about how other mothers make the parenting thing look easy.

By far, the best song on it is called “God Bless the American Housewife”. The song is performed by SheDaisy, a country music trio made up of sisters. The song was clearly written to touch of each character and the video is great as well. Here’s just one line from the song:

“Look at how my children play Commando in the cul-de-sac
Look at how my husband has survived another heart attack
Look at all the other mothers envious of all my things
Have to call the plumber cause my daughter flushed my wedding ring”

The video features Kassidy, Kelsi and Krystin on the set of the show re-creating classic moments from the first season. Kassidy (the brunette) plays Susan and Gabby, Krystin (the blonde) plays Lynette and Edie, while Kelsi (the redhead) makes a scary-accurate Bree. They burn down Edie’s house, get pulled over with the kids acting up in the backseat, mow the lawn in a party dress and other great scenes. If you want to see it, check it out here at the CMT web site. When you finish watching it, why not come back and tell me who made the best “housewife”? I’m personally partial to the one who played Bree. Well, that’s it for now. Check back a little later, when I’ll be sharing a really cute photo. See ya then!

I thought I’d take some time each week to recognize one actor or actress who came along and stole the show on the latest episode. This week, it’s Rachel Fox. She’s the adorable girl who pays Kayla, the latest addition to the Scavo house. While there were some great scenes and performances this week, I really feel like the Scavo plot made this episode, and she was at the heart of it. Rachel’s doing a great job of playing a messed up and very creepy kid. When she calmly smiled at Lynette as they were leaving to take Parker to the hospital, I got chills. Her expression perfectly showed what Kayla obviously was thinking when she came up with the whole umbrella idea: Keep messing with me. You see what I can do when you’re not looking?

Rachel is only 11, but she’s already got a nice resume built up. She’s made guest appearances on several Disney shows, including Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven. In addition, she played a young Sydney on Alias and did some voice-over work. If that wasn’t enough, her official site’s resume also lists some theatre credits to her name. Not bad for someone not even out of junior high. I’m thinking that if she keeps her head on straight, she’s got a long career ahead of her.

So what does everyone else think? Feel like another character stole the show? Tell me about it! Well, there you have it: my first “Actor/Actress of the Week”. I’ll be back either later today or tomorrow with news and other cool stuff. See ya then!

Good morning, everyone! So, I took some time yesterday to think about the show a bit and come up with some topic ideas. It didn’t take long for me to start reflecting on all the memorable scenes this show has had. I figured, why not highlight these moments? It’s not easy picking one, but I finally settled on a moment from the Season 2 episode “That’s Bad, That’s Good”.

As you all recall, I’m sure, George spent quite a bit of time harassing Bree and trying to win her over. One day, he finally pushes her too far. Bree is holding one of her dinner parties, when he shows up with a karaoke machine. Much to Bree’s embarassment, he starts serenading her with a house full of guests. Bree tries to politely make him leave, but he doesn’t. So, in typical Bree fashion, she puts on a sweet smile and excuses herself, running upstairs.

Next thing you know, Bree is in her room, loading a shot gun. She goes over to the window and demands he leave. When he refuses again, she cocks the gun and aims it at the speaker, firing a shot. Of course, George runs and Bree calmly re-joins her guests, acting like nothing ever happened. That image of Bree in a prim party dress, cocking a rifle is one of the most memorable images of the show for me. It also illustrates the complicated nature of Bree’s character. She’s prim, proper and all about maintaining her dignity. Still, she’ll go psycho on you if you give her cause.

Hello, everyone! I’m Jamie and I’ll be talking Desperate Housewives with you all. Since we just had a new episode last night, I want to use my first post to recap it for you. Look for new posts earlier in the day starting tomorrow. And now… I give you “Opening Doors”.

The episode opens with Bree yelling at Orson for attempting to kill Mike. She says the only way she’ll be able to forgive him for what he did is if he turns himself in. He refuses, since the Statue of Limitations hasn’t run out yet on it. Now, I normally love Bree but I think it’s funny that she’s suddenly gotten all moral about covering up crimes since she didn’t tell anyone about Andrew running over Mama Solis…

Speaking of the Solis family…. Since Gabby and Carlos are having money problems, they decide to rent out one of their rooms. While one of the candidates is being interviewed, they start arguing over the other people they interviewed and whether or not Carlos rubbed up against one of their arms. Surprisingly, the potential roomie is amused by this and agrees to move in.

Meanwhile, the Scavos are dealing with the arson fallout. The twins are being punished, but Tom wants them to go to therapy as well. Lynette disagrees with this. Funny how Tom’s kinda becoming the strict one here since he’s usually more laid-back. Later on, Lynette will be the one arguing for therapy for Kayla, while Tom disagrees.

In a move only Susan can manage, she ends up signing up for the same Lamaze class her ex is in. Julie runs back in after having dropped Susan off to warn her she spotted them. Naturally, the new woman is Miss Perfect and Susan is feeling totally inadequate and wanting to show them up. Carl, of course, can’t get enough of bragging about his new job and how great his life is.

Meanwhile, Dylan wants her curfew extended, but Katherine refuses. She tells Dylan she’ll only do that if she gets to meet this guy. Dylan refuses, saying she’s not ready to have her mom meet him yet and agrees to be home by ten. The guy, of course, is Dylan’s dad.

Back at Casa Solis, Gabby needs a nail file. After being stupid enough to ask Carlos if he’s seen it, she decided to borrow one from their new roomie, Ellie. Gabby knocks on the girl’s door and is surprised to see a man there. She says what she wanted isn’t important and she’ll talk to her tomorrow. Gabby then immediately runs to Carlos and tells him all about it. Carlos isn’t impressed, saying now they have “two sluts in the house”. Gabby decides to go apologize to Ellie, but ends up seeing her taking money from the guy. She goes back to Carlos and says “there may be two sluts in the house, but only one is getting paid!”

The scene changes to the Scavo house, where Mrs. McClusky is asking if Lynette has seen Ida’s cat. Lynette says no and the two say goodbye. When Lynette starts to head back to the house, she overhears the twins talking about how the arson was Kayla’s idea. Lynette confronts Kayla about it and is extremely creeped out (as was I) by the fact Kayla is so calm and matter-of-fact about telling the boys that blowing someone up is stupid, but “everyone has matches.”

Here we go again… Susan’s back at the Lamaze class, and this time she’s got Mike with her. She’s determined to make herself look real good in front of Carlos and Marissa, so she makes Mike dress up and starts bragging about how great they’re doing. Everything’s going fine until Carl brings up Mike not being there last time. Mike explains he was getting his “30 day chip” and Carl immediately starts mocking Susan. Susan later confronts Mike about it. Mike says he really doesn’t care what Carl thinks. He needs to be honest about himself.

Now, we switch to the Hodge house. Orson is waiting outside for Bree, drunk (he started drinking after he got there). He tells her he’s willing to go to the cops and plans to use the sleepwalking as an excuse. Bree isn’t ok with that and refuses to let Orson back in the house. Edie drives by and Bree asks her to take Orson home. Edie agrees.

Now, we go back to Gabby visiting the gay neighbors that moved in not long ago. She’s planning to get one of them to come on to Ellie so she can prove the girl is a prostitute. The two men argue over who would be the best one to pull it off. Gabby says she doesn’t care who does it, just as long as it gets done.

The scene switches to a doctor’s office. Lynette has taken Kayla to a therapist behind Tom’s back. When Kayla realizes what’s going on, she demands to leave. Lynette says no, so Kayla pulls her second creepy move of the night and blackmails her. She says that if they don’t leave, she’ll not only talk to the therapist, she tell on the twins to the cops as well. Lynette goes ahead and cancels the visit.

And the set up begins… Gabby is on her phone talking to her neighbor, while the other one walks over to Ellie to proposition her. She sees the man get slapped and yells “abort” into the phone, running out to stop her. The other neighbor comes over, too, and demands Gabby tell the truth. At first, Ellie is furious, but she calms down after Gabby apologizes and tells her why she came to that conclusion. Ellie admits she’s running a tattoo business out of the room and that’s what Gabby saw. Gabby agrees to look the other way on that and Ellie goes up to her room. She opens a drawer to put some books in there and the camera closes in on what looks like drug packets.

Meanwhile, Bree shows up at Edie’s to thank her for giving Orson a ride home. Edie tells her that Orson was so drunk and upset about going back there that she let him crash on her couch. Bree is very uncomfortable about this and brings up Edie’s past with the other girl’s exes. Edie gets offended and tells Bree Orson can stay as long as he wants. “I’ll even let him hang my Christmas lights!”

While Tom and Lynette fight over Lynette talking Kayla to therapy, Kayla takes an umbrella outside and tells the twins she just jumped off the roof with it. She tries to sell them on how cool it is, but they aren’t buying it. After she walks off, the decide to do it after all and Parker gets hurt. While Lynette and Tom take Parker to the hospital, Kayla gets a creepy smile on her face.

Once again, we go back to the Lamaze class, where Carl teases Susan about Mike’s problem. Susan tells him he won and she’s got a crappy life and Carl softens a bit. They talk about what’s been going on and Carl admits he was a bad guy (he even admits to going after her cousin), but Mike will be good to her and the baby. She seems to feel a bit better and then asks “what cousin?” Carl makes a beeline for some poster on the wall.

The scene changes to Katherine’s house, where she and Bree are discussing the Hodge’s situation without actually saying what he did. Dylan comes downstairs to go out and once again refuses to introduce her mom and this guy. After Dylan leaves, Katherine excuses herself by saying she wants to go “spy on my daughter.” Bree advises her to “keep one car between them at all times.” I don’t know whether to be amused or terrified by this new friendship. They seem like a dangerous combination…

Back at Edie’s Edie has decided to gets Orson drunk and flirt with him a bit to get back at Bree. They, too, discuss the situation without actually voicing what happened. Edie says no matter what he’s done, he’s worthy of forgiveness because he feels bad. They even kiss breifly, before they pull away, knowing they’ve both had a bit too much to drink. Bree is watching the whole thing from outside, where she has just found Ida’s cat.

And now… we get to the final scene. Dylan’s been caught by her mother, but decides to come clean about meeting her dad without knowing she’s been seen. After Dylan confesses, Katherine allows her to bring her dad in the house, sending Dylan to her room. Once Dylan’s gone, Katherine accuses him of having ulterior motives for meeting with his daughter and tells him she is not scared of him anymore, despite the fact he abused her. He leaves, telling Katherine to let Dylan know he will call her tomorrow.

Cue the montage, where Mary Alice talks about the consequences of letting someone in your home and your life. Can’t wait to see where this all goes! Stay tuned to find out…