Desperate Housewives

Wow, I find myself disgusted with so many of the “Housewives”, that I don’t know what to think anymore. Not that these ladies were ever pillars of morality and wise judgment, but come on. Generally, I’m able to count on Lynette to provide me safety from the storm, often the lone voice of reason among these women. But last night I was pretty annoyed with her. I get that they’re trying to show that she was feeling lonely, unappreciated, etc and so forth. But I had a hard time finding sympathy for her when she was so upset. During one of her late night meals with Hunky Chef, the restaurant was robbed by thugs and Lynette and Hunky Chef were forced into the freezer. My husband was annoyed that they didn’t use the emergency handle release which he spotted on several occasions in those scenes. Anyhow. The next day, Tom finds Lynette and all is well. Until he watches the security tapes and sees the cozy dinner in progress. Lynette tries to wave it off, but Tom is no idiot so he confronts Hunky Chef. He’s assured that nothing has happened yet and Tom urges Hunky Chef to quit. Or else. Hunky Chef spills the beans to Lynette who is a little too blase about the whole thing, mentioning how she enjoyed the attention. Hunky Chef seems like maybe he was interested in a little more. And then she gets mad, because he “ruined” everything. She wanted a flirtation, not an affair. DUH! But now she can’t have that anymore and has to fire him. She cries to herself in a hot bubble bath. Boo hoo. I’m sorry, but sheesh.

Gabby then makes me want to scream. She gets a parking ticket, rightly so, while out shopping with her annoying gay friend. The meter guy warned her as she approached the car that she should stick in a quarter but since Gabby was leaving, she didn’t bother and instead finished out her conversation with her friend. Then was SHOCKED when the meter guy wrote her a ticket. She so deserved that. Then, when Victor wins the mayoral election (and Gabby reacts with a pretty undignified launch into Victor’s arms), she realizes she’s the First Lady of Fairview and doesn’t have to take nothing from nobody. She actually seeks out the meter guy and parks in front of a meter. A scuffle ensues and Gabby is arrested. HA! Victor is pretty pissed at her, as he should be. He reminds her that now that he’s mayor, she needs to comport herself in a reasonable sort of manner and assaulting public servants is out. Then he spots the bruise on her wrist that meter guy gave her and gets all mad. Later? Some thugs go take out the meter guy by beating him up in a parking lot. So does this mean that Victor has mob ties? Or just that he’s a vindictive sort of asshole? Cuz I’m okay with either.

Meanwhile, Travers father is back in town and ready to take his son back home. But when Carlos seems less interested in hanging out with Edie now that Travers is leaving, Edie decides she wants joint custody. She manipulates Travers into asking his father to give Edie the joint custody (via the use of a cute puppy that NO WAY did she get at the pound). The father is pretty pissed since the arrangement always worked so well in the past and this throws a huge wrench into things. Travers and his dad live 400 miles away and shuffling back and forth is bound to cause a strain on the poor child. Edie’s reaction? He’ll get used to it. Nice, huh? Carlos sees what this is doing to Travers and correctly assesses the situation. He assures Edie that he’ll be there for her, Travers or no. Poor, poor Carlos. You should have run while you had the chance.

And then there’s Susan. Dear, poor, stupid Susan. I want to slug her, just once. She finds out that Mike has gone camping up at some hot springs and decides to track him down and profess her love to him. She’s assigned to a guide, a completely reasonable woman who has zero patience for Susan’s antics. After having to listen to Susan prattle on about her man troubles all day (and rescue the accident prone nutjob more than once), the guide snaps and tells Susan that she’s a drama queen. Her life is in turmoil because she makes it that way. Things looking happy? Susan stirs up the drama. And you know what? It’s so true. So true, in fact, that it makes Susan pretty miffed so she ditches her guide and takes off on her own. You know, essentially proving what the guide said is completely true. Dumbass. Of course she gets hopelessly lost and sprains her ankle. Lucky for her, Mike hears the guide and the ranger discussing the “ditzy klutz” and he goes and finds her. Happy ending? God, let’s hope. I don’t think I could take much more.

So that’s that. We inch closer to the finale. I’m looking very much forward to seeing Bree again, how about you?