Desperate Housewives

To see what happened on last week’s show, check my recap.   In the meantime, I’m sorry I wasn’t around much this week, it was a very stressful time in the house here and I had a lot going on, not to mention a sick baby.  Oy!  But tonight, I’m here and ready to recap!

We see Edie as a little girl, and how the little boys in her neighborhood used to make her scream on purpose.  As an adult, Edie isn’t as scared anymore.  Just about one thing, her lover leaving her.  And we see Edie catching Carlos trying to leave on the fly.  Because he knows she’ll throw a fit.  She won’t spill his secrets, as long he tells her the truth of why he’s leaving.  Is there someone else?  He says, “nope” and so now she feels free to turn him in.   That’s the way to win him back!

It’s Halloween time on Wisteria Lane (wasn’t that last week?).   Bob and Lee are going around the neighborhood to invite everyone to their Halloween party and they start with Bree since they figure she’ll be most understanding, having a gay son and all.  They spot Danielle peeking out an upstairs window and mention bringing her.  Wanting to keep the charade that Danielle is at boarding school, Bree says that’s her son, playing a bit of dress up.  Bree gets on Danielle for looking out the window and Danielle says she’s bored.  She wants to go but Bree won’t have it.  We see Gaby, bags packed and ready, leaving a voicemail for Victor telling him she’s leaving him.  I think it’s funny how she expects that to be the end of that.  Susan is concerned that her doctor wants her to get genetic counseling.  You know, cuz she’s older now.  And in the midst of this, Susan finds out that Mike’s dad isn’t as dead as she previously thought.  He forgot he told her that he was dead when they first met.  Of course, this is a big deal to Susan.   Lynette is home from her pet-scan and she notices a hole in her garden.  And her mom mentions offhandedly that she might have seen a possum around.  Lynette freaks out about it, more than she should.  We see Mike pop a couple pills and stuff the bottle in his glove compartment.  He sneaks in, thinking Susan is asleep.  But she’s not.  She wants to hear more about his dad of his.  He tells her his dad is in prison for murder.  And makes Susan feel like an idiot for pestering about it too (not hard to do).  He’s doing life without parole and he visits a couple times a year but doesn’t have much of a relationship.  Susan, of course, wants to meet him.  He doesn’t think it’s a good idea, but she insists.

More obsessive behavior from Lynette about the possum and her ruined garden.  She has plans of killing the possum and her son (the older one, what’s his name again?) balks at that.  Bree wants to send her daughter back to the convent again.  And she almost doesn’t care.  She’s just tired of being pregnant.   Bree tells her it might be harder than she imagines to give up the baby.  Danielle doubts it.  Gaby is confronted at home by Milton, Victor’s father.  He heard her message (first) and urges her not to leave him.  Victor hasn’t heard the message yet.   A divorce would be damaging to Victor’s campaign for governor and he attempts to bribe her with a huge check.  If she wants the money, she needs to stay married for 13 months, until after the election.  He wants his son to go straight to the top.  Edie is disappointed to see that the IRS can’t find anything amiss with Carlos’ offshore account.  He moved the money, of course.  Which causes Edit to shower him with insults.  She promises him that it isn’t over.  She’s not done with him.  He says it is over, and that he won.

Bree is trimming her hedges and is confronted by Lynette who needs gardening advice.   She wants to borrow a gun so she can shoot the possum.  But Bree tells her it’s against the law but suggests an air rifle.  It’ll stun him but good.  I think Lynette is trying to avoid thinking about the pet-scan.  Gaby wants to extend the separation between her and Carlos to thirteen months so they can have the money.  Carlos mentions this makes Gaby a prostitute and he’s not at all for it.  She insists that they need the money.  He doesn’t think they do need the money, because he has some stashed away.  A whole $10 million dollars.  Gaby is thrilled to hear this.  But then, she realizes he had this money when they were married and she should have gotten half of this money when they divorced.  How can she trust him?  And if she can’t trust him, she can’t be with him.  She kicks him out.  She’s just bipolar now, isn’t she? Susan and Mike are visiting Mike’s dad and things are a touch awkward.  She asks him some questions from the genetic counselor.  She also wants to know who he killed.  He killed his boss.  Apparently this guy weaseled him out of a job and after a while Mike’s dad got annoyed with him.  So he killed him.  So maybe there’s some mental illness on Mike’s side.

The party is a big one, everyone is all decked out and so is the house.  Adam and Katherine show up Frankenstein and Marie Antoinette.  Bree is Little Bo Peep and her son is Cher, Julie is a faerie and Orson is a goofy Prince Valient looking sort.  Then Danielle shows up and she’s dressed up JUST like Bree.  Ingenious.   Bree isn’t impressed by the impersonation.  Mrs. McCluskey is a witch, predictably.  Susan is upset because Mike’s dad shows no remorse.  Mike seems weary of the topic.  She won’t let it go, because that’s what Susan does.  She thinks he’s evil.  Mike says he’s a good guy who did an evil thing.  She thinks if he was a good guy, he would feel bad about what he did.  Lynette isn’t dressed up, but is laying in wait for the possum.  She’s got her air rifle and she’s single-minded.  Tom urges her to go inside and lie down (he’s dressed up as an old west sheriff).  She’s irrationally upset about the possum.  She will not let it defeat her.  It’s pretty sad and pathetic, actually.  He’s worried for her, as he should be.  Bree wants Danielle to go home and right then, her water breaks.  Bree tries to cover it up but Danielle is in instant labor.  They rush home (where Bree will not allow Danielle on the reupholstered couch).  Oh, and Orson is plastered.  So she rushes off to fetch Adam and swears him to secrecy.  Funny enough, he knew she was faking her pregnancy.  So right there in the kitchen, Adam delivers Danielle’s baby.  It’s a boy!

Danielle is recovering from her delivery and looking tired and quiet.  Bree is holding the baby.  Danielle asks if the baby is okay, he is perfect.   She doesn’t want to hold him, though.  She looks sad though and reconsiders.  How can you not love a baby?  She marvels over him.  Bree looks nervous but motherly.  She asks Danielle what she wants her to do.  She asks her mother to take him.  She asks if she’s sure.  She doesn’t want her to make a mistake.  No, it’s the right thing to do.  It’s as if she’s giving him up because she loves him, not because she doesn’t.  Very mature of her.  Bree obviously feels bad for her daughter.  Danielle fights back the tears.  Very sad stuff.  Gaby leaves a message for Susan, letting her know to tell the other women that she’s going away for a while.  To think and do some things.  She leaves for the airport right away and in her limo is Victor.  She tells him she’s leaving him and he wants to know what he needs to do to fix it.  He offers not to run for governor in order to make her happy. It’s his father’s dream, but she’s his dream.  Gaby looks torn.  Susan returns to visit Mike’s dad, alone.  She doesn’t believe that he doesn’t feel bad about killing that man.  She cares because her baby carries this man’s genes and she doesn’t want her baby born without a conscience.  He explains to her that if he concentrated on what he did to that man, he’d go crazy.  He does regret what he did to his son.  It ruined his life and he’s worried that it will affect him the rest of his life.  He warns Susan to keep an eye on Mike.  She doesn’t look very comforted.

Victor is visited by Edie who shares the photos of Gaby and Carlos that her private investigator took.   Edie, interestingly enough, pushes most of the blame for the affair on Carlos for seducing Gaby.  Lynette is napping on the couch when her doctor shows up at the house.  Lynette is up off the couch in a flash.  He’s happy to tell her that she’s clear of cancer.  Lynette looks stunned.  And then she walks out to the backyard where she stares up at the sky with a new appreciation.  She is victorious.  She’s got her life back.  And that’s when she spots the dead possum and she apologizes to it.  Then she cries.  Bob and Lee pack up their decorations and the neighborhood has their own fears.  And that’s it!  For this week, at least.