Desperate Housewives

Good morning again! Today, I wanna continue a look back at the first season of Desperate Housewives with the 3rd episode, “Pretty Little Picture”. This one kept up the introductions and moved things along well. Take Bree. It starts with her begging Rex to wake up and get back upstairs before the kids wake up so they won’t ask questions. She doesn’t want anyone to know they’re having troubles. She even makes up a story about tennis lessons so no one will guess they’re going to therapy. Rex, however, gets cornered later at a dinner party and spills the truth. Bree is completely embarrassed. Not even everyone else’s embarrassing stories makes her feel better, so she throws out something about Rex so embarrassing, he gets up and walks out of the room. Later on, Bree’s packing his stuff so he can go to a hotel.

Lynette’s miserable and wants a night out. Lucky for her, the Housewives have decided to have Bree host a dinner party Mary Alice was going to give so they can honor her. She asks Tom to go, but he refuses, saying he’d worked too hard on his business trip and just wants to veg at home. She decides to go alone, but make sure the kids eat plenty of cookies to get them all hyper. She wants him to see what she goes through all the time with them. It apparently worked, because check the quotes part below to see what Tom says when they get back. He does seem to understand her point, though, and surprises her when she gets home from shopping the next day with some drinks and a little dancing while the kids are busy watching a movie.

Susan still has not gotten over what Karl did to her and gets into a fight with Karl and his new girlfriend over a soda she dropped on the Mayer’s yard. Karl goes to pick it up after Susan raises a stink, but she just kicks it at him, only to be humiliated when she looks over and sees Mike watching all this. She talks to Lynette about it and is advised to resolve her issues with Karl fast. Susan realizes she’s right and asks Karl to come over so they can talk. Unfortunately, Karl shows up a little early while Susan is still in a towel after having a shower. She tries to get him to come back later, but he refuses. She tells him that she’d like an apology for his affair. He’s confused as to why and refuses to apologize. This gets Susan angry and she rants at him as he’s heading for his car, still in the towel. Of course, this leads to the famous “locked out naked and gets caught by Mike” moment. He helps her break in the house and they go to the dinner party together, with Mike teasing her a bit about the whole thing. Finally, Susan is ready to let go of her anger and actually apologizes to Karl’s girlfriend for the way she behaved and heads back to her house. The girlfriend follows her and apologizes for everything that happened. Susan’s happy now.

Gabrielle, meanwhile is caught kissing John by a new neighbor’s kid, who had accidently kicked a ball into the Solis’ yard. The kid runs off and Gabby wanders around the neighborhood, looking for her. When she finds the kid, she tries to act all innocent about what the kid saw. Ashley (the kid) isn’t buying it, so Gabby offers her a doll. Ashley accepts it and Gabby says if there’s anything she needs, just let her know. Ashley informs Gabby she needs a bike. Gabby complies and next thing she knows, she’s getting roped into teaching Ashley how to ride the bike.

Well, that’s it for the episode. Check back next time for more recaps and over stuff. For now, I leave you with some of my favorite lines.

Rex- So these tennis lessons we’re taking. How are we doing?
Bree- My back hand is improving immensely, but you’re still having problems with your serve.
Rex- Of course.

Karl- I don’t know what to say, Susan. The heart wants what it wants.
Susan- What’s that mean?
Karl- I fell in love.
Susan- While you were married to someone else!
Karl- The heart wants what it wants.
Susan- Yeah, well my heart wants to hurt you, but I can control myself!

Lynette- How was your night?
Tom- We are raising little terrorists. You know that, don’t you?