Desperate Housewives

Good morning, everyone! It’s time once again to take a look back at the first season of Desperate Housewives. Today, I’d like to take a look back at episode 4, “Who’s That Woman?”

The episode starts with Lynette going through her daily routine, obviously not happy with what she’s doing. It doesn’t help that she gets a call from the school about the twins. It turns out they painted a little girl blue and now the school believes they need to take medication for ADD. Lynette wants to try separating the twins first. She’s worried that if she starts medicating them, they won’t be the same children anymore. She eventually tries to, but gives in quickly when the twins refuse to take it.

Susan spends most of this episode pretending not to like Mike in front of Mrs. Huber, who is now blackmailing her. She manages to get Susan to pay for her groceries, but when she wants Susan to pay for a broken water heater, too, Susan decides enough is enough and confesses what she did to Julie. Julie agrees to help her steal the measuring cup from Mrs. Huber so there is no more evidence. When Mrs. Huber discovers it’s missing, she confronts Susan who pretends like she has no idea what Huber is talking about.

Over at the Van de Kamps, Bree has told the kids that Rex had to go to a medical conference. They don’t buy it, though. Andrew blames Bree for his dad leaving and starts giving her attitude. When she calls him on it, Andrew points out he knows what’s going on between her and Rex and that he blames her for it. Bree is shocked and angry about his behavior, especially when he doesn’t come home one night. She decides to search his room and finds a match book for a strip club among his things. Two guesses where she goes next…. it does, by the way, lead to a hilarious scene where Andrew is trying to enjoy the show while Bree goes on about the strippers being victims of molestation and other such things. A man sitting beside them begs Andrew to leave because Bree is spoiling the fun for everyone.

Meanwhile, Gabrielle and John’s romantic bath is interrupted by the cable guy showing up late. John sneaks out while Gabby shows the man in, who apologizes for being so late. While he’s working, he accidently slips and hurts himself, having to be taken away in an ambulance. Carlos becomes suspicious about the fact the cable guy arrived so late (not to mention he found a sock under the bed) and starts asking questions. Gabby assures him the maid uses socks to clean. Carlos, having a working brain cell, doesn’t really believe it and starts questioning John about the cable guy. John is nervous and obviously is lying, so Carlos assumes John is trying to protect Gabrielle and her affair with the cable guy. So, he shows up at the guy’s house and starts beating him up. Carlos soon notices pictures and other things in the house that makes him realize he’s beating up a gay man for sleeping with Gabby. He quickly leaves.

Finally…. all the housewives listen to the tape Bree stole from her doctor’s office and discover Mary Alice’s real name was Angela. They decide it’s time to go to Paul with the note after hearing the tape. When they do, Paul pretends that Mary Alice was crazy and used to write odd notes like this all the time. The girls don’t believe him and are relieved to find out he’s planning to move.

Well, that’s all for now. See ya next time!! I leave you now with some great quotes from the episode…

Susan- Oh, I’m trying a new strategy. I’m playing hard to get.
Julie- How long do you think you can keep that up?
Susan- Oh, maybe until noon. Then I’m gonna have to run over there and beg him to love me.

Mrs. Huber- Oh, good Lord, Susan. You burned your rival’s house down. If that isn’t desperate, I don’t know what is.

Bree- Lynette, you are a great mother, but let’s face it. Your kids are…a challenge.
Lynette- Thank you. That’s the nicest way you could have said that.

Susan- And when I realized I couldn’t put out the fire, I ran. I must have dropped the measuring cup in the process.
Julie- Why do I even let you out of the house?

Bree- I shouldn’t have lied to you about your father. You and sister are old enough to handle the truth and I’m sorry.
Andrew- Keep going. I’m mad at you for about seven thousand other things.
Bree- If you think I’m going to apologize for taking you out of a strip club, you’re wrong. I consider it one of my finest moments.