Episode 12 - Where Do I Belong? (09/01/2011)
Susan needs a kidney and Julie is back in town ready to give up one of hers. After all, a blood relative is the best chance for a match. Susan puts the kibosh on Julie’s plan. There has to be another way. Actually, there is. Susan’s mom, Sophie (guest star Lesley Ann Warren), has come to see her ailing daughter along with Susan’s eccentric Aunt Claire (guest star Valerie Harper). Sophie dismisses the notion of giving up one of her kidneys because she’s going on a cruise. Seriously?! Hey, in Sophie’s defense, the tickets are non-refundable.
"Why should she have to suffer for the sins of her husband?"
Susan can’t believe her own mother won’t even get tested to see if she’s a viable match. Aunt Claire says the reason Sophie can’t help is because she has cancer. Chemo treatments start in a week. The cruise story was just a cover. This leads to a touching heart-to-heart chat between mother and daughter where it becomes abundantly clear just how much each one loves the other. Guess that’s the one good thing about a health scare. Susan says, “It makes you think about what the important things are.” True.
As we predicted, Lynette is exacting revenge on Tom in slow, subtle, methodical ways. 20 years ago he slept with her best friend, so it’s payback time for two decades of secrecy. Lynette effortlessly doles out many little pranks like adding salt to Tom’s coffee and taking a seam-ripper to his pants. But stunts like removing the screws from his recliner and planting porn in his PowerPoint presentation take a bit more planning.
Renee eventually tells Tom that his wife is hip to their ancient affair. That’s how the guy knows he shouldn’t taste-test Lynette’s latest batch of laxative-laced brownies. Tom knows his wife is ticked. He’s beyond sorry and hopes that something so meaningless that happened so long ago won’t destroy the wonderful life they’ve built together. A fairly innocuous conversation between their kids has Lynette realizing they do have a pretty good thing. So, we’re thinking her next batch of brownies will be filled nothing more than double fudge.
"You guys are like the mean, pretty girls who won't let anyone sit at your lunch table."
News that Lee and Bob are adopting a little girl has Gaby longing for Grace. She finds solace in the doll she bought. She calls her Princess Valerie. Gaby goes ballistic when she catches Juanita and Celia playing with her doll. She brings it back to the store for repairs. The slightly-kooky saleslady says every doll has a story. We get an uneasy feeling when Gaby tells Princess Valerie’s tale. It sounds a lot like what happened with Grace. No one around here is a psychiatrist, but that slightly-detached look on Gaby’s smiling face can’t be a good thing.
Reverend Sykes convinces Bree to reach out to Beth Young. Gotta love religious guilt. Bree invites Beth over for a little soiree with her friends. Sure they all loathe Beth’s hubby, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get together to enjoy some cheese puffs, does it? Renee is the only one who doesn’t balk at the idea. She says, “You guys are like the mean, pretty girls who won’t let anyone sit at your lunch table.”
DING DONG. Someone’s at the door. It’s not Beth yet. A deliveryman has some beautiful flowers for Bree. There’s no card. They must be from Keith, right? Bree fields a few subtle digs from her friends about the Beth situation as she digs for tip money. She gives the delivery dude a few bucks just as Beth makes her way up to the front door. Time to get this awkward party started!
Bree convinces the ladies to give Beth a chance. Things seem to be going well until the guest of honor leans back on the sofa. Something behind a throw pillow is jabbing Beth in the back. It’s a 38-caliber gun. Hey, that’s the same kind that was used to shoot Paul! Beth smells a set up.
"It would be a shame, a shame, if some meaningless encounter 20 years ago ruined this wonderful life that we have built together."
The rest of the housewives suspect that Beth is the one who planted the weapon. Could she possibly be as twisted as her hubby? Nah. Then who put the gun behind the pillow? The only other person who had access to the room was the flower delivery guy with the mustache and goatee. Make that FAKE mustache and goatee. When the disguise is removed, we see a familiar face. Zach Young is back. Think he returned with a bang?
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, David Grossman, Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.
The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the fictional American town of Fairview in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor. They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—at the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.
The show features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dreams.
Since its premiere on ABC on October 3, 2004, the show has been well received by viewers and critics alike. The show is a multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner, and in April 2007 it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million.
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