This episode was all about trust, as Mrs. Young tells us in the voice overs. A neighbor tells Gaby that she's a lousy mom when little Rachel falls down the stairs when Juanita introduced her to sliding down the carpeted stairs using a suitcase. Rachel won't be coming over to play, her mom informs Gaby. And Rachel will NOT be coming to Juanita's birthday party next week. Gaby's in a snit and demands that Carlos fork over money so she can properly show up Rachel's mom. Gaby promptly announces at the most inopportune time that she will have a bouncy house, a clown and a monkey at Juanita's party, so now, the kids whose moms won't let them set foot within 100 miles of Gaby's house are whining and begging to go. They go. The Chimp becomes edgy and his trainer wants to take him home, but Gaby insists he stay for the two hours she paid for; the Chimp then attacks the clown, and the party's seriously disrupted when the Clown is taken out on a stretcher. Oops.
Susan picks neighbors for the neighborhood watch shifts and Katherine is vehemently raising her hands, but Susan wisely ignores her. Turns out that Bree accidentally spilled that Katherine was telling everybody that Mike hit on her, and of course, Mike conveniently forgot or stupidly forgot to tell Susan. So Susan and Mike discuss the issue of the non-issue with Katherine, and decide to kiss in front of Katherine just to show her up. Katherine becomes very loony, and is daydreaming in another world during the meeting.
Dylan Boland gives Julie the family gun to protect herself, also while having it out with his dad, and threatens to tell Mom. Do you think Mom is the clean one in the family? Do you think she will care if I have an affair? That won't kill her. But you knowing will kill her. So don't think you can hang that sword over my head.
Julie tells Dylan she doesn't know who attacked her. At this point, we believe her. Julie is in the house with the gun when she hears a noise and sees someone in the shadows. Susan rushes in, screams when she sees someone in front of the house, grabs the gun, says she's called the cops. Susan opens the door, and accidentally or stupidly fires. Well, of course, it is Katherine whom Susan's just wounded in the shoulder.
The neighbors come running and Katherine is accusing Susan of trying to kill her. After Dylan Boland tells his dad he gave Julie the gun, his dad freaks. That gun was registered under the family name - our real name, and if the cops find that out, then we are...Don't worry, Angie Boland says, that won't happen.
Angie then bandages up Katherine and says. Look. I believe you. I know Mike still has feelings for you. So what you do is this. Just give it time. Just walk around with the bandage on your shoulder a few days and people will think Susan's the monster and you're the angel.
Bree and Karl are kissing up a storm in the cheap motel and the maid comes in. Karl leaves and Bree is on her way out and Orson calls. Bree lies and says she is in the grocery. Orson says he's bought everything and not to worry. The maid gives Bree dirty looks for being such a bad person to have an affair.
That evening, Orson is sweet and asks how was her day. Bree creates a cover story that someone was rude to her at a coffee shop, and Orson suggests she go back the next day and confront that person. Bree does just that the next day with the maid, who then tells Bree that she herself was married to the best man in the world, but that she had an affair. Just you wait, the maid tells Bree. You, too, will end up like me. I had a husband and a boyfriend, then I had neither of them and now I am cleaning motels.
There must be more, but it fails me now.
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Brothers & Sisters
Luke - Gilles Marini - comes all the way from France to be with Sarah. And the audience is very appreciative. He introduces a fun, sexy lightness to the otherwise depressing themes. The Walkers love him, all except Nora. He goes for a swim, and everybody is watching him from their lounge chairs and shades. His French is so sexy and Robert speaks French VERY well - with an excellent accent and so does Sol. (This contrasts with Sarah Jessica Parker's American French accent in one of the TV SATC episodes when Barishnikov stars.)
The scene when Luke gets out of the pool focuses on his trunks and his all important stuff in that department. I didn't flag this so I am being subtle. Ooo la la.
Kevin and his husband are still trying to decide what to do about a surrogate. In walks an old friend who needs investors for her handbag business. After a wicked argument later in the show, Kevin and husband do decide that this old friend can be the surrogate. But not the egg donor, Kevin says. Hmmm. Good plot technique to leave that open for another series of episodes.
Kitty recovers very well from her chemo of last week. Nora is intense about everybody, being the mother hen she does so well, yet it annoys her family. She's also jealous about the attention gorgeous Luke gets.
Sarah's kids come back from vacation in France and Italy a day early, the morning when Luke and Sarah are still in bed; Joe calls and Sarah must throw on her clothes while opening the door and stuff Luke metaphorically in a closet.
Sarah's daughter sports a cute bob, and has grown a lot since last year. She over hears Sarah talking to Nora about how sick Kitty is, and doesn't get a chance to hear it from Sarah but asks grandma Nora. Nora and Sarah argue about that point, but then get over it.
Speaking of Marini, of course we get a lot of dancing, so he can show off his DWTS expertise.
Nora tries to teach Justin the box step and the Fox Trot, which Justin mangles as the Fox Box. Luke comes in and takes over the business of instructing Justin. Clever cultural references here as Luke dances with Justin, who is uncomfortable dancing with another guy.
Rebecca dances with Luke and I think the actress is angling for a DWTS part. She did pretty well.
Kevin and his husband want instruction on the Tango, but Luke informs them that one must be the girl. It is this 'follower - followee' argument vis a vis the Tango that Kevin and his husband argue about, leading them to break up the dance lesson.
At dinner the next scene, they talk about going for a late night swim, except they don't have their trunks with them.
Luke: Who needs trunks? Eet is dark and zere are no shildren.
Kevin: How very, very French of you. But we are very, very American.
Justin: And very related.
Holly discovers her investment in a fund has gone belly up. Must have been one of Madoff's. (kidding, but on that theme). So all she has is the house, because it will take years to pay off Tommy's losses and to recover from the huge investment loss. Hey Holly, join the club.
So Holly's in deep doo doo with the wedding.
Gilles Marini will be back next week. I hope they keep him for quite a while.
Kitty wants people to treat her as if she doesn't have cancer. Mainly because at the end of the day, no matter what she does, she stilll has it. This she announces at an expensive restaurant. Oops, Robert says. You should have told me that earlier, because in about a minute...Then the fireworks go off outside.
How perfectly romantic. I think this was the first time I have ever seen Flockhart wear makeup. At least makeup that looks like makeup. She has such a beautiful frailness about her face, and she plays such vulnerable parts, that she looks great without makeup. But I suspect the reason has to do with her character's cancer, to accentuate when she doesn't feel well and when she does.
What did I miss?
Until next time,
Signing off as The DH Dish.
Previously:
My Version of the "DH Dish" - by Oxnard Oasis - gracefully subbing in last week
The DH Dish - Desperate Housewives last night - and Brothers & Sisters
Last year's season finale of Desperate Housewives:
The DH Dish: Season Finale -and OH these Season Finales get better and better and better
Season Finale for B & S:
The DH Dish - The big question: Did Dave kill MJ? And Season Finale for B and S
The DH Dish - Desperate Housewives Last Night - a rerun but not covered in this column
The DH Dish - Desparate Housewives Last Night - Meoooowww hiss boom bah! cat fight!!
The DH Dish - Brothers and Sisters - Spoiler
The DH Dish - Desperate Housewives Tonight
The DH Dish: Desperate Housewives Last Night: The 100th Episode
The DH Dish - Desperate Housewives Tonight - written in a haze - not purple haze but a benadryl haze
The Dish: DH - Desperate Housewives tonight
For those who missed Desperate Housewives last night - especially for Jackie - hot hot hot
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Comments: 31
Thanks for the update!
the first party i had was a home party full of 20 kindergarteners. pin the tail on the donkey, musical chairs, a big backyard, but oh was I glad a mother volunteered to stay and help and so did a 10 year old.
one of the boys was crawling in the bushes, on the railing and on top of my car.
ahahahah in retrospect.
i called his dad, because his dad is a lawyer and I wanted to let him know, just in case something happened.
It is VERY difficult for me to process that you like DH at all! I'm not sure why. Probably the whole intelligence and IQ thing with mental wizards like yourself. Interesting article, but I want to read "other" stuff soon. How's it been going Betty?
Chick stuff for gals is like Football for guys. Comprendez?