More 'Housewife' Charades
Susan decides to throw one of her infamous charades parties, which all the housewives first try to avoid out of general horror of such a icky, middle-aged, suburban event.
But then it occurs to everyone that such an event -- and lots of free-flowing wine -- might lead Smug Katherine to reveal some of her secrets, so they decide to go anyway. At least, everyone except Lynette, who is so drained from chemo, she doesn't want to go anywhere.
Lynette livens up Wisteria Lane charades (ABC/Ron Tom)
Which brings us to... watching SpongeBob on pot! Yes, Lynette's mom scores some weed -- off Bree's darling son Andrew, no less -- and makes them into some chocolate love that gets the uninformed Lynette so high she's agog at the sight of the talking sponge that so entertains her boys.
Susan, meanwhile, is late for her own party because after begging for the name of Bree's ob/gyn -- which doesn't exist, natch -- Bree gave her some number out of the yellow pages as a diversion. Suffice it to say that an office that doesn't take checks, has dead fish in the fishbowl and stoners in the waiting room is not what Susan was expecting from Ms. Perfect Bree. She's outta there before the Good Doctor can take too many compromising photos on his cell. Or so she hopes.
Back to the party, where Smug Katherine sadly morphs into Insecure Katherine, all worried about how Gaby's hanging all over her younger husband (who apparently has a wandering eye).
It's about then when the whole charades thing goes south, with all manner of "secrets" and taboo subjects broached, from a late-arriving, stoned Lynette making reference to Edie's attempted hanging, to Gaby outing Katherine for smacking her kid across the face, to Katherine outing Gaby -- in front of new husband Victor -- for doing that lawn boy a few seasons back. Messy, messy.
As for Wisteria Lane's latest mysteries, Julie shows she's her mother's daughter by picking the lock on the secret attic room in Katherine's house and trying to prompt Dylan's memory of the days she lived there previously. And Katherine boldly shuts up all speculation about Dylan's long-lost dad by insinuating that he did the baddest bad thing a daddy could ever do to a daughter. (But there are hints from the husband that this is all not true). Oh, and that payoff Carlos made last week? It wasn't to a hit man, it was to an accountant. Are he and Edie playing at the same game?
And, last but not least, if anyone's going to be made to "disappear," so to speak, it's suggested that Carlos had better be the one to watch out. If Victor ever catches him with Gaby, well, Mr. Politician does have ice water in his veins.
Jennifer Frey
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October 15, 2007; 8:12 AM ET
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Posted by: RT | October 15, 2007 8:52 AM
I think Carlos is taking care of that secret account actually. Without it, Edie has no hold over him.
Posted by: Mama | October 15, 2007 9:38 AM
How did Susan's living room get so big all of a sudden. there was something really weird about the set last night. It bugged me.
Posted by: c | October 15, 2007 11:07 AM
Will it ever come out that Orson is the one who flattened Mike w/his car to put Mike in last year's coma, or are we just supposed to forget we saw that?
Posted by: Killer Dentist | October 15, 2007 1:55 PM
Will it ever come out that Orson is the one who flattened Mike w/his car to put Mike in last year's coma, or are we just supposed to forget we saw that?
Posted by: Killer Dentist | October 15, 2007 01:55 PM
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Mike knows the truth, but since he threw Orson off the parking garage they've called it even and are charade-playin' buds. At least that ties it up n TV land.
What kind of hostess invites an even number of women and men but serves no beer?
Posted by: Anonymous | October 15, 2007 3:02 PM
Is it just me, or would we all like to b#tchslap Susan for being such a twit at everything she touches?
Posted by: waterfrontproperty | October 15, 2007 3:28 PM
I definitely want to hit her. And her character makes me completely not like Terri Hatcher. I just can't get past seeing Susan when I see a picture of Terri.
Posted by: hatin' Susan | October 16, 2007 4:19 PM
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"and that payoff Carlos made last week? It wasn't to a hit man, it was to an accountant"
Or many a hit man with a cover? Do you think hit men have office doors that read "Blah Blah, Certied Public Hit Man?"