"Distant Past"
It was a juicy boys' club episode tonight, with several of the
DH husbands hiding secrets and threatening blackmail for favors. The one husband with something more deadly on his mind, perhaps murder or some kind of evil vengeance, was Victor. Of course he didn't die; of
course he was found and remembers everything. There's no way Gaby and Carlos were going to get away with everything, especially after stupidly wiping
all the fingerprints from the boat. Geez, neither Victor nor Gaby had decent poker faces in that hospital. But for now it looks as though the cops are dropping the case, which means they won't be watching Victor's every move.
As for the other guys, I loved how entwined in each other's schemes they've become. Nathan got a visit from his past, a woman from Chicago who "dropped by" when Katherine was out. Her visit gave us a peek into his possibly sordid history that Katherine occasionally alludes to. She (Sylvia) said he ruined his own life by "not telling the truth about us," whatever that refers to. But more interesting (right now) is Mike's overhearing the exchange and using it as leverage for a prescription for more pain pills. That led to Nathan asking Orson for the medication, since Nathan is a gyno. Orson has no leverage with Nathan, seeing as he delivered Danielle's baby and knows Bree's baby-mommy secret. Still, Orson was reluctant, until he later confronted Mike, and Mike played the car-accident card, which in turn was an "accident"
caused by Orson. Indeed, what goes around comes around. (But I could have sworn Mike knows Orson ran him down, right? Didn't they have a big reveal/beatdown in a parking lot? Someone refresh my memory.)
Tom Scavo was yet another
Desperate hubby with a small yet entertaining part in tonight's hour. I can't remember him ever being paired with Bree in a storyline. That's understandably rare - I mean, can you think of a situation in which Bree would go to
Tom (
Doug Savant) for advice? Well, tonight he certainly could help her with the whole family-bed/no-sex issue, being the father of five children. His verbose answer was probably Too Much Information for the prim Bree, but hey, it got the creative juices flowing. I'll never look at my dentist's office quite the same again.
Speaking of the Scavos,
Richard Chamberlain (as Lynnie's beloved step-dad) not only helped Lynette reunite with Stella, he also helped put that marriage, divorce and family history in a whole new light for Lynette. His leaving the family as a gay man helped Lynette not blame her mother for chasing him away. And both mother and daughter agreed they'd truly enjoyed the last few months of living under the same roof.
And Stella is going to live in the guest-house of newly widowed and lonely Glen in Fairview. Really, how could that have turned out any better?
Another parent/child twosome who made amends: Bree and Andrew. How devastating it must have been for her to essentially refer to him as a mistake. But when Andrew moved out, Bree realized that not only had he grown up and become responsible, he forgave her for abandoning him by the side of the road two years ago. Not such a "first pancake" after all, huh? I mean, he's even using
coasters: Bree must be so proud.
I really enjoyed Susan tonight. There were equal doses of Susan being "Susan" - e.g., cyberstalking Julie's date and latching onto the pre-med Barrett - as well as Susan continuing to struggle with Mike's addiction. Mike revealed the pre-med cutie wasn't so perfect, but not before the drug dealer revealed Mike's patronage. Julie (bless her) was still skeptical that Mike had conquered the pill-popping, and if it weren't for Julie's observational skills in the drug store (not to mention convenient timing), Susan wouldn't have crept out to Mike's pickup and seen the evidence herself. I wonder if she'll confront Orson as well, since he's the doc responsible....
Best line: "If the cover has holes in it, the book is no good."
P.S. Since when did Susan learn to make tasty cookies and brownies?!
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P.P.S. Let's discuss the preview for next week's episode.
Sorta Spoiler: Someone's going to die. Since that's practically common knowledge among DH fans, and because I don't know
exactly who will die, I'm using the word "sorta." You can find more hints/details elsewhere on this site. All I want to say is that if Tom is killed off, I'm going to be
so disappointed. I've been a fan since
Melrose Place. And Tom and Lynette are Wisteria Lane's longest-running couple, actually the only series-long couple. That's all I'm saying. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid.
