Housewife Refresher No. 2: Susan
Teri Hatcher as Susan by Danny Feld/ABC
The Housewife:
Susan (
Teri Hatcher)
The Household:
" Husband Mike (
James Denton) - a plumber addicted to pain pills, currently in rehab, has a hot temper and a father who's in jail for murder.
" Daughter Julie (
Andrea Bowen) - unlucky in love, frequently embarrassed by her mother, wishes Susan was more like Bree (
Marcia Cross).
Her Desperate Situation:
Susan desperately used "tough love" on Mike by forcing him into rehab. Meanwhile, out of desperation to maintain the fabulous home-cooking and meticulous laundry services of Bree, mama-to-be Susan plotted to spoil any attempts by Bree to find a new home by scaring away Walter (
J.C. MacKenzie), the potential contractor. Susan often gets herself into pratfalls, sometimes so much that some viewers are desperate to change the channel.
What We Know Will Happen (Possible Spoiler Alert):
Susan continues to help Mike struggle post-rehab while simultaneously continuing to house Bree, Orson (
Kyle MacLachlan) and family. Mike visits everyone he has wronged to ask for forgiveness, including the sleepwalking Orson. We get to finally find out why Orson ran over Mike in that mysterious hit-and-run a few seasons ago, which put Mike into a coma. Susan's handsome accountant cousin Tim (
Chris Carmack from
The O.C.) comes to town to help Susan with her taxes, but the
real taxing situation will be when Susan catches horndog Tim in a "sexual situation" with Katherine (
Dana Delany). Seems Tim recognizes Katherine as Mrs. Davis, the name she had when she last lived on Wisteria Lane. Then Tim tries to woo Katherine's daughter Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca) once he discovers she's turning 18. That age will have some significance since Tim reveals to Susan that he lost his previous job because he banged his boss' 18-year-old daughter. Both Julie and Dylan become debutantes at the Founders' Ball that Bree and Katherine plan. Susan attends her first Lamaze class, but Mike has to miss it since it coincides with the day he receives his 30-day chip, marking 30 days of saying no to drugs. Susan bumps into her ex-hubby Karl (
Richard Burgi) at her Lamaze class (Karl's there with his new, pregnant girlfriend, don'tcha know).
What We Think Might Happen:
Susan loses her baby. Yes, she fell down a flight of stairs after the domestic tiff with Mike, which only caused a sprained ankle and didn't harm her future baby, but her next pratfall? Not so lucky. Mike makes it through rehab, but his clean slate doesn't last very long. He falls back off the wagon after getting that 30-day chip off his shoulder, causing Susan to leave him for good. Julie gets a boyfriend who doesn't cheat on her with Danielle (
Joy Lauren). Then there's
that rumor about what might happen to everyone in the season finale!
The most recent episodes of
Housewives are available via our
Online Video Guide and will be repeated on ABC on Thursday, April 10, at 8 pm/ET. The first of the six new episodes of the season airs Sunday, April 13, at 9 pm.
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