"Something's Coming"
Natural disasters create strange bedfellows - or more specifically, basement fellows. While the tornado caused two deaths tonight, it was also a catalyst for forgiveness, revelation, and new and altered friendships.
I (and others who read scoop and spoilers) found out a while ago that two characters, one man and one woman, would die. And within the first few minutes of the episode, narrator Mary Alice told us that on what began as a beautiful day would end with the loss of one housewife's husband and "a friend." I had my ideas, not to mention the knowledge that
John Slattery (Victor) was bound for a second season of AMC's
Mad Men. Still, I found myself at moments thinking about what the show would be like if Victor had shot Carlos dead or if Tom succumbed to his cat allergy with a fatal asthma attack. My two favorite Wisteria Lane husbands (Carlos and Tom) and the Carlos/Gaby and Tom/Lynette couples would be no more.
Thankfully these couples are still intact. But their homes and livelihoods are not. The Scavos, having just conquered cancer, now have no home for their family of seven. At least Karen McCluskey is still around. I admit I have such a soft spot for her; I jumped when she and Lynette darted out into the wind to rescue Ida's cat. And I had doubts that a mattress and a bathtub were adequate shelter.
Gaby and Edie - and then Carlos and Victor - also had some outdoor action, fighting each other as the storm grew stronger. You just
knew the Cayman account file would dramatically be swept away with the wind. What was less predictable (and funnier) was how the file and the scuffle that ensued forced the two to hide out together in Edie's crawl space. Even though Edie refused to hear any deathbed confessions, Gaby apologized for lying to her and hurting her. Edie admitted falling for Carlos but not hating Gaby, and the two actually
hugged, thanks to a frightening rush of wind. It appears all is forgiven (for now), and knowing that Carlos and Gaby may have lost all access to their Cayman millions probably made Edie feel a
little bit better.
Carlos had a very similar conversation with
his ex's ex, Victor, but it didn't end in a hug. Their fistfight took them outside and then back into the house - almost. Just as Carlos crossed the threshold and Victor loomed behind him with a crowbar: crunch. Those pristine white picket fences in perky little suburban Fairview became deadly at the hands of a tornado. (I have to mention that my mom, who's visiting me and watched the show tonight for the first time
ever, said casually as they were fighting that Victor would get skewered with a fencepost. How can my mother be so right so much of the time? It's bizarre.)
I'm not a big fan of the Mike's-addiction storyline, but at least I enjoyed watching Susan confront Orson about prescribing the pills while Orson was with a patient. And once Mike's moody condition caused him to lash out and get handcuffed to a chair, as well as sent her falling down the stairs (ugh, overused plot device) and to the ER, Mike vowed to enter rehab. I was glad to see Susan threaten to leave him; he needed that reality check, even after what had already transpired. Did you see that look he gave when the nurse handed Susan her pain medication? That man needs some help.
Perhaps my favorite storyline is the whole Katherine-Bree tension, and tonight didn't disappoint. Trust Bree to sit Adam's Chicago flame down and chat/gossip over a nice cuppa tea. The approaching storms (tornado and Sylvia) forced Bree, Katherine, Adam and Orson (and Benjamin and his dirty diaper) to deal with each other, revealing secrets and relying on one another in the process. Bree's soft, compassionate side prevailed with Katherine, going so far as to hold her hand after the truth of Adam's affair with Sylvia was revealed (midstorm in Bree's house!). Even
I had some sympathy for Katherine. I mean yeah, she's a witchy ice queen, but what a day that woman had! The good news for Katherine is that she won't be dealing with Sylvia (
Melora Walters) anymore. That apparently unstable woman got her just desserts courtesy of the tornado, leaving the rest of the street's female contingent free (for the time being) from such a demise.
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