February 18, 2007: The Little Things You Do Together
Those promos at the end of last week's episode were right. We finally got answers to so many questions involving Orson's past:
- He was in a psychiatric ward in 1976 after the supposed suicide of his adulterous but religious father. (But now we know Gloria staged the suicide the same way she was trying to stage Bree's.)
- Gloria had blamed Orson for her husband's death, saying Orson was supposed to watch out for him, but chose to go out with friends.
- It was Gloria who killed Monique with Mike's wrench.
- Orson buried Monique in the dirt while Gloria removed Monique's teeth (ouch).
Ahh... closure, at last. I knew it would be good tonight since it was written by
Marc Cherry and
Joe Keenan. As discussed here before, Marc had to finish up Bree's story line earlier than originally planned due to
Marcia Cross' pregnancy. I was very happy that Gloria ended up alive at the end. When Ida Greenberg found the bodies of Alma and Gloria lying on the lawn, I figured they were
both dead. But not Gloria. Sure, she's paralyzed and can't speak due to having suffered a stroke. But her brain is still functioning, so you never know - Marc's former boss
Dixie Carter may just be back someday. I hope so.
So, Zach Young is hung like a horse. Who knew? Looked as though Gabrielle was briefly disappointed that she missed out on
that opportunity due to being drunk and passing out. Carlos referring to Zach as "Seabiscuit" was hilarious. What an ingenious way for Zach's "endowment" to be discovered: not by Gaby herself, but by Carlos seeing
it while peeing at the urinal next to Zach. If this show was on HBO or Showtime, Carlos totally could've gotten away with the following line to Gaby: "Zach Young - what a dick." Glad the Gaby/Zach pairing, even though it was one-sided, is over (crossing my fingers). Zach proposing to Gaby in front of everyone was ridiculous; even Gaby isn't
that hard up for money. Her "there will be no clapping!" was great, followed by, "You! Moron! Come with me!" to Zach.
At least the episode's first proposal was a success. You knew that Susan would say yes to Ian after hearing Mike confess to Carlos about being involved in Orson falling off the hospital roof. Something tells me Susan hasn't heard the last from Mike; he certainly didn't look too thrilled after Susan put the pizza down and said yes to Ian.
Speaking of pizza, I can only imagine that it will be a challenge for the producers and writers to make the Scavo story line interesting now that Tom and Lynette's pizzeria had its official opening. I did like Tom's speech that Lynette, of course, had to finish with, "If you really want to test a marriage, open a restaurant together."
Other things I enjoyed:
- That Orson's fall was broken by a tree. Like a lot of you, I really did not want
Kyle MacLachlan to leave the show.
- Lynette comparing the frantic-about-the-opening Tom to herself when she was six months pregnant. Tom: "Excuse me - you were hitting people." Lynette: "Only two... and the mailman had the good taste never to bring that up again. Tom, I don't need to be pregnant to kick your ass. Now go."
- Andrew throughout the entire episode, being so protective and supportive of his mama. Loved that.
- Susan and Bree at the hospital - that was a beautiful scene between two good friends. Bree: "So we're back to being friends?" Susan: "We never really stopped."
- Gaby telling Carlos she
assumed she had sex with Zach: "There was a condom wrapper... he said I was amazing... sounds like me."
- Carlos proclaiming to Gaby (and this was the funniest line of all): "I can't believe you bagged another neighborhood kid." Gaby: "Where are you going?" Carlos: "To warn the Scavo boys." Shut up.
- Gaby asking Carlos to protect her by telling Zach to leave her alone: "Go get all
cholo on his ass!"
- Carlos comparing Zach's you-know-what to the gigantic hanging sausage at the restaurant.
- Gaby telling Carlos she still needs him as a friend (after he told her it was difficult): "Hang on as long as you can."
- Gloria, before attempting to murder Bree: "Monique - that was easy. She was a slut. You're a good woman. You didn't know Orson already had a wife, but he did."
- The fact that both Andrew and Orson raced home to save Bree.
My only two gripes:
- As usual, not enough Edie!
- Is Danielle deaf? Why couldn't she hear Alma screaming at her across the street? I had to rewind to see if those hoop earrings were actually iPod ear-pieces. Nope.
The Oscars are next Sunday, so see you in two weeks.
