Felicity Huffman as Lynette by Danny Feld/ABC
The Housewife:
Lynette (Felicity Huffman)
The Household:
• Husband Tom (Doug Savant) — pizza-parlor owner with a bad back, allergies and a jealousy streak; presently very happy to be alive.
• Son Parker (Zane Huett) — the least bratty brat who misses Ida Greenberg (Pat Crawford Brown), but now adores his babysitter Mrs. McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten), even though she can still be a Crabby Spice.
• Twin sons Preston and Porter (Brent and Shane Kinsman) — brat squared.
• Daughter Penny (Kirsten and Darien Pinkerton) — youngest Scavo brat who rarely says anything.
• Illegitimate Kayla (Rachel Fox) — Tom's bratty daughter from a previous relationship who's still trying to adjust to life without her late mother.
Her Desperate Situation:
Most of Lynette's desperation is seemingly over since she is now cancer-free and her hubby and all five of their children survived being trapped underground beneath late neighbor Ida's tornado-demolished house. Ida sacrificed her own life by saving Lynette's entire family, so Lynette is desperate to move on from Ida's memory. Lynette is also desperate to maintain her sanity with a house full of brats, especially Kayla, who can be the biggest handful of all the kiddies.
What We Know Will Happen (Possible Spoiler Alert):
Lynette becomes very spiritual and starts going to church with Bree (Marcia Cross). Just when you think her desperate days are behind her, Lynette's big crushy-crush Rick (Jason Gedrick), the hunky chef with a heart of gold and a passion for Lynette, returns to town to cook up more trouble between the Scavo duo. Rick opens up a nearby pizza place, much to the disgust of Tom. Tom's jealousy gets the worst of him: It seems as though he's the reason a certain "unfortunate occurrence" happens to Rick. After cops drop by Scavo's pizzeria investigating a vandalism incident (someone threw a brick through Rick's new restaurant window, causing a fire), Lynette points her finger at Tom. Oh, and Lynette's hair grows back.
What We Think Might Happen:
Although Lynette will contemplate having an affair with her crush, she'll remain the only Wisteria Lane housewife not desperate enough to act upon her fantasies. Marc Cherry agrees that we need at least one of our favorite couples to remain a couple: "Tom and Lynette's is the marriage that America has said to me, 'You have to protect them.' I have to be very careful." Mrs. McCluskey will grow even closer to the Scavos. The almost-arrested development of spreading Ida's ashes over the baseball field with Lynette really bonded the two of them, creating a new mother-daughter friendship. But Lynette's real mother, Stella (the stellar Polly Bergen), will return and grow jealous of Lynette's new "mama wannabe." 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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