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October 29, 2006: Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's confession-themed episode, as did my roommate Jason, who referred to the Lynette-Susan-Gaby-getting-drunk-on-the-porch scene as one of the all-time funniest and well-written scenes, and I agree. Just that scene alone had highlights galore, like Lynette confessing her innermost feelings about Tom: "I want him to have what he wants — if it's what I want. I'm a bitch with a capital C." Earlier, Gaby's line had us rewinding to watch it again: "I'm just gonna say it. Tequila makes me happy!" Then, after the neighbor couple walked by: "Yeah, we're drinking on the porch — you got a problem with that?" followed by: "Can I tell you guys something? I can only tell you guys." Susan: "Oh my god — here she goes again — what grade is he in?" And before that, Susan to Lynette: "Where were we?" Lynette: "You were trying to figure out how to kill Edie without doing time." Susan: "I wish Paul Young was still around. He’d know what to do." But the best moment was the cab showing up looking for Ida Greenberg. Lynette: "Look Susan — God called you a cab!" Tell me you laughed hysterically like I did. Kudos to writers Dahvi Waller and Josh Senter.
Tonight, there were no weak links since the story line that usually annoys me was worthwhile. I liked that Tom remained faithful to Lynette and didn't take Nora's kiss at his future pizza parlor any further. What a great husband he was to immediately confess to Lynette what had happened before Nora could embellish the story and make it look like Tom made the first move. That scene with Lynette kicking Nora's door open and threatening bodily harm (but whispering it in Nora's ear so little Kayla couldn't hear) was Emmy caliber for Felicity Huffman.
Speaking of Emmy-caliber acting, Marcia Cross and Laurie Metcalf make quite a pair. I could watch the two of them read the phone book to each other — couldn't you? Having Carolyn become Bree’s "friend" due to the insistence of Carolyn's hubby Harvey was ingenious. Carolyn getting Bree to join her in the powder room and showing her the photo of the bruised Alma was beneficial since Bree now understands that Carolyn is just trying to help her and "not some crazy nut." Loved when Bree made sure Tish saw her and Orson dining with Carolyn and Harvey at the club. Brian Kerwin (Harvey) has now guested on all three of the shows I currently cover for the TV Show Commentary section: Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck and Desperate Housewives. Brian's a TV veteran, but I became a fan of his when he starred in Showtime's underappreciated Beggars & Choosers.
Geez — who didn't have sex with that mysterious (and dead) Monique woman? Now we know Monique was involved with at least three men: Orson, Harvey and Mike. Nice way for Mike to remember Monique — having Edie come out of the hospital bathroom scantily clad triggering Mike's memory of Monique doing the same thing. And that dastardly conniving Orson just had to call Detective Ridley (Ernie Hudson) on Harvey. I guess we'll find out next week if Harvey was arrested after admitting to having the affair with Monique. We'll see more of Monique in flashbacks and the actress who plays her — Kathleen York from The West Wing — is also a singer/songwriter. (Her song "In the Deep" from Crash was nominated for an Oscar and she herself performed it on the Oscars that year.)
The ongoing battle between Gabrielle and Carlos was fun to watch and I must confess that I like it best when Carlos gets the upper hand. Gaby stealing the key, opening up the desk and seeing the contract Carlos was signing for a new job was interesting enough, but having it end up that Carlos made the contract up to test Gaby out was awesome. But I also enjoyed Gaby seducing Carlos with her rockin' body wearing next to nothing. But Carlos was no fool: "You're a model, not a model/actress" so he could tell she was up to no good. What a Halloween-like moment when Gaby pushed Carlos out the window and he was lying on the shrubbery one second, then when she looked out the window again, Carlos was gone. I was thinking: "Carlos better not be dead," but luckily, he survived.
We got some quality Edie time tonight, thank goodness. The montage of Edie confessionals was hilarious, but we also got to see a rare tender Edie moment when she confessed to Mike that she fell in love with him years ago, but he never really noticed her: "Next time, look at me when you’re getting your mail." Best confessional Edie line to Father O’Malley: "Mike Delfino and I made out and it was great!" Perfect timing for Susan to walk in when Edie and Mike were cavorting under the covers at the hospital. Not-so-perfect timing for Susan's drunken confession to Ian that she has feelings for him, but, hey — at least this gets her mind off Mike.
Other random highlights:
— Mrs. McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten) blowing Susan's cover when Susan was hiding on Ian behind the car: "Hey, Susan!"
— Susan to Ian (about Edie): "She visits Mike after her hepatitis C treatments."
— Gaby sipping a Red Bull during the divorce proceedings and then mentioning Carlos to her lawyer: "That son of a bitch is up to something."
— The "Susan or the booze?" game Ian played with Susan the morning after her drunken stupor, with most of her answers being "Susan" and one answer being "a little of both: Booz-an."
Next week (stop reading if you didn't watch the previews for next week) is the big supermarket shootout and as the promos suggest, someone gets killed. I already know who it is but I'm not allowed to share. My lips are sealed.
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Oct 30, 2006 5:16 AM
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Yea!! First comment!! Let me just go on the record and say this... I FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW. Even the weak moments keep me entertained, not that there were any this week. Loved, loved, loved this episode. My DVR is broken (gasp!) and this is one of the few shows I am willing to watch in real time...the others being, of course, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, and Las Vegas..oh and House tomorrow. Ok, not so few shows. But anywayz, loved the episode, love the show. TTFN!
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Oct 30, 2006 7:10 AM
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Great episode and the teaser for next week's show is killer (pun intended). Lynette is quickly becoming my favorite character on this show due to scenes like tonight where she was hugging and threatening at the same time! I do have one inconsistency question. I may be wrong and if so, please forgive me, but I thought that Edie was "reprogramming" Mike's memory so that she was his girlfriend and that they had been together for a while. Tonight it seemed that she went the other way when she told him that she wanted him to "notice" her in the future. If they were a couple before his accident as she was leading him to believe, why would she need him to "notice" her in the future?
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Oct 30, 2006 8:52 AM
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If the writers are smart, next week's victim in the shootout should be Nora because nobody likes her. I have yet to read a post that talks about her being liked at all. Who was shown in next week's preview inside the supermarket? I saw Julie and Lynette but missed if there was anyone else.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:06 AM
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I'm a little confused because Alma and Monique look alike. The picture Carolyn showed Bree of the woman with the bruises looked like the same woman in the photo that Harvey had. But if it was, Carolyn would have recognized the body at the morgue as Alma. Maybe we'll learn more next week as Carolyn is featured.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:12 AM
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Great episode. The best so far this season... I think I saw Nora in the supermarket scene.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:18 AM
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i agree on the 2 women looking alike...as does bree...maybe that is just orson's "type" and he is a serial killer
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Oct 30, 2006 9:21 AM
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I guess we know now Orson has a specific "type" of woman: Pale skinned, long red hair. Scary how much Bree looks like his past victims!
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Oct 30, 2006 9:22 AM
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It wasn't too smart of Orson to give Harvey's name to Det. Ridley as a person who was having an affair with Monique. If Orson was the only person Harvey confided in, he will lead the police back to Orson. Especially, if Carolyn finds out about it. Harvey will have nothing to lose.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:41 AM
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The best episode of the season so far. I loved how Lynette finally gave it to Nora. My one pet peeve-could Susan at least have said goodbye to Mike before going to Ian?
I was upset at first that they put Bree with another psycho, but this mystery keeps getting more interesting. I just hope it ends up not falling flat like the Applewhite basement mystery.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:47 AM
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I loved this episode! It's rare when I laugh out loud while watching it; usually, it's more like a chuckle here and there. Lynette, Gaby and Susan getting drunk on the porch was hilarious. I laughed when Susan said, "Oh no, what grade is this one in?" to Gaby, and when Lynette kicked in Nora's door and calmly said, "Ding dong." Great performance from Felicity Huffman last night (as usual). I'm starting to really dislike Gaby. She's just mean and manipulative. I'm glad Carlos was smart enough to foil her conniving ways.
TV Geek alert: am I the only one who remembers that Brian Kerwin played a boyfriend of "Jackie" (Laurie Metcalf) on "Roseanne"? He was in a few episodes; they broke up when Jackie wouldn't leave the police force for him. I just thought it was funny that they were playing a married couple. TV Geeks unite, I know I'm not the only one who remembers insignificant details like that!
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Oct 30, 2006 9:49 AM
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This was a great episode. Funny all around. I absolutely love Lynette barging in on Nora, exactly what I would have done.
I have one question though, why haven't the other women gone to the hospital to see Mike and told him the truth about Edie???
Also, Nora is not the one killed at the Supermarket because they have already said it is a character that has been with on the show from the beginning. I'm 99% sure who it's gonna be, but I'm not gonna spoil it.
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Oct 30, 2006 9:59 AM
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A second consecutive great week. As I told my wife, I think DH does better when it doesn't try as hard to be more than a campy sudser. Just bring on the catfights, adulterous teases, good zingers and what not, and be done with it.
My only beef is that this week was apparently "Dropping Anvils Week," all but confirmed by the coming attractions with the gun-toting Carolyn.
In related Housewives news: Marcia Cross fights to hide nudie pics!
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Oct 30, 2006 10:00 AM
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The scene where Susan stole Ida's cab was funny, though it was a little silly that the cabbie stopped to ask 3 women on the porch where his fare was when one house farther on there was a woman standing at the curb surrounded by suitcases.
You came very late to the Brian Kerwin party--I've been a fan since he was on Sheriff Lobo. He's (finally) starting to show a bit of age, though, or they're making him up to look older.
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Oct 30, 2006 10:17 AM
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The perfect scenario for the supermarket scene would be for Nora to be shot and Lynette being the one trying to save her, only to have her die and her little girl moving in permanently with Tom & Lynette, only to discover down the line that she's not Tom's child after all. Sounds great to me but...we'll see!
Great episode tonight. I can do without the Gabrielle/Carlos drama, though.
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Oct 30, 2006 10:19 AM
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