Episode 12: Forgive and Forget

So, one of themes tonight was stripping. As in, stripping away your outer layer and discovering what’s underneath.

Or as in literally stripping. Typical DH scandal.

Bree

The typically religious Bree  is struggling with her sin and brings the priest over to help her come up with a solution. She decides to tell him about her affair, to which the priest replies, “Before you confess a sin that big, probably wait until I’ve swallowed.” He gives some good advice: take Orson home and mend him back to health. Great. The worst couple ever is back together.

Orson isn’t happy with Bree’s latest idea. He doesn’t want to be with her because she had an affair with Karl the creeper.

Orson decides to stay with Mrs. McClusky because he is planning on paying rent after the divorce. Bree, however, isn’t taking no for an answer. She plans to delay the divorce as much as possible. Mrs. McClusky, realizing she won’t be getting any money soon, tells Orson, “Your wife loves you, go home.”

And then the two share an awkward dinner. Orson decides that he’s going to take advantage of Bree by making her wait on him hand and foot. Bree starts smiling like a serial killer. Orson’s going to get shot. It’s official. He better watch his back.

Susan

Susan goes to the reading of Karl’s will to support Julie, only to find out that Karl left something for her.  Intrigued, Susan stops playing hangman on her phone and listens to the reading.  It turns out that Karl was the part owner of a successful gentlemen’s club called the Double D Gentleman’s Club, and he willed it to Susan.  Why are we not surprised that Karl would own such a business?

Susan has already decided that she would give up her part ownership of the club, but she decides to check it out anyway.  The bartender tells her that Karl “cared about each and every one of these dancers.”

Well, Karl was always a big supporter of the arts.  A dancer approaches Susan suggestively, and Susan explains that she’s not here for the show.  The dancer, whose stage name is Destiny, casually mentions that a plumber by the name of Mike Delfino frequents the club.  Seriously, Mike?  We thought you were special, but it turns out that you’re just like an oversexed high school boy.

When Mike comes home later that night, Susan is waiting to confront him about his pastime.  Mike, the honest husband that he is, admits that when he goes to fix the plumbing at the club, he sometimes stays a bit longer than necessary.  “Are we going to make this a thing?” he asks when he realizes Susan is more than irritated.  Mike, of all people, should know that Susan would react the way she did.  Susan tells him that he can’t take jobs at the club anymore, and Mike storms out of the room, saying she can’t tell him what to do.

So, what’s a jealous woman to do?

Susan knows, and the next time Mike stops by the strip club, he’s in for a surprise.  The newest dancer is announced, and “Mrs. Fix-it”—a.k.a. Susan—steps onto the stage in platform high heels and not much else. When she starts dancing, Mike runs over and hisses, “What are you doing?”  “It’s just looking, right?” Susan asks, quoting her husband from their earlier argument.

Mike tells her to get down, and Susan retorts, “Wait, are you forbidding me for doing something?  I thought we didn’t have that type of marriage.”  Both of them realize that Susan clearly made her point and won, so they kiss and make up before Mike carries her home.

Julie/Danny/Ana

Julie is planning on moving somewhere east of Fairview to avoid the attacker.  She still won’t let herself believe that Dominic may have been the perpetrator.  While outside, Julie runs into Danny, and they have a slightly awkward conversation about Danny’s overdose.  He admits that he had been stressed out and that Julie might have been one of the reasons.“But I’m okay now,” he assures Julie.

Ana’s back!  Are we supposed to believe that she had just been hiding in her room this whole time?  Julie doesn’t seem to think anything of her absence when she strolls into the Solis residence to give Ana all of her CDs.  “What’s this for?” Ana asks, probably shocked because she normally only receives gifts from the older men she dates.  Julie explains that it’s easiest if she packs lightly for her trip, so she’s been giving away some of her belongings.

Somehow the topic of Danny ends up as the focus of their conversation, and it’s obvious that both girls have feelings for him.  Julie looks at Danny like he was her brother, and Ana seems to have a genuine crush on him.  After Ana swears that she won’t use Danny, Julie plans to set them up.

Danny, Julie, Ana, and some of their other friends meet up at the local Open Mic Night.  One by one, everyone makes an excuse to get away from the table so that Ana and Danny can be left alone.  Danny, obviously uncomfortable, stands up and tells Ana he has to go to the bathroom. Ana speaks up, “Why are you into me?”  She’s not conceited or anything.  Danny sits back down, and all of a sudden he acts interested in her even though two minutes ago he was taken aback by her strong personality

Lynette

Gaby and Carlos’s way of asking for forgiveness and showing gratitude for saving Celia is a 60-inch plasma screen TV.  Bribery is always classy.  Flattered by their gesture, Lynette and Tom are speechless.  Carlos continues to stun them by saying Lynette can have a paid leave for the first month or so after giving birth.  Carlos tells the Scavos that he’ll put in extra hours at the office, and Lynette and Tom are unsure of how they’ll ever repay him.  Then Tom suggests that he could fill in for his wife while she’s taking care of the baby.  Carlos agrees, and Lynette laughs until she realizes he’s serious.

Lynette says that she doesn’t think Tom is suitable for the job, but she’s such a bad liar that we can tell she’s really afraid he’s going to overshadow her.  Pretty much, that’s  what he does.  Coming home from his first day on the job, Tom tells his wife how much everyone liked his proposal.  Lynette is so competitive and Tom is so oblivious.

Lynette stops by the office to discuss her job with Carlos. Carlos tells her that he had the impression she wouldn’t want to return after having the baby.  Apparently, Tom told Carlos that Lynette would want to stay home.  Later that night, Tom comes home expecting that Lynette had prepared dinner.  Instead, she’s waiting at the kitchen table, waiting to ask him if what Carlos said was true.  Tom admits he told Carlos that she would rather stay home.  Tom truly believes that she would want to spend as much time with her child as possible since her other baby had died.  The argument switches gears, and Tom angrily explains that he’s upset that Lynette never wants to talk about what happened.  “You want to talk about this?” Lynette asks.  “Fine! We lost a kid.  We’ll never meet him.  We’ll spend the rest of our lives looking at one, always wondering why there aren’t two.  How can saying this out loud be helpful?”  We don’t really blame Lynette for keeping her emotions to herself because everyone deals with grief differently.

Gaby

The Solises are going to finally get Juanita into school. Gaby’s beyond thrilled to have the day all to herself back. The headmaster wants to let Juanita in, because she’s Mexican-American and they want diversity in the school. That sounds slightly unfair. Letting Juanita in because of her race? Just a little bit of affirmative action. However, Juanita doesn’t even know about her heritage. She asks her parents (in front of the headmaster), “So we’re like those people that sell oranges on the side of the road?” Gaby and Carlos get her out of the room as quickly as possible, but Gaby sends her back to say, “Adios, Señor!”

Gaby yells at Juanita for not knowing her heritage, beyond shocked that her daughter never realized it. She asks, “You do know you’re a girl, right?” She tells Juanita to go play with her sister, and, “While you’re at it, tell her she’s Mexican too!” Carlos and Gaby look around their neighborhood and realize it’s all Caucasians, explaining why Juanita thought she was as well.

Juanita got in! Now, Carlos doesn’t think she should go. He wants her to go to a school farther away to be around Latino people. That’s a bit ridiculous. He should want her to go to the school where she’s going to get the best education possible. Gaby’s response? “Our people are the rich private school people!” Gaby’s ashamed of her heritage.

Gaby looks up pictures from her past. She talks to Carlos about not wanting her children to know that she was poor and that she hated her town and all of the people in it because of their poverty. Her father apparently sacrificed everything for her to get out of that town and where she is now. Carlos said, “Whatever our children achieve in life is because it started on the shoulders of a strong, proud Mexican man.” So cute. Gaby’s coming to terms with her past. What a touching moment.

Predictions for next week

It looks like Katherine is coming back. It’s been a welcome break without our resident crazy psycho, but we’re really excited about getting to harass her next week. Just like old times.

Bree and Orson and Tom and Lynette are fighting. But Lee and Bob are going to be in the next episode! We’re so excited.

Orson’s going to harass Bree until she snaps and does something really illegal, or until they fall in love again.

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