Mary Alice: "It is often said that children learn their most important lessons outside the classroom...master the art of conversation..but for Gaby Solis the art of morning drop-off was something she never learned." Gaby (Eva Longoria) drops off Juanita (Madison De La Garza) and lets her out before reaching the drop off point. She is faced by Dana (Beth Littleford) who removes Gaby's drop off privileges. If Gaby can take the placard from her then she can have it, but Gaby can't reach it. Mary Alice (Brenda strong) "Some of our most important lessons are learned outside the classroom and when it came to school politics, Gaby's education was just beginning."
Mary Alice: "When it came to her separation, Lynette Scavo was determined to do everything by the book...kept perfect records of her household expenses...convinced her by the book approach was the right one." Tom (Doug Savant) and Lynette (Felicity Huffman) are considering counselling to find a way to reconnect. Renee (Vanessa Williams) wonders if that's the case then why does Lynette dress so awfully if she wants to win him back. Tom's whitening his teeth and working out and Renee thinks he's having an affair. Lynette thinks he's taking care of himself and she's not. If he was dating he'd tell her.
Bree (Marcia cross) checks the mail and fears another letter. Gaby doesn't believe whoever sent it is good at blackmailing them. Gaby also believes Susan (Teri Hatcher) is acting normal now and she couldn't be further from the truth. Danielle (Joy Lauren) arrives, her husband, Leo has left her. Susan needs to know if Mike (James Denton) still loves her and he replies there's nothing she could do to make him stop loving her. He's just relieved she's not having an affair. Susan wants things back to normal, which is what Gaby just said. Mike tells her it won't be easy since things like this just don't disappear, he's done things like that. She wants to attend a painting class and they decide on no more secrets between them. Now if they could tell Tom and Lynette that.
Gaby has to walk Juanita to school from the B parking lot and the other mothers, Melissa (Lindsey Stoddart) and Rachel (Jillian Armenante) talk about Dana, who is in an elected position. Gaby didn't vote for her cos she doesn't vote. She wants to storm the PTA meeting like Braveheart, or the 300. Andre Zeller (Miguel Ferrer) looks through Susan's portfolio and she confesses she's a fan. He doesn't see her illustrations as art, which is about, "tearing guts out and smearing it all over the canvas" and calls her a bored housewife, which was a mistake.
Bree wants to talk about Danielle's future and tells her she turned into an alcoholic sitting in the chair after her marriage ended. (Oh could the blackmailer be Danielle? She turned up conveniently and in need of money.) She needs start-up money for exercise equipment she designed. Tom's taken to protein shakes for lunch and Lynette confirms their appointment with the counsellor. Gaby attends the PTA meeting for freedom and to oppose Dana. Dana gives Melissa and Rachel their placards back and Gaby now has to park in the C parking lot; which was over doing it.
Renee finds Danielle has been selling a fantasy 'sex swing,' which she buys too. Lynette buys Penny (Darcy Rose Byrnes) a tablet so she can spy on Tom via webcam when she's over there. She sees him with a younger woman, Chloe (Ruby Lewis). Susan shows Andre her painting of a lone tree. He comments the tree is lonely like Susan cos there's no more Oprah. Susan is shallow and so is her life and she's afraid of ugly. She knows what ugly is and Susan lets rip when she loses it with the canvas and paint. Bree tries out the equipment not knowing what it's for. Danielle accuses Bree of always judging her.
Mike tells Susan, "It's not going to go away, it's a part of you." It's like he doesn't want his dark past to be a part of him but it is. Susan wants things the way they were. Bree admits she's not perfect and has no right to be critical and isn't in a position to judge Danielle anymore. She agrees to become a silent investor. Susan returns for her portfolio and she's late for class. Andre wants the 'crazy woman' here all the time.
Lynette wants to spy on Tom. Renee: "So he can lie to you through his unnaturally, white teeth." Gaby drops Juanita off at school and drives into Dana, accidentally, then has to apologize. She can't work as PTA president and so Gaby will have to work as Acting President. Dana was fun before she took this job and had a husband and hopes this will do the same to Gaby. Lynette meets a doctor, Jane (Andrea Parker) at the fitness centre and talks to Tom. She asks if Tom is really serious about Chloe and he replies he's had drinks with her mother, Jane. He was going to speak about it at counselling, but Lynette no longer wants to go.
Mary Alice: "We often learn our most important lesson outside of the classroom...the powerful truth about the state of our relationship...sad fact life's colours aren't always rosy...wait for the chance to teach a lesson of their own." Vance (Jonathan Cake) is still distraught over Bree and can't let it go. A file with Alejandro's photo is placed on his desk. Some would say it's about time Gaby got to take on some adult responsibilities and from next episode's trailer, it appears some of what Dana said to her about not having time for her husband may ring true. It's been a long time coming, since Gaby has gotten away with so much, including roping the others in to cover Alejandro's death.
Susan just appeared to be her usual ditzy self when it came to the art class and getting angry. She doesn't usually express it in that manner; no she clumsily makes mistakes and how much of that pent up rage actually have to do with Alejandro. Bree taking some responsibility with how she's dealt with Danielle in the past. Lynette and Tom just seem to go from bad to worse, nothing new here then, with Lynette's mind working overtime when he said he's only had coffee. Thus far. Appears she's determined to drive him away for good, like this show. ha.
Mike actually understanding Susan's plight and it would have been difficult to comprehend if he hadn't been able to understand what she's going through. Apparently Bree didn't attend Danielle's wedding as in the episode, Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else, was when she first met Leo. The episode title is from an unmade Stephen Sondheim musical this time: Climb High. Andrea Parker is best known for her role on JAG and Pretender.
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