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Monday, 9 July 2012

Desperate Housewives - 7.11: "Assassins" Review


Paul recovers in hospital as the police investigate who shot him. Susan receives news she needs a kidney and Lynette finds out Tom cheated on her with Renee.

Mary Alice: (Brenda Strong) "Something happened in the suburbs last week, a man was shot outside his home; detectives were called.   The police had many suspects in the shooting of Paul Young (Mark Moses) but his wife had only one."  The police question the neighbours and Bree (Marcia Cross) tells them she's an expert marksman, if she shot him, he'd be dead.   Lynette (Felicity Huffman) would send flowers if he's dead.  Beth (Emily Bergl) questions Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris) as to whether she shot Paul.   But she wouldn't kill him before she got the chance to prove he killed her sister.     Felicia bribes the guard for a phone and calls Mike (James Denton) whom we 're meant to believe was the one who shot Paul.  

Mary Alice: "...something we need to be reminded of when life goes wrong - we need to to pull ourselves together...life will get better, unless it doesn't."  Susan (Teri Hatcher) needs a kidney transplant as her remaining kidney is deformed.   She refuses dialysis.   Gaby (Eva Longoria) tries to bribe Juanita (Madison De La Garza) with a doll for her birthday.   Which appears to work until Gaby looks on her phone and stares at the photo of Grace (Cecilia Balagot).   Juanita asks why she has her photo and then storms out, at least she didn't throw the doll to the floor.   Susan tells Renee (Vanessa Williams) she's not going to be the one to tell Lynette about her and Tom (Doug Savant) Renee is.   Renee relays Susan's sentiments to Tom, that her friendship with Lynette isn't real until she tells her.   Tom panics.   Renee doesn't need to tell her, "sometimes being a friend requires you to lie."  Yeah for their own good; or his here.   Didn't he think that now Renee is in town and in the same neighbourhood that something like this would get out.   It's Wisteria Lane, there are no secrets.

Keith (Brian Austin Green) replants Bree's garden after the riot.   She comments how she's drinking out of a bottle now, just like Keith.   Complete slob, what does she see in him, soon she'll be a slob too.   A classy slob if there is such a thing, ha.   But maybe not so soon, since she throws out Keith's stuff that she doesn't like and won't fit into her decor, like his lava lamp.   Keith: "My stuff is clumsy."  Orson (Kyle MacLachlan) returns to stay with Bree on the pretext Judy kicked him out.   Keith reluctantly agrees to him staying.   Like it's his place and besides he should know Bree wouldn't kick Orson out if he needs help.   But he has to be here for a reason.   Orson remarks on Keith's cologne but he doesn't wear any, no, that's just B.O.  (Body Odour)  Yuk!  Bree isn't in a rebound relationship and Orson can't understand why Keith would want to change her since she's perfect.   Too perfect at times.

Gaby and Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira)  take Juanita for therapy.   Carlos only wants to make her better, whilst Gaby secretly pines for Grace.   Well, she's not exactly Gaby's saving grace.   Gaby says she took her doll shopping.   Cos at the first sign of trouble everyone turns to retail therapy!  The therapist advises them to "remove Grace from their life."  The detectives inform Paul that every one of his neighbours have an alibi, and want to question Beth.   Paul refuses as she's not a suspect and she's the only one he trusts.   Well that'll change.   (She's not exactly Mary Alice).

Carlos insists on throwing Grace's photos away but Gaby wants to prolong the agony and talks about putting them in a safety deposit box, that way neither of the girls will find them.   Carlos puts his foot down, accusing Gaby of not protecting Juanita and he doesn't want Grace's name mentioned again.  Lynette and Renee are described as being in sync together by a potential client and Renee bursts into tears when Lynette brings her a plate of oatmeal raisin cookies.   She loved them in college.   Nice timing Lynette.   Rennie admits she and Tom had a one off thing, the weekend Lynette was away with her parents.   That's when they were engaged, but they had broken up.   Lynette asks Renee not to tell Tom she knows.

Gaby doesn't acknowledge Grace at Juanita's birthday party when one of the guests asks if she has anymore children, but she doesn't seem to acknowledge Juanita either, remaining distant from her and not joining in.   Tom claims to have had a rotten day and Lynette gives him some hot chocolate, scolding his mouth.  Then secretly smirks.   Oh she's vicious in that 'butter wouldn't melt in her mouth' way.   Keith thought Bree was making Sloppy Joe's for dinner and he and Orson engage in a food fight when Keith refuses to put on a shirt and doesn't know who Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) is either when Orson comments he didn't know Stanley was coming to dinner!  (From A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).   Thought everyone knew Stanley.   Judy tells Bree Orson dumped her since he's still in love with her.   He insists Bree''s changed and Keith's made her different.

Gaby gets a doll that resembles Grace, oh now we're going down the, substituting love for a daughter to a doll phase, from Gaby, What is she 12.   Susan collapses when she takes MJ (Mason Vale Cotton) for ice cream in the hospital cafeteria and asks the others to help Mike with MJ if anything happens to her.   She agrees to have dialysis.   Mike denies he had anything to do with Paul's shooting, he was only considering Felicia's offer, so who shot him?  Beth, that'd be ironic.

Mary Alice: "Something happened in the suburbs today...detectives were called in and they soon learned this man had enemies - some he was not even aware of..."  The detectives question Paul about his mother-in-law, Felicia.   Paul lies saying they've resolved their issues...  cos now he knows, he'll have plenty to scheme about, especially with Beth.   Hey maybe he already knew about Beth and they both planned the shooting to get Felicia off his back.   Since Paul seems to know an awful lot about everyone, why would he not know who Beth really is.   Or maybe he married Beth as some sort of revenge against Felicia.

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