Mary Alice: "Susan Delfino and Carlos Solis had never been the best of friends...Susan thought Carlos paid too much attention to other people's opinions, Carlos thought she didn't have an opinion. Susan (Teri Hatcher) was troubled by thoughts she couldn't share with her spouse and Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) was in the same predicament...suddenly found they had a great deal to talk about." Carlos sees ghost of Alejandro and Susan feels like she has a flashing 'guilty' neon sign on her forehead. She got 15 hours community service. Their talks feel so...Susan: "I know." She hoped to run into him and so did he. Carlos hasn't read To Kill A Mockingbird. Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) "Susan and Carlos were starting to pay attention to one another, but what they didn't realize was someone else was paying attention too." I.e Mike (James Denton) sees them through the window.
Mary Alice: "Wisteria Lane may look flawless...residents are good at concealing imperfection...make an embarrassing mistake disappear...how to make a friend feel better after she's gone through a messy break up." Gaby (Eva Longoria) brings Bree (Marcia Cross) a smoothie only to find Vance (Jonathan Cake) is still around. Bree thinks he wrote the letter and Gaby wonders what he could want. She suggests Bree should start snooping in his things since they're all in danger.
Renee (Vanessa Williams) gets a massage from Fredric (Alec Musser) when Lee (Kevin Rahm) interrupts, needing help with Jenny (Isabella Acres). He likens Fredric to the one in The sound of Music which doesn't get a reaction from him. Lee asks for a favour for Jenny and needs Renee to go bra shopping with her. Mike finds out about Susan's community service and she lies to him about the parking ticket. The man called Mike 'Mr Solis' and she fobs him off by saying she was too embarrassed to call him, but she wasn't too embarrassed to call a neighbour. Mike shouldn't be worried about their stroll either cos they both couldn't sleep. Mike tells er she and Carlos never got own well together and she used to call him Ricky Ricardo. She's helping Carlos with something private and Mike's having trouble dealing with her lying.
Lydia (Sarah Paulson) Lynette's sister and Rashi (Christopher Gartin) are engaged. She gave up wine which is why Lynette (Felicity Huffman) isn't getting drunk. Lynette tells her she can't marry him and Lydia invites her to a meditation seminar. Carlos comes to see Susan at community service and tells her he's reading the book but she warns they shouldn't have any intimate lunches. Renee increased the limit on the credit card for Lee and bought Jenny make-up, it's only strawberry lip gloss. Lee protests he could be a girl. Renee: "You've got the voice down."
Bree leaves Vance to whisk sauce in the kitchen so she can snoop and finds a photo of her hand on the duvet and an envelope with her name on it. Gaby thinks he may have found a handprint at the CS, so why would he assume it's Bree's hand and how would that give him forensic evidence? Gaby agrees to search his briefcase. She she can pick locks. Adultery gave her "valuable life skills." Jenny thinks Renee would be a great mother. Lee is angry as Renee's not Jenny's mother. Why's Lynette eating ice cream with a fork? Lynette thinks Lydia's here cos she's in a happy relationship and wants to show off, yeah cos unlike Lynette no one else has a licence on muddling up other people's lives. Lynette doesn't believe Lydia can change. Rashi sees Lydia being her old self and leaves. There another relationship Lynette's messed up.
Rashi doesn't know if eh can marry her and Lydia thought she could stop being a loser. Jenny runs away to Renee's house since it's good to have a mother. Lee worries Jenny does need a mother but Renee reassures him she has everything she needs. Lynette goes to the seminar to try and talk Rashi round. Lynette turns Lydia into that person and Rashi thinks they're just like his own family. His name's Herbert and he can't be around that energy. Lynette's jealous. Carlos discusses the book but he actually watched the movie. Mike sees them painting the wall together and they hide in a van, where they have a moment. Mike punches Carlos.
Vance takes the envelope with him to the restaurant and Gaby takes it from his pocket. Bree finds it's a ring and he got the ring size from the photo. Carlos and Susan tell Mike the truth. Bree dumps Vance who claims Bree misled him and is like two people. He thinks the letter she got is from another man and he doesn't care about her now. She shouldn't come to him if she's ever in trouble and she's made a mistake. Well that sounded like it was a threat.
Mary Alice: "Yes, the residents of Wisteria Lane are skilled at the art of concealment...know how to cover the end of a messy break up...spare the feelings of a loved one whose taste they may not share. But for some, the art of concealment comes at too great a cost and so they find themselves forced to reveal the truth - even at the risk of facing an uncertain future." When Mike walked off like that, he was either shunning Susan or appeared hurt she didn't tell him sooner, cos don't think it was what Carlos had done as Mike's been in that position before.
Lynette still making judgements about other people even after her own marriage has fallen apart. Aside from Bree breaking up with Vance, getting threatened by him and Carlos and Susan spilling, nothing much happened in this episode. Vance really has a temper which he didn't show signs of or lose when he was divorcing his ex. Then Bree dumps him and he really loses the plot. But he can't be the one behind the letter since he just appears too arrogant to be a blackmailer. Thus further driving the plot home that Bree is all alone now - aside from her friends, yet Mary Alice had her friends and look what she did. Not as many laughs in this episode as past ones.
Been reading the list of possible suspects in fan forums for the show as to who sent the note. No one's mentioned Rex Van de Kamp - he's meant to be dead but...I always had a feeling they were meant to being him back after they killed him off for some reason. Oh another crazy idea I came up with was Mary Alice. Ha. If you think about it she and Bree were best friends, but she couldn't turn to anyone and no one knew what was wrong - that she was troubled before she 'killed' herself. Well to stick my neck out, I say it should be Edie behind it.
Another Stephen Sondheim episode title, this time a line from the song, Beautiful, from the musical Sunday in the Park with George.
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