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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Desperate Housewives - 7.15: "Farewell Letter" Review


Gaby returns to her hometown in order to put her past to rest. Lynette and Tom want the twins to move out and Susan uses her dialysis as an excuse to get her excused from things. Paul confronts Zack and throws out Beth.

Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) "Lynette (Felicity Huffman) lost a lot of sleep over the years, feeding, temperatures - but never complained because a mother is always on call..."  She's woken up and asked how to make omelettes for the girls the twins, Porter (Charlie Carver) and Preston (Max Carver) have brought home.  They've been bringing their "whatevers" here for months.  Mary Alice: "Lynette had lost a  lot of sleep over the years, she was getting tired of it."

"There are all sorts of ways to leave - some shake hands...waves, hugs...those who refuse to leave until someone else yells, 'get out'."   Tom (Doug Savant) and Lynette want to kick the twins out.   Susan (Teri Hatcher) is on the phone complaining all of her insurance won't cover her dialysis treatments, when she's pulled over by a cop.   He feels sorry for her when she mentions she's late for her dialysis appointment and lets her off with a warning.   Giving her more ideas.   Gaby (Eva Longoria) packs for her trip to her hometown, which is only famous for the second largest tyre burning fire in America.   She's reluctant to go back because of her stepfather.   Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) is determined she needs to go and read out some words over his grave, as her therapist told her to.   She's packing a party dress as it's the fire burning anniversary and there'll be a party.   She needs to be well prepared for the welcome that awaits her.

Paul (Mark Moses) is glad Zack's (Cody Kasch) mother didn't see him like this.   Keith (Brian Austin Green) teaches Charlie baseball and can't believe he's leaving for Florida tomorrow.   He blames Bree (Marcia Cross) for not telling him sooner; she waited for a week, so why blame her, why doesn't he blame Amber (Rochelle Aytes) instead.   Bree didn't want to lose him.   Keith is angry as they agreed to be honest in their relationship.   Susan gets to jump the queue in the market so MJ (Mason Cotton) can watch Tom and Jerry cartoons, using her dialysis appointment as an excuse.

Gaby is recognized by a woman from her hometown who saw her in magazines.   They've got a new Stop light in town.  She gets into the taxi when she sees a nun but can't stop looking back at her still.   Keith still laments over Charlie and he swore he'd never leave his child like his father left him.   The twins move out and Lynette misses them already, when they stop the car and drive across the road to Mrs McClusky's (Kathryn Joosten).   Susan can't help milking her dialysis for whatever she can and is excused from jury duty.   That jury must be relieved.   Renee (Vanessa Williams) feels close to Susan as she's using her disease to manipulate and her powers for evil!  Renee suggests they have lunch at Gerrard's since there's always a wait for tables and she can just push in.

Gaby's photos are plastered inside the diner and the Natchos platter is named after her.   Principal Gomez (Marco Rodriguez) says there's no role model for the girls and asks her to give them a talk at the school.   Gaby calls Carlos her chauffeur.   Gaby giving a speech, let's see it'll be about modelling and dresses and money.   Beth (Emily Bergl) has noticed Paul's been cold and distant lately and she can't imagine what he's been through.   Paul borrowed her gun for protection from Zack, why has she got a gun in the house.  "Fool me once...someone so close betrays you, can things be good again."  Referring to Beth.

Keith wants to move to Florida but he can't without Bree and he doesn't want to lose what they have.   The local paper interviews Gaby, with the headline, 'Solis so lovely.'  There's no need for her to go the cemetery as she's getting closure right here.  Love from so many people is healing.   Lynette believes Mrs McClusky can get the twins into shape but she asks for her Denver omelette recipe, as she's making them feel right at home by fetching and carrying for them, which Lynette can't stand and so has to scheme to get them gone.  

Roy (Orson Bean) likes having them here, cos he's got the floozy's to look at!  Gaby's talk includes telling them that Math and Science leads to frown lines.   Sister Marta (Jill Larson) turns up, she actually sounded like an older version of Bree.   Gaby's angry with her.   She told her about her stepfather and she said it was her imagination.   Believing Gaby lied and she's been ashamed ever since, instead of telling her she didn't deserve this happening to her.   Sister Marta should be ashamed of herself.

Lynette brings over a keg for a party so that the twins get thrown out for making a mess of Mrs McClusky's house and for breaking her shot glass collection, she almost had one from every state.   Lynette is so scheming for a wife and mother, wonder where she gets it from, her own mother and then she makes comments about her behaviour too.   She wonders how they got to be so helpless and they have to tell her she doesn't let them do things for themselves and just takes over.   Paul questions Zack over why he shot him.   He wanted Paul to die.   He hated him all his life until he was made of hate.   Paul did this to him and to everyone, he's evil.   Mary Alice killed herself because of Paul, but he says she loved him.   No one could love Paul.  

Bree wants Keith to go to Florida as he's in a long distance relationship with his son already.   Bree's never fallen out of love with her children and he'll meet someone else.   Susan is prevented from jumping the queue for a table at the restaurant, since everyone there is afflicted with some ailment or another.   Susan faints for real.   Paul throws Beth out as he's known about her and Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris).   She loves him but he repeats what Zack said, no one could love Paul.   He gives her the gun.

Mary Alice: "leaving is never easy but the time comes when we must move out - leave our childhood behind, let go of the past - be a good parent.   Leaving is never easy especially for those who have nowhere else to go."   This episode is about children and what parents will do for them, the sacrifices they make.   Yet in some ways, children don't do the same for their parents.  Not that they have to, but sometimes it's nice not to be taken for granted.   Also what's Beth going to do with the gun Paul's given back to her.

Why isn't Mike (James Denton) around for Susan more, ever since she was diagnosed he hasn't been around much and what happened to his Alaska job.   Would've thought he'd be there for MJ more, since he wasn't there for Zack.

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