Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) : "The suburbs are full of parents...each has their own style: disciplinarian, smotherer, and negotiator. One thing they all have in common is they love to judge the parent next door." Lee (Kevin Rahm) appears to be forcing Jenny to practise the violin. Gaby (Eva Longoria) believes you can't force children to do things, is she speaking from her past experience where she does force the girls to do things, or where Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) always has to 'force' Gaby to do things she doesn't want to. Lee says Jenny told them she wanted to learn the violin and Mandarin too. Lee asks what Juanita (Madison De La Garza) is doing by herself for the school talent show. "Each parent has their own style but deep down they're all afraid they're doing it wrong."
Mary Alice: "There are many things that bring us pleasure; baking, donating to charity - but may not be enough to give our lives meaning without someone to love." Beth (Emily Bergl) returns home with shopping. Paul (Mark Moses) is mad at her. She's told her mother, Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris) she's in love with him. Paul admits he killed her mother's sister. They're both betrayed now.
Gaby picks tap for Juanita to perform in the show. She says "anything worth doing is hard." The Reverend Sikes (Dakin Matthews) pays a visit to Bree (Marcia Cross) who notices the more 'lavish' her treats she bakes for him, the more she's done something wrong. Bree feels like Job. Everything has been taken from her and asks what she can give to others. Lynette (Felicity Huffman) loves the smell of the twins; she misses them as she packs away their things.
Susan's condition is deteriorating and she's told to do the things she wants to do, sooner rather than later. Dialysis isn't working for her and she was given a free parking pass by her doctor's receptionist. Gaby asks how long it's good for, week or a month. Oh so tactful, as usual. Bree reassures Susan that people care about her, but she can't ask anyone to make a sacrifice for her. Bree will do the asking. Mrs McClusky (Kathryn Joosten) refuses point blank to donate and Lee is worried about the scarring, as he wants to go shirtless.
Renee (Vanessa Williams) wants a baby, a boy, as she wants more meaning in her life. She can adopt one and work a child into her life. Lynette suggests babysitting Paige. Susan wants a normal day out with Mike (James Denton) and he leaves the picnic basket on the roof of the car, thought Susan was the ditzy one!
Juanita informs Gaby she's always quitting, but she's competing with Bob (Tuc Watkins) and Lee. Bree throws a brunch where the guests have to be tested as potential donors for Susan. Carlos calls it an ambush. Beth tries to make it up to Felicia who disowns her, especially as she didn't get Paul's admission on tape or in writing. She's going to live a lonely life. If she gets to that point, since it was obvious why Paul gave her the gun last week when he threw her out. Some mother Felicia is, only interested in herself. Gaby sees how awful Juanita is in the routine, when she says she finally nailed the finale. She hides her tap shoes so she can't take part. Thus Juanita's hard work going to waste. Jenny messes up in parts of her violin solo, but Bob and Lee applaud her anyway. They're proud of her, she always gets part of it wrong.
Funny Carlos didn't come to see Juanita in the talent show. Again it takes someone else to wake Gaby up and she wants Juanita to perform now, well, only after Jenny made mistakes. She couldn't see for herself that it didn't matter if Juanita messed up.
Two matches are found for Susan: Bree and Beth. Tom (Doug Savant) thinks Renee might surprise Lynette at babysitting, yeah and elephants fly. Renee brings Paige to the same restaurant on a date. Tom changes his mind, she's not good at this. She then gives Paige to a waitress to look after, so Lynette pays her too, to 'lose' the baby. Lynette tells her that being a mother means making sacrifices, just what Mary Alice narrated in the last episode. Bree speaks with Beth and I was about to say, why doesn't Bree donate her own kidney, which is what she wants to do, but Beth also feels she needs to make amends, just as Bree is going through a dark time too, but not as dark as Beth. I mean she's on her own, Keith (Brian Austin Green) left her, but she still has her family.
Renee buys Paige a star ornament, all very baby unfriendly! She's not cut out to be a mother. Mike berates himself for coming to the woods, she's dying and he can't help her. Well at least someone took my advice from last time and have Mike spend time with Susan. Susan tells him she's fighting everyday and wants to see MJ (Mason Vale Cotton) grow up.
Mary Alice: "Our lives are brief, that's why it's important to search for meaning in...daughter's smile, in the warmth of our friends...make lives meaningful by making a great sacrifice." Beth goes to the hospital with forms and wants to donate to Susan, where she shoots herself. Well that was coming as I said, and also since Zack (Cody Kasch) said Paul was responsible for Mary Alice killing herself and if he denied that, he can't deny being responsible for Beth's suicide. He left her when she needed him the most in his own bitter selfish way. Paul told her he was incapable of loving, well he was right. Which makes my say if this is what was on Beth's mind, it's a shame she didn't shoot Paul. However that just shows she was the better person out of Felicia and Paul, who are more alike than they care to admit.
There was Lynette worrying about Paige and Susan worrying about MJ, whereas Beth's mother didn't want anything to do with her as she couldn't help her in her schemes; showing the contrasting characters in the show, but the regulars always shine anyway. Even Gaby came good in the end.
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