Welcome back desperate fans. Here is the review for the twelfth episode the sixth season of Desperate Housewives.
Spoiler-free zone:
The aftermath of the plane crash is taking a toll on the housewives’ lives. For some there is a more comedic result, while for others it looks like they will be dealing with some things for more than one episode. Expect some great acting by Felicity Huffman and by Teri Hatcher expect a…………strip dance!
Spoiler zone:
This week’s episode was about stripping. Anyone else exited? While the theme applied in the literal sense to Susan, for the other three wives it had a more metaphorical meaning.
Susan’s story (along with Gaby’s) provided the comedy for this episode. When Susan hears that she inherited 50% of a strip club (by Karl of course) things get uncomfortable. Things get even more awkward when she realises that Mike seems to be a common visitor of this place. A very pissed Susan proves Mike a point by posing as “Miss fix-it” and giving him a taste of his own medicine. Teri Hatcher, seemed like a pro (she even climbed the pole upside down).
In Bree’s story, Orson was facing trouble since his legs are now paralysed. Bree, like the good Christian she is, attempted to take care of Orson although he wasn’t that thrilled with the idea. Orson was, well…pissed because Bree debased herself by having an affair with Karl. While Orson initially tried to stay at Mrs. McCluskey’s, Bree made sure he didn’t. Orson then, decided to give Bree a hard time in a different way. He basically acted like a spoiled little kid since he knew that Bree had to take care of him due to her religion and how strong she (usually) is on moral behaviour. Taking care of Orson would be Bree’s way to be forgiven for what she did with Karl. I really want to see how this story plays out because Bree is always interesting when she faces moral dilemmas like that.
As far as Gaby storyline is concerned, it looks like the writers decided to deal with ethnicity. When Juanita was being interviewed to enter a private school the principal mentioned about her being of Mexican decent and Juanita seemed puzzled. Congrats to Madison De La Garza (the actress who plays Juanita) for delivering lines perfectly such as “I’m Mexican?” or “So we are like those people who sell oranges on the side of the road?”. In the end we realise that Gaby’s poverty as a child had turned her into kind of a self-loathing Mexican. This is a very rare and interesting issue to approach and it is dealt very carefully while at the same time it has some comedic situations as a result.
Furthermore, Lynette is still dealing with the fact that she lost one of the babies. Although, her job is now secure, (since after saving Celia, her relationship with the Solis’ is back to normal) Carlos decided that while Lynette will be on maternity leave, Tom could take her place. Lynette’s competitive nature, however, made her go and question Carlos about Tom’s performance at her work. Lynette, though, found out that Tom was actually thinking of Lynette staying with the baby once it’s born which caused friction to the family. A very strong scene follows where Tom pushes Lynette to express how she feels about losing the other baby and when she does, Tom backs off.
While there was no Angie in this episode we still get a bit of access to the mystery through Danny. Nothing is revealed but we see a darker side of him when he starts to warm up to Ana. This was very creepy since the thing that attracted him to Ana was her looking down on him for his pill overdose.
To sum up, while there was no Angie or Katherine this week, it didn’t seem to affect the pacing of this enjoyable (but at parts also moving) episode. I can’t believe that we are already halfway through season 6.
