Judging from the previews for next week, Bree's stunt double is about to take a nasty fall from about two flights up. I guess this is how they will keep Bree confined to a bed since the very preggers Marcia Cross has been put on bed rest until the end of the season. I feel she's generally necessary to make the show both dark and funny at the same time so I feel she will be a missed presence.
It's okay, though, because this week Bree socked Alma right in the face after Alma drugged and raped her husband. This, combined with Bree's request of Andrew to head on over right away, and "bring the wheelbarrow," plus whatever she'll say next week, should probably be enough of a Bree fix to keep us going during her hiatus. I do wish we'd gotten to see the actual wheeling of Orson, especially because it would have given Andrew something to do other than gape at various electronic devices. The wheelbarrow reference also recalled a tiny scene from season 1, when a neighbor who envied Bree's immaculate yard dumped a dead jogger onto her property using a wheelbarrow. But we do not want Orson to die. Or, for that matter, get raped.
About that. How hilarious is that Alma "raped" Orson with some Viagra. Alma is already crazy and quirky and she definitely lightened the situation by wearing that impossibly cute red thingy and mouthing the words to "Let's Misbehave." I'm sure Alma will either become pregnant or at least fake it for the sake of the plot.
Gaby wasn't into the action she got from singer-songwriter Zach Young, either. Is it me or does this kid give off such a creepy vibe? It's becoming his trademark print. I wonder how Gaby feels about it. Although she's too busy telling herself she needs to be close friends with an 18-year-old because they have more in common than they think. They do love spending money, but they do share the fact that "we're both adrift." I think this should be interesting as Zach truly seems to be obsessed with her, especially after seeing next week's clip.
Susan showed as much nerve as Alma and Zach when she pimped out Gaby to get Zach to bail Mike out from jail. The way Susan reasoned with Gaby was very snarky: "Let's not pretend we're above teenagers." Touché, Susan. It worked: Mike rolled up to his house in his 2007 Nissan Spaceship, straight from jail. There was an awkward let's-not-acknowledge-we're-related scene between Mike and Zach. Zach then went to visit Paul in jail as a favor to Mike. You know, I totally forgot about Jane, Ian's wife. I completely get why Ian gets so upset when Susan sees or even mentions Mike. It turns out Jane had cheated on him before going into her coma. Susan understood this and told Mike he can no longer see him. As if that will ever happen.
I'm not sure how I feel about seeing Paul Young reintroduce the whole Felicia Tilman "murder" case at this point. Zach is creepy enough to make for a good Gaby subplot right now, but Paul isn't really doing it for me anymore. I thought he and, especially, Felicia had made excellent exits back in season 2. I love thinking of Felicia, far away in her wooden-fabulous abode, staring at the empty space that used to be beautiful fingers, and smiling with only one edge of her sneaky little mouth. Okay, maybe I do want to see her again. I just thought the way that all played out was the perfect way to end her story line, and I'm not sure why they insist on reviving it.
Like Tom, I love it when Lynette is ruthless. Only she could pull off faking that a bullet was still lodged in her arm ("Too close to what?" "Everything."') in order to skip work after eight weeks of paid leave. Thanks to Kayla, Lynette's boss Ed caught up with her at the street fair, fired her, hired her, then, in my second favorite moment of the night, took a slice of pizza from her serving tray. Ha! But Lynette's not going back to advertising. She's the new manager at Scavo Pizzeria. She and Tom cooked pizzas joyfully and kissed a lot after making the decision, which made me feel all velvety inside, but you know having these two work together will be nightmarish on all levels. Lynette won't be able to handle Tom's thinking he's in charge; Tom will make all sorts of idiotic yet crucial mistakes; Lynette will get mad that the waitresses have breasts, etc.
I'm psyched about the restaurant setting, though. Think about it: annoying customers, Andrew Van De Kamp slacking off on the job, hungry housewives, and — best of all — pizza! There were already some great food-porn shots tonight — my fave was the Canadian-bacon pie Tom made that had a significant section of crust sticking straight up. Yummm.
So, will Alma become pregnant? Should Gaby watch out for Zack? And where are those mystery teeth?
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