Mike's drug problem finally came to a head when Susan took his pills and he accidentally made her fall down the stairs. Then when he got her to the hospital, he's freaking out because it's taking so long for her to see a doctor and she's pregnant and he gets into a fight with a male nurse and ends up handcuffed to a chair. Turned out Susan only had a sprained ankle, but now Mike's going to rehab. I have to say- I miss the old Mike terribly. I guess that's part of drug
addiction, that the addict becomes an entirely different person who lies and sneaks around and risks everything for some stupid pills. But I still have a hard time understanding how Mike could have gotten to this place. This is the same guy who proposed to Susan almost the exact second that she picked him over Ian because he didn't want to wake up another morning without her next to him. The same guy who started building a crib as soon as they found out she was pregnant ("But boy or girl, it's gonna be a Colts fan"). And now the pressures of being a suburban husband and father are so stressful that he has to resort to pain pills??I don't exactly know what to think about Lynette's situation. I knew from the promo that somebody was going to die, but I felt sure that it wouldn't be anyone in Lynette's family. After all, she just found out that she has been blaming her awful childhood on her mother when the truth is that her stepfather, who was the only real dad she ever knew, left them because he was gay. After she had just beat cancer. After she had fallen in love with another man who worked at the Scavo's Pizzeria while Tom had a broken back. Apparently, though, I overestimated the humanity of the writers because the episode ended with her looking upon the demolished house that was the shelter for her husband and children during the storm.
The future is uncertain for Gabrielle as well. One of her problems was solved when the tornado drove a piece of wood through Victor's chest before he was able to inflict any real damage on her or Carlos for their affair. But what about Carlos? He got knocked out by some flying debris before he was able to get inside the house. I really hope he's okay. Like he said, he and Gaby are like 2 halves of the same person, and when they're not together, they just aren't happy. I've been waiting for them to get to this point in their relationship for a long time. He's gone from being the neglectful, jerk husband, to the jealous, scheming husband, to the forgiving, awesome husband, to the cheating husband, to a friend, to the love of her life.
My favorite part of the episode last night had to be the interaction between Katharine and Bree. They finally found some common ground. In the time that Bree, Orson, Katharine, and Adam waited out the storm, Katharine learned that her husband really did have an affair with one of her patients, and Bree was in a position to truly empathize with this woman who had been her enemy ever since she moved there. Bree remembered the shame she felt when she learned about Rex's infidelity, and she put her hand on Katharine's- a small gesture of kindness that was very moving nevertheless. (Even though it wasn't addressed in this action-packed episode, I'm still so curious about why Katharine and her daughter left Wisteria Lane all those years ago. What did Dylan's father do? And why can't Dylan remember??)Dear Writers' Strike, please end soon so that Marc Cherry can get back to work and give me some answers. Thank you. That is all.
