At Ian's castle, Susan has stopped by after a day of shopping - seriously, where does this woman get income from - to schmooze Jeeves. She's even worn an "adorable" hat she
borrowed from Mayim Bialick and bought Jeeves a t-shirt with a British flag on it. Jeeves is clearly upset; not only was he rooting for Joey Lawrence in this season of Dancing with the Stars, he's not even British. I would say big whoop, but I guess this is kind of like an American being mistaken for a Canadian. Shudder. Susan, who so obviously can't take no for an answer, decides that the best way to get her drawer from Jeeves is to annoy him to death. Jeeves' tolerance for annoyance is even lower than SkeleHatcher's tolerance for complex carbohydrates, and he cracks quickly.
But the joke remains on SkeleHatcher, as the drawer Jeeves found Susan is in a bureau upstairs in a junk room. So this is what Jeeves thinks of her? The answer is yes, as Jeeves all but proves it by calling Susan every synonym for the word "prostitute" without using the word "prostitute." Apparently, Gold Digging Whore was the straw that broke the Skelton's back, as she slaps Jeeves and immediately apologizes for it. Sure, Jeeves may have gone a bit too far, but I'm glad someone is at least bringing up the fact that Ian is still married.
Gabby has returned home from a day of shopping for make-up for her new Bratz dolls, when Verne comes over to her in quite a tizzy. It seems that Gabby's little stories had quite an effect on the impressionable (and, apparently, dumb) girls, as they were caught smoking, vomiting and shooting heroine to stay thin. Verne banishes Gabby from any more help with the girls, all but guaranteeing that they will grow up to be responsible, caring, fully developed individuals. And ugly.
At Mike's house, the boys (joined by Tom) are watching the game. It's a quick shot of testosterone I don't quite know what to do with on a Sunday night. You sit down, manhood intact, saying to yourself that you are secure in your effeminate masculinity to watch Desperate Housewives without hesitation. It's just that besides the occasional Eva Longoria money shot, there isn't much happening on the screen to remind you that you are, in fact, a man. So seeing that Brothers Wisteria crowded around the tube is a harsh reality, especially if they were watching the Giants game (poor Eli).
The moment quickly turns from Brawny man to scrawny man, when Mike wants the guys to discuss with him, in detail, what life was like before the accident. What kind of man was he? What was he like? Was he an Autumn or a Summer? Tom and Carlos are annoyed by this, and not wanting to have the discussion, which seems natural, but also kind of like a dickhead move. I mean you've already lied your way into an amnesiac man's living room, are eating his food, drinking his beer and watching his TV. The least you can do is humor him. Which, they finally do, letting Mike know that before the accident he was all Shady Von Shadebluen, and no one really knew him. They also should've mentioned that pre-accident he didn't look like an AIDS victim. And also, what's with the size of this guy's noggin? In the words of Mike Myers: "It looks like an orange on a toothpick." Actually, more like an eggplant on a toothpick, but you get my general point.
Obviously, since she's Lynette, she has handled the Pedophile crisis in the craziest way possible, by locking up her children on a bright sunny day. I don't really know where she plans to go with this plan, but Lynette has never been much a step-2 planner. Naturally, after a long day of doing nothing, she falls asleep. Parker, the supposed good one, leaves the house out of boredom. When Lynette awakes and discovers he is missing (and realizes that she made him idolize his Pedophile neighbor - ouch guilt), she races across the street to Art's house. '
She barges in like a lunatic CONVINCED that Art has her son. Lynette, really? You all but accused him of being a child molester I doubt that your kid would be the first one he'd go after. These child molesters might be creeps, but they are clever. Don't you watch SVU? Anyway, Lynette heads downstairs and is appalled (as am I, a little bit), that Art has cleared out the toy room. "Donated to a children's hospital" he says. Hmm... interesting... My theory is losing weight by the second...
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Comments (11)
I missed the ep, so my only comment is that this line
"That is until Parker comes out calling for Mr. Protector Man (nice to blow his secret identity, dick)"
made me laugh out loud.
Oh, and Parker is a pedophile.
1 of 11 | Posted by brilliantmistake
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Posted on November 22, 2006 5:00 PM
hilarious as usual! "save the casserole, save the world"!!!!!
LOL
2 of 11 | Posted by Flipit
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Posted on November 22, 2006 7:25 PM
"I would say big whoop, but I guess this is kind of like an American being mistaken for a Canadian. Shudder."
Excuse me, but exactly WHAT is that supposed to mean?
~Georgia~
3 of 11 | Posted by georgiababe
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Posted on November 22, 2006 8:08 PM
....and by Parker, I mean Art.
Crap.
4 of 11 | Posted by brilliantmistake
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Posted on November 22, 2006 8:13 PM
Georgiababe, I think he means that just because someone looks the same and speaks the same language does not mean they are the same and different countries have vastly different cultures.
5 of 11 | Posted by Apple_Candy
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Posted on November 22, 2006 8:33 PM
"Mary Alice that wretched skank"!? HAA! :)
Andrew rocks. I almost died when he said "my grandmother looked at me with tears in her eyes" .. He probably wouldn't be as funny with more air time though..
And Lynette and Susan's scenes this week were pretty painful to watch.. Gabby's were too predictable... I always like Bree's storylines but she didn't get much time this week... This episode felt a lot like season 2 soapyness .. :/
hope next week is better
6 of 11 | Posted by shia0bundan
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Posted on November 22, 2006 10:49 PM
I don't believe the Gaysian is new. I saw him back in seasons 1 and 2.
7 of 11 | Posted by mizta
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Posted on November 23, 2006 9:09 AM
Yeah, I got that. It's the "Shudder" remark that bugged me.
~Georgia~
8 of 11 | Posted by georgiababe
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Posted on November 23, 2006 12:58 PM
'In the words of Mike Myers: "It looks like an orange on a toothpick." Actually, more like an eggplant on a toothpick, but you get my general point.'
even whn you quote others, it's hilarious, thx u Umnata!
9 of 11 | Posted by Tati
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Posted on November 24, 2006 5:51 PM
Yeah, that personal shopper dude (AKA the rather repellent moniker "Gaysian") was definitely in Season 2.
Does anybody else think it's odd how KimberBree had put her M-I-L on a jailhouse diet, yet was carefully filling FOUR parfait glasses with cream? Oh wait -- I just realised it was *only* four and not five... Continuity rules!
10 of 11 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates!
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Posted on November 28, 2006 3:19 PM
gotta love those Mrs. McCluskies (sarcasim)!! I have tons of them living around my city neighborhood and one right next to me. The mother(old hen, as I would call her) complains about the leaves in front of my house when in fact her hyprocritical self would sweep her leaves towards my basement tenants in front of me. In fact, unlike myself, she doesn't put them in garbage bags.....ahhhh!!! she's a Nazi there are other things she would do, like rifle through her other neighbor's mailings and bring them in her house...and maybe mines too 0.0 and other appalling deeds ok had to get that off my chest....hmmm maybe the reason I'm not into D.H. too much is because it reminds me of my Mrs. McClusky
11 of 11 | Posted by IrideBlimp
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Posted on November 30, 2006 11:56 PM