Meanwhile across the street, Lynette is chatting with Miss McCluskey to make sure she has everything she will need to ride out the storm. Big M assures her that she has an ample supply of D batteries, gin, and live chickens that will eat grapes out of anywhere she puts them. Anywhere. After the initial pleasantries Lynette drops the bomb as to the real reason she is there. She would like to camp out in Miss McCluskey's basement with her husband and 13 screaming kids until the storm passes. Lynette assures Miss McCluskey that her family, which the Big M has grown to know and love will all be on their best behavior and keep the fires and village of the damned act down to a minimum. Miss McClucskey tells Lynette that she may know all of them but actually only loves four before saying no way in hell. Ida Greenberg is coming over to play cards and swap stories about how many GIs of the greatest generation lost their virginity to each of them. Miss McCluskey tries to send Lynette and the brood down to the shelter but Lynette doesn't want her kids exposed to the dregs of society down on skid row, such as Andrew. Lynette pleads with Big M until she finally gives in and allows Lynette and her family to crash in the basement to ride out the storm. She's insured and someone has to finish making her knock-off Gucci wallets.
Doesn't she atleast have Britney stubble that she could dress up with a cute little bow? I am so sick of this endless parade of scarves.
Next door Katherine is busy taping up the windows in an attempt to call that black informant guy from the X-Files. Julie and Dylan are safely away on a school trip, so Katherine and Adam plan to hunker down in the basement and glare at each other disapprovingly until the storm passes. While at the window, Katherine notices the Tina Fey look-alike/woman who ruined her life standing across the street. Katherine has never backed down from a confrontation, other than with whoever did that to her hair, so she goes outside and walks up to the woman to tell her to leave. The woman tells her that she wants to talk to Adam and compliments Katherine's hair, further proving she's stark raving insane. Katherine tells Tina Fey that Adam wants nothing to do with her, but is shocked when Crazy drops the bomb that Adam saw her yesterday.
Back at Susan's house Bree is dropping off much needed storm-watch paraphernalia such as Vaseline, eyeliner and Mad-Libs. Before Bree leaves, Susan tells her that it may be a good idea to go ahead and tell Orson about Mike's addiction to the junk. Bree confesses that she already told Orson accidentally by screaming it out when they were making love a couple weeks ago. Bree feared that Mike would go to Orson for pills and Orson would unwittingly prescribe them, which he did and which he did!
"Damn, Andrew sure liked 'em big and black, didn't he? Anyway, thanks for the olives!"
Meanwhile, the battle of the she-beasts is just heating up as Katherine continues to chat with Crazy. Crazy continues talking about how she and Adam slept together, and how he yelled out in the middle how he regrets marrying such a cold, hard bitch. Katherine takes offense at being called anything less than room temperature and turns into one of those dilophosaurs from Jurassic Park. Her collar unfurls and she spits viscous black goo in Crazy's face. Bree is always in the wrong place at the right time and witnesses the expectoration. After Crazy drives off, Bree asks Katherine if she is O.K. and Katherine responds like a cold, hard, bitch before walking off. Bree notices Crazy parked down the street so decides to wheel baby Benjamin over for his first taste of suburban gossip. The kids gotta learn sooner or later. Bree walks to the car and asks the woman if she's O.K. and Crazy says no so Bree politely invites her inside for tea and interrogation.
"Just call me China Bitch."
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Comments (11)
i normally dont get to watch desperate housewives because im at work. but this week i was home and got to watch it, and i must say that it makes reading your recaps twice as hilarious!
and screw the writers for making us wait.
1 of 11 | Posted by aman | Posted on December 5, 2007 10:35 AM
I totally forgot about Andrew leaving home. I just assumed he, Lee and Neil were having a Wizard of Oz party.
2 of 11 | Posted by cutebutstupid | Posted on December 5, 2007 12:16 PM
Oh Fozzie, I not only honestly love you, I'll have your first spawn, and I wont even have an epidural so thrilled will I be to bring more derision to this world. Knife marks, terlet, is that your finger . . . the only wrong note is sticking How do you talk to an angel in my head all recap!@!!
Thank you sooo much for all the annoying laughter I've bestowed on my new office mate, now and forever--and I say forget the writers strike, lets shoot your episodes!!!!
3 of 11 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on December 5, 2007 12:31 PM
I know my husband and I weren't the only people in Tornado Alley laughing out loud and the "preparations for the tornado warning to come!"
We really couldn't take any of the other stuff seriously because we just couldn't stop laughing at the whole storm is coming thing.
4 of 11 | Posted by KutiePie | Posted on December 5, 2007 3:18 PM
He didn't push me down the stairs -- I'm just really klutzy. Luckily my freakishly giant boobs broke my fall.
5 of 11 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on December 5, 2007 3:36 PM
Great recap Fozzie! And thanks for being the only recapper since Season 1 to actually consistently watch and recap every episode of this torturous, but somehow addictive show.
Seriously though, Victor dying? First of all, a mayor with presidential aspirations wouldn't be stupid enough to personally kill his wife's ex-husband (or his wife if he was going after Gabby). Second, it makes for a much better storyline for Gabby to stay married to a Victor after she tried to kill him. Marc Cherry is a dumb shit, honestly I could come up with better storylines.
This ep. definately did not live up to the "BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON" commercials that ABC ran all week. I really couldn't believe that was it... and I predict the kids aren't dead. Maybe Tom is injured or something, but if there is one thing that is consistent about DH its that they don't take risks in writing. Predictability always wins.
6 of 11 | Posted by shia0bundan | Posted on December 5, 2007 4:07 PM
Awesome recap(per)!
Ida makes sense for the room temperature "friend", which means Lynette's husband isn't put out of his/our misery... and since it isn't cable (or my dreams), the kids will be okay, too.
The special effects were laughable. Objects fly through the air while trees in the background remain stationary or characters stand without leaning into the wind.
No way even Lynette would leave her kids in that situation to chase after a cat... even with the lovely Mrs. McClusky thrown in.
Oddly loved watching Crazy sucking to her probable doom. (But still love ya, Tina Fey! XOXO)
I will miss your inspired recaps more than the show itself!
7 of 11 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 6, 2007 10:59 AM
Meant "sucked", but Freudian works, too.
8 of 11 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on December 6, 2007 11:04 AM
I think this is the first time I've responded to anything related to this show, but I just couldn't pass this opportunity up!
First off, I agree with KutiePie. I live in Indiana, and we have tornadoes/watches/and warnings weekly throughout the summer and other times during the year. What the heck? When was the last time you taped your windows in preparation? haha
Oh...and the fact that the people outside had like 25 minutes to fight and chase cats or whatever while the tornado was RIGHT THERE on their street was also funny.
And "stationary background trees." I noticed that too. Good stuff.
For what it's worth, I say that Victor and the old lady in the basement are dead.
9 of 11 | Posted by ThisShowRocks! | Posted on December 6, 2007 6:48 PM
Susan, Edie, Lynette, Bree, & Gaby are all alive, so ABC's marketing department is full of shit. Those are the only "main characters" on the show.
I wish Danielle had gotten sucked into the tornado swirl along with Crazy. Now THAT ending would've been worth all of the residuals in the world. And it only took me 2 seconds to think of it. Show me the money!
10 of 11 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on December 8, 2007 9:55 PM
not gonna lie i didnt feel bad for lynette at all...she is a selfish bitch...
POOR CARLOS
11 of 11 | Posted by lbonnerz | Posted on December 22, 2007 1:18 PM