Desperate Housewives
Season 6; Episode 12
“You Gotta Get a Gimmick”
(Originally aired 1/10/10)
Family members gather to hear the details of Karl’s last will and testament. Much to her surprise, Susan receives ownership in a business. And what “very successful” business could Karl have been part owner of ? A strip club, of course! Susan meets the man who co-owned the place with Karl, when a stripper named Destiny introduces her self to Susan and mentions that she knows a Mike Delfino, and that he’s a regular customer. This is not going to go well for Mike.
Carlos and Gabrielle present Lynette and Tom with a new 60-inch TV. It’s the least they can do for saving their daughter from death. Tom offers to fill in for Lynette going to work for Carlos to take some of the workload off of him while Lynette is indisposed due to her pregnancy. Of course Lynette hates the idea. Bree confesses to her reverand that she had an affair with dead Karl, and the guilt is killing her because she blames herself for Orson being paralyzed from the plane crash. The reverand urges Bree to take care of Orson — even if it’s the last thing she wants to do.Gabrielle, Juanita and Carlos meet with the principal of a private school for Juanita. This is where Juanita finds out she’s Mexican, even though she was born in America. Bree meets wheelchair-bound Orson at the hospital and offers to bring him home. He would rather be taken care of by a “helper monkey”, but Bree insists. Susan confronts Mike about the strip club, and he explains that the strip club is one of his accounts. She forbids him from going to the club. He doesn’t take it well. Tom returns home from work and shows his wife a proposal he wrote. She volunteers to “fix it,” but it turns out that Tom doesn’t need the help. Carlos called the proposal “the best he had ever read”, which makes Lynette see red.
Bree discovers that Mrs. McCluskey has volunteered to take in Orson, claiming that “Once he gets the divorce settlement, he’s writing me a big, fat check!” Bree forcibly wheels her not-yet-ex out of her home and into her own. And there’s nothing Orson can do about it. Or is there?? We’ll have to see how he plans his revenge. Lynette goes to work to visit Carlos and make it clear that Tom is only a temporary fix and she is coming back to work after she has the baby. Carlos reassures Lynette that she can have her job back anytime she is ready. Turns out Tom told Carlos that Lynette was planning to be stay at home Mom to take care of the baby. This is not going to go well for Tom.
Ana wants to get closer to Danny, but “There’s not a lot of room to be into to you, because of how much you’re into you,” he explains. Ouch. Ana throws his overdose back in his face. At first he is furious at her, then suddenly interested in her.
Back at home, Gabrielle is preparing to celebrate the fact that Juanita got accepted into the private school. Carlos has second thoughts and wants to send her to a public school with a large Latino population instead, forcing Gabrielle to face her Mexican Heritage. At the strip club, Mike shows up to fix a bathroom under false pretenses. It was all a set-up by Susan who appears onstage as “Ms. Fix It” and begins dancing seductively on a pole. Mike apologizes and swears to never come back to the club if Susan will stop gyrating, which he does, thank God!
Back at home, Orson has taken a new tactic with Bree: He is demanding EVERYTHING, including re-heated soup and dessert made from scratch. “I would get it myself, but …” he trails off as he gestures to his wheelchair.
So, what did you all think of the episode? I would love to hear from you!
Until Next Time!
Michael Queenstown
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