Mary Alice talks about the lovely homes in suburbia again: Everyone needs one so the neighbors will never suspect what's going on inside. Alex and Andrew run up onto their new porch, go inside, and kiss as they shut the door. Are we supposed to think that's scandalous or something? Because it's not. Mary Alice says we'll find parents racked with guilt (we're looking inside Lynette's window), wives tired of struggling (Gaby), lovers who have been lied to (Edie). Mary Alice finishes: "Yes, everybody needs a lovely home in suburbia, if for no other reason than to have a place to come home to." Creepy Dave is walking out of his house and down the street when Mrs. McCluskey arrives at her own home in suburbia.

I wish they would have done more to move along the Creepy Dave storyline other than have him fight with Edie. It didn't do anything to further the main plot, which is about his plan to get back at Mike. And I can't see how Mrs. McCluskey matters at all now that we know he's bad. I mean, I guess if she keeps digging, she might end up revealing to everyone else that he's bad, but it sort of feels pointless now that we already know, doesn't it? I liked this episode a lot, though, other than the lack of attention to the main plot. Everything else was sharp, funny, and trademark Desperate Housewives (read: the women making bad decisions).

DeAnn is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. You can contact her at twopmodmars@gmail.com.

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