Next comes a frantic scene where everyone's tearing down streamers and gathering up balloons and presents. Lynette, on the phone: "Hey, Gabby. It's Lynette, got a little emergency over here. Is it okay if we use your back yard? Great, great. And we take complete responsibility for whatever the pony does. I hope you get this message soon." Funny! Meanwhile....

...Edie is giving a tour of the Young house to an older couple who are very concerned about the neighborhood being quiet enough, seeing as they're retired. Edie opens the front door to demonstrate the sedate qualities of Wisteria Lane, and the couple is treated to screaming kids and clowns running up the street. Nice.

The party is all safely relocated over at Gabby's yard when Tom remembers the cake. Lynette blurts out a funny little "gah." She runs back to the house, picks up the cake, and is just about ready to beat a safe retreat when Nora arrives. Lynette panics, puts the cake on the floor, and slides it with her foot into the next room. And it really does glide. Lynette makes forced-relaxed chit-chat with Nora, and allllmost has Nora convinced that Tom has taken the kids out for movies and ice cream, but then a kid comes out of the bathroom. He's wearing a party hat and his face is painted up to look like a cat, and he's totally confused: he missed the whole party relocation. So clearly, the jig with Nora is up. But a far sadder story: the poor kid with the sensitive stomach who has to spend fifteen minutes in the bathroom at birthday parties. We all know that kid. That kid's life is not easy. Cut to....

...Nora stalking out the front door. Lynette scampers behind her, apologizing, as Nora scans the street looking for evidence of a party. Just then, she notices one solitary balloon floating up in the sky. It's a red balloon. (A nod to the magical balloon of Le Ballon Rouge, which the school forced us to watch during every rainy-day lunch from Grades 1 to 5?) Nora takes off running, and Lynette follows in hot pursuit. Remember the scene where Edie chased Susan up Wisteria Lane? Just like that. Lynette manages to snake in front of Nora and blocks the gate into Gabby's yard as Nora tries to force her way into Gabby's yard. Nora starts screaming for Kayla, and both the girl and Tom come running out. Nora makes a stink that she's been lied to and then lied to again, and now she and her daughter are Audi 3,000,000. Tom sees the disappointment on his daughter's face (even if Nora can't), and immediately downshifts into groveling, saying how sorry he is, that they shouldn't have lied, how Nora should come back and enjoy some cake. Lynette shoots him a look, and then she takes off walking.