5.15 / Sun 29 E4 / Wed 1 C4
The world watches Desperate Housewives because we are seduced by the glamour of it all, so an episode about money troubles would be a wasted effort, right? Wrong. Tonight's episode is crammed with comedy gold, much of it coming from Gaby. Having seen Carlos' boss Brad with another woman and subsequently negotiated him a bulging bonus cheque, she's feeling bad (really!). Bad becomes awful when Brad's pregnant girlfriend asks Gaby and Carlos to be the child's god parents. Watching her squirm as she's told how wonderfully their marriage counselling is going is a pure delight!
Lynette, who used to be fun but has become a chore with age, moans on at Tom about selling the pizzeria. Her sole mission in life seems to be the destruction of everything he enjoys. Most amusing of all is Orson's method of finding out Bree's bank account security password - and the expression on his face when he realises Andrew's being payed significantly more. 'We all know how YOU got the job!', Bree sneers at him. He rebels by stealing Andrew's expensive pen, and why not?
For once it's Susan's turn to be the stoney-faced housewife, yoyoing between her house and Katherine's as she worries about MJ getting too close to the enemy. She gets home from what we are told was a long day at work (there's a first time for everything) to find Katherine making cakes with MJ. The cheek! A superbly-entertaining episode then, except for the times when deviant Dave is hogging the screen. His not-especially-intriguing mystery has dragged on for too long now. Death to Dave!
