The Sun Won't Set
Updated 2005-11-25 16:00:00
The show opens at a neighborhood block meeting. All the neighbors (frightened by the Ice Cream Bandit incident over at Gabby's) are poised to hire an armed security guard to come monitor Wisteria Lane when Betty (frightened by the idea of an armed security guard shooting Caleb) distracts them all by tickling the ivories. Problem: solved! Gabby, who has indeed lost the baby, seems a little too unaffected by the loss, what with all the facials, eyebrow waxes, mani-pedis, and shopping. So Carlos asks an ex-con to help her face her grief, which the ex-con does by semi-kidnapping Gabby, bringing her to a park, and making her set a red balloon free. Problem: solved! Lynette comes home late from work and finds the P-twins out playing in the street. Concerned about Mr. Mom Tom's lax parental monitoring, Lynette asks Receptionist Stu (from work) to kidnap the twins to demonstrate how vulnerable they are. Unfortunately, the plan backfires when vigilant Mrs. McCluskey tasers Stu. And tasers him again. And again. Problem: solved? When George "accidentally" forgets to pull the engagement announcement from the paper (in deference to Bree's request to "slow things down"), his ex-fiancé comes out of the woodwork to warn Bree that George truly is crazy, and also very possessive and jealous. Bree, who is still very much in denial about George, kicks the ex-fiancé out in a huff, and yet Bree finds that she can't quite shake the woman's warnings. Bree goes to the pharmacy to confront George, and George tells her that actually the ex-fiancé is the crazy one, and he prints out a fake list of the ex-fiancé's many brain-helper prescriptions to prove it. Later, Bree and George go out for drinks and he has a frightening meltdown when (a) Bree dances with an ex-boyfriend she runs into from college, and (b) Bree refuses to wear her engagement ring. Bree calls off the engagement, and George takes off, steals Bree's ex-boyfriend's car, and then torches it. Problem: still pretty problematic. In her wedding toast, Sophie thanks everyone for coming and then bizarrely confesses that Susan's father wasn't a war hero, nor was he a one-night stand; rather, he was a married man who now works at the feed store across town. Susan leaves the wedding in a huff, and then later, we see Stalker Susan sitting in her car and watching her father close up shop. Problem: only just begun! Mike catches Caleb trying to break into some cars. The police are called, and as Caleb's carted away, Betty very subtly signals to him by putting a finger to her lips, and Caleb nods his agreement to keep it zipped. Problem: totally not at all solved, are you kidding? Meanwhile: Matthew and Danielle have a late-night rendezvous at the Wisteria bench. And really, I've got no problem with that.