You Could Drive A Person Crazy
Updated 2005-10-07 17:00:00
Susan complains to Betty about the weird and endless clanking sounds emanating from Betty's house. Betty goes to a psychiatrist and claims that a horrific history with an abusive husband has led to some trouble sleeping. The doctor prescribes sleepy drugs, which Betty promptly grinds up and puts in Basement Buddy's soup. Susan's clanking problem? Solved! Karl sleeps with Edie, and indeed has been doing the honors for months. This brings up some feelings for Susan -- rage, jealousy, insecurity, hunger? -- which are perhaps to blame for her "accidentally" reversing her car over Edie. (Though maybe Susan was merely trying to put Edie's insane roller derby outfit out of its misery?) Mr. Mom Tom's house cleaning is not up to Lynette's standards, so she plants a rat in the house to scare Tom into implementing some elbow grease. Her plan works, but also gets the innocent rat flattened to death by Tom and his shovel. Carlos's cellmate discovers that he's rich and threatens to beat him unless Carlos gives the cellmate's girlfriend $7000 for breast-enhancement surgery. Gabby goes to drop off the money, but winds up talking the girl out of the operation instead. Carlos gets his beating, and enterprising Gabby uses his fear of future abuse to force him to reinstate her signing power over their finances. Rex's doctor finds the "I forgive you" note Rex wrote for Bree as he was dying, and shows it to...the police? No! He shows it to Rex's life-insurance agent. Mommy Phyllis's incessant crying and grief-hogging gets Bree so annoyed that she slaps her across the face right in the middle of a restaurant. George stops by to offer Bree comfort, Mommy Phyllis spies the two of them hugging, and slap-stung Mommy Phyllis reports Bree's philandering to...the police? No! She reports it to Rex's life-insurance agent. Total episode abuse tally? A slap, a beating, a flattening, and also vehicular assault.