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Saturday 8 September 2012

Desperate Housewives 7.20 "I'll Swallow Poison On Sunday" Review

Felicia excels in poisoning Paul, conveniently turning up Susan is cooking for him. Lynette and Renee get to interior design Tom's office. Gaby brings the girls round to stay with Bree.

Mary Alice: (Brenda Strong) "Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) had occasionally found her home invaded by household pests...she smashed them poisoned them, executed them...with the latest pests who invaded Bree's home extermination was not an option."  Gaby (Eva Longoria) brings the children along to stay with Bree after deciding she'd leave Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) for making her choose between him and Bree.  The girls trample mud all over her home and eat all the cookies.   Gaby promises it will only be for a few days.  Gaby warns Bree not to leave the food out.   Bree thinks she needs to teach them some discipline.   That's easier said than done, remember like mother, like daughters!  Mary Alice: "Yes, Bree van de Kamp had finally met  two pests she couldn't smash, poison or shoot, that's not to say she wasn't sorely tempted."

Mary Alice: "Good deeds aren't always done for the purest of reasons...acting out of guilt, expecting something in return, but occasionally good deeds come from the heart."  Susan (Teri Hatcher) brings Paul (Mark Moses) sandwiches; he seems to be eating rather a lot for someone who didn't want any food.  She's cooking for him now, it's about the future, not the past and she looks forward to seeing him;  and is shocked to find Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris) there.  Paul is still suffering from the mistaken impression(read delusion)  that they've kissed and made-up, without the kissing part.  She can't wait to tell the others.   Bree calls Felicia "Snip, snip Tillman." They warn Susan to be careful as she doesn't owe Paul anything, but she insists he deserves a second chance.

Renee (Vanessa Williams) and Lynette (Felicity Huffman) celebrate the end of their recent designing project, with Lynette buying cheap champagne.   Tom (Doug Savant) offers them $20,00 to redecorate his office.   Gaby gives Bree flowers from the girls as a way for saying sorry for breaking her mirror and the serving dish, which were so obviously picked from her garden.   Bree breaks into a police car to get the driver's attention, as it's blocking her drive, unaware it is a police car; belonging to her new beau, Det Chuck Vance (Jonathan Cake).  Now Bree will chase after him.   That was a fast turn-around from Keith.  Bree tells Gaby there are other ways to discipline the girls than threats.  "My house, my rules."  They need to behave whilst they stay here.  But they run off.   Just like Gaby they don't pay attention either.

Tom wants his office re-done in the style of Donald Trump.   Renee tells Lynette "no man wants to be referred to as soft wood."  When Lynette tells her it's not Tom's style.   Felicia donning a rouse, attempts to be friendly with Susan, feigning that part of Beth (Emily Bergl) is alive somewhere.   Susan just happens to be cooking for Paul.  Yes and any fool can see she's going to poison his food.   Felicia's read up on using toxins in small doses, specifically using  anti-freeze.   She wants to make Paul think it's his heart.   How was she so certain that Paul would actually be the one eating it.   Susan notices Paul's condition getting worse so she promises to bring him breakfast too, why didn't she just cook for him at his house.

Carlos has a talk with Juanita (Madison de la Garza) which we're meant to think is a revelation about Bree and how she kept the secret of his mother's death.  Mike (James Denton) can't believe they actually have money in the bank after Susan's gambling antics.   But doesn't want her gambling again.   He suggests they should move back into their house now.   Bree gets the girls to eat Brussel sprouts or there'll be no cupcakes for dessert.   Gaby is astounded.   She attempts to get Juanita to eat a cupcake and takes a bite out of one.   Notice the cupcake has changed on the plate and faces the other direction, when the camera shows the other view of the platter.

Lynette goes ahead and gets her own choice of furniture for Tom's office.   She's saving them time as she knows what Tom really likes and wants.  Renee tells her she's ignoring Tom's wishes yet again cos being a control freak, she wants to get her own way in everything.  Carlos blamed Bree for him and Gaby being apart, which is what he really told Juanita, when Juanita thinks Bree's about to kill her, cos she's misunderstood what Carlos attempted to tell her.   Thus they behaved so wonderfully for her.   Vance arrives again, cos he so wants to see her (and he and Bree can get married and she can be called Bree Van de Kamp Vance, ha.)  Bree tells Gaby to go home and they can stop being friends.

Susan wants Felicia to try a Brownie and she pretends to be allergic and then throws up in her bag, yuk.   Tom loves his new office, as Renee changed it back to how he wanted it.   It's for the Tom who is running this company, but Lynnette has to accept it's what he wants.   Tom needs to show he's powerful.   Thought Lynette was proud of him when he took this job, she got what she wanted then as well.  Paul's no longer hungry and he thought Susan really cared about him, but was being nice just to get the house back.

Mary Alice: "People do good deeds for many reasons, but sometimes good deeds have bad consequences...correcting a colleague's mistake could lead to resentment - trying to bring a spouse closer might push her away...that's why there's an expression about helping people: no good deed goes unpunished."  Paul collapses.

Again Paul being so gullible really thinking Felicia and him could be best buddies.   Susan getting in the way of the two cos we know she's going to be blamed for the poisoning.  As for the title, the show is shown here on a Sunday night.  Oh let's hope Felicia gets her comeuppance really soon as this storyline's wearing thin already!

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