‘Desperate Housewives’ Season 6, episode 7: ‘Careful the Things You Say’ liveblog
November 8, 2009 by Amy Bartner
“Desperate Housewives”: “Careful the Things You Say”
Original air date: Nov. 8, 2009
Liveblog/recap
I’m allll alone tonight. More grading for (Not)Neighbor Peggy and Erin’s being all cultural and going to a poetry reading. So, here we are. Just me, the TV, my cat and the Desperate Housewives. Remember, you can follow along with me on Twitter here! It’s a lot more fun to watch me typo DURING the show, but having it all cleaned up here is good, too.
Let’s watch Susan get arrested! Go!
9:01: “Julie Mayer was having troubles sleeping.” – Mary Alice. Uuhh…Julie Mayer is wearing too much makeup whilst she sleeps.
9:02: Wow, and just like that, two things happened: 1. We find out about how Julie and Nick met and 2. A new desperate housewife is born.
9:04: Andrea Bowen has turned into a GREAT actor.
9:06: “At least the toilets won’t talk back,” Gaby, about her daughter.
9:06: Women don’t commit this kind of crime? That’s the only reason we’re ignoring Katherine as a suspect?
9:07: “She mistook you for a 23-year-old? ” — Cop. Oh man. Amazing.
9:08: And in comes Kathy Najimy, the caring female cop. “She and I go way back. She doesn’t remember me now, but she will.” — Officer Najimy
9:09: Oh, Angie and Bree? Best. Friendship. Ever. Could they be more opposite?
9:11: Whoooa, awkwardpants mcgee time at the Bolen household.
9:11: “Orson, I never thought I’d say this to you again, but please unbutton your pants.” — Bree
9:13: I’m SO confused on the Orson/Bree marriage. We left last season with them being done done. And it seemed like the producers beefed up something that wasn’t there to make the Karl affair seem worse than it was? So now Bree’s telling Orson she never thought she’d tell him to unbutton his pants again…wouldn’t he think that was odd?
9:18: Hasn’t Bree learned her lesson? Claiming other people’s work as her own? Who’s worse to piss off? Krazy Katherine or a rough Noo Yawka?
9:19: Julie came after Nick? Do we believe this? I don’t. Not for a second.
9:20: All right. I NOW believe Nick is the reason the Bolens left wherever it is they left.
9:20: Ugh, these horrible DH Sprint commercials. Not giving them the dignity of watching. Mute mute mute!
9:26: Not going to lie, with everything else going on, I’ve got little to no interest in the Gaby/Ivana thing.
9:26: Uh oh. We can only assume this isn’t going to end well. Susan bullied her, right?
9:28: “But I’m living in my mummy’s basement.” — Captain DiPira. Wow, the crazies just keep coming this season, hey?
9:28: Hooooly ARMS, Bree!! Looking good…
9:29: Seriously, Bree. Just hire Angie.
9:30: “Omg, Moose! … no, the animal moose. That was her nickname.” — Susan. Yep, a bully.
9:31: “It’s like a meeting of the I Hate Susan Club.” — Susan, about Moose and Krazy Katherine. How do you sign up? Are there dues?
9:38: Uh oh. Angie’s catching on to Bree’s recipe-pilfery.
9:39: Lynette told Tom. This puts me at ease for some reason. I love Tom.
9:39: “We watched you grow up. You’re like a daughter to us. We can’t stand by and watch you do nothing.” — Tom. Case in point.
9:41: Gaby scrubbing someone else’s floor … in white pants … now THAT’S something I never thought I’d see.
9:45: There’s my answer. They’re still on the divorce track.
9:46: “Do you hear that? I think Celia fell down.” Ooohhh, right, the other OTHER kid.
9:48: That was some baaaaaaaaaad fake crying, Eva.
9:48: Yes! Bree looking scrubby, rough and unkempt as she’s coming to grovel to Angie.
9:49: Wow..WOW. I am in LOVE with this bonding scene with Bree and Angie.
9:50: “There we are. You think I’m vulgar — I’m sorry, ‘candid’, and I think you’re a tight ass.” — Angie. I just fell in love with her.
9:53: Ah, there it is. Susan’s going to get arrested for not reporting an accidental shooting?
9:53: …CAN you get arrested for that?
9:58: Tom and Lynette reporting the Nick and Julie’s affair…
9:59: “Why were they asking about me?” — Nick. “I guess because you were having an affair with her?” — Angie, nonchalantly.
10:00: And then the punch to the face. And THAT’S how we do it in Noo Yawk, fools.
10:00: Susan reading “Crime and Punishment” in jail. What?
Did she say button or “un”button your pants?
@9:28: Hooooly ARMS, Bree!! Looking good… -Seriously? I think she looked horrible in the dress. Arms … yuki! Not nice. She’s too old for this kind of dress, sorry.
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@10:00: Susan reading “Crime and Punishment” in jail. What? -This Crime and Punishemnt looked awfully thin to be real
I’m totally confused about who attacked Julie.
Interesting episode. I’m going to have to say something that I said to Richard as we were watching last night. Marc Cherry is a smart cookie. He was asked to make budget cuts on the show, and I think it’s amazing how he strategically omits certain characters from each episode unless they are integral to the storyline of the moment. For instance, Celia, Porter, Ana, Danny — to name a few. Even Katherine only had a short non-speaking part. This allows him to bring in Kathy Najimy for some comic relief, and probably some extra cash for the upcoming plane crash scenes. The episode was entertaining, and just pleasant enough to hold our attention. The ratings for this particular episode will be interesting to watch, since it played opposite a big game between the Cowboys and the Eagles on another network.
Winners and Losers. Hmm. I have nothing this week. Tom and Lynette were winners for being strong. Bree and Angie were both amazing in the episode. Susan was kinda woser/linner-ish this week (funny and disoriented, per her character’s description). Nick (cheater!), Gaby (shed a tear, woman!!), and Orson (get a clue!) were the week’s obvious losers. Other angles?
p.s. I said I had nothing before my woser/linner picks, but I guess i must’ve had something, after all.
Nice episode. It felt like a filler, but I enjoyed it. Losers were:
-Nick :he is such a creep and his shirt is always open. Urgh. I’m pretty sure he was the one who strangled Julie. He really deserved that punch Angie gave him.
-Orson: He’s an idiot. Marc Cherry, please just get rid of him. Killing him off would make a good budget cut, right?
Winners were:
-Lynette & Tom: for standing their grounds. They’re awesome and Tom’s speech about Julie made me melt a bit.
-Angie: I like her. I love her. I don’t care about the mystery anymore. They can keep her and get rid of Krazy Katherine. Bree & her have great chemistry, they’re two opposites.
Wosers:
-Susan. Lol @ the book at the end of the episode and I liked her moose-imitation too. But still, she felt like a woser somehow.
-Bree: Dear Bree. Please start practising your Italian. Your pronunciation made me cringe. Thnx. I still love her though, but she shouldn’t take credit for someone else’s work/recipes.
Loved Angie’s comment about sitting on the dryer xD
I knew that. Angie is the new Katherine, she even had her job. I think Danny is the reason they left. Angie didn’t lied for Nick, she was protecting her son. She knew it wasn’t Nick attacked Julie because she was. She’s strong, the punch made me think that. She knew he was cheating because she saw the note.
Juanita is always at home but we never see Celia it’s weird. We don’t see Ana too.
I have no idea for winners and losers. Tom and Lynette could be winners for supporting Julie. Nick is a loser and Gaby for being a bad mom.
The ending was soooo weird… Susan can read?!
Woser/Linner: Mike. He didn’t do anything directly to be a loser but he married the most unpredictable woman on the street. Seriously every week someone new hates Susan. And HE’S the one who has to get her out of messes, bail her out of jail, defend her in court, etc. I feel bad for him. lol
Loser: Julie. Because she seems to only date LOSERS.(Zach Young and this guy) and now shes a home wrecker. I love her but maybe her being harmed was some kind of karma. Maybe she really DID come on to him first. She has changed a lot since season 1 so you never know.
Winner: (for the 3rd week in a row IMO) Tom. Hes nearly perfect. And he makes me cry pretty much every week.
What happened to Celia and MJ? I never thought I would say this…but I miss MJ.=0 He hasn’t been on at all this season. Did he get fired or something?
I love Drea on this show. She makes it so much more interesting every week.
One more thing…Am I the only one who doesn’t hate Orson? I know he has a million issues but for some reason I still find some kind of goofy oblivious charm in him.(or maybe he’s just pretending like he doesn’t know anything and hes planning on killing everyone on wisteria lane for revenge at the right moment.) And I love food and watching him cook gourmet meals for Bree.
@Jaz…you are not the only one who still likes Orson. I still like him a lot too. I actually just re-watched seasons 3 and 4 with a friend and it reminded me all over again of how funny Orson can be when he’s utilized properly. I just wish they’d give him something to do because right now he seems to be kind of a pointless character.
I think I was the only one bored by Bree this week. This episode reminded me too much of the season 4 episode “Smiles of a Summer Night” when Bree was trying to figure out the recipe for Katherine’s lemon meringue pie. Yeah, she and Angie had some funny lines, but overall I felt “meh” about it.
And of course, Tom and Lynette totally kicked butt in their scenes, but there were not enough of them, IMO. Of course, I am very biased as they are my favorite couple/characters on the show. ; )
Jaz — I love Orson. I love Susan. I love everything about the show!
LOSER: Susan is definitely a loser here. She’s affraid to speak her mind. On police station she was trying to get out of a scrape with det. Lapera by telling lies (“No, I wasn’t trying tu pull you off the case, I’m here to apologize” crap, plus at the beginning when she didn’t remember who she was). Speak your mind, she already hates you, it couldn’t be worse – than jail
. She doesn’t learn from her own mistakes.
Old creepy perv. Punch in the face was gorgeous. Yeah, show him, girl!
Nick: busted!
WINNER: Angie and Bree were great together. I hope Bree learned something. Together they’re like day and night, it’s good to make them keep each other company. They both should learn sth from each other.
W/L
Orson: I feel sorry for him and hate him at the same time. Man has to know when to give up. Have some selfrespect! Bree doesn’t love you anymore! Why are you so stubborn!
I’m pretty sure Angie attacked Julie… the foreshadowing of Susan asking why no one believed a woman could be a psycho killer? Of course, she was referring to Katherine, but it just makes sense… Angie is a tough broad, and since she admitted to knowing about the afair, the pieces fit perfectly together.
Jackie, I agree, but on the other hand it’s only episode 7 and I find it hard to believe that they would already reveal one of two secrets on Wisteria Lane.
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If something I learned that od Wisteria Lane is nothing like it’s seems to be
Does anyone know what happened to Celia Solis on Desperate Housewives?
I thought we already knew who attacked Julia? I seem to remember seeing the shoes of the attacker, then when Angie’s husband (forgot his name) came to t he hospital, it panned down to his shoes to show they were the same. I could be mistaken, but I thought that’s what happened.