Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives 4.11 “Sunday” Recap

by Julie on April 14th, 2008

Okay, I just got through watching the new Desperate Housewives episode 4.11 entitled “Sunday”. I thought it was a great episode and it was everything I expected and a little more! The theme was basically faith, believing in something that you can not see. Here’s my recap:

Katharine, Dylan and Adam:

Katharine Mayfair has a lot going on in this episode. Let’s just say she’s been rather busy. First, the ladies tried to come over and cheer her up with some muffins and jam and she wouldn’t have anything to do with it. She thought all they wanted were the juicy details of why Adam left her (which of course they wanted the details). Susan told her she wanted to bring her flowers and they shot down her idea. As the ladies were leaving, Bree told Katharine that she can’t keep these feeling bottled up inside of her and also that she was so surprised that Adam was the one who left. Katharine basically told her to mind her own business and that she didn’t want to talk about it.

After that happened, we see Katharine walking through the woods. She sits down on a rock and starts crying. Mary Alice Young starts talking and saying that Katharine has regrets of things she has done in the past. We then see what looks like a grave. It’s stones in the ground in the shape of a cross.

Katharine later heads over to Susan’s house, with her daughter Dylan, to apologize for being so rude when everyone came over to cheer her up. That’s when they run into Susan’s cousin, Tim, who’s in town. Tim says “Mrs. Davis” and she says she hasn’t been called that in years. Come to find out, Katharine and Tim met when he was 16 and he stayed at Susan’s house for a week. It seemed that Tim was eying Dylan and Susan didn’t want him to have anything to do with her. She wasn’t even 18 yet.

Later, Adam calls Katharine and she goes to his hotel room. Dylan had called him and left a message about a note she found in the fireplace. She had pieced the note together and it said something about her dad being murdered. Dylan knew, or so she thought she knew, that Adam was the only person that would tell her the truth. Katharine told Adam what to say and he said he would cover for her and give her an alibi, but this was the last time. She said she missed him and wanted to know if he missed her too. He had no response.

Susan called Tim from Mike’s rehab and she heard giggling in the background. She asked if someone was over and of course he denied it and said he was taking a nap, with the TV on. Susan immediately headed over to the house, walked into a room and said, “get off that poor girl right now!” thinking that Tim and Dylan were the ones in bed together. Come to find out….it was Katharine. They had previously met and had a one-time fling when he was 16. Yes, 16!! He said he lost his virginity to her. Susan was a little disgusted and walked out.

At the end of the show, Dylan is in Adam’s hotel room begging him to tell her the truth about her mom and dad. She wants to know that she’s not crazy and that these memories she keeps having are real. Adam looks her straight in the face and says, “Your mother did not kill your father.” Dylan cries, they hug and Adam has that look on his face like you do when you just told a huge lie. Dylan leaves the hotel room and hugs the only father-like figure that she knows, Adam. She trust him like her own father and she has to have faith in him that he told her the truth.

Bree and Lynette:

Bree and Lynette talked and learned quite a bit about faith in this episode. I think their relationship grew quite a bit. It all starts when Lynette is out on the proch on a Sunday morning. Everyone else is leaving for church. That’s what people on Wisteria Lane do like clock work every Sunday, but not the Scavos. Then it hits Lynette. She wants to go to church. She has questions that she needs answered. Lynette walks into the house and tells Tom. He’s really into his game, but after hearing one of their kids say, “I know who Jesus is. He helps out Santa Claus”. Tom says,”Come on kids, we’re going to church.”

Lynette walks up to Bree and Orson who are loading up the baby in the car to head to church and Lynette asks if they can go to their church. Bree is quite excited and tells Lynette to follow them. Bree also tells Lynette not to go Catholic. She says with all the sitting, standing and kneeling she doesn’t go to church for a workout but for worship. As Lynette is walking away, she asks Bree, “What am I now?” and Bree says “Presbyterian”.

Lynette and her family visit church and Lynette raises her hand right after the Pastor is done with his lesson! She has questions about his sermon and she wants them answered right now. The look on Bree’s face is priceless and she is obviously horrified. She tries to get Lynette to sit down by telling her “We don’t do that here”.

Later, Bree tells Lynette in a Bree sort of way, that maybe they should go to a different church. Like the one by the airport. Lynette was all excited about her new Bible and she said she had lots of questions for Bree pastor. Bree looked a little frightened. Bree doesn’t want Lynette ruining her chances of being the head of the Women’s club there at church. Lynette gets the hint and the next Sunday they head to the Catholic church. Tom was raised Catholic.

When Bree and Orson head into church, their pastor asks where Lynette is and that he is looking forward to her coming. Bree is shocked and surprised. Her pastor says that Lynette was refreshing and that he liked her outspokenness. So, Bree heads across the street to the Catholic church and tries to get Lynette to come back. Lynette said she just put 10 dollars int he collection plate and she wants to get her money’s worth! She also knew that Bree was embarrassed by what she had done. They then go outside and Bree tries to pretty it all up about why she wants Lynette back at her church. Then the truth comes out that Bree is up for the head of this club and that her pastor actually like having Lynette there.

Lynette is disappointed in Bree and said that she thought she was the one friend that had a true strong faith. Bree says she does and Lynette asks why. Bree says “Just because” and Lynette tells her that’s not good enough for her. She has been through a lot and she wants real answers.

Later, Bree visits Lynette and tells her she is out of the running for head of the club at church. They then have a heart to heart talk and Bree apologizes. It ends with them sitting on Lynette’s porch having a Bible study.

Tim:

Tim is an interesting character and he has added quite a bit to the show. Tim was telling Susan about his little fling with Katharine and how he tried to go over to her house before he left Susan’s when he was 16. He said he went up to the door to ring the doorbell and heard screaming. He peeked in the window and saw Katharine and some man fighting. Katharine then picked up a candlestick and whacked him over the head with it. The man fell to the floor and Tim was horrified by the look on Katharine’s face as she looked over the body. Susan asked Tim who he thought it was and he said he thought it might have been her ex-husband, which is Dylan’s dad!!

Gabby, Carlos and Edie:

Carlos is blind, Gabby wants to get married again and Edie is still trying to come in between Gabby and Carlos. She visits Carlos in the hospital to give him back the diamond bracelet her gave her. She says she knows he could use the money. He then informs her that they aren’t real diamonds. Edie is not too happy and tells Carlos that she spit in his jello. Yuck.

Edie then visits with a nurse who is eating what looks like a pb and j sandwich because she is on a tight budget. Edie tries to get some information about Carlos from her and she says she can’t say. Edie then offers to take her to lunch. After her little lunch date she visits Gabby at her home.

You see, Carlos and Gabby got married at the hospital. Before they got married, Carlos wanted to make sure Gabby was in this for better or for worse because his condition was worse than they first thought. Gabby is shocked, but he reassures her that he will be blind for 3 months, four tops! They go ahead and get married and Gabby is in this for the long haul.

Edie comes to visit Gabby and congratulated her on her win. Gabby says it’s not a contest, but if it was she guessed she did win. Edie then informs Gabby about Carlos’ blindness being permanent. Gabby doesn’t believe her because Carlos told her he would get his eyesight back soon. Apparently Carlos has lied to her.

Carlos comes home from the hospital and Gabby is none to happy. We see her in the kitchen fixing “stew” which is actually watered down dog food. Disgusting! She is luring Carlos around the kitchen for a little hanky panky, or so he thinks and Gabby keeps putting obstacles in his way. He runs into the stove, trips over a chair that she pushed in front of him and then bangs his head on the wall. Ouch! Carlos asks what’s going on and Gabby informs him that she knows about the possibility of him never getting his eyesight back. She is mad at him for lying and for also thinking that she is so shallow. he says that he is poor and blind, two things that don’t seem to suit Gabby’s tastes. She says thanks for believing in me and do you really think I am that shallow?

She assures Carlos that she loves him and that she is in this marriage for better or for worse. You can see that there is definitely true love there, but it’ll be interesting to see how this marriage works.

Susan and Mike:

We only see Mike in rehab and Julie and Susan visiting him. He says that when they found out he was a plumber, they gave him the job of scrubbing the toilets. Fun. Susan is very pregnant and looking adorable! Her cousin Tim came for a visit to help her with her taxes and well, we know what else he did on Wisteria Lane.

Recap Questions:

• What do you think about Katharine’s secret?
• Do you think that Dylan will find out the truth of her dad’s death in Season 4?
• Will Adam and Katharine get back together?
• Will Adam finally break and tell Dylan the truth?
• How long can Katharine keep her secret a secret?
• Will Tim and Katharine continue their relationship?
• Will Lynette continue to go to church and have her questions answered?
• Will Gabby and Carlos be able to work through his blindness and live as a happily married couple?
• Is Edie done coming in between the Gabby and Carlos and what does she have up her sleeve next?

I thoroughly  enjoyed this episode and absolutely can not wait until episode 4.12 “In Buddy’s Eyes”.

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