Annabel: Lynette, hey.



(Lynette is all dolled up in a dress, her hair done, make-up etc.)



Annabel: If you're looking for Tom, he's out with a client.



Lynette: No, I wanted to see you.



Annabel: You know that's really funny. I was thinking the same thing. We should go out for lunch, the two of us.



Lynette: (sarcastic) Yeah, I'll check my book. So Annabel, do you have feelings for Tom?



Annabel: (taken aback) What?



Lynette: You heard me.



Annabel: Alright, you want to talk about this, Lynette, let's talk. Yes, Tom and I were in love. But he married you. I'm not looking to break up a happy couple. Anyway that's more your speed, isn't it? (She really isn't over the way she and Tom broke up.)



Worker: (Oblivious to the tension in the room as the two ladies stare at each other) Morning ladies, just coming in for a little more fuel. One man's sludge is another man's liquid gold . Well, back to the trenches.



Lynette: Watch your step . Tom and I are a team. Our marriage is rock solid . Nothing you ever do will break us up.



Annabel: Then why are you down here warning me?



[EXT :Church -Day]



Reverend: Gabrielle! What brings you down here?



(Gabrielle looks sheepish.)



Reverend: Oh, sweet mother of god, what have you done this time?



(They walk, outside the church.)



Reverend: You're pregnant?



Gabrielle: Yes. And its impossible, I'm on the pill-which you probably think is a sin, but it works. It's a 99.9% effective sin.



Reverend: Maybe it's in that one tenth of a percent that god resides.



Gabrielle: You couldn't wait to throw that in, could you? Look, god is screwing with me! He doesn't like the way I live my life, so he's punishing me.



Reverend: Have you done something that would warrant being punished?



(Gabrielle gives the reverend a look that comes across as "Yeah, the same old stuff".)



Reverend: The gardener? I thought that was over.



Gabrielle: No, it was-You just had to be there. But, my point is, that I'll be an awful mother. I'm selfish and I'm self-centred. And the only person more self-centred than me is Carlos! I mean, he's so self-centred that he doesn't even know how self-centred I am! We'd be terrible parents!



Reverend: Gabrielle, I'd like to help, but I'm not sure what you want.



Gabrielle: I want to know who to be angry at.



Reverend: Here's a thought. Don't be angry. Be thankful. Children are a gift, are they not?



(Gabrielle throws him a look of "yeah right"!!!)



Gabrielle: I don't have time for this crap. I have a party to plan.



[EXT: Wisteria Lane-Britt Building Site-Day]



(Edie is talking with two of her workmen.)



Edie (to workmen as they leave): Thanks.



Lynette: Edie, hi.



Edie: Hi.



Lynette: Wow, things are really coming along.



Edie: Yeah, slowly and expensively.



Lynette: It'll be worth it. You're doing an amazing job.



(Lynette runs out of small talk and cuts to the chase.)



Lynette: Look, you're basically a predator and I need your advice.



(Edie looks intrigued.)



[EXT: Wisteria Lane -Britt Building Site-Day]



(Lynette and Edie are sitting down having a heart to heart about Lynette's problems.)



Lynette: And I know Tom loves me, but I don't trust this woman. I think there's an agenda there. I don't know, maybe I'm being paranoid.



Edie: No, no. You did the right thing by coming to me. There are two ways to approach this. Well, first I have to ask, what kind of shape is this woman in?



Lynette: Fantastic shape. She's gorgeous.



Edie: Okay, now there's really only one way to approach this. You're going to have to act fast.



Lynette: I'm listening.



Edie: Well, it's really pretty simple. When I feel threatened by a woman, I pull her in. I make her my best friend.



Lynette: I thought you said you didn't have any female friends?



Edie: Well, I don't. And I've never felt threatened by another woman either. The point is, keep your friends close-



Lynette:-and your enemies closer.



[INT: Scavo House -Living Room-Day] (Tom is sitting on the sofa playing with the baby and looking really happy. Lynette comes home after her conversation with Edie.)



Lynette: Tom, we're having a dinner party. I'm thinking of inviting Annabel. (She nods. Glad she's decided how she is going to deal with the Annabel problem)



(He looks after, totally shocked.)



[INT: Young House -Bathroom -Day]



(Zach splashes water on his face as he argues with his dad.)



Zach: We're not moving!



Paul: Susan knows something. Edie said-



Zach: I don't care what Edie Britt said! I'm not leaving Julie.



Paul: You want to risk our lives, our future, over some school yard crush?



Zach: It's more than that, Julie loves me.



Paul: Then why does she refuse to see you?



Zach: Mrs Mayer lies to her. If it wasn't for that she would be with me.



Paul: Are you sure? You know Julie's a very special girl.



Zach: I know.



Paul: And she could have just about any boy she wanted. I think you're a wonderful kid, I really do, but you're not that special, Zach. Not really.



Zach: She kissed me.



Paul: Lately?



(Zach looks down, knowing his argument for staying is falling apart.)



Paul: Let's just pack our bags and get out of here. We can leave this whole mess behind, we can start over. And there will be other girls, I promise.



Zach: No.



Paul: (Grabs Zach by the arm, forcing him to stay and listen to him) If Susan goes to the police, they will take me away, they will take you away. Don't you get that?



Zach: If Julie doesn't love me anymore, it doesn't matter. (Paul lets go of him) None of it matters.



[INT: Scavo House -Kitchen -Night]



(Laughter and familiar conversation, we're at the end of Lynette's dinner party.)



Annabel: McGruger had absolutely no idea what was going on. During the entire ship for the Phaser campaign, he was practically holding Benson's hand.



Tom: After the way that Bernam screwed him over, I'd be nervous too, my god.



Annabel: That was awful.



(Annabel reaches out for Tom's hand. We see Lynette over their joined hands -she does not look impressed by what is going on.)



Lynette: Excuse me. I need to get in here, so I can clear the plates.



Tom: You want some help with that?



Lynette: I'm good. (She picks up the plates, and as she turns she sees the boys watching them.) Looks like we're got some company.



(Shot of the three boys sitting on the stairs in their pyjamas, watching their parents.)



Tom: Hey, guys, isn't it time for bed?



Lynette: They never get to see you, let them stay up for a while.



Tom: Okay. Come here. I want you to meet someone. This is Miss Foster.



Annabel: Hi.



Lynette: She is an old, OLD friend of your daddy's.



Annabel: What have you got there?



Porter: It's a picture we painted.



Annabel: Let me have a look at that.



Porter: It's a picture of all of us with mommy and daddy, we're really happy. (This sounds very rehearsed.)



Annabel: That is so adorable. When did you do that?



Porter: Today, mommy told us to.



Lynette (Nervous laughter): I just told them to paint something nice, the sentiment is all theirs.



Porter: But you told us too-



Lynette: Hold on, honey, grown ups are talking.



Annabel: Well, this is really neat. How would you guys like to paint my portrait some day?



Porter: Sure, you're really pretty.



Lynette (Isn't amused by this, and realises this isn't working): Okay, great. Like your dad said, it's time for bed.



(Tom playfully chases the boys upstairs.)



Annabel: I must say, Lynette, your home is warm and inviting, your children are absolutely precious. This whole evening was practically a commercial for the perfect family.



Lynette: You think?



Annabel: You couldn't have planned it any better. And I mean that. (looks very smug)



Lynette: Good.



[EXT :Wisteria Lane -Outside Mayer House -Night]



(It's pitch black, and Susan is putting rubbish in the bin. As she puts the lid down, we see Paul just standing there very close to Susan, silently watching her.)



Susan: Uh! (she's startled.)



Paul: Hello Susan.



Susan: Paul, hi.



(Susan looks around, desperately searching for someone, so that she won't be alone with the man who scares her.)



Paul: I understand you and Edie went snooping through my house.



Susan: Huh? (acts dumb)



Paul: It's okay, I'm not mad. So what do you want to know about Angela?



[INT: Young House -Living Room -Night]



(Susan is sitting at the table, as Paul brings over two cups of coffee.)



Paul: Angela was Mary Alice's birth name, she was named after her aunt Angela. When she was a teenager, they had a falling out, so she changed her name to Mary Alice. This was before we were married, so sorry if I'm hazy on the details.



Susan: That's it? That's the explanation? (not quite believing what she's hearing)



Paul: Ridiculously simple, isn't it?



Susan: She changed her name because of her aunt? That just doesn't seem like something Mary Alice would do.



Paul: Neither does suicide, but we both know she did it. So can we finally put this behind us, or do you need to break into my home for anything else?



Susan: No. I'm good, thanks.



(gets up to leave)



Susan: Although if you wouldn't mind, I'm really like to see that video tape I found, the one marked "Angela". It'd be nice to see Mary Alice when she was young.



Paul: I'm afraid that box of tapes was thrown out with the trash.



Susan: (knows she's caught him out) Alright then.



Paul: Susan, I'm serious when I say I hope you'll leave my family alone now. This endless suspicion of yours is becoming very tiring.



Susan: I couldn't agree more.



(Paul closes the door behind Susan, not sure whether he's done more harm than good.)



[INT: Scavo House -Living Room -Night] (The Scavos and Annabel are having coffee after dinner, when a cell phone starts ringing.)



Annabel: That's my cell, sorry. Oh god, it's Peterson.



Tom: Peterson?



(Annabel leaves the room to take the call in private.)



Tom (to Lynette): So that was quite a show you put on tonight.



Lynette: Show?



Tom: The boys' paintings, all those references to how Happy we are.



Lynette: What's wrong with subtly reminding Annabel that you're happily married?



Tom: Because it wasn't subtle. And it was insulting to me.



Lynette: I did not mean it that way.



Tom: Are you so insecure that you have to pull that crap?



Lynette: Keep your voice down!



Tom: It doesn't matter if she has feelings for me, as long as I am not interested. Have I ever given you any reason to doubt me?



Lynette: Anyone is capable of anything. The first time we ever met, you were cheating!



Tom: With you! Cheating with YOU!



Lynette: It's a pattern of behaviour.



Tom: Argh! Give me a break!



Lynette: Well, what am I supposed to do? You hire your old girlfriend and you don't tell me for three months?



Tom: I could have told you from day one and you would still be jumping down my throat.



(Lynette goes to defend her actions.)



Tom: No, Annabel is ancient history.



Lynette: She's in the next room.



Tom: How long do we have to be married, Lynette? How long until you actually trust me?



Lynette: I trust you.



Tom: How many times have you said to me that "if you so much as touch another woman, I will take the boys and I will walk out of here and you will never see us again"?



Lynette: (in a "don't be silly" voice) Well, that's just something that wives say to their husbands.



Tom: Not all wives. God, Lynette, you're just so convinced that I'm going to be unfaithful, it makes me sick. The distrust, the paranoia-it seems that you're not going to be happy until you drive me out of this marriage just to prove yourself right!



(Lynette looks shocked and Tom realises what he said.)



Tom: Wait, forget I said that.



Lynette: It's too late. You said it.



Tom: Well, then just consider it something that husbands say to their wives.



(The two of them just stand there as Annabel returns from her telephone conversation.)



Annabel: Well, Peterson's on cloud nine, he discovered some inside scoop on the metro account. The bad news is, we're going to have to redo the entire presentation.



Tom: Tonight?



Annabel: We need it first thing in the morning. Peterson says we might be pulling an all-nighter.



Tom: I can't drive, I've been drinking.



Annabel: I'll drive. C'on.



Tom: Thanks.



Annabel: Don't worry Lynette, I'll deliver him back to you as soon as I can.



Lynette: Please do. (But she doesn't look as if she's quite convinced this is what she wants.) (Tom and Annabel leave.)



[EXT: Solis' Garden -Day]



(Party noise -the garden is very bright & colourful and the barbeque is in full swing.)



Carlos: Honey, take over for a minute, I just want to make a speech. Make sure they stay pink like that.



(Gabrielle takes over flipping burgers at the grill. The smell is making her nauseous again and she covers her nose.)



Susan: Are you okay?



Gabrielle: Yeah, I just didn't realise how disgusting meat could be.



Carlos: Everyone, I just wanted to say that it means a lot to me that everyone came. As you all know, in a few days I'll be taking a little government sponsored vacation. Luckily for me, breakfast is included.



Julie: (Julie sees Paul and Zach entering the party) Oh god.



(The two families see each other and smile awkwardly.)



Carlos: The bottom line is...I'm going away to jail. And when a man goes away to jail, which I hope none of you here will ever have to do, he sees who his friends really are. So thanks.



Crowd: Cheers. here, here. (Everyone raises their glasses to the toast.)



(Gabrielle feels sick again, covers her mouth and runs away from the BBQ. She runs past Sophie, grabbing the bottle of champagne she was holding and into the house.)



Sophie: Excuse you.



(George and Ginger enter the party. George is being really mean to Ginger.)



George: Stay put until I need you. Don't talk to anybody and for god's sake, don't get drunk.



Ginger: You know, I was meant to go to my cousin's wedding today.



George: It's not a wedding, it's a commitment ceremony. Now sit down and-try to fit in.



[INT: Solis' House -Bathroom-Day]



(Gabrielle in the bathroomupstairs. She pushes closed the window and switches on the extractor fan. She is feeling really sick and leans over the sick.)



[EXT: Solis' House-Party-Day]



(Zach doesn't seem to have heard anything that Julie or Susan has been telling him at this point. he's still acting like he and Julie are going out.)



Zach: I brought you a hot dog.



Julie: No thanks, I'm full.



Zach: There's a croquet set, you want to go hit some balls?



(makes a motion of hitting a croquet ball and a clucking noise)



Julie: No.



Zach: That's fine. We can just sit here



Julie: (finally gets mad at his stalker) Zach, I don't want to be your girlfriend. I don't want to hang out with you. I just want you to leave me alone. Okay?



Zach: Okay.



[INT: Solis' House-Bathroom -Day]



(Gabrielle pours herself a drink from the bottle she brought with her. Looks at it, dying to drink it, but resigned to her fate pours it into the sink. She takes her birth control pills out of a drawer and looks at them, she's mad at them for not working and starts banging at them with her hand. As she does this, the back of the pill packed starts to come off all in one piece. She sees this and picks them up for a closer inspection. She figures out that it means that somebody had been messing with her pills.)



Mary Alice Voiceover: In that moment, while looking at the pills that had so obviously been tampered with, Gabrielle's nausea was suddenly replaced by an even stronger sensation. Rage.



[EXT: Solis' House-Garden-Day]



(Zach pours himself a glass of punch and watches Julie talking with some friends and hugging hello to a male friend. He looks sad.)



(George is walking around the party looking for Bree. They spot each other. Bree is glad that George came and George's face lights up at seeing her.)



(Rex sees George and grabs his arm, stopping him. George's drink splashes across Rex's T-shirt.)



Rex: What are you doing?



George: I'm so sorry, that was an accident.



Rex: Answer my question. What are you doing here?



George: I was invited.



Rex: By who?



George: You know what, Dr Van Den Kemp, I don't believe I have to answer to you.



Rex: See, I think you do.



(Bree approaches them, sees the drink on Rex's shirt and seeks an explanation.)



Bree: What is going on here?



Rex: He crashed the party. This guy is clearly not taking no for an answer.



Bree: It's okay. George has a girlfriend. You brought her, didn't you?



Rex: You do not have a girlfriend.



George: I do so, she's right over there.



(He points to Ginger, who is standing at the buffet table, stuffing her face and looking completely out of place. She waves nervously at the people looking at her.)



Rex: (disbelieving) That's his girlfriend?!



Bree: See? You were worried for nothing.



George: So anytime you want to apologise?



Bree: Come on, Rex, you owe George some sort of a gesture.



(Bree is talking to George, apologising for Rex's behaviour.)



(Rex can't believe what he's hearing and that Bree is falling for what George tells her. he starts to walk away but turns back.)



Rex: What the hell?



(Rex pushes George backwards. George stumbles and grabs hold of Bree to steady himself. They both tumble into the pool behind them.)



(Shots of Ginger laughing, and everyone at the party looking to see what all the commotion is. Rex looks pretty amused by it all too.)



(Bree and George surface in the pool.)



Bree: Rex, have you lost your mind?



Rex: To be fair, I only pushed him.



(Cut to Gabrielle rushing out of the house. She marches up to Carlos, waving the tampered with pills in his face.)



Gabrielle: Carlos, you son of a bitch! I am pregnant and it's all your fault!



(Gabrielle slaps him across the face. Carlos looks incredibly shocked at first. But once she leaves, he smiles and takes a sip of his margarita.)



Edie: Wow, this is turning into one helluva party.



[EXT: Wisteria Lane-Outside Solis House-Day]



(Gabrielle is sitting outside looking worried. Susan come out of the party to check on her friend.)



Susan: Are you okay?



Gabrielle: I think I can honestly say, no, I'm not.



Susan: I'm so sorry.



Gabrielle: Thanks.



Susan: But you know what they say about kids: that you can't imagine having them until you do and then you can't imagine life without them? It's true.



(Susan gets up to comfort her friend.)



Susan: All I'm saying is that maybe this is a blessing in disguise.



Gabrielle: I don't know who the father is.



Susan: What?



Gabrielle: Yeah.



Susan: So you mean you and John have still been?



Gabrielle: Yeah.



Susan: Gabby!



Gabrielle: No, I know, Susan. I don't know what I'm going to do.



(Susan's house explodes, with flames shooting out from the kitchen window.)



Susan: OH MY GOD. Oh my god, that's my house!



Gabrielle: I'll call 911.



Susan(in hysterics): Yes! That's my house!



(Susan runs across the street towards her house. She can't believe what she's seeing.)



Susan: Oh oh oh, my, look! my kitchen! Oh, it's a big fire!



[INT: Mayer's House-Burned Out Kitchen-Day]



(The three generations of women living in the house come into the kitchen and are shocked by the destruction in the kitchen.)



Fireman: It turns out someone left the gas on with a candle burning.



Susan: That's not possible, we don't burn candles during the day.



Sophie: Well, I did have a French vanilla candle burning earlier. But I'm almost positive I blew it out.



(Susan looks at her condemningly.)



Fireman: You're almost positive?



(Sophie thinks hard about whether or not she blew the candle out. And mimes blowing out a candle.)



Sophie: Yes! Yes I did. I think.



Fireman: Look, you're lucky the fire was contained. The damage could have been far more extensive.



(Susan looks away from the Fireman and surveys the damage. She looks out the window. She sees Paul standing on his porch across the street staring at their house. He catches her eye and goes inside.)



Fireman: You've got to be more careful.



(Susan looks really scared as she thinks that Paul set the "bomb" in her house.)



Susan: (turns to the fireman) Don't worry, we will be.



[INT: Pharmacy- Day] (George is sorting through the medication when he turns and sees Bree approaching him.)



George: Bree, Hi.



Bree: Hi. You left the party so quickly I didn't have the chance to apologise to you for what Rex did. Oh, George, I'm so sorry he humiliated you in front of all those people. I don't know what got into him.



George: Isn't it obvious? He hates me.



Bree: No, he doesn't hate you. He hardly knows you, and you don't even really know him.



George: Well, I know this much, he's not going to let us be friends.



Bree: Well, that's not his choice to make.



George: What if he asks you not to see me anymore? What if he orders you not to?



Bree: Well, I decide who I need in my life, and I've decided that I need you. And that's all there is to it.



George: He could make it awfully difficult for you to spend time with me.



Bree (conspiratorially):Well, who says he has to know how I spend my free time?



[INT: Mayer's House-Susan's drawing board-Day]



(Susan is sitting at her easel, not drawing but thinking. She reaches for the yellow pages and flicks through it until she reaches private investigators. She stops at Hafts Detective Agency. She makes up her mind, rips the page out of the book and leaves the house.)



[INT - Hafts Detective Agency-Day]



(Susan is sitting in the detective agency, meeting with the PI that Paul Young has hired in the past.)



Susan (voice over into next scene): I'm having trouble with the family across the street. I think one of them may have set a fire in my house, and I don't know why, but I feel like it might have something to do with my friend who killed herself. I called the police, but they didn't take me seriously. This family has a secret, a bad secret. I think I'm in over my head. I need you to find out everything you can about Paul Young and his family. Do you think you can help me?



PI: As a matter of fact, I know I can.



[EXT: Wisteria Lane -Day]



(We see establishing shots of the street, a man walking his dog and we zoom in on a flower bed.)



Mary Alice Voiceover: Yes, Spring comes every year to Wisteria Lane. But not everyone remembers to stop and smell the flowers.



Mary Alice Voiceover: Some are too worried about the future-



[EXT :Wisteria Lane-Outside Scavo's House -Day]



(Shots of Lynette sitting outside her house, holding the baby as Tom comes out in a suit and heads off to work. He drops a kiss on her head, but walks off pretty quickly. Lynette looks after him worriedly.)



Mary Alice Voiceover:-Or mistakes they've made in the past-



[EXT :Wisteria Lane-Outside Solis' House-Day]



(shots of Gabrielle sitting outside her house reading a magazine. She puts the magazine down and places a hand over her belly, thinking about the baby inside.)



Mary Alice Voiceover: Others are preoccupied with not getting caught-



[EXT: Wisteria Lane-Outside Van Den Kemp' House-Day]



(Shots of George waiting for Bree, who approaches him, looks around to check she's not being followed then links arms with him and walks off.)



Mary Alice Voiceover:-Or thinking of ways to catch someone else.



[EXT: Wisteria Lane-Outside Mayer' House-Day]



(Shots of a builder bringing a window to fix Susan's broken ones)



Susan: (excited) Window.



(She lets him into her house and as she goes to close the door behind her she sees Paul Young in his garden across the street looking at her. She hesitates, then closes the door.)



Mary Alice Voiceover: Still there will always be a few who remember to take a moment and appreciate what spring has given them.



[EXT: Wisteria Lane-Mrs Tilman's Garden -Day]



(shots of Mrs Tilman planting flowers among her garden gnomes and enjoying herself.)



Mary Alice Voiceover: Just as there will always be those who prefer to sit in the dark, brooding over everything they have lost.



[INT: Young House-Zach's Bedroom -Day]



(Whilst it is day, Zach's bedroom is very dark. He's lying on his bed sulking and playing with a lighter, letting it burn. He's staring very intently (without blinking) at his bedroom chest of drawers, which contains a series of photos of Julie (school photos and a series of blown up snaps where she didn't know she was being watched) and a candle: a sort of shrine to Julie.)



~ The End ~

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