SUSAN: Right. (laughs feebly)



EDIE: Ha!



MIKE: I haven't, ah, told her we were having steak. She's not like a vegetarian, is she?



SUSAN: Oh, no, no. No, Edie's definitely a carnivore.



(Pan to: SCAVO HOUSE, where MRS. HUBER is standing on the porch. She's peering out onto the road, watching Edie's silver car drive off as EDIE toots the horn again. LYNETTE comes out of the front door with a box of clothing.)



LYNETTE: Here's, uh, here's what I pulled for Edie. I should warn you, most of the clothes in there aren't that stylish.



MRS HUBER: Oh don't worry about it, Edie's a beggar now, which means she can't be a chooser. (sorts through the box of clothing, then pulls out a yellow-and-orange shirt, giving it back to LYNETTE) Of course we don't have to add salt to the wound.



LYNETTE: Listen, I was just getting dinner ready.



MRS HUBER: Say no more. I'll get out of your hair.



LYNETTE: No, no.



MRS HUBER: By the way, was that you I saw getting pulled over by a policeman?



LYNETTE: Yeah, the boys were acting up in the car, I couldn't get them to sit down.



MRS HUBER: Young boys can be so willful.



LYNETTE: I try everything. I scream, I threaten, I reason, I beg, nothing works. I don't know if it's because they're too young and they don't understand, or if they're just getting some perverse joy out of testing me! (looks frazzled, rubbing her eyes with her fingers)



MRS HUBER: My mother used to have the worst time with me in the car, so one time when I was acting up, she stopped and left me on the side of the road, and she drove off.



LYNETTE: You're kidding.



MRS HUBER: Oh, she came back immediately. But I never misbehaved in the car again. You should try that.



LYNETTE: Mrs. Huber, I could never leave my kids by the side of the road.



MRS HUBER: When it comes to discipline, sometimes you must be creative. My mother knew that. Smart lady. Of course she's in a home now, and her mind has just turned to mush.



LYNETTE: Well, like I said, I should go back and get dinner ready.



MRS HUBER: Oh right. Well. Goodbye.



LYNETTE: Goodbye.



(Pan to: MRS. HUBER walking across the road as she passes by SUSAN, stopping her.)



MRS HUBER: Susan! Have you been able to find old clothes for Edie? She has nothing to wear.



SUSAN: I thought that was a look she was going for.



MRS HUBER: Oh Susan. Edie may be trash, but she's still a human being.



(MRS. HUBER walks down the road as the camera stops on ZACH standing in the front garden of the YOUNG house, watering the lawn. SUSAN stops, looking at ZACH as she takes the mysterious letter out of her pocket and looks at it.)



SUSAN: Zach? Is your dad home? I need to talk to him.



(ZACH opens the Young's garage door, where PAUL is inside, duct-taping the mysterious box shut.)



SUSAN: Hey Paul.



PAUL: Hey. (continues securing the box)



SUSAN: I hope I'm not interrupting.



PAUL: Actually I was getting ready to go somewhere.



SUSAN: I just wanted to come by and say hello, you know, see how you guys are doing.



PAUL: We're trying to move on. It's been pretty tough.



SUSAN: I can only imagine. Not knowing why Mary Alice?



PAUL: Why what? (lifts the box off the table, almost dropping it)



SUSAN: Why she did it. Oh! Let me help you.



PAUL: I got it, I've got it. (pulls the box away from SUSAN as he heaves it into the open trunk of his car. He shuts the trunk, then goes to the front of the car, opening the driver's seat door.)



SUSAN: Sorry if I upset you.



PAUL: Can I be frank?



SUSAN: Of course.



PAUL: I don't care what her reasons were. Maybe she was depressed, maybe she was bored. She abandoned her husband and her son. And I'll never forgive her.



(PAUL gets in the car and shuts the door. He drives off, as SUSAN stands in the driveway, watching him drive away.)



NARRATOR: As I watched Susan, I couldn't help feeling sorry for her. She wanted so much to know why I did it.



[CUT TO: EXT. WILDERNESS -- NIGHT --- LATER]



(PAUL moves the heavy box out of his car trunk, and dumps it into a river. He watches as it floats for a few seconds, then slowly sinks to the dark depths.)



NARRATOR: Why I killed myself. It's not enough to want the truth. You must know where to look for it. And the truth is elusive, because it knows where to hide.



[CUT TO: INT. MEYER HOUSE -- AFTERNOON]



(JULIE is in the kitchen. She opens the back door to MRS. HUBER.)



MRS HUBER: Hello Julie, I talked to your mom about donating some clothes for Edie.



JULIE: She's at Mrs. Van De Kamp's, but I'll see if she left some stuff upstairs.



(JULIE runs up the back stairs. MRS. HUBER walks into the kitchen, sauntering over to peer into the grocery bags. She takes out a perfume spray, spraying some on her neck. She coughs as she puts it back in the bag, then takes out (gasp) a new glass measuring cup. She looks up as a revelation hits her. JULIE comes back down the stairs, stopping at the landing as she sees MRS. HUBER holding the measuring cup.)



MRS HUBER: Oh Julie. I-I was just, um, just admiring your new measuring cup.



JULIE: Yeah, we lost ours. (takes the measuring cup back)



MRS. HUBER: Really.



JULIE: So I couldn't find the clothes, I'm sorry.



MRS HUBER: That's okay.



JULIE: If you want me to keep looking.



MRS HUBER: No, you've done more than enough. Truly.



(MRS. HUBER walks out the back door. JULIE stands there, looking like she's thinking "you weird old lady."(Tee hee.)



[CUT TO: INT. DR. GOLDFINE'S OFFICE -- DAY]



(BREE is sitting in the waiting room of DR. GOLDFINE's office, turning as he opens the door of his office.)



DR GOLDFINE: Bree, Rex just called, he won't be able to meet you here today. Apparently, there was an emergency at the hospital.



BREE: Oh. Well, I wish he had called me. (stands up, slinging her bag onto her shoulder as she walks towards DR. GOLDFINE)



DR GOLDFINE: He suggested maybe you'd like to meet with me by yourself? You've been very quiet in our joint sessions.



BREE: (again notices DR. GOLDFINE's loose button, distracted) What? Oh, oh, oh no, thank you. I have some things that I, I need to do today.



DR GOLDFINE: Are you sure?



BREE: Uh, yeah, I'm sure.



DR GOLDFINE: Okay. (shuts his office door.)



(BREE walks out of the office, then turns around decidedly, goes back and knocks on DR. GOLDFINE's office, walking in. DR. GOLDFINE looks up.)



BREE: Dr. Goldfine. There is something you can do for me.



DR GOLDFINE: What's that?



BREE: Take off your coat. (Shuts the office door)



(DR. GOLDFINE looks startled. Hee.)



[CUT TO: INT. SOLIS HOUSE -- DAY]



(GABRIELLE and SUSAN walk in the front door, holding many, many shopping bags.)



GABRIELLE: So now you're taking Julie on your dinner date with Mike?



SUSAN: Yeah, well, if Edie's gonna be there, I'm gonna need emotional support.



GABRIELLE: I can't believe she wormed her way in. How did you let her do that?



SUSAN: I don't know, I was gonna take her out at the knees, but it all happened so fast.



GABRIELLE: Well, you know what you need to do. You need to get there early, spend a little time with Mike before little barracuda gets there.



SUSAN: That's a good idea. Edie will get there at 5:45, which means her breasts will arrive at 5:30, so I should shoot for 5.



GABRIELLE: Attagirl. I'm just gonna take these upstairs.



SUSAN: I'm gonna keep my one little bag and go home.



GABRIELLE: Okay.



SUSAN: That is a beautiful rose. Where did you get it? (leans down to smell the rose)



GABRIELLE: Oh, John gave it to me. (stops halfway up the stairs, cringing as she says it)



SUSAN: John? Your gardener, he gave you a rose?



GABRIELLE: Yes, I am having some new bushes planted outside, and he gave me that as a colour palette.



SUSAN: Oh. Okay. Sure is beautiful, isn't it? (turns around and walks out the front door)



GABRIELLE: Yes, it is.



[CUT TO:INT. DR. GOLDFINE'S OFFICE -- DAY --- LATER]



(DR. GOLDFINE is leaning against his desk, watching as BREE sews his button back on.)



DR GOLDFINE: I'm sure Freud would not approve of this.



BREE: Oh, who cares what he thinks? I took psychology in college, we learned all about Freud. A miserable human being.



DR GOLDFINE: What makes you say that?



BREE: Well, think about it. He grew up in the late 1800's, there were no appliances back then. His mother had to do everything by hand, just backbreaking work from sunup to sundown. Not to mention the countless other sacrifices she probably had to make to take care of her family. And what does he do? He grows up and becomes famous, peddling a theory that the problems of most adults can be traced back to something awful their mother has done. (sighs) She must have felt so betrayed. He saw how hard she worked; he saw what she did for him. Did he even ever think to say, thank you? I doubt it. (smiles at DR. GOLDFINE, helping him put his jacket back on.) There you go.



DR GOLDFINE: Just so you know, many of Freud's theories have been discredited.



BREE: Good. (smiles, turns to leave)



[CUT TO: INT. SCAVO CAR -- DAY]



(LYNETTE is driving, and again, the SCAVO kids are misbehaving. Screaming, yelling, standing up, moving around. Ugh. Devil-kids.)



LYNETTE: Boys, I am not gonna tell you again, sit. I mean it, I am serious. You guys are gonna be in so much trouble if you don't sit back in those seats.



(The three kids suddenly go quiet, whispering in each other's ears, giggling maliciously, peering at LYNETTE, cackling. LYNETTE looks back in the mirror, seeing them mocking her.)



NARRATOR: For the first time, Lynette could see this was not the innocent play of children. She was being challenged. So she decided it was time to get creative.



(LYNETTE stops the car by the side of the road. She marches the kids out of the car.)



LYNETTE: Out. Can't behave, you heard me, can't ride. You, out. Move it.



(LYNETTE gets back in the car, looks at the three noisy kids on the sidewalk and drives off. The kids stand there, watching her drive off.)



SCAVO KIDS: Where she's going? I don't know. Where's she going?



(LYNETTE pulls her car into a random driveway.)



LYNETTE: Okay. (to the baby) Mommy's a genius! Five, six, alright. (Spots the empty sidewalk where she left her kids) Uh. Oh! Uhh. I'll be right back, Mommy'll be right back.



(LYNETTE parks the car and gets out. She looks around the front garden of a house frantically searching.)



LYNETTE: Boys? Boys? Boys?? If you're hiding, you've gotta stop now cause Mommy doesn't think it's funny!



(A LADY comes out of the front door of the house LYNETTE is searching through.)



LYNETTE: Oh! Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm looking for my boys. Three boys with red hair, have you seen'em?



LADY: Yeah, I also saw you drive away and leave'em.



LYNETTE: I know, I was just trying to scare them into behaving. Did you see where they went?



LADY: Yeah, yeah, they're in my kitchen.



(LYNETTE puts a hand over her heart, relieved)



LADY: Listen, uh, it seems to me that you have some anger management issues.



LYNETTE: I have 4 kids under the age of six, I absolutely have anger management issues. (tries to go into the house as the woman stops her)



LADY: Yeah, well I think you need to talk to somebody, because abandoning your children?



LYNETTE: I-I-I didn't abandon them, I came back! (Tries to go into the house again, and the woman stops her.)



LADY: Yeah, I'm just saying, it's not normal.



LYNETTE: Well, my kids aren't normal, and now I don't have time for this, lady, so. Boys! Get out here. (Tries to go into the house a third time as the woman stops her again.)



LADY: No, I don't think they should go anywhere until you calm down.



LYNETTE: Oh. Get in the car.



PARKER: She's got cookies!



LYNETTE: Well, bring 'em, we're leaving.



LADY: Oh, no, no, no. Stay put.



LYNETTE: Oh, I don't think so. Oh! (tries to go towards her kids as the woman grabs onto Lynette's elbow, pulling her back)



LADY: Listen, lady, you and I are gonna talk.



PARKER: Leave my mommy alone!



LYNETTE: Let go of me! What's the matter with you? (One of the kids bites the woman's leg as another pushes her down onto the grass) Run, boys, run!



(LYNETTE and the kids run towards the car and get in.)



PORTER: Come on!



LYNETTE: Oh, crap.



LADY: (gets back up, running towards the SCAVO's car) You get back here!



LYNETTE: Boys, you're gonna need to put on your-(turns around as she sees all three boys putting on their seatbelts. She turns around, adjusting her glasses smugly .)



LADY: Get back, or I'm gonna call Social Services! (watches as the SCAVO's drive off)



[CUT TO: INT. SOLIS HOUSE -- DAY]



(GABRIELLE is sitting on the stairwell, looking at the one perfect rose sitting in a glass on the front foyer table. She hears a horn as she gets up and peers out the front door. She gasps as she walks out the door to see CARLOS standing next to a beautiful, sleek black sportscar with a huge red ribbon against the hood.)



GABRIELLE: Oh, my god. Carlos, what have you done?



CARLOS: I saw it when I drove by the dealership . I thought, Gabrielle would look so beautiful in this.



GABRIELLE: Carlos! (pushes him against the chest in excitement as he laughs, sorta evilly.)



CARLOS: Cost me an arm and a leg . It's got GPS navigation, 200-watt stereo system, rear parking sensors.



GABRIELLE: God, it's beautiful!



CARLOS: So, did I take your breath away?



GABRIELLE: Absolutely!



CARLOS: Is it the best gift you've ever gotten?



NARRATOR: Gabrielle could see what this gesture had cost Carlos, so she responded the only way she knew how.



(GABRIELLE kisses CARLOS as he picks her up. She wraps her legs around his waist as he twirls her around, laughing together.)



NARRATOR: She had a feeling the truth would've been lost on her husband anyway. After all, it's the rare man who understands the value of a single, perfect rose.



(We pan to across the street, where JOHN stands with a rake in his hands, looking desolate as he watches the SOLIS' affectionately kissing and laughing together.)



[CUT TO: EXT. DELFINO HOUSE -- DAY --- AFTERNOON]



(SUSAN walks decidedly up the walkway and up the porch steps. She gasps as Bosco suddenly gets up from where he's lying by the side of the porch, half-wagging his tail as he growls and barks at SUSAN. She sighs, startled as she rings the doorbell. MIKE opens the door, surprised to see her.)



MIKE: Susan.



SUSAN: I hope you don't mind, I thought I'd come by early and help you set up.



MIKE: Oh, um.



(EDIE comes from inside the kitchen, coming to stand next to MIKE at the door.)



EDIE: Hey, Susan. Don't worry, Mike and I have got everything under control.



SUSAN: Oh. (laughs)



MIKE: Bongo! I don't know why he barks at you.



EDIE: Oh, I wouldn't take it personally. Dogs are very sensitive. (goes to Bongo, patting him, rubbing him, looking at SUSAN innocently) What's up, Bongo, huh? You never know what freaks them out, huh?



NARRATOR: In the distance, Susan thought she heard a bell ring.



EDIE: Oh, is it a strange noise, huh? What is it? A weird smell? What is it?



NARRATOR: (A bell sounds) Round one had started.



[CUT TO:INT. DR. GOLDFINE'S OFFICE -- DAY]



(DR. GOLDFINE is listening as BREE sits on the couch next to REX, who's talking animatedly.)



REX: Look, all I'm saying is that this whole it-takes-two-to-mess-up-a-marriage theory is bull. The problems that we have are because of her.



BREE: (crosses her arms) That is not true, Rex.



REX: Alright, fine. What have I been doing for the past 20 years that's been so awful? You're not saying anything because I've been a great husband and it kills you to admit that.



(DR. GOLDFINE looks down, fiddling with his newly-sewn button as REX talks.)



DR GOLDFINE: Rex, I'm curious. Do you ever acknowledge the benefits of living with Bree?



(BREE turns slowly to look at DR. GOLDFINE, beginning to see where this is going.)



REX: Huh?



DR GOLDFINE: By your own admission , your home is always clean, your clothes are always freshly pressed, sounds like a wonderful cook. Despite her flaws, do you ever remember to say thank you?



(A slow smile appears on BREE's face as she looks at DR. GOLDFINE, silently thanking him for sticking up for her.)



REX: Thank you?



DR GOLDFINE: Yes. (moves his eyes towards BREE, who smiles and looks at REX, who just looks annoyed.)



[CUT TO: INT. DELFINO HOUSE -- NIGHT --- LATER]



(MIKE, SUSAN, JULIE and EDIE are sitting at the table, eating. Bongo half-jumps onto the table to lick Edie's plate.)



MIKE: Bongo, Bongo, get down, down.



EDIE: Go on, uh-uh, go on.



MIKE: Down. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. (to SUSAN) So, um, who's the guy who lives across from Mrs. Huber again?



SUSAN: Mm, that's Mr. Mullin. And just so you know, if he invites you in, you have to meet all of his pets.



MIKE: That's okay, I love animals.



SUSAN: He's a taxidermist . (laughs)



MIKE: Oh. Okay, thanks for the warning.



EDIE: (is annoyed at the easy-going camaraderie between SUSAN and MIKE) Isn't Mr. Mullin's brother your divorce attorney?



SUSAN: Uh, yes, yes he was.



EDIE: Can I say something? In my heart, I still believe you and Carl are gonna get back together. (winks at JULIE, who looks amused, looking at SUSAN)



MIKE: Really?



EDIE: Oh, yeah. I've never seen two people more in love. I mean, she's never gonna find that kind of chemistry with another man. Never!



(SUSAN smiles, head tilted away from MIKE as she runs a hand through her hair, forcibly smiling)



NARRATOR: It was everything Susan could do to keep a smile on her face. Round two was under way, and she was already taking a beating.



JULIE: You know what, Mrs. Britt, do you know who I always liked?



NARRATOR: What Edie hadn't counted on was Susan had someone else in her corner.



JULIE: Mr. Rothwell. Your 4th husband.



EDIE: Oh, he was my 2nd husband. I've only been married twice.



JULIE: Twice? You weren't married to the guy with all the tattoos that they took away in handcuffs?



SUSAN: No, Julie, she wasn't married to Xavier. That was just one of her special friends. I think we should change the subject, you know, unless you wanna keep talking about it.



EDIE: (is happily distracted by Bongo jumping up to lick EDIE's plate again) Oh!



MIKE: Bongo, get down.



EDIE: Oh wait, wait. Let me show you something. Bongo, Bongo, come! While you were in there tossing the salad, I taught him something. (Holds a bit of food up in the air as Bongo jumps up on two feet, reaching for the food as he walks around on two feet) Up! Oh, what a good boy!



(SUSAN shoots a glance at MIKE, who is watching EDIE and Bongo, laughing and smiling)



NARRATOR: Susan was furious at Edie for using a dog to ingratiate herself with its owner. She was also furious with Mike for not seeing through this blatant manoeuvre.



SUSAN: So, you know what? I am gonna go get dessert. (gathers the plates and walks into the kitchen)



NARRATOR: But mostly, she was furious at herself for not having thought of it first.



(SUSAN stacks the dirty dishes in the sink. She hears EDIE and Mike's conversation as they play with Bongo outside, furious.)



EDIE: You are such a smart boy!



MIKE: I can barely get him to sit.



EDIE: You are a good dog. Yes you are!



MIKE: (laughs) I've never seen him walk on two legs. Look at that!



EDIE: Well, he knows who to come to, doesn't he? He knows who to come to.



(SUSAN dips two fingers into the gravy as she smears it across her neck and hands, grinning at her brilliant idea. She comes back out again, holding three plates of strawberry shortcake. )



SUSAN: Here's your dessert.



EDIE: Thank you. Mmm, Mike, this looks yummy.



(SUSAN moves her hand in front of Bongo's face as Bongo licks Susan's hand, then her neck as she bends down.)



MIKE: Oh, look at that. Looks like Bongo's finally warming up to Susan .



(EDIE watches, furious as SUSAN laughs and giggles. MIKE watches, laughing as JULIE smiles.)



SUSAN: Ooh, we just got off on the wrong foot, we're really best buddies now. Oh, what a good boy! (Bongo starts to wheeze, and SUSAN looks at him.) Bongo, are you okay?



EDIE: What's wrong with him?



MIKE: I don't know, I've never heard him make that sound. (gets up and bends down next to Bongo, who's still wheezing.) Hey, you okay, fella?



JULIE: Mom? (Gestures to Susan's ear, where one earring is missing. Uh oh. Susan's eyes go wide as she looks at MIKE, who just looks at her crossly.)



(Cut to: MIKE, holding Bongo as he hurries down his porch steps towards his truck. He puts Bongo on the back seat. EDIE, SUSAN and JULIE come out after him.)



MIKE: Call the vet, the numbers on the fridge, tell him I'll be right there.



EDIE: Okay, don't you worry' bout a thing, I'll stay here and get everything cleaned up.



MIKE: Thanks, Edie.



SUSAN: Is there anything I can do?



MIKE: No.



(EDIE whistles lowly as she goes back inside, shutting the door. SUSAN stands there, looking helpless as Mike's truck screeches off. JULIE looks worriedly at SUSAN, who gnaws on her lower lip.)



[CUT TO: INT. VET'S OFFICE --- LATER]



(MIKE looks up as SUSAN walks into the office, accidentally shutting the door a little too loudly.)



SUSAN: Hey.



MIKE: Hey.



SUSAN: How's Bongo doing?



MIKE: I'm, uh, just waiting to see if they'll have to operate.



SUSAN: Oh, god. Uh, I-stopped and I got this, uh. I am just so sorry for this.



MIKE: I'm really sorry that I snapped at you , I was just so worried.



SUSAN: Oh no, it's okay.



(The VET comes out of the inner office.)



VET: Good news, we won't have to do surgery.



SUSAN: Oh, that's great.



VET: Uh, we've given Bongo something to help pass the earring. When he does, would you like us to retrieve it for ya?



SUSAN: Uh, I'm gonna say no.



VET: Okay, you should be able to take him home within an hour.



SUSAN: Wow. You must be so relieved.



MIKE: I'm sorry, I was just really worried.



SUSAN: Well, it was your dog, I get it.



MIKE: Actually, he was my wife's dog, and, uh, one of the last things she said to me in the hospital before she died was to be sure I looked after him, and, um, I promised her I would.



NARRATOR: And just like that, Susan could suddenly see something she's never seen before.



MIKE: He, um, meant so much to her.



NARRATOR: Mike Delfino was still in love with his late wife .



MIKE: And if, uh, something had happened, I would've felt like I had failed her. I know that sounds stupid.



NARRATOR: And she knew right then, that neither she nor Edie would be laying claim to his heart anytime soon.



SUSAN: No, it doesn't. Not at all.



NARRATOR: So, she decided, for now, she could settle for just being his friend.



SUSAN: This is for you. No, for Bongo. You give it to him.



[CUT TO: INT. DELFINO HOUSE --- LATER]



(EDIE is in the kitchen, still cleaning up as she bustles around the kitchen. She opens the cupboard to put a few bottles of condiments back in, just missing seeing stacks of cash on the cupboard shelf. The camera pans up to see a few maps stuck to the wall, marked with many drawings and markings. We also see a gun sitting on the shelf above, as well as a very detailed map of Wisteria Lane and information about its many residents.)



NARRATOR: Yes, as I look back at the world I left behind, it's all so clear to me. The beauty that waits to be unveiled, the mysteries that long to be uncovered. But, people so rarely stop to take a look. They just keep moving. It's a shame, really. There's so much to see.



(The camera pans back down to the wilderness, where somewhere in the depths of the forest, the mysterious chest PAUL dumped into the river floats back up the surface.)

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