Desperate Housewives Episode 1.19 Live Alone and Like It

Lynette's antagonistic relationship with her neighbor, Mrs. McCluskey, is changed when the elderly woman collapses after taking too much medication. Lynette reluctantly does the right thing and calls the paramedics and then rides along to the hospital.

To thank Lynette for saving her life, Mrs. McCluskey presents her with a Tiffany lamp. But it comes with strings attached -- now she wants to come over to chat and to tag along on Lynette's errands. Lynette responds by handing back the lamp.

The next day, Lynette signs for a package for Mrs. McCluskey when she doesn't answer the door. Lynette lets herself in and finds that the older woman can't open her bottles of arthritis medicine.

Mrs. McCluskey tells her not to help if it's only because she feels obligated since they're not friends. Lynette sternly tells her life is obligation -- and she'll be over in the morning to take her to the pharmacy so she can get child-proof bottles. And then she takes back the Tiffany lamp.

Susan's mother, Sophie, is still staying with her, and making Susan's life hell by picking up random strangers. When Sophie surprises her with a double date, Susan tells her she can't understand how she can just move on after a breakup. "I'm devastated," she tells her mother. "Morty was just one in a long line of guys for you. Mike was the one. Why don't you get that?"

The woman's body that was found in the toy chest is identified as the missing Deirdre. A police officer -- the one who was paid off by Deirdre's dad to drop Mike from the list of suspects in Mrs. Huber's murder -- gives Mike the file on Deirdre, but tells him he's scum and beats him up. Perusing the file, Mike reacts when he sees Paul Young's name on the list of people who owned a similar toy chest.

Bree is so upset over Andrew's revelation that he might be gay, she ambushes him with a visit from a reverend who specializes in "converting" gay teenagers. Andrew blithely says he's comfortable who he is and not the least bit "confused." Rex finally speaks up and says that if Andrew is happy who he is, it's their job to support him. Bree retaliates by announcing that Rex is into S&M and it's "no wonder" that Andrew is "perverted."

When Bree tells Andrew she's worried he won't go to heaven now, he agrees to see Reverend Sykes. But he tells the reverend that although he "likes vanilla and chocolate," admitting he was gay was just a ploy to get his parents to take him out of the camp and that he doesn't even believe in God.

He outlines his plan to get revenge on his mother -- pretend to be the perfect son, then one day do something "so awful it will destroy her. When that day comes, I'll know paradise," he tells the shocked clergyman.

Gabrielle and Carlos are still fighting over the post-nup -- and the brutal way he forced her to sign it. She won't let him sleep in their bed until he tears it up, so he cancels her credit cards. She threatens to kill him if he ever hurts her again; he threatens to kill her if she ever sleeps with another man.

With her shopping resources cut off, Gabrielle accepts John's student credit card, but since his parents are cosigners, it quickly gets canceled. That leaves her stranded in a restaurant with a bill she can't pay. Eying a handsome stranger, she easily talks him into picking up her tab.

Which gives her the confidence to go home and show off her new shoes -- bought with John's money -- to Carlos. "I'm a pretty girl, and pretty girls are never lonely," she reminds him. Carlos finally relents and rips up the post-nup, and Gabrielle lets him back into bed.