Desperate Housewives Episode 5.06 There's Always a Woman

During the course of his regular massage, Carlos accidentally gives a wealthy client an orgasm! She tips him extravagantly and then requests that he accompany her to Europe for two months for $100,000. Carlos turns it down, but won't say why, which Gabby can't understand. "Just wait until she tells all her rich lady friends what you did for her!" she gushes.

Susan's new house painter gets an earful about her breakup with Jackson, and he advises her to go call the man already. She goes by his apartment and finds his door open and, hearing the shower going, decides to strip and join him. Instead she finds another woman, and is upset that Jackson has already found someone new.

Gabrielle stops by the spa and learns the truth about why Mrs. Hildebrand's such a big tipper. She storms over to her house to tell her to leave Carlos alone. Mrs. Hildebrand is flattered that someone as young and pretty as Gabrielle would consider her a threat. When she invites Gabrielle to come along as her personal shopper and even to take the girls along, Gabrielle delightedly agrees.

Jackson can't believe Susan is mad at him for moving on and she confesses she's not ready to let him go. "Can't we just start over?" she asks. His answer is to walk out the door and then call her on his cell phone and introduce himself to ask her out for a "first date."

Lynette sees Tom meeting with a beautiful blonde and is so relieved to hear that she's a realtor, and that the meeting is about a rehearsal space, that she readily agrees to him signing the lease. But Lynette's suspicions are piqued when she hears that the realtor, Anne, is a frequent guest and that there's now a futon in the space. When Tom says rehearsal is running late one night, Lynette stops by and finds him alone. "What the hell is this? You moving out on me?" she demands. "Is this the final stage of your mid-life crisis? An affair?"

Tom tells Lynette that if she's so upset by his hobbies, he'll give them up. He goes to hug her -- and strategically places his foot over a used condom. He's not covering up for himself, however, but for Porter, who also has a key to the space. Tom catches Porter there later that night, but Porter sneaks his lover out before Tom can see who it is. Lynette, who's followed Tom, sees that the woman is none other than Anne! She assumes the worst and starts packing.

Mike wonders why Dave is putting so much time and effort into the garage band and asks, "Why's it such a big deal to you?" Dave insists that it's not and he's just having fun. We learn more about Dave's motivations when he mentions to Edie that he's borrowed the band name from his late brother's high school band. Edie can't believe she's never heard about something as painful as a brother who died in prison at the hands of another inmate. Dave assures her, "I've got my own way of dealing with it."

Katherine admits that she's jealous of Bree and Orson being a "power couple" and that she's lonely, so Bree fixes her up with Orson's college roommate, Peter, for whom they've just agreed to cater a dinner. When he hears Bree gush about her matchmaking skills, Orson confesses that he knows Peter from prison, not college! Bree calls Katherine to warn her but it's too late: She's already slept with Peter and thanks Bree for a "magical" evening.

The next morning, Bree breaks the bad news about Peter to Katherine by handing her a cocktail. "Can I have another Cosmopolitan?" she asks after having a good cry. That night, Katherine runs into Mike, who's just come back from a bad first date. "I just want someone nice to have a cup of coffee with," he laments. Katherine says it's too late for coffee but invites him in for lemonade.

When Edie visits her in the hospital, Karen doesn't disclose Dave's admission that he orchestrated her meltdown, but blames her "new pills" for the whole thing. She then calls her sister, Roberta, saying "Get your sorry ass over here, ASAP. I need you big time, kiddo." Roberta pulls some files on a company Karen knows has sent mail to Dave's house and tells Karen, "Looks like your Mr. Williams is keeping a little secret."