Sex with PBS

  The weirdest, thing I saw happen on Desperate Housewives this year was the scene after the tornado. You know, the one were the kids popped out one by one from underneath the rubble and ran into Mommy's arms, unscathed. Including demon child, Kayla. That just seemed so out of character for her and inconsistent from the writers, traumatic event or not. It all just felt too stage-y.

I think it's about time the show got back to addressing one of the elements I found very interesting last year: The bad seed. In season 3, Lynette was forced to take in Tom's illegitimate daughter after her psycho (and very funny) mom was killed. The girl was resistant from the start, and let's face it, the burden of another child in the Scavo household was sure to break the family down. But it felt like the storyline got abandoned after a few episodes, and I guess everything turned out to be "hunky-dory". 

I am relieved to report this isn't so after all. In what was the most interesting thread in last night's episode, Kayla is indeed still presenting problems for Lynette at home, including a new dimension to her character; manipulating her half-brothers. She's the one that talked them into starting the fire, and later she convinces them to jump off a cliff. Well, really it was the roof of the house, but still. Same principle. Kids are gullible. Is she a sociopath in the making? Lynette thinks so, but Tom argued a pretty good case in her defense. We'll see in time, but what I like best is that she seems to be a pretty sharp kid either way, matching wits with her step mom and earning something very valuable on this show: leverage.

Susan has started taking one of those pregnancy classes, but her ex is also there with his "child bride." He came off unnecessarily smug and Susan vowed to show him that she and Mike are doing just fine also. Until Mike mentioned drug rehab. Mike is proud of the progress he's making, but Susan couldn't have been more embarrassed. Cutesy stuff, but otherwise disposable. These are the sorts of things they are going to need to work out before Mike Jr. joins the cast. Susan can still manage to look very good as a pregnant chick, by the way.

Gaby and Carlos need some income. Gaby decides to rent out a room to a seemingly well-to-do woman. Art student by day, whore for cash by night. Gaby cooks up a scheme to catch her in the act by *gasp* calling on the gay couple for help! Haven't seen these guys since....man oh man...! Yeah, don't feel bad. I almost forgot all about these guys, too. This was all pretty fun- Between the dog, and the handicap spots, Gaby has been a real hoot these past few weeks. Eva Longoria is turning these smelly side-plots into comedic gold. Well it turns out the houseguest isn't selling her body. Whew! Oh, wait- she's selling cocaine...

Bree isn't ready to let Orson back in the house yet. Orson's a wreck so Edie decides to take him in. All together now... "Uh-Oh!" Naturally, Bree is uncomfortable with this, as Ms. Britt has moved in on Mike, Carlos, and even Susan's ex husband. Believe it or not, but I never really thought about that before. Edie really is a ho! I think the sooner everyone comes to terms with this, the better. Now Tom is the last one she needs...Anyway, Edie calls Bree out on these outlandish accusations; messing around with Orson? "That's like having sex with PBS." Funniest line of the night. But then turns around and kisses Orson. Nice. Of course, Bree saw everything, and now I worry what's in store for their future.

That New Lady: Oh, and Katherine finally saw her old husband face to face. Damn, kids...I was sort of hoping that he wasn't really the girl's father because that would be more creepy and interesting. It would also be less weird that he would pop out of the blue the way he did last week. Nevertheless here he is, and Kat's ready for him. It's revealed she has a gun, too. (This doesn't surprise me at all, she seems like the sort- violent husband or not) He must have been really bad. Funny man Gary Cole is trying to play against type. They might as well have got Will Ferrell. Abusive a-hole? I'm not buying it... yet.