# Desperate Housewives 11/2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745 "2008-11-02T18:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/1 "2008-11-02T18:22:13Z")
Lynette suspects that Tom is cheating on her. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/2 "2008-11-04T01:19:33Z")
…but he wasn’t. The funniest bits in this one involved Gabi, Carlos, and Frances Conroy’s character—good to see that actress again, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/3 "2008-11-04T03:33:05Z")
So Porter leaves the condom wrapper behind (the previous night I assume) and the guys rehearse all day and Tom plays video games and no one sees it right there in plain view? And is Katherine aware that Mikes been to jail as well? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/4 "2008-11-04T03:58:15Z")
And another thing. I know that Carlos and Gabi did the going thought the door thing for the little bit of comedy, but I have a hard time believing he wouldn’t have known she did that. I think it’s safe to assume Gabi doesn’t leave the house without purfume on. Carlos would have smelled her moving past him like that. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/5 "2008-11-04T03:59:00Z")
Oh, man. I sooooo don’t want to sit through all the shit Lynette is going to stir up. So Edie’s husband’s brother was killed in prison. Orson and Mike are the only one’s who’ve been in prison, right? I’m guessing Orson didn’t shank anybody, so it must have been Mike. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/6 "2008-11-04T04:28:38Z")
Don’t be so quick to judge Orson, he did run Mike down with his car. Of course, he was pretty anxious to make sure Mike lived on their block. I’m not 100% sure I buy that story anyways, but I guess we’ll find out. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/7 "2008-11-04T13:44:27Z")
levdrakon: > [@](#): > > So Edie’s husband’s brother was killed in prison. Orson and Mike are the only one’s who’ve been in prison, right? I’m guessing Orson didn’t shank anybody, so it must have been Mike. Did he clearly say he was killed in prison, or just that his band ended when he got sent to prison, and getting into drugs killed him? I’m thinking that (if his story can be taken roughly at face value) he must be the brother of the crooked cop that Mike killed to save Kendra’s life way back when. Joey P: > [@](#): > > I think it’s safe to assume Gabi doesn’t leave the house without purfume on. Carlos would have smelled her moving past him like that. Old ladies tend to overdo their perfumage; that could easily have masked Gabi’s scent, if she were wearing any. The best line ever was Katherine’s “I think he’s going to steal my heart.” I couldn’t stop laughing for quite a while after that. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/8 "2008-11-04T13:56:14Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > levdrakon: > > Did he clearly say he was killed in prison, or just that his band ended when he got sent to prison, and getting into drugs killed him? I’m thinking that (if his story can be taken roughly at face value) he must be the brother of the crooked cop that Mike killed to save Kendra’s life way back when. I’d have to go back and re-watch. I remembered last night Carlos did time too, didn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/9 "2008-11-04T16:03:50Z")
Yes, he was killed in prison, but they called it self defense so the other guy finished his sentence and went free…IIRC ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/10 "2008-11-04T17:35:19Z")
Wasn’t that Lily Tomlin as Ms. McCluskey’s sister? Whoever, I like those two. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/11 "2008-11-04T17:37:44Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Wasn’t that Lily Tomlin as Ms. McCluskey’s sister? Whoever, I like those two. So do I…though I have to say that Tomlin looked a bit like Mick Jagger and Ron Wood had a baby. Kathryn Joosten has a great role to play in McCluskey–that character is never dull. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/12 "2008-11-04T17:59:41Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Wasn’t that Lily Tomlin as Ms. McCluskey’s sister? Whoever, I like those two. Yes, both of whom played President’s Bartlett’s personal secretarys on The West Wing. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-11-2/470745/13 "2008-11-04T18:12:36Z")
I can’t decide if I like this FF’d season or not yet. I really couldn’t have cared less about all the interim events in everyone else’s lives, but I kind of got invested in Susan and Mike and everything it took for them to finally make it, so them not being together really bothers me. And now they’re putting him with Katherine? Bleh. And I know Gabby’s poor now, but the old Gabby would never let herself look like a frump. There _are_ cute clothes out there that aren’t hideous, and a little mascara and lipstick from Walgreens goes a long way. On the other hand, I do kind of like Susan’s new boyfriend, and their relationship does seem sweet. And Mrs. McClusky (aka Mrs. Landingham) is always a joy to watch. Spoilers say: one of the housewives will die this season. I hope it’s Lynette.