# Desperate Housewives  4/8

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235 "2007-04-09T00:06:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/1 "2007-04-09T00:06:06Z")

</div>

Okay, this IS a new one. Gabi has some sort of devastating crisis, Susan learns about her beau’s family, something unfortunate happens to Tom, and somebody has a new affair.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/2 "2007-04-09T00:43:46Z")

</div>

From the “future” scenes they showed last week, I’m betting it’s Lynette who has the affair…there’s some hot guy that comes to work at the restaurant…maybe because Tom has something unfortunate happen to him?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/3 "2007-04-09T01:47:02Z")

</div>

Tom’s flat on his back for four months? What, did Doug Savant land a movie deal?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/4 "2007-04-09T04:24:37Z")

</div>

My daughter called right when they were explaining what was wrong with Tom, and I missed it…fill me in? (And maybe he’s pregnant, like Marcia Cross!!!)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/5 "2007-04-09T12:13:29Z")

</div>

He ruptured a disc in his back and was unconscious because he passed out from the pain.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/6 "2007-04-09T15:50:23Z")

</div>

Ian’s parents are far more watchable than he is.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-4-8/399235/7 "2007-04-09T16:14:27Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=vivalostwages]  
Ian’s parents are far more watchable than he is.  
[/QUOTE]

Well, you can’t really go wrong with Lynn Redgrave and “Hey, it’s that British guy!”