Desperate Housewives – “The Coffee Cup” – Review

Bribing the church, revealing a pregnancy and a naked man outside a window; why, yes, just a regular week on Wisteria Lane.

And how did the ladies manage this week? Let’s see, shall we?

Gaby: Bribing a priest? Yeah, I think that may be a new low even for Gaby. Apparently Juanita needs to go to Catholic school now; there’s no other school for her, and Gaby wants to pay her way in, yeah not surprising in the least, ha ha. And tearing into Lynette about being pregnant? Not necessarily the best reaction, but sort of understandable. But still, Carlos is being an ass! So put him in place, Gaby, come on now.

Lynette: Wearing Tom’s clothes? Yeah that worked for about a second, oh goodness. And the parka to Gaby? I could have told you a baby would have kicked and Gaby would find out. But, man, I did not think that Carlos would send her to Miami, what an ass. I don’t know why Lynette didn’t say anything about Carlos firing the other pregnant woman and that being the reason she didn’t want to come forward, but I get why he was mad, but still, Miami!?! No way.

Bree: Torn between two lovers. I gotta say Orson is sort of winning me back just a little bit, and I mean a little. Of course when Bree came home from the opera with Karl, Orson would be listening to the soundtrack and drinking wine like the classy fellow he is. Especially since Karl hated the opera and could only think about Bree’s boobs, Orson came out the better man. Oh, and Bree’s close call with Orson finding Karl in her bedroom, major props to Angie for being a good friend, and I have a feeling she’s going to be even more important to Bree in the coming weeks.

Katherine: Every week I think there’s no way Katherine can get any crazier or more conniving, and every week I’m proven wrong. However, I love how her crazy put her right next to Susan doing community outreach, classic. Oh, and you know Katherine’s “break-down” to Susan on the job was just a ploy and another way to make Susan jealous of her “fives times a day” with Mike; goodness, woman.

Susan: Always up for a challenge, Susan made a sexcapade attempt with Mike, and it was pretty entertaining. And way to go, Mike, for making Susan see that his relationship with her is more than just sexual and so much better. Yeah, Mike is a winner. But, um, just a question, where was MJ in this episode? It would have been hilarious if he walked in on mommy and daddy.

Angie: I am loving Angie even more every week. First her feisty chat with Julie at the coffee shop, then her snappy conversation with Nick to put him in his place. However, the real shining moment for Angie was helping Bree out when Orson came home and Karl was there. Not only did Angie give Bree a heads up, she also pretended to have been there drinking with Bree, nicely done, Angie, nicely done.

As for some of the other people on Wisteria Lane, why does Julie look like a street walker? I mean, really, first the hair and now the makeup and her outfit? Ugh, someone please help her out. And then there was Nick’s strange phone call to some cop or something, and he called himself Black Owl and how he might turn himself in? Yes, consider me still intrigued. However, the big kicker of the episode was the very end when someone (presumably Nick, but that’s almost too easy) returns to the Coffee Cup and strangles the barista. As if there wasn’t enough crazy going on in Fairview, someone had to go and get murdered, yikes!