Desperate Housewives - Episode 02.23 - Remember

Outside Betty's House - Nighttime

Self-moving van parked in front.

"It's a fact of life in every neighborhood. People move in and people move out. Although very few of them pack up and leave at two o'clock in the morning."

Betty's House

The living room is almost empty of furniture. Betty continues packing.

"But it wasn't the first time that Betty Applewhite had tried to leave in the middle of the night. It had happened once before in Chicago."

Betty sits down to play the piano.

"The same night one of her sons tried to break up with his girlfriend."

Flashback - 1 Year Ago - Chicago

Betty is playing the piano.

"A young woman named Melanie Foster."

Matthew and Melanie arguing in the hall.

Melanie: "Are you kidding? You cannot dump me! I do not get dumped! If anyone is getting dumped here, it's you!"

Matthew: "However you want to spin it is fine, okay? I just want out!"

Melanie: "What the..."

Matthew: "I just want out!"

Melanie: "Okay, Matthew. Maybe I am a bitch some times, but there are advantages to dating someone like me. And I know that you know what I'm talking about."

Matthew: "Melanie, my mother is in the other room. Are you crazy?"

Betty is still playing the piano and can hear everything Matthew and Melanie are saying. Caleb is also in the room with his mother and can hear the argument.

Melanie: "Clearly we can't have a serious discussion here. Why don't you meet me at the lumber yard at nine?"

Matthew: "Melanie!"

Melanie: "Huh?"

Matthew: "It's over."

Melanie: "Well, even more reason for you to show up. No one can say goodbye better than I do."

Melanie leaves and Matthew walks away from the living room. Caleb comes out of the living room and stares at the front door, then turns and looks at the flowers on the top of the piano.

Lumbar Yard - Nighttime

Melanie is hiding behind stacks of lumber. Someone is approaching, so she steps out.

Melanie: "Well, it's about time. Caleb! What are you doing here? Where's Matthew?"

Caleb (holding flowers): "I got here first. I know a short cut."

Melanie: "Does Matthew know that you're here?"

Caleb: "No, he doesn't want to be with you anymore."

Melanie: "What does that have to do with you?"

Caleb: "See, I thought, maybe I could be your boyfriend now."

Melanie: "What?"

Caleb: "I love you."

Melanie: "Oh, god, please, tell me someone put you up to this! No? 'Cause if you're serious, it's too pathetic."

Caleb tries to kiss her. She hits him.

Melanie: "What the hell are you doing?"

Caleb grabs her again. They struggle.

Melanie: "Get off of me, you freak!"

Melanie grabs a board and hits Caleb several times. He grabs the board and strikes her. She falls to the ground. Caleb drops the board and leans over her.

Caleb: "Melanie?"

He touches her face and gets blood on his hands. He wipes his hands on his t-shirt and runs off.

Betty's House

Caleb runs in, breathing hard. Betty sees him with blood all over his shirt.

Present Day - Nighttime

Betty's leads Caleb out of the living room.

"Yes, a year had come and gone since the Applewhite's had left Chicago. And Betty thought they could again slip away in the middle of the night."

Betty and Caleb walk out of the house.

Caleb: "Once we move, how's Matty gonna find us?"

Betty: "Caleb, I think it's just gonna be you and me from now on."

Sirens blare. Betty turns and sees several police cars pull in front of her house. Police officers with guns drawn get out of the car.

Police Officer: "Let's see your hands! Get your hands up!"

"But as she soon discovered, it's not that easy to slip away in the suburbs. Because in suburbia..."

Betty is put into the police car. All the neighbors are standing around, watching.

"...once the neighbors hear you are going, they all insist on showing up to say goodbye."

Opening Credits

Flashback - Wisteria Lane - Daytime

"Everyone must choose the road they will take in life. And for a special few, that road would lead to Wisteria Lane."

A moving van pulls up in front of Bree's home.

"They all arrived the exact same way. Driving up in their overloaded trucks..."

A moving truck is in front of Gabrielle's house.

"...bringing with them their expensive antiques and ordinary dreams."

Flashback - Mary Alice's House

A young Mary Alice peeks out the window.

"I remember the first moment I saw each of them."

Flashback - 14 Years Ago - Outside Susan's House

A young Susan is leaning over a young Julie in a stroller.

"I met Susan Mayer the day she moved to Wisteria Lane."

Susan: "Ah. Okay, break times over."

"She seems so delightfullyconfident, I couldn't help but feel intimidated."

Susan gets into the back of the rent-a-truck van. She trips and grabs onto the door strap. The door closes and locks, trapping Susan.

Susan: "Oh, Oh."

"That feeling quickly passed."

Susan bangs on the inside door as Julie sits nicely in her stroller next to the van.

Susan: "Oh help! Can anybody hear me? Julie? I need you to try to unlock the door. Oh, what am I saying, she's two. Okay, I need you to unbuckle yourself and try to find a neighbor."

Mary Alice walks by and hears the yelling.

Susan: "But don't cross the street! Just tell the neighbor that your mommy's stuck in a big truck!"

The door opens up.

Susan: "Oh yes! My god, I have a genius baby!"

The door is open and Susan sees Mary Alice.

Susan: "Oh hi. I have a normal baby."

Mary Alice: "I'm Mary Alice. I live across the street."

Susan: "Susan Mayer. Thank you so much. If my husband had had to rescue me, oh, I just, I would have never heard the end of it. He thinks I'm a total klutz."

Mary Alice: "Oh, please, that's what neighbors are for. Well, welcome to Wisteria Lane. When you're finished unpacking, why don't you come over for a cup of coffee?"

Susan: "Oh, wow! I have a neighbor who just asked me over for coffee. I'm sorry. You must think I'm a lunatic."

Mary Alice: "Oh, no, no, I don't. I think you're charming. And your baby looks like a genius to me."

Susan: "Oh, she is and we're gonna be so happy here. Look at your new home!"

Present Day - Outside Susan's Burnt House - Daytime

Susan is guiding a blindfolded Julie toward their burnt house.

Julie: "You're not gonna walk me into a wall, are you?"

Susan: "Of course not, but when you see it for the first time, I want you to get the whole impact." (she removes the blindfold) "Ta-da!"

A trailer is parked in front of their house.

Susan: "Okay, now I know it's a little more cramped than we're used to, but we can't stay at Bree's forever. She's gonna be coming back from that spa vacation soon. Besides, it's gonna be fun."

Julie: "Why are you doing this to me? I get good grades. I don't do drugs. I've never come home pregnant."

Susan: "Honey, I am trying my hardest to stand on my own two feet. All right, I've got six book proposals in the works. I'm gonna try to supervise the rebuilding of this house, but you know, I can't do it without your support. And I want you to be proud of me."

Julie: "Fine. Let's take a look inside."

Susan: "Oh, that's my girl!"

Julie: "So, is there anything you should prepare me for?"

Susan: "No, no. It's all good. Oh, but you should know that your bed doubles as the dining table, and the toilet's in the shower."

Gabrielle's House

Gabrielle: "Honey, look. I bought us matching golf outfits for our lessons tomorrow."

Carlos: "Yeah, about that. I can't go. I gotta pick up trash on the freeway."

Gabrielle: "I'm sorry?"

Carlos: "I have to do my community service. It's part of my parole, remember?"

Gabrielle: "Oh, okay, well, I'll just call the country club and cancel our lessons."

Carlos: "No, no, no. I paid already. Might as well go without me."

Gabrielle: "I don't wanna go alone. It was your idea in the first place."

Carlos: "And I'd love to be there with you, too, if I didn't have to scrape slushies and condoms off Route 57. Look, what's the big deal? Just go take the stupid lesson."

Gabrielle: "Fine, if you feel that way about it."

Carlos: "Hey, I'm sorry. All right, I'm just a little on edge today."

Carlos looks out on the front porch. Xiao-Mei is bending over working while Ralph the gardener stares at her.

Carlos: "Oh, would you look at this crap? He has been doing that all day."

Gabrielle: "Ralph has a little crush. So?"

Carlos: "So, can't I get a gardener who isn't trying to sleep with someone in my house?"

Gabrielle: "You pay six bucks an hour. It's all about the perks, honey."

Outside Susan's House

Susan is washing the trailer when Tom approaches.

Tom: "Susan, have you talked to Lynette?"

Susan: "Um, no. Have you tried her cell?"

Tom: "Yeah, she isn't picking up. Do you know where she is?"

Susan: "Uh, no, I'm sorry."

Tom: "Susan, I think you do."

Susan: "I really don't, Tom. Is everything okay?"

Tom: "Yeah. Yeah, we just had a fight. Listen, if you talk to her, will you please ask her to call me? Thank you."

Tom walks away. Susan watches to make sure he's gone, then dials her cell phone.

Hotel

Lynette is sitting poolside with Penny and answers her cell phone.

Lynette: "Hello?"

Susan: "He was just here. I think you should call him."

Lynette: "I can't. I can't. I'm sorry. I just can't."

Parker: "Mom!"

Lynette: "Yeah. Hang on. I'll call you later. Okay, bye."

Lynette hangs up.

Lynette: "Yeah?"

Parker: "When is daddy coming? I wanna show him my dive."

Lynette: "He's not coming, sweetheart. But you could show me."

Fairview Prison Visiting Room

Paul is talking to Zach through a glass partition with a phone.

Paul: "You have to talk to Noah."

Zach: "But he creeps me out."

Paul: "Who cares? This is my life we're talking about. I need a big-time lawyer in my corner and where else are we gonna get that kind of money?"

Zach: "Noah's not gonna give me a dime if he knows it's for you. He hates your guts."

Paul: "Tell him it's for you. Tell him you want a car. Tell him you're ready for him to buy your love. Trust me, dying men are nothing if not sentimental."

Zach: "Why do you need so much, anyway? I thought only guilty men needed expensive lawyers."

Paul: "Felicia has obviously been planning this for months. Who knows what other kind of evidence she's planted? With my luck, they'll open up the Martha Huber murder again, try to nail me with some D.N.A."

Zach: "You swore to me that you had nothing to do with that."

Paul: "I didn't. Look, why are we arguing? I'm your father. Do what I'm telling you to do."

Zach: "You're not my real father."

Paul: "You ungrateful little...I rescued you from that miserable junkie. I give you a home, a life worth living, and now you're making me beg for one lousy little favor. I need the money, Zach. If you won't do it for me, at least do it for your mother. After all, she killed herself trying to protect you."

Zach hangs up the phone.

Flashback - 12 Years Ago - Outside Bree's House - Daytime

Movers are unloading furniture into Bree's house.

"I met Bree Van de Kamp the first day she moved to Wisteria Lane. There are certain people, who, when you meet them, can't help but make a delightful first impression."

A younger Bree knocks on Mary Alice's door. Mary Alice opens the door and Bree holds up a ceramic frog.

Bree: "Hello. I'm Bree Van de Kamp, your new neighbor. Is this your frog?"

"Bree was not one of them."

Mary Alice: "Yes. Why?"

Bree: "Well, it seems that my son stole it from your yard."

Mary Alice: "Oh, well, I don't mind. If he likes it so much, he's welcome to keep it."

Bree: "Well, don't tell him that. If he doesn't feel guilty he'll never learn shame."

A younger Susan comes to the door.

Susan: "Hey, what's going on?"

Mary Alice: "Oh, um, this is our new neighbor. It seems her son dentally" title="ad.偶然地">accidentally took my garden frog."

Susan: "Oh."

Bree: "Please don't make excuses for him. That is exactly what his father does. Rex!"

A younger Rex and young Andrew walk up.

Bree: "This is my husband, Rex."

Rex: "Hi. We're not weird. We just seem like we are."

Bree: "And this is my son, the criminal. Go on."

Young Andrew: "I'm sorry I stole from you. Just so you know, my mom did teach me right from wrong, so my actions should in no way influence your opinion of her as a parent."

Susan: "Wow."

Bree: "Well, is there anything you'd like to say to my son?"

Rex: "Feel free to be harsh."

Mary Alice: "Um, no, I'm, I'm good."

Bree: "Well, now that we've finished with all this unpleasantness, I want to assure you that we are going to be good neighbors, and I hope in time, great friends."

Mary Alice: "That sounds lovely."

Bree (to Andrew): "Come on."

Mary Alice: "Oh, wait. I'm, I'm sorry. It was Rex, Andrew and what was your name again?"

Present Day - Fairview Meadows Psychiatric Hospital

Orson: "Bree?"

Bree: "What?"

Orson: "You're Bree Van de Kamp, right?"

Bree: "Do I know you?"

Orson: "Orson Hodge. Uh, Susan's dentist friend. We met after her house burned down."

Bree: "Oh. I'm so sorry. I didn't recognize you."

Orson: "Small world, huh?"

Bree: "Yes. uh, excruciatingly so."

Orson: "Ah."

Bree: "What are you doing here?"

Orson: "Well, three or four times a week, I visit my, my friend. What about you?"

Bree: "Oh, I just thought it would be a lovely place to take a nice, long rest."

Orson: "Oh."

Bree: "Um, listen, I told my friends that I was, um, I was at a spa, so if you run into Susan, I-"

Orson: "Your secret is safe."

Bree: "And seriously, I am not like these other people."

Orson: "Oh, I can tell. A real lady always stands out in a crowd."

Bree: "Well, that was very sweet."

Orson: "Enjoy your rest, Bree Van de Kamp."

Orson walks away and sits next to his lady friend who stares out of the window.

Lady Inmate: "Boy, do I feel for you. Trying to convince your friends that you're still normal and you're surrounded by a bunch of loons."

Bree: "You, too?"

Lady Inmate: "Oh, please. Dr. Barr goes out of his way to make me feel like a complete psychopath. I think he's crazier than the patients, actually."

Bree: "You know that, um, that woman in the wheelchair? What's her story?"

Lady Inmate: "Yeah, she's a kooky one. She hasn't spoken a word since she got here. She just sits there all day long waiting for your friend to come and visit. He talks to her for hours, but I don't even think she can hear him."

Susan's Trailer

Susan comes outside, spraying bug spray as Mike walks up with two cups of coffee.

Susan: "Oh, hi."

Mike: "You said to stop by for coffee sometime. I got coffee."

Later, they sit on some chairs outside the trailer.

Susan: "So I can't believe you caught me spraying for ants. I must look like a wreck."

Mike: "Actually, you look kinda sexy."

Susan: "You've gotta be kidding."

Mike: "No, the way you're taking charge, it's impressive."

Susan: "They're just ants, and they're tiny. Of course, they do outnumber me."

Mike: "No, you said you wanted to handle things yourself and you're making it happen. It's good to see."

Susan: "Thanks."

Mike: "Even if it does mean you're not in the market for a relationship right now."

Susan: "Oh, did I say that?"

Mike: "You certainly implied it."

Susan: "Well, sometimes I say things I don't mean. I blame it on my frequent exposure to ant spray."

Karl walks up.

Karl: "What the hell is this?"

Susan: "Karl, what do you want?"

Karl: "Well, I can't believe you're forcing our daughter to live in a house with wheels. I think we need to talk about this."

Susan: "Okay, it's temporary, and if you don't mind, I'm having coffee."

Mike: "Oh, it's okay, Susan."

Karl: "Hey, sorry. I don't mean to chase you out, buddy, but, uh, this is really a family thing."

Mike: "No, no, I understand."

Karl: "Cool."

Mike leans over and kisses Susan passionately.

Susan: "Mmmm."

Mike: "I'll call you later."

Fairview Country Club Bar

Golf Pro: "You've got a great swing. You just need a little help around the greens. You know what they say, drive for show, putt for dough. Am I right?"

Gabrielle: "That is so true."

Golf Pro: "All right. I'll see you out there."

Gabrielle: "Okay."

The pro leaves. Gabrielle sits down at the bar.

Gabrielle: "Make me something strong. I have nine more holes with that guy."

The TV above the bar is on.

Newsman: "Jim, it was just an hour ago that the road crew working here on Route 57 saw a member of their own killed by oncoming traffic. The victim was a Hispanic male in his early forties who, for years, was a prominent businessman in the area. Police aren't releasing a name until the next of kin can be notified. We, of course, will keep you updated..."

Gabrielle's cell phone rings.

Newsman: "...on any late-breaking developments as this tragic story unfolds. Reporting live from Route 57, this is Craig Tsuyumine. Back to you."

Outside Gabrielle's House - Daytime

Gabrielle is outside her house, leaning against her car. She is in tears. Xiao-Mei comes running out, fixing her hair.

Xiao-Mei: "Mrs. Solis! Why you home?"

Gabrielle: "Carlos is dead, Xiao-Mei."

Xiao-Mei: "No, please don't kill him."

Gabrielle: "No, you don't understand. He's already dead. There was an accident. He's all over the highway."

Xiao-Mei: "No, he in kitchen."

Gabrielle runs inside.

Carlos: "Hey, babe. Why you home so early?"

Gabrielle: "Oh, honey! Oh, you're not dead!"

Carlos: "Who said I was dead?"

Gabrielle: "The police. They called me."

Carlos: "What are you talking about?"

Gabrielle: "Honey, they didn't know all the details, but a witness said that they saw you run into the carpool lane to pick up a lawn chair that had fallen off some truck, and then a bus hit you right in front of the road crew. Why aren't you at the road crew?"

Carlos: "I paid Ralph to go in my place. What?"

Gabrielle: "Well, Carlos, they had your name."

Carlos: "Oh, no. Poor Ralph."

Gabrielle: "Oh! Why is your back all sweaty?"

Carlos: "I was working out on the treadmill."

Gabrielle: "Barefoot?"

Carlos: "For god sakes, Gabrielle, Ralph just died, and you're worried about my feet? I mean, what the hell is wrong with you?"

Carlos walks quickly out of the room and bumps in Xiao-Mei.

Carlos: "My fault."

Xiao-Mei: "Sorry."

Fairview Meadows Psychiatric Hospital

Bree is in Dr. Barr's office, raking a small Zen garden.

Dr. Barr: "You must find that very peaceful."

Bree: "Why would you assume that?"

Dr. Barr: "Because that's all you've been doing for three sessions. I still don't know anything about you, except that you rake in remarkably straight lines."

Bree: "Is that what you're doing, asking me all those ridiculous questions about my childhood, trying to get to know me? Well, here's a clue. I'm not crazy. I just have a few issues."

Dr. Barr: "And psychotherapy is how we help you deal with those issues. What kind of treatment did you think you were going to get?"

Bree: "Honestly, I was hoping that you'd medicate the hell out of me."

Dr. Barr: "You don't need anything stronger than what I've already prescribed for you."

Bree: "I have aspirin at home that packs more of a punch."

Dr. Barr: "It says here your husband died, you had a boyfriend who killed himself, and you suffer from alcoholism. That's a lot of trauma for one year. What about your kids?"

Bree: "Oh, they're fine. Andrew is backpacking through Europe and Danielle is away at cheerleading camp."

Dr. Barr: "What's your relationship with them like?"

Bree: "What do you mean?"

Dr. Barr: "Are you close? Do they share things with you? What do you feel about them?"

Bree: "You know, I really don't have time for this nonsense. Are you going to give me some serious drugs or not?"

Dr. Barr: "No."

Bree: "Fine. Then I'm going back to my room."

Dr. Barr: "You know, Bree, I can't force you to open up to me, but I can make it easier for you to focus on your problems."

Bree: "And how are you going to do that?

Dr. Barr: "I'm going to tell the orderlies to confiscate all your personal items."

Bree: "I committed myself voluntarily."

Dr. Barr: "When you signed those papers, I became responsible for your well-being and I will help you in any way I see fit."

Bree: "I don't need that much help because I am not like your other patients."

Dr. Barr: "Oh, sure, you are. You just don't know it yet."

Fairview Police Department Interrogation Room

Detective: "Your son confessed to murder. We've got it on tape."

Betty: "My son has the mind of a child, Detective. He'd confess to sinking the Titanic."

Detective: "This letter was sent some months ago to the Chicago police saying the person they arrested for the Melanie Foster murder was innocent. We have a hunch you wrote it."

Betty: "Really? I didn't know hunches were considered evidence in a court of law."

Detective: "They aren't, but this is. We found some of the assailant's D.N.A. on this jacket. Now all we need is a matching sample. You, by any chance, recognize the jacket?"

Betty looks at a photograph the detective put in front of her. A jacket is covering Melanie's dead body.

Betty: "It's not Caleb's."

Detective: "You can try and deny it, but..."

Betty: "No, you don't understand. That jacket belongs to my other son."

Motel Room

Matthew is standing over a sleeping Danielle.

Flashback - Chicago Lumber Yard - Nighttime

Melanie is lying on the ground. Matthew walks up. Melanie wakes up coughing.

Later, the two of them are talking.

Melanie: "And out of nowhere, he just attacked me."

Matthew: "My brother's never been violent. I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you."

Melanie: "But he did."

Matthew: "Let me just take you home."

Melanie: "This has been pretty traumatic for me. I think that you should come over for the next few days so we can talk it out."

Matthew: "We broke up, Mel. It is not my job to hold your hand."

Melanie: "Well, maybe I shouldn't go home right away. Maybe I should go to the cops first."

Matthew: "The cops?"

Melanie: "I was attacked. It's my civic duty to report it, don't you think?"

Matthew: "Mel, I just told you that Caleb did not mean to do what he did, okay? Melanie, please."

Melanie: "Screw you."

Matthew: "No, you cannot tell anybody about this!"

Melanie: "I can tell who I want! Get your hands off of me!"

Matthew: "We're talking about my brother here!"

Melanie: "Your brother is going to go to jail for the next ten years, so I say let go!"

Melanie slaps Matthew and walks away..

Matthew: "Hey, Melanie!"

Melanie: "What?"

Matthew hits her with a board. She falls.

Matthew: "You leave my family alone!"

He stands over her hitting her repeatedly. When he's done, he takes his jacket off, covers her, and runs off.

Present Day - Motel Room

Matthew is standing over a sleeping Danielle.

Flashback - 8 Years Ago - Outside Lynette's House

Bree with muffins, Susan with flowers, and Mary Alice with wine are walking up to Lynette's house. Screaming is coming from inside.

"We all met Lynette Scavo the day she moved onto Wisteria Lane. We quickly decided she would be our friend, mostly because we were afraid to have her as an enemy."

Lynette walks out yelling.

Lynette: "...playing russian roulette with my ovaries and..."

Tom: "Chill, Lynette!"

She stops when she sees the ladies.

Lynette: "Hi."

Tom: "Hi."

Mary Alice: "Hi, uh, we just wanted to come welcome you to the neighborhood."

Bree: "Um, but we could come back later."

Lynette: "Yeah. No, wait. Actually, wait. This is perfect. You know why? Because we need some impartial judges."

Tom: "Lynette..."

Lynette: "Let's suppose your husband begged you to get pregnant, begged you, and out of the goodness of your heart, you agreed, even though it might derail your career. You agreed to a baby. A baby, singular."

Tom: "Lynette, we've just met these people."

Lynette: "Then, then you go in for an ultrasound, and you hear two heartbeats. Then, and only then, does your husband tell you that twins run in his family."

Tom: "I didn't think it was that big a deal!"

Lynette: "Your family had eight sets of twins over three generations, not to mention your relatives in Kentucky with triplets! Triplets! So I ask you, do I not deserve to punish this man severely?"

Susan: "Well, actually, I think that twins are genetically determined by the mother."

Lynette: "What are you, a scientist?"

Susan: "No. No, I write children's books."

Bree: "Um, we, uh, just came over to introduce ourselves, but we can, um, do that at another time."

Tom: "No, wait. Please stay. It's okay. We're okay. We're okay, right? Honey, we don't wanna freak out the new neighbors."

Lynette: "I'm sorry that you saw my panic attack. I won't let it happen again, especially since this is my last pregnancy."

Tom: "Right. You're the boss. I'm just your love slave."

Susan and Mary Alice: "Aw."

Lynette: "Well, don't encourage him."

Tom: "Honey, clearly, our new neighbors can sense that you have been gifted with a phenomenal husband."

Present Day - Hotel Pool

Twin: "Cannonball!"

Lynette: "Guys? Could you come here for a second? We need to have a serious talk." (the boys approach) "Okay, we have had a great vacation, but tomorrow we're going home, except we're not going to our home. We're gonna go stay with grandma."

Porter: "Is dad gonna be there?"

Lynette: "No, dad is not gonna be there, but he, he is gonna come and see you guys all the time. We are still gonna be a family. It's just we won't be living in the same place anymore. So, is there any questions you wanna ask me?"

Porter: "Can we go swimming now?"

Porter/Preston/Parker: "Yeah!"

Twin: "Cannonball!"

Downtown Fairview - Daytime

Karl is buying a newspaper when he sees Mike walking into a jewelry store. He walks in.

Karl: "Mike, what a surprise."

Mike: "Yeah. How's it goin'?"

Karl: Good, good. Just came in to get a new battery for my watch. So, whatcha doin'?"

Mike: "Oh, just buying something for my grandma. It's her ninetieth birthday."

Salesman: "Here we go. This will sweep her right off her feet. It's elegant, and she can build on it for anniversaries."

Karl: "Lucky grandma.You dog. You're gonna ask Susan to marry you, aren't you?"

Mike: "I didn't say that."

Karl: "Man, I'm cool. Ss far as I'm concerned, Susan's old news, so Mazel Tov."

Mike: "I don't suppose there's any hope of you keeping your mouth shut about this, is there? I wanted to surprise her."

Karl: "Oh, trust me, brother. She'll be surprised and not just by how small that rock is."

He leaves.

Noah's House

Zach is sitting besides Noah who is connected to various tubes, machines, etc.

Zach: "Look, I, I know it's an expensive car, but I need one, so can I get the money?"

Noah: "You're a lousy liar, kid. I read the papers. I know what happened to your father. My guess is he's in the market for a fancy lawyer to get him some rich man's justice."

Zach: "Please."

Noah: "Paul Young put Deirdre in a box. My daughter. Your mother, so we're clear. I don't write checks to monsters."

Zach: "Why can't you just give me the money? You're dying. You don't need it. I do."

Noah: "Don't cry, Zach. It pisses me off."

Zach: "Well, you said all of this was gonna be mine, so when do I get it?"

Noah: "Empire is a highfalutin' word, but that's what I've built. Unfortunately, an empire can only be ruled by an iron fist and a strong gut. I wanted to give it to you, Zach, but I'm starting to have my doubts about you."

Zach: "So, what? Are you cutting me off?"

Noah: "I don't have any use for weakness. Get out."

Zach gets up, closes the door, and locks it. He then walks over to the machine that is assisting Noah with his breathing. His finger hovers over the on/off switch.

Noah: "What, are you gonna kill me? Prove you're a tough guy? See? That's why I can't give you the keys to the kingdom, kid. No balls."

Zach shuts the breathing machine off. Noah smiles, then begins to gasp for air. Zach sits down and watches Noah.

Flashback - 3 Years Ago - Outside Gabrielle's House

"We met Gabrielle Solis the day she moved to Wisteria Lane. We were all excited to get a glimpse of a successful New York model."

Bree, Lynette, Susan, and Mary Alice walk toward Gabrielle's house.

Gabrielle's House

Susan, Mary Alice, Lynette and Bree enter Gabrielle's house. The room is filled with cardboard boxes.

Bree: "Hello?"

"We saw more..."

Gabrielle stands up from behind the boxes. She is dressed in a bra and panties.

Gabrielle: "Hi, there."

"...than we bargained for."

Mary Alice: "I'm Mary Alice. This is Susan, uh, Lynette, and Bree."