Lynette: "Yeah."



Nina: "Hey. Look at that guy. Right there. the end of the bar. The shoulders with the tan jacket."



Lynette: "Yeah?"



Nina: "Go get him for me."



Nina pushes Lynette toward the guy.



Betty's House - Nighttime



Betty is sitting at the kitchen table, wearing cleaning gloves and writing a letter. A timer dings. Betty removes the gloves.



She walks down the dark stairs to the basement, carrying a tray with food. She opens the door. Caleb is sitting quietly on the cot.



Betty: "Hey there."



She places the tray in front of Caleb. He begins eating.



Betty: "So, they're going on about Melanie Foster on the news. It's time we talked about her, Caleb. Until you start accepting responsibility for what happened, you know I can't let you out of here."



In the kitchen, Matthew walks in and sees the letter Betty had been writing.



Matthew (yelling): "What the hell is this? Mom! Where are you?"



Betty: "I'll be right back. And I will expect you to answer me."



Matthew: "Where are you?!"



Betty closes the door to the basement. She pushes the lock, but it doesn't catch. She doesn't notice.



Betty: "I'm coming! I'm coming!"



In the kitchen, Betty meets up with Matthew.



Matthew: "What were you gonna do with this?"



Betty: "Don't."



Matthew (reading the letter): "know who really killed Melanie Foster. You've arrested the wrong man.? What are you thinking?"



Betty: "The police need to know the truth."



Matthew: "The hell they do! This is our chance!"



In the basement, the door is pushed from inside. The lock unlatches. The door opens.



In the kitchen, Betty and Matthew are still talking.



Betty: "I can't let an innocent man go to jail."



Matthew: "You want to do the right thing? Well, then call nine-one-one and tell them you got a killer locked up in the basement."



Betty: "He is not a killer. He was confused. He didn't know what he was doing."



Matthew: "He knows a lot more than you give him credit for."



Betty: "I'm mailing the letter."



In the basement, Caleb comes out of the room and listens from the stairs.



Matthew: "Do you realize what's gonna happen? Mom, are, are you thinking it through?"



Betty: "I'm mailing the letter."



Matthew: "If you do, you better hope to God they don't find us. 'cause they're not gonna care how slow Caleb is. They'll just execute him."



On the stairs, Caleb overhears them and slowly backs down the stairs, going back into the room, closing the door behind him.



Lonnie's House - Daytime



Susan walks in the unlocked front door.



Susan: "Lonnie, are you here? It's Susan. Lonnie?"



Lonnie: "Susan? What are you doing here?"



Susan: "Well, I just came over to give you the contract. Your door was open."



Lonnie: "Oh. Great."



The living room is filled with boxes and few pieces of furniture. Clothes are hung on the wall. Everything is in disarray.



Lonnie: "Sorry the place is such a mess. I've been working here till we get the new offices painted. Wait till you see them, they're gonna be really beautiful."



Susan looks into the kitchen, which is also a mess, with groceries all over the place.



Susan: "Where's Jeannie?"



Lonnie: "She's with the kids up in Minnesota visiting her mom. They love it up there. Keep changing the date on dear old dad."



Susan flips a light switch, but nothing happens.



Susan: "There's no electricity."



Lonnie: "There isn't? Oh, I'm such a dummy. I've been, I've been so swamped I must have forgotten to pay the electric bill."



Susan: "Lonnie, how much financial trouble are you really in?"



Lonnie: "I'm fine."



Lonnie sees the signed contract in Susan's hand.



Lonnie: "You know what it is? I had to pay all those people back at the same time. Restitution plus interest. It's not something I recommend. It sucks you dry."



Lonnie slowly tries to take the contract out of Susan's hand. Susan pulls it away.



Susan: "I'm gonna ask you a question and I want you to tell me the truth. Did you steal from me?"



Lonnie: "Absolutely not!"



Susan: "Please don't lie. Just tell me."



Lonnie: "Is that what you want to hear? Do I have to say it so that we can move on?"



Susan nods.



Lonnie: "Fine. I did it. But yours was the first money I paid back so the slate's been wiped clean. Let's just move pasy it, Suse."



Susan: "I'm sorry. I just can't trust you anymore."



Lonnie: "Yes, you can!"



Susan: "No, I can't."



Lonnie: "You can."



Susan: "Can't."



Lonnie: "Give me the contract!"



Susan: "No!"



Lonnie: "Okay, okay. Fine."



Lonnie grabs the contract out of Susan's hand and runs. Susan grabs him.



Susan: "What are you doing? Are you trying to take me down with you?"



Lonnie: "I am not going down!"



The both fall on the floor and begin wrestling for the contract.



Lonnie: "My life is great. I have never been happier and I've never been fitter! Get off me, you Amazon!"



Susan grabs the contract out of Lonnie's hand and falls back, breathing heavily.



Gabrielle's Porch - Daytime



Gabrielle is doing her yoga. David walks up.



Gabrielle: "What are you doing here?"



David: "You left me a message. You said that you wanted to talk to me."



Gabrielle: "Yeah. I thought you'd schedule an appointment later. Right now, I'm, I'm sort of disgusting and sweaty."



David: "I'm a criminal lawyer. I've seen worse."



He walks into her house. Gabrielle follows and closes the door.



Gabrielle's House - Interior



David: "So did you find a new lawyer for Mr. Charming?"



Gabrielle: "I don't want a new lawyer. I want you. So does Carlos, he just doesn't realize it yet."



He picks up a bottle of wine from the wine rack.



David: "Nineteen eighty-eight Romanée Conti La Tache. I'm impressed."



Gabrielle: "Look, to be honest, Carlos is a little threatened by you. He thinks if we spend too much time together that something might happen."



David: "Somebody's got an active imagination. Corkscrew?"



She takes the wine from him.



Gabrielle: "David, we're not here to drink wine, okay? This is business. Now you have to convince Carlos that he can trust you."



David: "How am I gonna do that?"



Gabrielle: "I don't know. Tell him you're happily married or gay!"



He takes another bottle out of the rack.



David: "Yeah, right."



Gabrielle: "You're a lawyer. You lie to juries all the time. Can't you just make something up?"



David: "I'm past the point in my career where I have to beg for work. I'm sorry."



She takes the wine from him again.



Gabrielle: "Okay, skip it. I'm holding my marriage together by my fingernails. If Carlos serves his full sentence, I don't think we're gonna make it. So please, I need you."



David: "I'll say this much for Carlos. He's got excellent taste wine. Montrachet. It's good stuff."



Gabrielle: "Are you gonna help me or not?"



David: "We'll go see Carlos tomorrow. I'll turn him around for you."



Gabrielle: "Really. What are you gonna say?"



David: "I'll play it by ear. I don't want to sound to over rehearsed."



David picks up a bottle of wine and walks out.



Gabrielle: "Hey, that's my wine!"



David: "Deduct it from my bill."



Lonnie's House - Daytime



Susan and Lonnie are sitting on the floor.



Lonnie: "It all started with bad real estate investments."



Susan: "You should have just come clean."



Lonnie: "Yeah, well, you tell one lie, the second one comes easy. Then you're making up new lies to cover up the old ones. Pretty soon you can't turn back, you know?"



Susan: "I do."



Lonnie: "When Jeannie finally caught on, she took the kids, she took the furniture. The bank locked me out of my own house."



Susan: "Wow."



Lonnie: "That's why I can't lose you as a client."



Susan: "Well, I'm sorry, but you have."



Lonnie: "I don't blame you."



Susan: "You'll never lose my friendship, though. I mean that."



Lonnie: "Really?"



Susan: "Of course. You're my Lonnie."



She pats his face.



Lonnie: "You're my Susie. You're my Susie."



Lonnie leans over and tries to kiss Susan. Susan pulls back, shocked.



Susan: "Oh! What the hell are - is wrong with you?!"



Lonnie: "I'm your Lonnie. That's what you said."



Susan: "Not like that!"



Lonnie: "But I thought, I mean there's always been this magnetism…;



Susan: "No! There has not been and there never will be."



She grabs her purse and runs out of the house.



Susan: "Oh, my god!"



Lonnie: "But I was just coming clean!"



Chicago Police Department Parking Lot - Daytime



Detective Morgan comes out. A female detective comes running after him.



Female Detective: "Hey, Morgan. Got a letter from some guy claiming he attacked Melanie Foster."



Morgan: "You ran me down for that? I got dozens of kooks coming out of the woodwork all saying we arrested the wrong guy."



Female Detective: "This one knows about the axe."



She hands Morgan the letter. They go back into the station.



Fairview City Morgue



Bree is sitting in a waiting room An orderly enters, pushing a gurney with a covered body on it.



Orderly: "Here you go, Mrs. Van de Kamp."



Bree: "Thank you. Ah, the hearse is right outside, so if you'll just follow me."



Orderly: "Oh shoot, there's a form I need you to sign. I think I left it back in the office."



Bree: "That's all right. I'll wait."



Orderly: "Okay."



He leaves. Bree slowly approaches the gurney.



Bree: "I'm here, sweetheart, and I'm gonna take care of everything. But you knew that, didn't you? You've always known that you can count on me."



Detective Barton walks in.



Barton: "Mrs. Van de Kamp."



Bree: "Detective Barton. What are you doing here?"



Barton: "Oh, just taking care of some business. Is this?"



Bree: "Yes. This is Rex. I, I want to thank you again for what you did. It was so refreshing to be treated with kindness after weeks of just ludicrous accusations."



Barton: "The doctor doesn't think they're ludicrous."



Bree: "Well, I know, but Rex died in his care. Of course he's like to blame someone else."



Barton: "But the tests he did, uh…;



Bree: "Oh, please don't talk to me about tests. Rex was not poisoned and no one I know believes that he was."



Barton: "Rex did."



Bree: "What?"



Barton: "Well, the doctor told Rex he was being poisoned and Rex believed him."



Bree: "How would you know that?"



Barton: "Oh."



Detective pulls a letter wrapped in plastic out of his pocket. He hands it to Bree. Bree reads it. The letter reads, "Bree, I understand and I forgive you."



Bree: "Where did you get this?"



Barton: "We found that in Rex's bed after he died. That is his handwriting, isn't it?"



Bree sits down.



Barton: "You know what I think? Rex felt guilty for the way he treated you. The adultery; the public humiliations. That's why he forgave you. He understood why you did it."



Bree: "How can he have believed this?"



Barton: "Look, my wife cheated on me, too. I know how much it hurts. And so will a judge. Everyone understands crimes of passion. But every day that you stonewall makes you look more and more like a cold, calculating killer. We both know that's not you. But I can't help you unless you start telling the truth."



The detective takes back the letter. Bree physically composes herself.



Bree: "I'm sorry, but I, I have to go. I have some things that I need to take care of."



Bree walks to the gurney and tries to push it. It's stuck.



Barton: "Bree! It is obvious your husband loved you very much. Don't you think you owe it to him to admit the truth?"



Bree: "Detective, I know exactly what my husband deserves. Now would you be a dear?"



The Detective unlocks the gurney.



Bree: "Thank you."



Bree pushes the gurney out the doors.



Fairview County Jail Visiting Room



Gabrielle and David are sitting in the visiting room. Carlos is brought in.



Carlos: "What's he doing here?"



David: "I have a pitch for you. I want to explain to you why it's in your best interest to allow me to represent you."



Gabrielle: "Oh for Pete's sake, Carlos. At least listen to the man."



Carlos: "I guess it beats sitting in my cell."



David: "Now, I don't think you have a problem with me as a lawyer. Clearly, I'm the real deal. I sense your problem with me is more personal."



Carlos: "You sense right."



David: "You want to know if I'm interested in sleeping with your wife. Well, the answer is yes."



Gabrielle laughs loud and nervously.



Gabrielle: "Carlos, he's kidding. Tell him you're kidding."



Carlos: "Shut it."



David: "And clearly Gabrielle is willful, self centered, and manipulative. She's also beautiful enough to be worth the trouble. So, the minute we leave this room I'm gonna aggressively pursue her. And when I succeed, which I will, we are gonna fly to my chateau in Chamonix and have dinner in a local bistro. They make the best rack of lamb in all of Europe. We'll make love by the fire and afterwards a little midnight skiing." (to Gabrielle) "You ski, don't you? You're athletic, you'll learn." (to Carlos) "Anyway. All of this only happens if you fire me. If you keep me on, you're wife's off limits. I'd get disbarred for sleeping with a client's wife and nobody's worth that, not even her. That's my pitch. I'll let you think about it."



David get up and walks out.



Gabrielle: "Honey. I am so sorry. Honestly, that guy's insane!"



Carlos: "Oh, you just can't wait, can you?"



Gabrielle: "What?"



Carlos: "He's my lawyer."



Gabrielle: "But, Carlos-"



Carlos: "And that's all there is to it."



Carlos walks out.



Konnell's Bar Nighttime



The bar is filled with people and loud music is playing. Lynette and Nina are sitting at a table. A guy is talking to Nina.



Guy: "How about a dance."



Nina: "How 'bout it? Yes."



Lynette: "Well you guys have fun. This is the fifth night in a row I haven't been home to tuck in my kids, so I'm gonna go."



Nina: "No! You're gonna stay put. It is Friday night and you have all weekend to play with your kids. Watch my purse."



Nina goes off with the guy to dance. Another man sits down by Lynette.



Chuck: "Hey, I'm Chuck."



Lynette: "Chuck, I'm gonna stop you right there."



She holds up her hand, showing him the wedding ring on it.



Lynette: "Happily married."



Chuck (reaching in his pocket): "Well, looks like we've got something in common."



He shows her his own wedding ring.



Lynette: "Chuck, get your hand off my thigh. No! Not up my thigh. Off my thigh! Come on, what's the matter with you! I'm not available. And I'm not that easy!"



Chuck: "Well, what are you doing in a pick up bar at ten-thirty at night?"



Lynette: "Well, I don't usually do this."



Chuck: "Oh, come on. Honey. Who are you kidding? I've seen you here every night this week. You're a regular!"



Chuck shakes his head and leaves.



"At that moment, it occurred to Lynette that Chuck, though inebriated, had a valid point. The time had come to declare a war of independence. And the surest path to victory would require an aggressivecampaign of shock and awe."



Lynette, in the bathroom, lets down her hair, puts lipstick on, unbuttons her shirts, and takes off her vest. She reenters the bar wearing just her vest with no blouse. She struts into the room and tosses her purse to the bartender, then begins dancing in a very sexy manner. She struts up to where Nina is dancing and pushes her aside, taking her dance partner.



Later, at the bar, Lynette downs shots with a bunch of guys. The guys lift her onto the bar where Lynette dances like a stripper. The guys are cheering and whistling. Nina is watching from their booth.



Lynette comes back to the table and sits down next to Nina.



Lynette: "It's crazy here tonight. Don't you want to dance?"



Nina: "No, thanks. I think I'll sit this one out."



"Lynette savored her victory, confident that she would never again have to engage her opponent on this particular battlefield."



Lynette: "Woo! I love this song. Here, hold my purse."



She pushes her purse at Nina and goes back to the dance floor.



Fairview Cemetery - Daytime



Lynette, Gabrielle, Susan, and Edie are standing at Rex's empty grave. Bree walks up.



Susan: "Bree! Where have you been? We were starting to get worried."



Bree: "I'm sorry. I was just attending to some last minute details. Right this way."



Bree leads them away from Rex's grave site.



Gabrielle: "Where are we going?"



Bree: "To Rex's grave site."



Edie: "Well, I thought this was his grave site."



Bree: "I'm changing it."



Susan: "Why?"



Bree: "Well, he did something to upset me and I want him gone!"



Susan: "What did he do?"



Bree: "You know, it's so unpleasant I'd rather not get into it. Have you seen these gravestones? Some are from the eighteen hundreds. Just fascinating."



Lynette: "Bree, wait, you're gonna have to explain. Rex is dead. What could he have done to upset you?"



Bree stops and turns to face the women.



Bree: "My husband, the man I spent my life with for eighteen years, died thinking that I murdered him!"



Susan: "What?"



Bree: "Yes, the cardiologist shared this moronic theory with Rex and Rex believed him!"



Gabrielle: "Are you sure?"



Bree: "Yes, because he left a note. And it said, and I quote, "Bree, I understand and I forgive you." I spent eighteen years of my life with this man. How could he not know me?"



Edie: "Well, maybe he was forgiving you for something else."



Bree: "I have done nothing to be forgiven for! I was a fantastic wife! When he was sick, I nursed him. When we were low on money, I stayed within a budget. I cooked his meals, I mended his clothes. For the love of god, I used to check his back for acne. And that miserable son of a bitch has the nerve to understand and forgive me! Well, the joke's on him because I do not understand and I do not forgive!"



Two maintenance workers nearby stop their work to listen to Bree yell. Susan looks over at them.



Susan: "Hi. We're just going to a funeral."



The workers go back to work.



Bree: "Right this way."



She continues walking and the ladies follow her. They walk over another section of the cemetery. A crane is lowering a coffin into a hole.



Gabrielle: "Honey, I know you're hurt but are you sure you're not gonna change your mind? I mean, there's no turning back after this."



Bree: "If you think I'm gonna lay next to someone for eternity who thinks I'm a murderer, you're crazy. As far as I'm concerned, let him decompose with strangers."



Bree takes off her wedding ring and throws it into the grave on top of the coffin. The ladies look shocked and Bree storms away.



"Everyone in the world needs someone they can depend on."



Bree is walking and the ladies are right behind her. Lynette puts her hand on Bree's shoulder.



"Be they faithful friends…



Fairview County Jail



Carlos is sitting with David as the attorney speaks.



"...determined advocates…



Lynette's House



Tom is standing on the porch, holding Penny, when Lynette approaches and reaches for her daughter.



" a loving family."



Lonnie's House



Lonnie is sitting alone, eating pizza.



"But occasionally in life, the people we thought would always be there for us leave."



Mary Alice's House



Pictures of Mary Alice and Zach are on the table with a large stack of unopened mail.



"And if that happens…



Paul picks up a knife and begins opening the mail.



"It's amazing the lengths we'll go to, to get them back."



~ The End ~

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