8x12 What's the Good of Being Good?

Bree making her many lovers got up at 4 am so they wouldn’t be seen by Karen. And in the end, she already knew about the radical behavior due to a trip to the bathroom at dawn. Bree is an iconic queen, but I don’t think she’s going to find out who she really is in a bar, picking up a different man a night. Nor do I agree with her taking on a “slutty” place, as that woman said at the end, because she was never that. I’m appalled at this scene of her walking out and everyone in the church is shocked and watching her... But I want my old Bree back. There’s nothing wrong with dating other men casually, what I don’t like is seeing her agreeing to the definition of “town whore”. Other than that the woman was ridiculous, she attacked only Bree (who is single and didn’t even know the guy was married), and left her husband practically scandal free. Both are wrong, but he is even more so for being married and omitting it.

I can’t help but laugh at Susan’s plot. She makes a fool of herself, is often naive, but it’s still funny. I laugh a lot at Claudia’s attack when she arrives on Wisteria Lane, screaming for “Ramon” at Susan’s house. And even more so when she puts out those countless posters calling Susan a slut. Poor thing, she always goes through these embarrassments – I remembered season 2, when her biological father’s wife spray-painted “whore” on her garage door. And in the end, this visit she paid to Alejandro’s family turned out to be crucial.

Gaby’s reaction when Susan told her about his molested 15-year-old stepdaughter was sad. Even more so in that discussion with Claudia, when she exposed everything the worm did, the woman refusing to believe it, and Marisa entering the room begging her mother to believe her. Damn, that was extremely strong! Both for Marisa, who suffered this violence, her body was violated, and for Claudia, who began to feel guilty for having taken Alejandro into their house in the first place. But it was good Marisa finally revealing the truth and putting it out, it would be worse for her to continue repressing and now they can seek professional help to try to get her to overcome the trauma - if that’s possible. Claudia understanding what happened when she saw the “wine stain” again and encouraging Gaby to get rid of the carpet: everything for me!

I just need to point out one thing: at the beginning of the episode, Gaby exposed everything Susan did out of guilt. She assaulted a police officer out of the blue. She made the paintings, which put the three of them at the center of Chuck’s investigation. And she went after Alejandro’s family – which could be harmful indeed. And neither Gaby nor Lynette are judging and interrupting their friendship with Susan for that. But Bree, who only omitted the fact that she was being blackmailed by a person (who later even killed in her name), was totally abandoned. The attitude of the girls makes no sense and it makes me very angry. I didn’t want them mad at anyone, not even Susan. I wanted them together. But why this selectivity? It’s like they’re looking for an excuse to keep Bree away, like they don’t want her friendship anymore. Now we have Bree in this spiral, giving up her sobriety... And they don’t even care. It’s annoying!

I love Lynette very dearly, but she is a pain in the ass about having control. She always was, this episode only opened up more and helped her to see how harmful this behavior is and that she is the one who needs control. It was embarrassing what happened at dinner. It’s her first date with a guy she met that very day and she puts together a 5-year business plan on napkins? Worse, she is disdainful of his role in the salon! It was okay that she saw a greater potential in him, above that. But if he doesn’t want to, she doesn’t have to say any more. It was like this her whole life with Tom. Finally it was this job thing that he didn’t want to take, she forced him in every way and he ended up changing, which led to the breakup. But I loved that she recognized this problem and will try to work on it to alleviate it.

The guy’s revenge on Renee’s hair was priceless. And I thought it was sad what happened to her at the end of the episode. Ben was very ridiculous proposing marriage, hearing her “yes”, only to later reveal that he was doing it with an eye on her money. What’s the use of saying that he really loves her and wants to be with her, after showing that he was interested and had ulterior motives? He shouldn’t have proposed in the first place, right? I felt sorry for her, she got super excited just for him to destroy everything right away. By the way, how dangerous is Ben taking money from this loan shark. Weekly pay? I doubt he’ll get a comeback that fast. Other than that it’s distressing this guy picking on Mike.