The thing that is so weird about this show is when something big is going on with one storyline (like, say, Creepy Dave wanting to kill Katherine) while everyone else continues in their relative monotony. Take this episode:

Susan runs into Karl at school, because he's there with his son, Evan, who happens to be in Susan's class (she's also apparently been upgraded to art teacher at some point in the last two weeks). She notices his artwork is violent and murderous. This leads to fighting with Karl, but eventually to him revealing that his wife left him just like he left Susan. She feels bad and touches his hand. I seriously hope this doesn't mean a reunion for them. Gaby continues to be jealous of Carlos' new work life as he works night and day, thanks to crazy Lucy, who he hired because of her record of success. She's mean to Lynette, who ends up getting her fired by putting Gaby and Carlos' kids in the middle of it. It's totally awesome for everyone, because Lynette gets to reveal how truly terrible Lucy is, and Gaby gets to witness Carlos proving he's no longer the old Carlos. Bree, meanwhile, keeps trying to fix Orson. She even plans to sell the business to make him happy, until Andrew convinces her otherwise. So he takes to sleeping on the couch again (despite their spare room, for some reason) and then sneaks out to break into houses and steal.

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