Gabrielle Solis
It was hard to choose this week's housewife, but Gabrielle came through kicking and screaming to win. Gabrielle is selfish, and we saw just how selfish she is tonight. Whether it was her sympathetic hug to her husband when he learned his mother had died after being in a coma for 5 months yet smiling behind his back cause the mother-in-law from hell was gone or ensuring the secret her mother-in-law knew about her and the gardner went to the death bed with her, Gabrielle acted in her own interest. We love her for it. She stormed off at the funeral, telling Carlos "At least she's got a roof over her head," when she saw the tomb constructed for her mother in-law. Later, when the hospital offered a settlement (thanks, consulting producer Charles Pratt Jr for the tumble down the stairs), Gabrielle snuck a call to the lawyer. "So if I won the lottery AFTER he went to jail? I see..." She promised her husband she'd be faithful, but who wouldn't cheat if you had Jesse Metcalfe, er, I mean, John Rowland, wanting in your pants?
Other highlights: Susan and Edie both competed heavily as they fought over Edie's contractor. "I followed the stench of betrayal," Edie said when she caught Susan with a man she didn't want. "It's not that I want him. I just don't anyone else to have him either," Edie pointed out earlier. And then there was Bree, who also competed heavily. "Come along everyone, let's follow the body!" Bree is always willing to take charge. Then sending her son away to juvenile detention instead of letting him go make out with Justin? (Not that she knew that was what he was going to do.) No wonder Andrew spit on her. (I think we all went "Whoa. They did not just do that.") Lynette butting her head into a deaf woman's marriage just didn't stand up to the others efforts, unfortunately (I love you, Felicity!)
Next week: John's back and taking his shirt off. Rawr. |
