The Game
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| Julie breaks into the Mayfair's locked room. | |
| Season: | 4 |
| Episode Number: | 3 |
| Original Airdate: | October 14, 2007 |
| Written by: | Joey Murphy and John Pardee |
| Directed by: | Bethany Rooney |
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“The Game” is the 72nd episode of the ABC dramedy series Desperate Housewives. It was written by Joey Murphy and John Pardee and directed by Bethany Rooney.[1] It is the third episode of the show’s fourth season and aired on October 14, 2007.[1]
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[edit] Guest starring[1]
- Nathan Fillion as Adam Mayfair
- John Slattery as Victor Lang
- Polly Bergen as Stella Wingfield
- Rachel Bailit as skanky woman
- Kristi Clainos as young woman
- James Luca McBride as Al Kaminsky
[edit] Plot
Lynette, Gabrielle, and Bree agree to attend Susan’s charades party, as they’re hoping to question Katherine there about what Bree overheard. They’re not the only ones with questions, as Dylan wants answers; when left alone at home with Julie, Julie suggests they break into a locked room and look for answers. At Susan’s party, Katherine admits to not liking to talk about her first husband. She reacts badly upon seeing Gabrielle with her hands on Adam, and Edie’s all too eager to fill Katherine in on Gabrielle’s past. When Katherine tells Gabrielle she knows about her history with her teenage gardener, Gabrielle turns the situation around by revealing what Bree heard at Katherine’s. Katherine tells the people there that what her first husband did to Dylan was the worst thing they could imagine and then she walks out, but later we learn that she was lying. Meanwhile, Dylan’s got into the locked room, which she doesn’t remember, even as Julie says that was her bedroom. Katherine orders Dylan to stay away from Julie. Later, as Katherine cleans up the room, she looks at a huge gash beneath the rug, and breaks down in tears over it.
Lynette turns down Stella’s offer of pot, even as her anti-nausea medication isn’t working. Stella asks Andrew to get her some pot! After Andrew makes the delivery, Stella makes some special brownies and has Parker deliver them to Lynette. Lynette’s mood is cheerier thanks to the weed, and she shows up at the charades party. Lynette kicks over a lamp! High as a kite, Lynette makes a fool of herself while playing charades. Stella admits to Tom that there’s pot in the brownies, and he manages to get the brownies back before anyone can eat them. Later, Lynette confronts her mother over what she did, but Lynette can’t deny the brownies worked. Lynette and Stella bond, even as Stella promises to never try something like that again.
Susan asks Bree for the name of her ob-gyn and when Susan won’t take no for an answer, Bree gives Susan a random number from the phone book. Bree’s upset to learn Danielle fell while rollerblading and via phone tells Danielle to stay in her room. At the ob-gyn, Susan’s horrified to see it’s a filthy place in a bad neighborhood. Later, Susan’s mad at Bree for sending her there. Orson informs Bree that the fall may have complicated Danielle’s pregnancy. She wants to go to Danielle immediately, but before she and Orson can get out the door, another call reveals that Danielle’s baby is fine. Bree cries in Orson’s arms. Later, Susan asks Bree if something’s wrong with their friendship, and Bree covers by saying she had a problem with her pregnancy that’s since been resolved. Bree and Susan bond over their pregnancies.
Gabrielle wants to be together with Carlos for good, and he agrees to do so -- in 2 weeks. Carlos doesn’t want Edie to reveal their engagement, and although she agrees, she puts a ring on her finger and makes sure the women see it at the party, so the news gets out. Gabrielle’s mad at Carlos for the engagement and says she can find herself a new guy! Carlos breaks a glass upon seeing Gabrielle with her hands on Adam. But when Victor overhears the truth about what Gabrielle and John did, he’s only concerned about how it could affect him politically. Gabrielle tells Carlos that his reaction compared to Victor’s proves Carlos is the man for her. Carlos urges the man he hired in the previous episode to hurry, and we learn the man’s an accountant. And Victor suggests to Carlos that he’d have any man who slept with Gabrielle killed.
[edit] Title reference
- The title of the episode, “The Game”, comes from the Stephen Sondheim musical Bounce.
[edit] Reception and ratings
The Game scored an 11.8/18 in overnight Nielsen ratings with a total of 18.892m viewers,[2] slightly up from the previous episode's ("Smiles of a Summer Night") 11.2/17.[3]
[edit] References
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