Drama for Mama: Desperate Housewives
Oh, it’s a classic, cliche story about a stripper with a heart of gold. But what happens when said stripper moves to Wisteria Lane and rubs elbows with the Desperate Housewives? Well, if you missed Sunday’s episode, we’ll catch you up on what happened:
Lynette and the Stripper: All the ladies of Wisteria Lane were a little miffed that Susan let a stripper move in with her. But Lynette was especially concerned because she still has a teenage boy at home. Lynette caught her son, Parker, and his friends peering out the window with binoculars. When she took a 
look for herself, she realized they were watching Robin, the stripper, take a shower through a partially open window. Lynette marched over to Susan’s house to warn Robin to close the blinds, since there are “innocent children” in the neighborhood. But Robin broke the news to Lynette that her teenage son isn’t so innocent and actually propositioned her for sex and offered to pay cash for it. (She turned him down.)
Shocked and horrified, Lynette and Tom sat down with Parker who explained himself by saying that he is the only one of his friends who hasn’t had sex and that he feels like it’s never going to happen. They assured him that one day, years from now when he’s emotionally ready, it would happen and he wouldn’t need to pay for it. After their son left the room, Tom asked Lynette if she thought Parker believe him, since the truth is that guys always pay for sex in one way or another. (Tom had just bought Lynette an antique ring for an anniversary gift.) Lynette was furious at the implication and called off her intimate “anniversary gift” for Tom later that night until he apologized for what he said.
Gabi and the Stripper: Robin, Gabi and Susan were talking one day and Gabi heard the story of how Robin ended up as a stripper. Once a promising ballerina, she turned down an opportunity to dance professionally because she’d fallen in love with a boy. But the boy dumped her, she had a knee accident and couldn’t dance ballet anymore. Long story short… she ended up taking her clothes off for money. So Gabi asked her to share her story with Ana, her niece, to convince her not to pass up a modeling opportunity in New York.
The stripper’s sad tale worked on Ana, who decided to leave for New York immediately to take the 
modeling job, even though it meant saying goodbye to boyfriend Danny (which is exactly what Gabi and Carlos wanted to have happen.) Gabi even helped Ana go out and buy new pink luggage for her trip. When Robin found out she’d been used to manipulate a break-up of the teenage couple, she told Danny what happened and he left in a taxi with an overnight bag, probably headed to New York.
Bree and the Stripper: Robin wanted to bake a cake for Susan and Mike, to say thank you for all their help and hospitality. She asked Bree for help, and the two women ended up bonding over baked goods. Bree told Robin that her marriage was a little shaky, and Robin offered a little professional insight on how to re-establish intimacy with a man. She quoted her grandmother by saying “If you want to save your marriage, there’s only one room to do it in.”
So Bree tried to take the advice and perform a little striptease and lap dance for Orson. But she got her earring stuck in her sweater while trying to take it off over her head. Orson tried to help but ran over her toe with his wheelchair which made her fall down. It was disastrous (and pretty funny, too). But it did finally get the two of them talking about being close again, and they had a sweet moment at the end of the scene with Bree sitting in his lap while they listened to music.
Susan and the Stripper: Things were going just fine with Mike, Susan and the Stripper — until Mike hurt his back. Robin offered to help because she had experience helping her fellow strippers who often had back pain after sliding down the pole too many times. She cracked Mike back a few times and stretched and pulled and even walked on his back while wearing some skimpy work-out clothes. Susan tried to be cool about it, but she finally couldn’t take it anymore. She tried to fix Mike’s back herself and ended up putting him in the hospital. She told Robin that, given her history as a stripper, it made her too nervous to see her straddling her husband that way. So Robin offered to move out because she didn’t want to jeopardize their friendship.
Katherine and the Stripper: Robin didn’t have to move very far away, as it turned out. She asked if she could rent a room from Katherine across the street, and Katherine said yes. The ladies went out for a drink and were approached by a couple of guys who wanted them to sit at their table. Katherine wanted to go sit with them, since it had been a long time since anyone had flirted with her. But once they got to the table, it was abundantly clear the guys were mostly interested in ogling Robin’s blonde hair and big chest. So Robin suggested to Katherine that they go home and she agreed. The guys made it clear they wanted Robin (and only Robin) to stay. Robin took offense for Katherine and told the guys that Katherine was the 
witty, smart beautiful one and then leaned over and kissed her — a move that surprised the guys and really shocked Katherine.
Later at home, they laughed about the guys’ reaction and Katherine complained about her lack of dating life. Robin suggested she “widen the net” and date girls. (Yep, apparently Robin is a lesbian.) Katherine said she didn’t think that was a good idea for her. But we could all tell, especially at the end of the episode, that Katherine is thinking about that kiss quite a bit. It all reeks of “I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It,” by Katy Perry. Perhaps Katherine is considering some alternatives.
What did you guys think of this episode? There were quite a few controversial angles in it, from the sex talk with the teenage son, the conversation between Lynette and Tom about how guys always “pay for it” in one way or another, the idea of “saving a marriage” with sex, and the surprising kiss between Katherine and Robin. Feel free to post your comments below.
