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Desperate Housewives - Episode 01.13 - Your Fault
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Guest stars
"Tom Scavo" - Doug Savant
"Rodney Scavo" - Ryan O'Neal
"George Williams" - Roger Bart
"Bob Rowland" - Mark Harelik
"Helen Rowland" - Kathryn Harrold
"Lois McDaniel" - Karen Austin
"Preston Scavo" - Brent Kinsman
"Porter Scavo" - Shane Kinsman
"Parker Scavo" - Zane Huett
"Justin" - Ryan Carnes
"Rex's Lawyer" - Rob Brownstein
"Bree's Lawyer" - Bonnie Burroughs

Written by: Kevin Etten
Directed by: Arlene Sanford



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A car drives down Wisteria Lane. It pulls into Susan's driveway and we see that it's Susan. She looks over at Lynette's house, where Lynette is lecturing her boys on the front lawn.


Lynette: "...okay, your 30 seconds is up now. Get back here, get back here, get back here. I want the toys picked up. How many times do I have to tell you, pick up your toys! You want a spanking? Is that what you want?"
The boys shout back at her.


"There is a look that parents of well behaved children, give to the parents of the not so well behaved..."
Lynette: "Porter, don뭪 you dare look at me like that. I will wipe that smirk right off your face. And don몋 think that I won몋..."


"A look that says 멮ou should learn to control your kids.?quot;
Lynette catches sight of Susan looking over at her and trails off.


"...after all, they뭨e your responsibility."
Lynette smiles and gives Susan an embarrassed shrug. Susan gets her groceries out of her car and walks to her front door.


"Of course, it was easy for Susan to feel smug with a daughter like Julie. She always brought home straight A뭩."
Flashback to a grinning Julie showing Susan her report card.


Susan (squeals): "Oh, you did it again!"

"She was helpful around the house."
Flashback to Julie pulling a Christmas tree out of the front door to the end of the driveway after Christmas.


"She was bright, affectionate, and considerate of others."
Julie sits on the curb, consoling the mailman, with mail strewn everywhere. Julie turns her head to look at Susan next to a turned over pink bicycle, with a letter caught in the spokes of the front wheel.


"To her mother뭩 way of thinking, Julie was the perfect child. Unfortunately, Susan was about to discover that no such creature existed."
Susan looks in the window of the door and sees Zach and Julie kissing. She opens the door.


Julie: "Mom!"
Susan: "What is going on here? Were you just kissing my daughter?"
Zach: "I...uh...a little."
Susan: "What are you thinking?"
Julie: "Mom, calm down."
Susan: "She뭩 only fourteen!"
Zach: "Yeah, I should, I should probably be going."
Susan: "You think?"
Susan hands Zach his glasses.


Zach: "See you Friday."
He leaves and Susan turns to Julie.


Susan: "What is he talking about? What뭩 happening on Friday?"
Julie: "He뭩 taking me to the school dance."
Susan: "Oh, no he뭩 not."
Julie: "Mom, I know you saw us kissing, but you뭭e got to chill now."
Susan: "Don뭪 tell me to chill, I have no intentions of chilling."
Julie: "Whatever. I뭢 taking out the trash."
Susan: "You뭨e not going, you뭨e going to stay here and talk about this."
Julie: "I뭢 not going to talk to you while you뭨e freaking out."
Susan: "Just so we뭨e clear, you are not allowed to see him anymore."
Susan follows Julie outside, still arguing with her, as Julie walks to the trash can.


"There is also a look that parents of not so well behaved children give to parents like Susan."

Julie: "Fine!"
She drops the trash on the ground next to the trash car and storms inside. Susan looks up and sees Lynette standing on her own lawn, watching.


"It says 멬elcome to the club.?quot;
Lynette tilts her head and gives a smile.



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Credits


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Outside Paul's House

"Suburbia is a place filled with responsible people trying to live responsible lives."
Paul is shown bringing in the trash, and then painting his fence.


"Of course, even the most responsible among us, has mistakes in their past."
Focus in on Gabrielle's house and Carlos inside, reading a magazine on the couch.


"Mistakes they뭗 like to forget. Mistakes that sometimes come back to haunt them."
Gabrielle walks by the couch holding an open peanut butter jar with a spoon in it, then hears a car door slam. She looks out the window and sees the parents of John walking towards her house.


Gabrielle: "I뭢 gonna go get the mail."
Gabrielle quickly walks out of the house carrying the peanut butter.


Gabrielle: "Helen, uh, what are you doing here?"
Helen: "Hello, Gabrielle. I don몋 believe you몎e met my husband, Bob."
Gabrielle: "Hi! So nice to meet you."
She reaches out to shake his hand, and then holds it and starts dragging him along away from the windows in her house.


Bob Rowland: "Um, we, uh, came to talk to you about our son."
Gabrielle: "I haven뭪 seen John in weeks. He뭩 called and left messages, but I haven뭪 returned any. It뭩 over, I swear."
Helen Rowland: "We뭨e not here about that. We need you to do something for us."
Gabrielle: "Oh, okay."
Bob Rowland: "John surprised us last night when he announced he was turning down his college scholarship."
Helen Rowland: "Instead, he뭩 decided to expand his gardening business. Mow lawns full time."
Gabrielle: "Well, why, uh, why would he do that?"
Helen Rowland: "We don뭪 know why. Do you think we뭗 be talking to you if we did?"
Bob Rowland: "You뭠l have to forgive my wife. She뭩 still upset over the whole, um..."
Helen Rowland: "Statutory rape thing."
Bob Rowland: "Helen!"
Gabrielle: "What do you want me to do?"
Bob Rowland: "He뭩 refusing to talk to us. If you could just convince him that he뭩 making a big mistake..."
Gabrielle: "John and I made a clean break. I think it뭩 best if we just keep our distance."
Bob Rowland: "Please. Last week he turned eighteen and moved out of the house. We뭨e stuck."
Gabrielle: "I'm sorry. I, I뭢 so sorry, I just can뭪 handle this right now. I have my own personal things going on. My life is falling apart."
Helen Rowland: "I don뭪 care."
Bob Rowland: "Helen."
Helen Rowland: "We haven뭪 gone to the police about what you did. That can easily change."
Gabrielle: "I뭠l see what I can do."
Helen Rowland: "Good."
They start to leave.


Bob Rowland: "So nice to meet you!"
Gabrielle gives an automatic smile. Helen clears her throat and glares at Bob, who follows her.



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Lynette's House
Lynette stands on a ladder that's propped against the side of the house up to the roof. The two twins stand on the sidewalk, looking up, watching her.


Lynette: "You can do this, all right? Just, just scootch down a few inches, and I뭠l grab you."
Parker (sitting on the roof): "No, you뭠l drop me!"
Lynette: "I'm not gonna drop you. I might strangle you for climbing up here in the first place. But drop you, no. Come on!"
The car that has just pulled up to the sidewalk honks its horn. A man climbs out of the car and walks toward Preston and Porter, who rush at him. He gives them big hugs as Tom gets out of the car.


Lynette: "Okay. Just wait."
She begins climbing down the ladder.


Tom: "Look who I found wandering around the airport!"
Lynette: "Hey, Rodney!"
Tom: "Is Parker back up on the roof?"
Lynette: "Yep."
Tom: "See if he can find that frisbee while he뭩 up there."
Lynette: "Yeah, I뭢 gonna get right on that."
Rodney: "Oh! How뭩 my favorite girl?"
They hug.


Lynette: "I뭢 so happy to see you. It뭩 such a shame that Alison couldn뭪 make it."
Rodney: "Oh, just another business trip for the wandering salesman. She뭗 be bored to tears."
He looks up at the roof where Parker is sitting.


Rodney: "Hey, Parker! Come on, aren뭪 you going to give me a hug?"
Parker shakes his head no.


Rodney: "It뭩 grandpa!"
He holds open his arms.


Lynette: "Don뭪 take it personally. He뭩 scared to climb down."
Rodney: "Oh, can I give it a shot?"
Lynette: "Uh, yeah, sure, knock yourself out! Be careful."
Rodney climbs up the ladder.


Rodney: "Parker. I뭭e got a question for you. It뭩 only one, but it뭩 kinda an important question. A character defining question, actually. Wanna hear it?"
Parker: "Mm-hmm."
Rodney: "Only a little girl would be afraid to come down the ladder. Now, you뭨e not a little girl, are you?"
Lynette's expression‎ changes like she can't believe what she's hearing.


Rodney: "I뭢 not looking at a little girly girl, am I?"
Rodney cocks his head and looks quizzically at Parker. Lynette cocks her head and her expression‎ changes to disbelief.

A few minutes later, Rodney climbs down the ladder with Parker on his back.


Lynette: "Are you okay?"
Rodney, breathing hard with Parker on his back, jogs into the house as Tom comes out.


Tom (to Rodney): "Wow, you got him down!" (to Lynette) "How뭗 he do that?"
Lynette: "Sexism."


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Bree's House
Bree and Rex sit opposite each other at the dining room table. There are six lawyers at the table with them, three on each side.


Bree's Lawyer: "Let뭩 start off by addressing the division of assets."
Rex's Lawyer: "Well, we뭨e not prepared to discuss either the primary residence or the retirement plans at this time."
Bree's Lawyer: "Are you prepared to discuss the cars, the antiques?"
Rex's Lawyer: "I뭗 like to start by discussing the country club membership. Access to the facilities is integral to Dr. Van de Kamp몊 medical practice here..."
Rex: "What are we doing here?"
Rex's Lawyer: "I뭢 sorry, Rex?"
Rex: "I'm talking to my wife. Surrounded by lawyers, dividing up our stuff? I don몋 want this. I thought I did, but I don몋. Maybe we should talk this over before it몊 too late. What do you say, Bree? Should we send the vultures home?"
There's a long pause as Bree looks at Rex. Then she turns to her lawyer.


Bree: "I want to keep the club membership. Rex is terrible at tennis. And he hates buffets."
Bree's Lawyer: "Okay. If you'll turn to page two of our proposed settlement, you멿l find our prioritized list."
Rex's Lawyer: "Right."


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Paul's House
Paul sits down in a chair, smiling.


Paul: "They were kissing, huh?"
Susan: "Right at my kitchen table."
Paul: "You must have shocked the hell out of them."
He laughs.


Susan: "Well, I뭢 glad you can laugh about this."
Paul: "They뭨e just being kids."
Susan: "This is easy for you. You뭨e the father of the boy. I뭢 the mother of the girl. You know, if things get out of hand..."
In the next room, Zach comes quietly up to the closed door and listens.


Paul: "Now, what is it that you want from me?"
Susan: "Well, I want to know that I am not the only one who is worried about this, and I want to know that if the two of them are over here, that they are going to be supervised, and I really want you to stop looking at me like I뭢 crazy."
Paul: "The only reason I뭢 smiling is because it뭩 practically irrelevant. I뭭e sold the house."
Susan: "Really!"
Very quietly, Zach opens the door and peeks his head in.


Paul: "Mm-hmm. We멿l be moving at the end of the month."
Zach: "You sold the house?"
Paul: "Zach..."
Zach: "Why didn뭪 you tell me about this?"
Paul: "I wanted to wait until it was official."
Zach: "But you told me when I got back from Silvercrest that you뭗 reconsidered. You lied to me."
Paul: "I think you need to take your medicine."
Zach: "What, you think pumping me full of drugs is gonna keep me quiet?"
Paul: "Upstairs, now!"
Zach: "You don뭪 care about me, and you didn뭪 care about mom! You know what? I wish she had shot you instead!"
He leave the room.


Susan: "So you뭨e moving! We뭨e all going to miss you."


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Outside Lynette's House
Lynette drives her car into her driveway, talking to her kids.


Lynette: "In the future, checklist means 멼s it in the car? not like, 멶o you remember? okay?"

"The next morning, before Parker Scavo뭩 Little League game had even begun..."
Lynette stops the car and Parker runs out of the car. Lynette quickly follows.


Parker: "Okay!"
Lynette (to herself): "I뭢 not the one who forgot my mitt."

"...a major player was about to be tagged out."
They enter the house. Parker runs upstairs while Lynette walks through the living room. She stops suddenly when Rodney and a woman both peek their heads over the couch from where they were lying.


Lynette: "Hi."
Rodney: "Hi. I thought you guys were at practice."
Lynette: "Oh, Parker, um, forgot his catcher뭩 mitt."
Rodney: "Uh, Lynette, this is Lois McDaniel. She뭩 one of my major suppliers in the area. She뭩 a paper products manufacturer."
Lynette: "Oh."
Lynette goes around the couch to shake hands and trips over Lois's high heels, lying off to the side.


Lynette: "Uh, it몊 nice to meet you."
Lois: "It뭩 nice to meet you, too. You have a lovely home."
Lynette: "Thank you."
Rodney: "Just working out, uh, some of these new contracts."
Lois turns towards Rodney as he talks and quickly buttons up parts of her blouse that were open. Regardless of having her back turned to Lynette, Lynette can tell what she's doing.


Rodney: "Hammering out some of the little things, the minor details, overhead, shipping costs."
Parker comes running into the room, holding a pair of stockings.


Parker: "Mommy, look what I found!"
Lois: "I뭢 sorry. These are mine. Thank you. They must have fallen out of my purse."
Lynette stares accusingly at Rodney while Lois puts them back in her purse.


Lynette: "Well, um, we don뭪 want to be late for the game. Nice to meet you!"
She herds Parker out, but not before glaring back at Rodney.



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Bree's House
Bree is cleaning up the kitchen, Rex walks in.


Rex: "Hey!"
Bree: "I뭢 not speaking to you."
Rex: "Didn뭪 like the settlement talks, huh?"
Bree: "You only demanded the good china because you know I love it."
Rex: "You take our timeshare in Aspen, and I뭢 vindictive? Come on! You'll hardly ever use that place!"
Bree: "Hardly? How about never!"
Rex: "I mean, fine. When I move out, I뭢 going to use your good china for take out food. Yeah. Pizza, spare ribs..."
Bree: "You know what? At our next settlement talks, I plan on asking for your golf clubs!"
Rex: "Isn뭪 divorce fun?"
Bree looks at her watch.


Bree: "It뭩 time for your heart medication."
Rex: "You know I meant what I said at that meeting. I will fire my lawyer tomorrow, just give me the word."
Bree: "Sweetie, I think it뭩 too late."
Rex: "Why?"
Bree: "Because you were unfaithful."
Rex: "But, if you could find a way to forgive me, if we could find a way to be happy, wouldn뭪 you want that?"
Bree (exhales): "You know what I really truly want? Revenge. I mean, if somehow we could level the playing field, then, um, maybe I could find a way to come back."
Rex (laughs): "So what does that mean? You want to have an affair?"
They look at each other. Bree doesn뭪 answer.


Rex: "Okay, uh, who are we talking about here? The dopey pharmacist?"
Bree: "Would that hurt you Rex? If I slept with another man?"
Rex: "It would devastate me."
They look at each other again. And then Bree hands him a glass of water.


Bree: "Here you go."
Rex: "Bree. You, you can뭪 possibly..."
Bree: "Rex. Time to take your medicine."
Rex quickly throws the pills in his mouth and then drinks from the glass of water, frowning, as he watches Bree walk out of the kitchen.



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Susan's House, Nighttime
Susan puts a tea kettle filled with water on the stove when the phone rings. She starts walking toward it when Julie shouts from upstairs.


Julie: "I뭭e got it!"
Susan hesitates, then picks up the phone.


Julie: "...she doesn뭪 hate you. My mom just worries."
Zach: "She thinks I뭢 crazy."
Julie뭩 voice: "No, she doesn뭪. Well, maybe a little."
Zach: "You didn뭪 tell her what I told you, did you, about what happened to Dana?"
Julie: "Zach, I can keep a secret. I promise I will never tell her."
The tea kettle starts whistling.


Zach: "What뭩 that noise?"
Susan quickly hangs up the phone.



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Diner
Bree sitting alone in the diner. A waitress pours her coffee and walks away. George enters the diner, sees her, and pauses. He fingers a knife on the empty table he's passing by, then puts a smile on his face and walks up to her.


Bree: "Hi! Wha-What are you doing here?"
George: "I was walking outside, and I saw you in the window. I was surprised. I never thought of you as a diner person."
Bree: "I뭢 not. The coffee is just dreadful. Well, it뭩 late, and I needed to get out of the house, and it was the only place still open."
George: "I didn뭪 mean to interrupt."
He starts to walk away.


Bree: "George, would you like to join me for a dreadful cup of coffee?"
Later, Bree and George are both sitting in the booth, talking.


Bree: "It was my first week in college, and I went to a meeting of the young Republicans where Rex gave a speech, and I went up to him afterward and introduced myself, and I told him that I agreed with his stance on the death penalty. He took me out to a diner, and we, uh, stayed up till two in the morning talking about big government, gun control and illegal immigration. Ah. It was just--it was just such a magical night, and I knew, by the time he got me back to my dorm, that one day I was going to be Mrs. Rex Van de Kamp."
George: "Wow."
Bree: "And even now, you know, after the betrayal, I, I know that we뭨e supposed to be together. But I don뭪 know how I can be with someone I don't trust."
George: "So, what are you gonna do?"
Bree: "That I don뭪 know. What do you think I should do?"
George: "You뭨e asking me?"
Bree: "Oh, I should not have done that. I am..."
George: "No, no. It뭩 okay."
Bree: "No George, it뭩 not okay. It was insensitive. I know how you feel about me, and I..."
George: "Bree, I want to help."
Bree: "Thank you."
George: "So, does he love you?"
Bree: "Yes."
George: "Is he a good person?"
Bree: "Aside from the adultery, yes."
George: "Then it뭩 easy. If I could get a good person to love me, I would find a way to forgive them."
Bree: "You are such a special man, George Williams. And you deserve such a special woman."
George: "I think so."
Under the table, his hand clenches into a fist, squeezing hard on his pants.

Later, Bree arrives home and hangs up her coat. She looks over at the couch, where Rex is sleeping. She quietly goes up the stairs. On the couch, Rex lies on his side, his eyes open. Once Bree has left, he rolls over and looks at the clock. Almost 2 AM.



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Lynette's House
Rodney takes a bagel out of the toaster oven and tries to put butter on it quickly. As he's leaving the kitchen, he runs into Lynette and heaves a sigh.


Lynette: "Where are you going?"
Rodney: "Oh, I thought I뭗 just eat this in my room."
Lynette: "You know, the house isn뭪 that big, Rodney. You뭨e going to have to stop avoiding me."
Rodney: "Okay, okay. Lois isn뭪 a supplier."
Lynette (sarcastic emphasis): "Really..."
Rodney: "And I want to apologize. I, I thought you and the kids were going to be gone all afternoon. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
Lynette: "Well, for starters, you can wipe that disgusting smirk off your face."
Rodney: "Lynette!"
Lynette: "How could you do something like this to Alison?"
Rodney: "I don뭪 know. I don't know, it happens a little bit at a time. Years go by, the kids burn you out, I뭢 on the road so much, we just drifted apart. It뭩 complicated."
Lynette: "It뭩 not complicated. It뭩 completely irresponsible."
Rodney: "For years, I have stayed married to a woman that I don뭪 love because I made a vow to God. So don뭪 talk to me about responsibilities!"
Lynette: "But your take on this is you뭨e the victim?"
Rodney: "Oh, I can see that, uh, we뭨e just going to have to agree to disagree."
He picks up the bagel to leave.


Lynette: "We뭨e not done here."
Rodney: "Oh yeah, we are! Cause my sex life is my own business. Not yours. And there몊 nothing you can do about it anyway."
Later...Rodney sits on the sidewalk next to a briefcase, a suitcase, and a luggage bag.

Tom drives by, pulls into the driveway, gets out, and walks over to him.


Tom: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Rodney: "I don뭪 want to talk about it."
Tom: "Talk about what? Does Lynette know you뭨e out here?"
Rodney: "Oh yeah, she knows. Could you drive me to the airport?"
Tom: "Wait here."
He goes inside.

We see two empty glasses on the counter as Tom walks in the house. Lynette fills them with scotch as Tom calls out to her.


Tom: "Lynette?"
Lynette: "Yeah..."
Tom: "Why is my dad sitting out on the curb?"
Lynette: "Because I kicked him out of the house."
Tom: "I see. You want to tell me why?"
Lynette: "Hold on. I made you a drink."
Tom: "Oh God, what did he do?"
Lynette: "Yesterday, I came home, and I walked in on your dad with a woman. He몊 having an affair. I am so, so sorry. I know. Are you okay?"
She puts her hands on the sides of his face to console him. Tom pulls away and turns around.


Tom: "Yeah, um, I should go talk to him."
Lynette: "That뭩 it?"
Tom: "What?"
Lynette: "I just, I expected a bigger reaction. I몎e been sitting here with knots in my stomach."
Tom: "Okay, look, I never mentioned this before, because I knew how you뭗 react, but, um, I뭢 not that surprised by this. My father뭩 been having affairs for years."
Lynette: "You knew about this?"
Tom: "Yeah."
Lynette gasps.


Tom: "Kind of. I mean, it was mostly in the past. I mean, I didn뭪 know that he was still at it. I mean, I figured he was getting too old. In some strange way, I몀 actually impressed, you know?"
Lynette: "Impressed? Impressed? I-Tom, please, please don몋 tell me you몉e all right with this!"
Tom: "I뭢 not! No! No! He should never have brought that woman over here!"
Lynette: "No, he should never have been with her in the first place!"
Tom: "I know, I know! But you know, that몊 who he is, and I mean, it몊 been going on for years. My mom몊 made peace with it."
Lynette: "I seriously doubt that."
Tom: "Look, you know, there뭩 no point in talking about this. But, I뭢 going to go get my father, I뭢 going to bring him back in here, I뭢 going to put him in his room, and we can all just cool off."
Lynette: "That man is not coming back in this house."
Tom: "Yes, he is!"
Lynette: "No, he뭩 not."
Tom: "Lynette. He is my father. This is my house. You can뭪 tell me what to do."
Lynette cocks her head and looks at him.

Later...

Tom and Rodney sit on the curb together.


Rodney: "I say we go up there and kick the door down."
Tom: "Yeah, Dad, you do that. Let me know how that works out for you."


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John's Apartment
Gabrielle walks up to door 23 and knocks. A teenage boy opens it.


Gabrielle: "Hi, um, I don뭪 know if I have the right address. Does John Rowland live here?"
A few minutes later, John herds Gabrielle into his room and closes the door behind them.


John: "I뭢 really glad you came by. I was gonna call you again tomorrow."
Gabrielle: "Uh, yeah, I뭢, I'm sorry I haven뭪 returned any of your calls."
John: "It뭩 okay. I뭢 just happy to see you. I heard about Mr. Solis. It sucks you had to take a job."
Gabrielle: "Yeah, well, you know me, I뭠l survive."
John: "Come here."
He pulls her into an embrace. She hugs him, her hand on his back. When she pulls away, he goes to kiss her, and she pulls back further.


Gabrielle: "Oh, no. John. I, uh, I didn뭪 come here for that."
John: "What뭩 wrong?"
Gabrielle: "Well, I heard that you뭨e going full time with your gardening business. What happened to college?"
John: "I decided not to go."
Gabrielle: "Why?"
John: "Well, an opportunity has presented itself, and for me to take advantage of it, I need to start making money."
Gabrielle: "John, what opportunity is more important than college?"
John: "For the longest time, the only thing I had to offer you was my heart. Mr. Solis gave you security, and I couldn뭪 compete. But now, he can뭪 even offer you that. And I can. My business is taking off. I can take care of you. We can finally be together."
John gets up and gets something, and then turns around and gets on his knee. He opens up a small black velvet box with a ring.


John: "Mrs. Solis, will you marry me?"


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Susan's House
Julie opens up a jewelry box and takes out a pair of earrings. She turns to Susan, who's standing in the doorway.


Julie: "Please. Why else would you want to chaperone the dance?"
Susan: "Mrs. Van de Kamp needed volunteers. She begged me."
Julie: "You뭨e so transparent."
Susan: "Anyway, you won뭪 even know I뭢 there."
Julie looks at her.


Susan: "Well, not too much. Julie, you know you can tell me anything, right?"
Julie: "Yeah, mom."
Susan: "So if you had a problem, or some sort of secret was weighing on you..."
Julie: "Of course! I tell you everything."
She turns away.



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Paul's House
Zach puts on a tie while looking into a mirror. Paul is behind him.


Zach: "You know, I can뭪 believe you뭨e just uprooting us like this."
Paul: "We need a fresh start. Here."
Paul helps Zach with his tie.


Paul: "You want to get it about like this."
Zach: "So many bad things have happened around here. Finally I have someone I can talk to. It뭩 like you want to take that away."
Paul: "You mean Julie?"
Zach: "Yeah."
Paul: "What bad things do you talk to her about? Do you talk to her about your mother?
Zach: "Yeah, and other stuff."
Paul: "Like what?"
No answer.


Paul: "Zach, like what?"
Zach: "Dad, this is what I뭭e been trying to talk to you about. Okay, ever since mom died, I뭭e, I've started to remember things. Just quick flashes, from when I was little."
Paul: "Nice and taut like this. What kind of things?"
Zach: "Lots of blood. Mom screaming. And Dana."
Paul's hands still while fixing Zach's tie.


Zach: "I remember killing Dana."
Paul: "You told this to Julie?"
Zach: "I trust her."
Paul: "Did she tell her mother?"
Zach: "I don뭪 know."
Paul: "Start from the beginning. I want you to tell me everything that you told Julie."


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High School Gym
Students are dancing to the music. Zach walks through the crowd with a corsage in his hand. He finds Julie and walks up to her.


Julie: "Hey! What뭩 that?"
Zach: "Oh, well, I was going to give it to you, but I saw that the other girls weren뭪 wearing flowers. I guess it뭩 not that kind of dance. If you don뭪 want to stand out, I뭗 understand."
Julie: "I like standing out."
She holds out her wrist and Paul puts the flowers on her. They smile at each other.

At the punch table, Bree sways to the music as she pours punch. Susan stands next to her, watching Paul.


Susan: "What뭩 Paul doing here?"
Bree: "Oh, he뭩 chaperoning. He called a couple of hours ago and volunteered."
Susan: "Really?"
Bree: "Why, what뭩 wrong?"
Susan: "Well, the other day he could have cared less about Julie and Zach dating, and now, all of a sudden, he shows up at the dance?"
Bree: "Maybe he뭩 just trying to be supportive."
Susan: "Maybe."


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Pharmacy
Rex walks up to the counter. George gives him a big smile.


George: "Dr. Van de Kamp."
Rex: "Hello, George. My cardiologist phoned in a prescription."
George: "Oh, right, right. I뭭e got it here somewhere."
He turns around and begins searching through the prescriptions behind him.


Rex: "So, have you seen Bree lately?"
George: "Yeah, I ran into her last night at the diner on Maple Avenue. We had a nice talk."
Rex: "That뭩 all you did? Just talk?"
George: "We뭨e just friends, Dr. Van de Kamp. Nothing more."
Rex: "That뭩 good to hear. You know, if you ever do get a vibe from Bree that뭩 she뭩 interested in more than just friendship, I뭗 be careful if I were you."
George: "Excuse me?"
Rex: "I just want you to know that she뭗 only be using you to even the score with me. Don뭪 fall for it."
George: "Bree would never do anything like that. She뭩 a lady."
Rex: "Exactly. A very beautiful, classy lady. Remember, they tend to end up with doctors, not pharmacists."
George: "Bree is very beautiful, and very classy, but she뭩 not very perceptive. For instance, she thinks you뭨e a good person, and it is now very clear to me you aren뭪."
Rex: "I뭗 like my prescription now, George."
George rifles through the bags in front of him, stopping when he sees the right one.


George: "I can뭪 seem to find it. I guess I뭠l have to have it delivered."
Rex: "Thank you."
George: "No, thank you."
Rex leaves and George rips open the bag, opens the bottle, and throws the pills in the trash.



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High School Gym
The song "Dust in the Wind" is playing. Paul walks around the gym. Susan pours punch for a student when Paul walks up to her.


Susan: "Paul."
Paul: "Did you notice? They뭨e playing a classic."
Susan: "Yeah."
Paul: "Care to dance?"
Susan: "I뭗 love to."
They begin dancing.


Susan: "I have a little confession to make."
Paul: "Oh?"
Susan: "I뭭e been so concerned about Julie lately that I sort of eavesdropped on her the other day when she was having a phone conversation with Zach."
Paul: "Really?"
Susan: "They were having a very interesting conversation."
Paul: "About?"
Susan: "Zach was telling Julie about what happened to Dana."
Paul: "Was he now?"
Susan: "Yes."
Paul: "How much did you hear?"
Susan: "Everything."
Paul: "You realize it was an accident."
Susan: "Oh, of course. I assumed as much."
Paul: "He didn뭪 mean to kill Dana. He was practically a baby himself. He didn뭪 understand what he was doing."
Susan: "No, of course he didn뭪. So, what happened exactly?"
Paul: "Mary Alice and I never really knew. We heard the baby screaming. By the time we got up to the crib, it was too late."
Susan: "Paul, I am so sorry."
Paul: "Thank you."
He adjusts his hand and puts it on her lower back, pulling her close.


Susan: "So you and Mary Alice just kept this to yourselves all these years?"
Paul: "It was a very dark chapter in our lives. We preferred not to relive it. It was also a private family matter. I뭗 appreciate your discretion."
Susan: "Sure."
They continue dancing.

Later, Paul and Zach walk to their car.


Paul: "Did you have a good time?"
Zach: "Yeah, I did. It was great. Look, I want you to know that I뭢 really sorry I talked to Julie. But she did promise me that she wasn뭪 going to say anything to her mom."
Paul: "It뭩 okay. I handled Susan."
Zach: "Good."
Paul: "But we need to talk about these things that you think you remember. They뭨e not true."
Zach: "How can they not be true?"
Paul: "Memories lie, Zach. You didn뭪 kill anyone. Dana is very much alive."


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Outside Gabrielle's House
Gabrielle pulls into her driveway. As soon as she opens her door, Helen and Bob Rowland emerge from their own parked car across the street and head briskly over to Gabrielle. Gabrielle shoots a quick look at her house to make sure Carlos isn't coming out.


Gabrielle: "Hi, what are you doing here?"
Helen Rowland: "Where is it?"
Gabrielle: "What?"
Helen: "The ring, Gabrielle. My grandmother뭩 ring!"
Gabrielle: "John caught me off guard. Obviously I뭢 going to give back the ring."
Helen: "Well you better, because make no mistake, if you try to ruin my son뭩 life, I will ruin yours!"
Bob Rowland: "Helen, okay, go to the car! Come on, please, just, please..."
Gabrielle: "Obviously, I뭢 not leaving my husband and marrying John."
Bob Rowland: "Well, I think that뭩 wise."
Gabrielle: "I뭠l talk to John tomorrow and give back the ring."
Bob Rowland: "Okay, good, good. We appreciate everything you뭭e done."
He turns to go.


Gabrielle: "Hey, Bob! I get why she뭩 so angry with me, but, what I don뭪 get is, why you뭨e so nice."
Bob Rowland: "Well, John뭩 a big boy. Whatever happened between the two of you is his mistake as much as yours."
Gabrielle: "I guess. I understand if, uh, you hate me just a little."
Bob looks over at Helen, sitting in the car and watching them closely.


Bob Rowland: "When I was a kid, I always played by the rules. I never cheated on a test, never even missed a curfew. But I can뭪 help but think how wonderful it would have been to have made at least one mistake like you."
Gabrielle: "That뭩 sweet, you뭨e, you're very sweet."
Bob Rowland: "Hmmm...I뭢 a little sweet. Mostly I뭢 just middle-aged."
He turns and leaves.



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Outside Paul's House
Paul pulls into his driveway and he and Zach get out of the car.


Paul: "Are you okay? I know this is a lot to digest all at once."
Zach: "I뭢 fine. I뭢 just happy you finally told me the truth. One thing though. Why are you telling me all this now?"
Paul: "I couldn뭪 let you keep thinking that you killed someone. No one should carry that kind of burden."
Zach: "Or you just didn뭪 want me running my mouth."
Paul: "That뭩 not what뭩 it뭩 about."
Zach: "Yes, it is. I won뭪 tell anyone. I뭠l keep your secret. Dad."
Paul: "Thank you."
Zach: "But we뭨e not moving."
Paul: "That뭩 out of the question."
Zach: "Well, I뭢 not leaving Julie, and if you want my support, that뭩 the deal."
Paul: "And if I refuse?"
Zach: "You won뭪."
He smiles and goes inside the house.



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Lynette's House
Tom gets into bed and gets comfortable with a magazine. Lynette, sitting up against the headboard, watches him.


Lynette: "So here뭩 the thing, I feel really awful about how I acted before."
Tom: "For God뭩 sake, Lynette, you threw me out of my own house."
Lynette: "I overreacted, I know. I뭢 sorry."
Tom: "Look, I know you love my mom, but how she decides to live her life, is, it뭩 entirely up to here."
Lynette: "You뭨e right. You뭨e right. I guess I just got so upset because - oh, whatever, let뭩 not beat a dead horse, it뭩 over, I뭢 sorry, good night."
She kisses him and rolls over and turns off the light, exhaling as she lies down.


Tom: "Okay, get it off your chest."
Lynette: "Well, you knew your father was having an affair, and it didn뭪 seem to bother you that much. And that worries me, because if you can find it in you to condone something like that, then what뭩 gonna happen when you뭭e been on the road for forty years?"
Tom: "Lynette, I뭢 not my father!"
Lynette: "I know, of course. You뭨e not your father."
She kisses him again. He opens his magazine.


Lynette: "And just so we뭨e absolutely clear, I am definitely not your mother, because if you ever betray me, I will leave you. I will take the kids, and I will walk out that door, and you will never see any of us again."
She exhales loudly.


Lynette: "Glad to get that off my chest. Thank you."
She kisses him again.


Lynette: "I love you!"
She rolls over, missing the worried look on Tom뭩 face.

Later that night, Rodney comes down the stairs and sees Tom sitting at the kitchen table.


Grandpa Scavo: "Couldn뭪 sleep, huh?"
Tom: "No."
Grandpa Scavo: "Me either. I뭢 so sorry about the ruckus I caused."
Tom: "That뭩 okay, I뭢 not, uh, upset about that."
Grandpa Scavo: "No?"
Tom: "No."
Grandpa Scavo: "What뭩 wrong?"
Tom: "There뭩 something that Lynette doesn뭪 know about, dad. Something that I did, and I don뭪 know what뭩 going to happen if she ever finds out."


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John's Apartment

"The next morning, Gabrielle returned the engagement ring to her former lover, a gesture that was met with..."
A glass shatters in the fireplace.


"... measured enthusiasm."

Gabrielle: "Please, calm down!"
John: "It just doesn뭪 make any sense. Okay, you love me, I know you love me!"
Gabrielle: "Love is not enough. Where would we live, here with your roommates? The only decoration in the bathroom is a bong!"
John: "We could get our own place!"
Gabrielle: "How? You뭨e barely making minimum wage!"
John: "Okay, sure. We뭗 be poor at first, but we뭗 be happy."
Gabrielle: "I뭭e tried poor but happy. Guess what. It wasn뭪 that happy."
John: "Mr. Solis is going to jail. You want to stick around for that?"
Gabrielle: "I don뭪 know. You know, every once in a while, even I want to do the right thing."
John: "Mrs. Solis, I love you so much! Doesn뭪 that mean anything to you?"
Gabrielle: "Honestly, no. John, you뭨e a toy. A sweet, dumb toy, so you might as well go to college, because you and me, no future!"
John, with reddened eyes, storms past Gabrielle and slams the door. Gabrielle begins crying.



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Susan's House, Nighttime

Zach: "Ms. Mayer! Hey, is Julie home?"
Susan: "She뭩 in the shower."
Zach: "Oh. Well, I just came by to give her some good news."
He pushes past Susan into the house.


Susan: "What뭩 that?"
Zach: "Well, it turns out that my dad and I aren뭪 moving after all."
Susan: "What?"
Zach: "Yeah, he reconsidered, so I guess we뭨e going to keep living across the street."
Susan: "Okay. Wow, uh, wow. You know, uh, can you sit down? I need, uh to talk to you."
She sits down at the kitchen table. Zach walks over to a small table and picks up the corsage he gave Julie at the dance. He smells the flowers.


Zach: "Hey. You know that Julie is the first girl I ever gave a flower to?"
Susan: "Really."
Zach: "Yeah. Yeah, I really like her, Ms. Mayer."
Susan: "Zach, um, Julie is only fourteen years old, and sometimes girls, when they뭨e that age they just don뭪 always make the right decisions. And, um, as her mother, it is my responsibiliity to protect her."
Zach: "You want to protect her from me?"
Susan: "No, I, I just, I think that you should slow things down. I, I, I want you to not see her for awhile."
Zach: "No."
Susan: "No?"
Zach: "You뭨e not taking her away from me."
Susan (chuckles): "Listen, I know being dramatic is the birthright of every teenager, but come on..."
Zach: "WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING!!??"
He turns over a table.


Zach: "DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?"
Susan (harshly): "Thank you, Zach. You have just made this really easy for me. You are now forbidden from seeing or talking my daughter ever again! And if you come within ten feet of her, I will call the police, and I will have you arrested! Now get out!"
Zach walks to the door. He stares down at the flower he was still holding, drops it on the ground, and then leaves. Susan picks up the flower and looks at it. She closes the door.



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John's Apartment

"Sooner or later, the time comes when we all must become responsible adults..."
John looks at the ring and his father takes it from him, then pats him on the shoulder.



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Gabrielle's House

"...and learn to give up what we want, so we can chose to do what is right."
Gabrielle climbs into bed with Carlos, who gives her a kiss, and then pulls up the covers.



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Bree's House

"Of course, a lifetime of responsibility isn뭪 always easy."
Bree gives Rex a glass of water and his medication from the pharmacy.



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Lynette's House

"And as the years go on, it뭩 a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear."
Lynette hugs Rodney as Tom leads him out of the house.



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Susan's House

"But still we try to do what is best, what is good."
Susan, carrying a laundry basket, knocks on Julie뭩 door.


"Not only for ourselves, but for those we love."
She doesn뭪 go in the room, but we see the open window and the curtain blowing.



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High School Gym
In the darkened gym, Zach paces. The door opens and Julie enters.


Julie: "Hey!"
Zach: "I뭢 glad you came."
Julie: "Zach, I can뭪 stay long. If my mom catches me, she뭠l freak."
Zach: "Come here."
He holds out his hand. Julie walks forward and takes it.


Julie: "She said I can뭪 see you any more. What are we gonna do?"
Zach: "I뭢 not sure."
They embrace.


"Yes, sooner or later we must all become responsible adults. No one knows this better than the young."

~ The End ~