- As Halloween approaches, Susan is forced to reveal her secret; Juanita becomes suspicious of Gabrielle's sudden interest in Grace; Paul takes Beth out to light a spark in their unromantic relationship.
- As Halloween approaches, Susan is forced to reveal her secret, sexy internet side job to a shocked Mike; Juanita becomes suspicious of Gabrielle's sudden interest in Grace; Lynette becomes concerned about Tom's mother's memory lapses; Bree learns a secret about Keith; and Paul is encouraged to take wife Beth out on a date in order to light a spark in their unromantic relationship.—ABC Publicity
- "Desperate Housewives" - "Excited and Scared" - Oct. 31, 2010
Paul is frustrated because Beth won't sleep with him, no matter what he does or says. He goes to couples therapy to convince her to sleep with him. She admits she didn't think about him getting released and wasn't concerned with that "other stuff." Here Beth reveals that she's a 30-year-old virgin. The doctor suggests they "start dating" so she can start developing normal romantic feelings for him. He warns her until he gets some action, they're going dutch on the dates.
It's Halloween and the whole gang is decorating the lane. Renee is throwing a party at her house and wants everyone to come. Lynette's mother-in-law, Allison, comes in and asks to have some hand cream. Lynette asks her to wake up Paige at 3:00 PM so she won't be up all night.
Susan shows Mike the Va-Va-Va Broom website. He's upset with himself that he didn't do a better job taking care of the family. She explains that Paul Young is now blackmailing her into selling him their house, but since she told him they don't have to do anything. Mike wants to go after him. Susan tries to stop him and says she has an idea to get him to back off.
Meanwhile, Gaby is taking Grace and Juanita trick or treating and the girls are excited. Juanita finds Gaby's locket in Grace's stuff and recognizes it as her mother's. Grace says it was a gift from her aunt. Juanita doesn't belive her and swipes it back and shows Gaby that Grace is a thief. Gaby explains she gave it to her as a gift. Juanita is beside herself with anger and jealousy over her mother's attention to Grace.
Lynette comes home with the cream and the baby is not up. Allison tells Lynette to stop yelling at her and calls her a liar, getting very upset. Allison is apparently under the delusion that she is talking to her late husband.
Susan goes to visit Paul with a muffin basket and asks him to back off. She notices a thumbtack on the wall which is a violation of their lease agreement. She tells him he has 60 days to vacate. He threatens to call Mike and tell him everything. She tells him Mike knows and isn't happy about the blackmail threat. She shows him the hammer that she pried out of Mike's hands and tells him again 60 days.
Bree comes home to Keith's apartment in order to get to know him better. It's beautiful and clean, shocking her. One problem: female roommate, Mimi.
That night, Paul takes Beth to a haunted house at Susan's school for her first date. He hopes it will scare her into grabbing onto him and he quitely spreads the word about Susan's job.
Meanwhile, Lynette is up with the baby and miserable and mad at Allison. She goes to put the hand cream away and sees that Allison has many, many jars that she bought. She wakes up Tom and shares her worries that his mother is not all there. Tom minimizes Lynette's concerns. But she insists it's more and he looks worried.
The next morning Tom chats with his mother. She pulls up an ancient memory impressively about him as a child at summer camp afraid of being away from home. He asks Lynette if she heard that. She says it might be "sundowning." Lynette says that she did some research and learned that 'senile dementia' sometimes shows itself only at night and it's 9:00 in the morning. For an elderly person with dementia, their long-term memory about events from decades ago remains more or less intact, but their short-term memory escapes them. Tom gets mad and continues to be in denial that his mother is senile, but Lynette points out she left the stove on the other day, and keeps forgetting things including Penny's name, as well as forgetting that she bought jars of hand cream. Lynette wants to take Allison to a doctor for a diagnosis, but this makes Tom only more angry and he tells her to let the matter drop.
In the morning at Keith's, Bree runs into Mimi in a skimpy outfit. Mimi says Keith never stops talking about her so Bree needn't worry. Bree flips through his mail and finds a letter from the Dept. of Corrections. She goes to ask Renee if she's gotten the vibe that Keith is crazy. Renee says the vibe she got was that Bree is a little crazy given the way she got Keith from her. Bree said she found out that Keith is on probation for assault and battery. The bartender told Renee that Keith was defending his girlfriend's honor in a bar.
Meanwhile, Grace loves the costume Gaby made her and calls her the coolest mom ever, she's a fairy princess. Juanita is a puppy. Gaby fusses over Grace and Juanita gets jealous and wants to switch costumes. Gaby says it's a no go.
Susan is teaching class when the principal calls her in. She comes home, in costume, to tell Mike that she got fired because they found out about the website. Mike threatens to go kill Paul but she says one of the moms called. He worries about what they're going to do. She says she'll find another job. He says "doing what?" (considering that Susan is a huge klutz and cannot do much of anything without breaking something). He makes the call to get a job on an oil rig in Alaska. Susan says he'll be gone for at least three months and he can't do that to their son MJ who will be even more depressed then he already is without his father. Mike scolds Susan by asking her if she wonders if she was thinking about MJ when she was dancing around in her underwear. Susan asks Mike not to say that. But Mike says that from now on he's making the decisions now.
Beth comes home from a date and tells Paul that she enjoyed herself and that when he was talking about the past, his childhood, he seemed less intimidating. He goes to kiss her and she wards him off. He tells her that if he just wanted to get laid he could've by now, he wants to connect with someone, have a partner, and... yes sex is part of that, but there's more. He goes to kiss her again and she slaps him. He tells her he wants her gone by the end of the week.
We see kids trick or treating on the Lane.
Renee's party is in full swing. Renee is Marilyn Monroe. So is Lee. Keith thinks she's Michelle Obama. Bree is a cheerleader.
At the Scavo house, Allison is enjoying giving out candy but worried that they're running out and needs to go to the store. Tom says they have more. Gaby shows up with her girls. Allison thinks Grace is Gaby's daughter instead of Juanita. Allison suddenly then repeats herself by saying that they are running out of candy and decides they need more candy again and heads to the store while Penny looks worried.
At Renee's party, a guy dressed as a football player starts bugging Bree and Keith comes over and scares him off. But that's not enough for him and he goes after the guy even after he backs off. Keith makes the guy apologize repeatedly and then pushes him. Bree tries to get him to stop. Keith then leaves the party while Bree follows close behind. On the street, Keith then starts yelling at Bree and explains that he has anger management issues about losing his temper and he has been arrested twice for this exact same thing. Keith tells Bree that if she wants to break up with him, she can. Bree explains that she's a recovering alcoholic and they all have baggage. She wonders if there's anything else that he is hiding from her. He says no, for she's seen him at his worst. Bree says she can handle it and wonders if he can deal with an obsessive-compulsive control freak with a drinking problem. He answers with a kiss.
Back at the Scavo house, Tom and his sons are watching a horror movie on their TV (the thumb-cutting scene from the 1964 gore film 'Two Thousand Maniacs!'), when the doorbell rings with more trick-or-treaters. Tom calls for his mom to get it but Penny says she went out. Tom is nervous and goes out looking for her asking the kids to watch the baby. He misses her at first as she is sitting on a nearby curb looking confused and disorented.
At the Solis house, post-trick-or-treating they kids are enjoying their haul. Gaby continues to fuss over Grace and then goes to Celia a bath. Grace can't get her tiara out and Juanita cuts it out with scissors along with a bunch of her hair.
Leaving the Renee party, Lynette gets a call from Carlos, he has Allison on his front porch. Lynette goes to collect her and she's shaken and scared and confused. When Lynette tries to help her she slaps her in the face. Tom sees this. Allison immediately starts to apologize and wonders where she is.
Beth calls her mother and tells her that Paul said "I want you gone." She says she does everything he asks her but she's unhappy but maybe she should come home. Her mother counsels her, apparently, to stay and try and make it work.
Meanwhile, Susan is trick-or-treating with MJ. Lee catches up to her and asks again about selling her house to Paul. Susan determines that it was Paul who spread the word and takes MJ's caveman club and goes into his house swinging at everything, breaking every object she sees. Beth comes down the stairs with a gun and points it at Susan, telling her to leave. Susan tells Beth that she doesn't know what he's done or the person that Paul really is. Beth replies that she doesn't care. He's her husband and she again tells Susan to get out. Seeing that there's no getting through to the mentally unhinged Beth, Susan leaves. Beth then goes to Paul to ask if he's okay and she kisses him... seriously kisses him throwing her gun hand over his back.
The next morning, Gaby finds Juanita staring at her jewelry box as she reads her the riot act about cutting Grace's hair. Juanita wonders what's so special about Grace and why Gaby likes Grace better than her, gives her gifts, and fusses over her. Carlos overhears this and says it's time to pull back from seeing Grace since Juanita obviously knows something is up. Gaby says she'll just be more careful. Carlos insist they protect their daughter's feelings. Gaby points out that Grace and Juanita are both their daughter's.
Meanwhile, Mike is packing for Alaska. Susan doesn't want him to go. Mike doesn't either but he says it will get them enough money to get Paul out of their house and besides if he stays he might kill him.
Tom comes home and tells mom it's time to go... to the assisted living facility. Allison does not like this. She wonders when she'll get to go home. He says they'll have to wait to see what the doctor's say. She's afraid she's going to die there. He says he and his siblings and they all agree she can't live alone anymore. They're afraid something bad will happen to her. She says the only bad thing happening is what he's doing to her. He says he doesn't know what else to do. She pulls up that same old memory to point out that when he wanted to come home she offered to come get him. She gets up and walks away. Lynette reaches out and take his hand.
Mike heads off for Alaska after a tearful goodbye with Susan and MJ.
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