A Weekend in the Country

Teri Hatcher stars as Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives on ABC.

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The boys are back in town: Mike's awake, Andrew's come home, and John the Gardener's here for a quick trim of Gabby's hedges. Here's how it happens: Susan and Ian go away to his cabin for the weekend. After first pausing to let their insecurities run wild -- how little experience he's had (the only other woman he's slept with is his wife) versus the eleven notches on her bedpost -- they finally do the deed. Which means that Susan's not at the hospital when Mike finally opens his eyes -- but Edie sure is! Lynette and Gabby go to the spa for the weekend, leaving Tom takes the kids on a camping trip. But Tom's trick back goes out (the trick being that it seems to go out whenever Lynette really needs to do something important for herself), and Lynette has to come to the rescue. Unfortunately, Snora manipulates her way into the rescue party, and the two women embark on a bicker festival of a road trip. In the middle of all the snaps and snips, Snora reveals that Tom isn't happy in advertising, which is why he hasn't been trying very hard to get a job. Thus illuminated, Lynette gives Tom carte blanche to pursue whatever his dreams may be -- a far too open-ended offer of support that's sure to pave the way for some unpleasant storylines (Tom Opens An Emu Farm, or Tom Takes An Erotic Massage Class, or Tom Paints His Stomach To Look Like A Face And Learns To Dance So It Looks Like His Bellybutton Is Whistling). Back at the spa, Gabby runs into John the Gardener who, it turns out, is now rich with his own landscaping company. They sleep together (Gabby has a trick back of her own...a trick mattress back), but then his fiancée shows up and Gabby is forced to make her escape by packing herself into John's luggage. Bree and Orson are all set to leave town for their honeymoon, but while waiting to board their flight, Bree spots a news story about homeless teens, with son Andrew front and center. She cancels the honeymoon and tracks down Andrew, but he's not at all interested in coming home. Bree is sad. Orson is sympathetic. Orson tracks down Andrew and tries to bond with him over their shared issues with rage management. Andrew resists, but by episode's end, he's back on Wisteria Lane. Oh, and Julie blows a fuse, literally, and Abby Austin has to come over and stand very, very close as he shows her how her fuse box works. Also literally.

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