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Desperate Housewives

A Humiliating Business

Season 7, Episode 7, Aired Nov 07, 2010

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Susan begrudgingly accepts Lynette's offer to be baby Paige's nanny, and Bree is too embarrassed to tell Keith (guest star Brian Austin Green) that she's beginning to go through menopause. Meanwhile, Renee makes a tempting job proposition to her friend Lynette, and Gabrielle fears that Bob is trying to seduce Carlos after the two strike up a friendship. Beth (guest star Emily Bergl) begins to question Paul's motives on the lane.moreless

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John Schneider

Richard Watson
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Nancy Travis

Dr. Mary Wagner
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Erika Eleniak

Barbara Fine

Teri Hatcher

Susan Delfino
Felicity Huffman

Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross

Bree Van de Kamp
Eva Longoria

Gabrielle Solis
Vanessa Williams

Renee Perry
Brenda Strong

Mary Alice Young

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another good episode....

9.0

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By danny7277, Jun 05, 2011

A Humiliating business was another good episode of desperate housewives seventh season with some good storylines,
Bree probably had the best storyline this week, with her going through menopause, i thought that bree would be abit young for menopause but then agian we dont really know hoe old the women actually are,
Lynette and susan shared a really nice story this week it was nice to see theses two characters bond seems we dont see them together that oftern,
Gaby had a filler story this week but it was funny non the less, and im glad to see that bob and lee are back together
Overall a good episodemoreless
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By TrueTvWatcher, Mar 20, 2011

A Humiliating Business was a superb episode of Desperate Housewives. The housewives truly are desperate in this episode, in their own ways and it was interesting to watch their story's unfold. I really enjoyed this episode, there were some funny moments, some truly humiliating moments, and the actors made it all seem so real. This episode is a good example of how viewers can relate some how to some character in the show. The Paul story line only gets better, and the ending of this episode will be shocking! I am excited and can't wait to see what happens next!!!!!moreless
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By thefanof, Mar 20, 2011

Another strong episode of Despeate Hosuewives here tonight, and more importantly the Susan storyline here tonight did not completely give me a headache. I am not sure how long they will have her as Lynette's nanny, but a few more weeks and some crazy hijinz are sure to ensue (can anyone say getting locked out of the house again?)

Vanessa Williams is starting to fit in with the cast pretty well. While she is essentially Edie 2.0, the show has needed that almost villain since Marc Cherry unceremoniously killed off her character so as long as she fills that void I am okay.

Good episode, lots of laughs here.moreless
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Beth turns out to be Felicia's daughter, but that's a no-brainer.

7.5

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By viidu, Mar 20, 2011

Overall an entertaining episode as always. The thing is, the big revelation about Beth, well, kinda pretty obvious from the beginning, no? I can't guess though what plot Paul is trying to pull and I hope it will be something really BIG.

Bree's got the worst story line for sometime, and this season's no better. The romance with Keith, euh, it's just not interesting from the very beginning. I have this feeling that the writers don't work hard enough for her and I really liked her character. One more thing: can't shake the feeling that Renee's character is somewhat the shadow of Edie ... ...moreless
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An average episode but with an interesting ending.

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By lovewinter, Mar 20, 2011

I knew it from the beginning that there was something about Beth. All about her behaviour told me that, how she protected Paul in previous episode and her mysterious conversations with her mother. But that she was Felicia's daughter? I really didn't think of that. It was a shock. I totally forgot about Felicia Tilman and to see that she's Beth's mother... Like I said, shocking. Anyway, what I really wanna know out is what is Paul going to do with all that houses, his cellmates moving in, etc.
What I also liked in this episode was Bree and Keith's relationship. It seems like Keith really loves Bree and wants to have a future with her. That conversation between them about children was so sad.
But everything else, even Susan being Lynette's nanny was nothing special. If it wasn't for ending, this episode would be just average for me.moreless
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Jak chutná ponížení (What Humiliation Tastes Like)
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- Original International Airdates:
  Germany: February 16, 2011 on ProSieben
  Norway: March 22, 2011 on TV2
  Australia: March 24, 2011 on Channel 7
  Czech Republic: January 12, 2012 on Prima LOVE
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- Although credited, James Denton (Mike Delfino) is absent from this episode. Charlie Carver (Porter Scavo), Joshua Logan Moore (Parker Scavo) and Madison De La Garza (Juanita Solis) are too absent, and therefore are not credited.
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- Gabrielle's remark about Tom Scavo being two drinks away from being gay may be an in-joke to the fact that Doug Savant had played a gay character named Matt in "Melrose Place".
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- After Bob passes on the tickets to a musical theatre piece, Gabrielle, wanting to give him tickets to something, suggests "Barbra". She is referring to Barbra Streisand, an American singer, actress, director, and songwriter.
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- Gabrielle offers Bob tickets to an orchestra-level session of Cats, which is a musical composed by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. The London production ran for twenty one years and the Broadway production ran for eighteen years, both setting long-run records.
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- Bob: When I found out Lee had seen Annie six times, even I wanted to gay-bash him. Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip "Little Orphan Annie", with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for "Best Musical".
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- Episode Title: The title of this episode comes from a lyric in the song "Every Day a Little Death", in the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music.
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