If It's Only In Your Head (2)

Season 5, Episode 24, Aired
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Bree tells Karl about Orson's shady blackmail scheme, and Karl finds a way to scare him off, but things backfire when Bree becomes upset with him and Orson still doesn't leave her. Tom learns he's been accepted in college after all, and Lynette worries her cancer might be back. Katherine and Mike head off to the airport to get married in Las Vegas afterwards. Ana Solis (Maiara Walsh), Carlos' niece, arrives on Wisteria Lane to stir up some trouble. Karen and her sister Roberta (guest star Lily Tomlin) break into Dave's home, and in the meantime Dave comes closer and closer to exacting his revenge schemes, and no one is safe.moreless
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  • finale

    8.5
    "Great"
    By danny7277, Jun 08, 2011 Report Abuse
    overall this was a pretty good finale we get to meet ana gabys niece i think gaby may have of met her match with ana im sure she will be casuing all sorts of troble next year
    bree and karl finally kiss this was so obviously going to happen im not sure that it is a good idea though the bree of the first season would never be attracted to a man like karl
    lynette discovers that she is preghany agian i mean come on cant the writers thing of anything better for her character
    susan and maynard are saved by mike and dave goes to a looney bin
    the cliifhanger this week was who has mike married katherine or susan im pretty sure it will be susan but if it is she is abit of a cow for marrying the man her best friend loves
    excited for next season and i hope itm improves on this season which has been average at bestmoreless

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  • Interesting.

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    By naldro, Jun 20, 2009 Report Abuse
    First Lynette, she learns she's pregnant again. I would have thought that after three pregnancies, they would either be careful or would have gotten an operation. I wonder if they'll get one now.
    And Bree, I kinda find it interesting that she is hooking up with Karl, I wonder how Susan would react to that. I'm sure Karl will beg her for mercy if he tries to dump her. And Gabrielle, she's probably met her match in Anna or will have her hands full no doubt. I'm sure among the things that might happen will be the Scavo boys fighting ober her. And Susan, I hope she's not the bride. Cause is she is Katherine is going to raise hell. I like the banter between Susan and Mike as a divorced couple.moreless

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  • Average ending, no life-changing cliffhanger...

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    By super_friend21, Jun 10, 2009 Report Abuse
    Season 3's cliffhanger remains one of the best to be honest. And last year's was really good, however this year's the writers were apparently on their own strike because this mystery should have been solved around midseason, maybe in February. In the meantime, Lynette is hilariously pregnant with twins - AGAIN! Bree appears to have started an affair with Karl, Gabrielle's niece moves to Wisteria Lane and is a complete b!tch, and Susan and MJ's lives are in grave danger at the hands of Dave...Now this part was very tense but the conclusion was unsatisfactory and the cliffhanger is frustratingly tantalising mainly so the Susan or Katherine for Mike lovetriangle will end because the writers have made Dana Delany a pathetic desperate shell of her character. What happened to Adam? Anyway, the worst finale DH have ever done and if you disagree, re-watch the other four!moreless

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  • Bloody Hell! (part two)

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    By mobbs456, Jun 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    Well, what a great season finale! Very dramamtic, very tense and very emotional! But first...
    Lynette: Gosh I really didn't see that coming - she's pregnant? with twins? I wait to see the consequences of this revelation in season six...
    Gabby: I am surprised she didn't slap or kill Anna. I can see some very interesting and very juicy story lines coming up in the next series. Also, it appears she is turning Carlos against Gabby, which is bad.
    Bree: shocked that Karl had the nerve to do what he did, but was even more shocked when Bree accepted this and was happy to be juicy. Go Marcia Cross!
    But the whole Susan-Mike-MJ-Dave thing rocks! Very powerful and well acted by Teri Hatcher - especially the moment when she thought MJ was dead. And the ending... I reckon its Katherine, but who knows...moreless

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  • An okay season finale, a little predictable though.

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    By carouselgirl, Jun 03, 2009 Report Abuse
    Okay, the whole Dave storyline was soooooo predictable. There was no way that the creators of desperate housewives were going to kill off an innocent regular like MJ and Susan definitely wasn't going to die especially after Edie's recent departure. The whole thing was too predictable for my liking.

    I love that they've brought Carlos' niece to the cast though, and the parallels drawn between her and Gabbie. I think the development of this in Season 6 will be interesting to watch.

    Lynette's pregnancy seemed a bit random and almost as if the writers were running out of stories to give her and just decided 'Oh well lets just give her another baby...no wait...two babies'. Again, it wasn't the most shocking twist.

    Bree and Karl was another odd storyline... I was really hoping her and Orson would be able to sort things out because they were great together at the beginning of season three and seem so well suited for each other. It also seems hypocritical of Bree, who prides herself in family values and fidelity (especially after Rex had cheated on her). I just don't like where they're going with this.

    I did like the end scene with the mystery of who was underneath the veil, but still, this didn't seem like a sufficient twist for a show like Desperate Housewives. I think Season 4's season finale was miles better despite the writers strike.moreless

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    • When Lynette holds up two fingers, Tom asks her if she is about to recite the "Girl Scout Oath". The "Girl Scout Promise and Law", as it is called, is recited with three fingers held up. Edit
    • This is the second season finale episode in which Mary Alice doesn't appear, in which there is no mystery resolution, and in which no major character dies. Edit

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    • This episode marks the last appearance by Neal McDonough (Dave Williams) as a series regular.

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    • This episode marks the 100th appearance by Doug Savant as Tom Scavo. Edit
    • International Episode Titles: French: Dans La Peau De Dave Dash (In the Skin of Dave Dash) Italian: I Tarli Della Mente (The Woodworms of the Mind) Germany: Showdown (Showdown) Czech Republic: Kruh se uzavírá (The Circle Is Closing Up) Edit

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    • Dr. Rushton: I'm glad you came in. We've got your results back and the tests did pick something up. Lynette: So, it is the cancer. Oh God, I can't go through this again! Dr. Rushton: No, no, no. Nothing like that. You're pregnant. Lynette: Excuse me? Dr. Rushton: About six weeks or so. Lynette: Are you sure it's not cancer? Edit

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    • Episode Title: The episode title, "If It's Only In Your Head" is a lyric from the song "Putting It Together" from the 1984 musical Sunday in the Park with George. The full line is 'A vision's just a vision if it's only in your head. If no one gets to see it, it's as good as dead! It has to come to light." The line "A vision's just a vision", taken from the same lyric, was used as the title for another episode earlier this season. Edit

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