Pretty Little Picture

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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Before she took her own life, Mary Alice Young had planned to host a dinner party for her friends, and the woman realize the date of the event is soon approaching, so they decide to throw it anyway in honor of her deceased neighbor. ''Susan wants to invite Mike, but he catches her being rude towards her ex-husband (guest star Richard Burgi as Karl Mayer) and his girlfriend Brandi (guest star Anne Dudek), which leads her to realize she needs to get over her rage, and in order to do so Karl must give her the apology he owes her. In the meantime, Bree doesn't want people to know she and Rex are seeing Dr. Goldfine (guest star Sam Lloyd), in order to keep up a nice faade, and Gabrielle finds herself being blackmailed by an unexpected person when she is caught having her affair with the gardener. Lynette wants to attend the dinner party, but her husband (Doug Savant) seems less than willing to go, attributing this to a tiring work week, and Zach soon begins to lose his marbles with his father when he can't get Paul to talk about his mother or acknowledge her demise.moreless
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  • Great!!!

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    By danny7277, Oct 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was another great installment of desperate housewives which continued its very uniquie blend of humor mystery sex and murder, this episode also did a great job of keeping the characters intresting fresh and fun and i have to say the actress who portray the four leading ladies are simply brilliant, im am really enjoying this new season and i am aware that it is still early days but after two extremly well written episodes i think housewives is gonna be a pretty big hitmoreless

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  • Un capitulo que reafirma el éxito del PILOT. Comedia, drama, alegría.

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    By chupisfunky, Jan 25, 2008 Report Abuse
    Es bueno ver a los hombres de la serie interactuar ms con las mujeres, entender las relaciones entre ellos, como con las amistades y como son cuando estn guardando las apariencias. Este capitulo revive el inters en la trama de la serie y nos da muy buenos momentos de comedia para cambiar la rutina sobre la Muerte de Mary Alice... Ver a Mike y Susan seguir enamorandose, mientras el matrimonio Van de Kamp sigue su camino cuesta abajo. Este episodio es de los que uno sigue recordado con cierta frecuencia, tomas y momentos inolvidables para todos los fans de la serie.moreless

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  • Whoa! The best writting ever! It was wonderful, very single sentence in this episode is perfect. "Are we happy?" The details of the desperation.

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    By Lostfinding, Sep 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    I really loved the writting in this episode! It was great, some sentences were really original... When Tom says "till they find Nemo" was really special! :D The dialogues were amazing.

    So, the camera did a really great job too! THe way the episode was filmes really did a lot for the whole funny moments.

    Lynette storyline was great, they transmit a lot! They are the best couple in the show. Xd When Lynette said some sentences you are laughing so much. I love the "Son of a - it was... " Xd Hilarious. When she said "Are we happy?" it was such a touching moment.

    Susan storyline was original aswell and Teri acting when she was nude was great! It was one of the best moments in the show. The scenes with Mike were really credible! They did it great.

    Gabi story was a little less interesting but it had really funny times aswell. The scene when Carlos scared Gabi talking about Bree was really exciting.

    Bree was great here too! Her personality "all perfect" is really anoying and that is why she is really an interesting character.

    So, this episode is really funny, perfect written and had some really touching moments so I think we can put a ten in here.moreless

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  • Every single detail.

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    By vukcevic, Apr 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    Mary Alice was suppoused to make a dinner party for everyone to gather and chat because they never did that. Susan notices the date and Mary Alice is dead so they decide to go through with it in some way to honor Mary Alice.
    Susan locks herself outside after having a massive fight with her ex husband Karl and she was found by Mike.
    Bree is preparing the dinner for everyone and Rex got drunk a little bit and chatty and said about marriage counseling and she revealed that he cries after he ejaculates.
    Lynette is mad at Tom because he lied about the exhaustion, he forgot to mention parties.
    Gabrielle is caught in her adultery by a new neighbort Ashley Bukowski, little girl, and Gabrielle does all that she can to keep little girl satisfied and her mouth shut.
    Amazing episode, one of those classics.moreless

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  • Susan and Bree are both humilated and Gabrielle and Lynette's relashonships are in trouble...

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    By boildacabbage, May 07, 2006 Report Abuse
    Before Mary-Alice died she had planned a dinner party for the housewives and their husbands to attend. Even though she has passed on the girls decide to go ahead with the dinner party as a tribute to Mary-Alice.

    Bree, who is hosting the pary, is worried Rex will blurt out that she and him have been seeing a marrige conslour so she says if anyone asks why he leaves work three times a week he should tell them he and Bree are taking tennis lessons.

    Susan notices that she will be the only one going to the dinner party without a date. She decides to ask Mike and feels she has some issues to resolve with Karl, who comes to her house and insults her. Susan, who is wearing just a towel, runs out of her house screaming at him. She slams his car door but the towel gets stuck in the door and Karl drives off with it. Susan is discovered hiding naked in her shrubs by Mike who helps her get back into her house and tells her he\'d love to go to the dinner party.

    Lynette\'s husband Tom seems unhappy about going to the dinner party because he\'s just come back from a long business trip. He says he\'d love her to stay at home with him and just relax. Lynette finds out he was really at a party instead of a business trip and that he can stay home and mind the kids while she goes to the party.

    and when Gabrielle invites John over she gets caught kissing him by a little girl called ashley who blackmails her into buying her a bike and teaching her how to ride it.

    At the dinner pary Rex blurts out that he and Bree are in marraige conseling. In revenge, Bree tell one of Rex\'s embarrising secrets to everyone. Rex is so annoyed he moves out the next day. It seems these two might never get along again...moreless

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    • The actress who plays Brandi, Anne Dudek, also played a character named Denise on Charmed. Denise gets Piper's blasting power by mistake and says she wants to get back at her ex-husband who "ran off with his secretary", quite similar to Susan's character. Edit
    • Goof: When Lynette gets home, Tom is there waiting for her with a drink. When she is getting the drink you can see that in one shot his arm is hidden with the sweater, but the other shot you can see that her hand is not hidden. Edit
    • When Bree steals Mary Alice's tape she takes it with her right hand and grabs it to her waist while she raises her left hand to her hair, in the very next shot when doctor Goldfine enters the room you can see the right hand is up, and when the camera comes on her the next shot the left hand is up again. Edit

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    • The theme of this episode was fear. Edit
    • Although credited, Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt) doesn't appear in this episode. Not only it's the first time she doesn't appear in an episode, it's also the first time a regular character doesn't appear. Edit
    • According to an interview with Teri Hatcher, she mentions that she was actually naked, but there was some tape put on specific parts of her body (like her butt, breast, and between the legs) since this is American television. Edit

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    • Bree: Rex. In college, when we first started dating, people were so jealous of us. We were the golden couple. Everybody knew we were going to have this wonderful life. Why is this happening? Rex: Because you won't even let me pack my own suitcase. Edit
    • Susan: Listen, Mike, about the whole "seeing me naked" thing. I just wanna thank you for being such a perfect gentleman. Mike: Oh, I wasn't a prefect gentleman, I might've snuck a peek. Susan: Oh, goodnight. Mike: And for what it's worth, wow. Edit
    • Carlos: (about Bree) I would cry too if I had to have sex with her. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Episode Title: The title of this episode comes from Stephen Sondheim's song Pretty Little Picture from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Edit
    • Tom: "We actually got 45 minutes till they find Nemo..."
      Tom is talking to Lynette on how much time they have left alone from the kids as they are off watching Finding Nemo. Finding Nemo is a 2003 cartoon movie from Disney about a father and son fish separated from human fishers and try to find their way back to each other. Edit

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