Remember (1)

Season 2, Episode 23, Aired
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Flashbacks (featuring special guest star Steven Culp) take us back to moving-in day on Wisteria Lane for Bree, Lynette, Susan and Gabrielle and how Mary Alice brought them all together. Also, in other flashbacks we are taken back to the day Melanie Foster was murdered. Back in the present, Bree gets some frightening news. Susan moves into a trailer after her house was burnt down. Lynette and the kids are staying at a hotel. After seeing a report on the news, Gabrielle believes Carlos died. Paul begs Zach to get him a good lawyer via Noah.moreless
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  • loved it

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    By danny7277, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    i really loved this episode of desperate housewives all the flashb acks were great i really loved all the women meeting eachother for the first time and it was great to see mary alice back on the screens agian after a season away the storylines were also good this week i loved the lynetter stuff that nora seems like she is going to cause alot of trouble the applewhite stufff also quickend the pace although that stoyline has been pretty weak so im glad that it will be over and never to returnmoreless

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  • Los recuerdos son la mejor forma para entender el pasado.

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    By chupisfunky, Jun 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    Poder ver la historia que crearon juntas estas esposas desesperadas de Wisteria Lane le da un toque muy fresco al programa que ya se necesitaba. Susan desde el comienzo mostr ser un bulto de sal. gabrielle hermosa, radiante y muy egoista. Lynette muestra lo perfecto de su matrimonio. Y Bree nos muestra como es ser una controladora total. Las apariciones especiales de Rex se agradecen, porque es un personaje muy querido por la audiencia y sigo sintiendo que su salida fue demsasiado temprana, pero bueno la seria ha podido continuar. Por fin el martirio de los Applewhite se est empezando a terminar.. por fin.moreless

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  • Mary Alice flashes back to moving day on Wisteria Lane.

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    By Writer2000, Dec 07, 2006 Report Abuse
    Remember is one of my most favorite episodes of Desperate Housewives. I thought that it was very well done. All of the flashbacks were great, and I really enjoyed seeing Brenda Strong in some actual scenes, and I really liked how she did the narrations. I especially enjoyed her delivery of the end narration. Brenda definitely did a very good job in this episode. I found the shocking twist about who really killed Melanie Foster to be very interesting, and I didn't see it coming at all. That twist really made up for the second season mystery not being as suspenseful as the first season. I have to say that I really liked Nora in this episode. I thought that she was very funny. I thought that all of the housewives did a very good job of acting in this episode, especially Marcia, Eva, Felicity and Brenda. All in all, this was an outstanding episode, and it's definitely one of my all-time favorite Desperate Housewives episodes.moreless

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  • great

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    By nsveb, Nov 19, 2006 Report Abuse
    summary of what happened in the past 6 months and we have a background of Orson... What happened to Danielle??? The episode didn't even include saying where she had disappeared to... And Julie?? she's not in the season premiere?? cleary the writers are focusing more on the adults now... The opening sequence is rather cute, showing what is happening to the various characters simultaneously.. Mike has now been in a coma for 6 months due to a hit-and-run by Orson, who is now engaged to Bree. Little does Bree know that he killed his wife because she was going to leave him! He was a control FREAK and his ex-wife realised that she could not live that kind of life anymore, and decided to leave. However, on the day that she decided to, Orson had come home just after leaving for work because he suit had a stain and had come home to reprimand her for it.. He ended up killing her and then cleaning up the whole house with bleach.
    The only person to know the truth is the neighbour, whom nobody believes. Sad but true...
    Let's see how long it takes for the truth to surface, and if Mike ever wakes up and gets his revenge..moreless

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  • I met Desperate Housewives on the day when 1st episode was aired... :P

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    By blacked_line, Oct 31, 2006 Report Abuse
    Thank God it wasn't just a boring flashback episode. OK, it was, but the new scenes were put in and some juicy details were revealed.

    And the most interesting parts were the ones when Mary-Alice says: "I met --name of the housewife-- on the 1st they moved to Wisteria Lane." Oh, and ha ha ha, the funniest ones were Susan and Bree. And OMG, I can't believe what happened between Lynette and Tom. I can't wait to see what will happen in the next episode...moreless

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    • When Susan locks herself in the moving truck, she asks Julie to unbuckle herself. Clearly in the shot before, when Susan walks into the truck, Julie is getting up from her strawler. Edit
    • Mike does not find out for sure that he is Zach's father. He only assumed so as he found out that it was Deirdre's son. What Mike doesn't know, but Zach does is that they have the same rare bloodtype. Edit
    • Right after the opening credits, when the moving van arrives and a chair falls out of its back, you can see a hand quickly disappearing inside the van, suggesting that the chair was being thrown out by force. Edit

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    • Even though they are credited Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt) and Shawn Pyfrom (Andrew Van de Kamp) do not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Julie: (About the RV) So, is there anything you should prepare me for? Susan: No, no. It's all good. Oh, but you should know that your bed doubles as the dining table, and the toilet's in the shower. Edit
    • Melanie: And out of nowhere, he just attacked me. Matthew: My brother's never been violent. I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you. Melanie: But he did. Matthew: Let me just take you home. Melanie: This has been pretty traumatic for me. I think that you should come over for the next few days so we can talk it out. Matthew: We broke up, Mel. It is not my job to hold your hand. Edit
    • Lynette: Let's suppose your husband begged you to get pregnant, begged you, and out of the goodness of your heart, you agreed, even though it might derail your career. You agreed to a baby. A baby, singular. Tom: Lynette, we've just met these people. Lynette: Then, then you go in for an ultrasound, and you hear two heartbeats. Then, and only then, does your husband tell you that twins run in his family. Tom: I didn't think it was that big a deal! Lynette: Your family had eight sets of twins over three generations, not to mention your relatives in Kentucky with triplets! Triplets! So I ask you, do I not deserve to punish this man severely? Susan: Well, actually, I think that twins are genetically determined by the mother. Lynette: What are you, a scientist? Susan: No. No, I write children's books. Edit

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    • The title "Remember" is a song from the 1973 Stephen Sondheim musical "A Little Night Music." Edit

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