Carlos's murder of his wife Gabrielle's evil stepfather (guest star Tony Plana) and the cover-up by the housewives has far-reaching effects, as feelings of guilt begin to overcome everyone in different ways. Gabrielle works to reach out to Carlos while his guilt weighs heavily upon him, and Susan starts to withdraw from her friends and family. As Lynette and Tom are grappling with their disintegrating marriage and impending separation, the former is having trouble making the right choices ever since she participated in the cover-up. And Bree must be especially careful around her new romantic interest, detective Chuck Vance. Meanwhile, a sexy new neighbor, Ben Faulkner (Charles Mesure), moves to town, and he's Renee's first order of business.
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In "Come on Over for Dinner", Alejandro is seen driving a 2-door Ford Focus, but when Bree and Gabrielle go to dispose of his car in this episode, it is a 4-door model.
Susan: We're going to get caught, people always get caught! We can't do this, we're not criminals. We drive carpool!
Bree: That's enough! This was a very bad man. He attacked our friend and her husband protected her, and now we are going to protect them. That means we tell no one, not the police, not our families... no one.
Ally: We can't have any detours. They say you have to get to the airport three hours early for international flights.
Gabrielle: Oh, honey, relax. Since we caught Bin Laden, you can stroll on the plane anytime you want.
International Airdates:
Norway: December 20, 2011 on TV2
Germany: January 4, 2012 on ProSieben
With this episode, Mark Moses (Paul Young) is no longer a series regular. Also, Kathryn Joosten (Karen McCluskey), Kevin Rahm (Lee McDermott) and Tuc Watkins (Bob Hunter) are dropped as "starring" castmembers, but retain an "also starring" credit throughout the season, only in the episodes that actually feature them. Madison De La Garza (Juanita Solis) is promoted, joining the "starring" cast, along with former "special guest star" Jonathan Cake (Chuck Vance). Also, new series regular Charles Mesure (Ben Faulkner) joins the "also starring" cast.
This episode is the first season premiere since season 3's "Listen to the Rain on the Roof" to not be written or co-written by series creator, executive producer and former showrunner Marc Cherry, and is one of only two premieres (along with season 2's "Next") to not have his name in the writing credits. Instead, new showrunner Bob Daily penned the episode.
Episode Title: The title of this episode comes from a lyric in the song "I Know Things Now", taken from the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods.
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