We're So Happy You're So Happy

Season 5, Episode 2, Aired
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Lynette feels that she is being pushed aside by her son Porter, so she goes out of her way to spark up the good relationship they once had. In the meantime, Orson isn't all too pleased with Bree's newfound success, particularly with her being branded as "Mrs. Van de Kamp". Mike meets Jackson (guest star Gale Harold), and wants to spend some time with him in order to better know the man who is sleeping with his ex-wife and spending time with their son. Gabrielle wants Carlos to get a job as a masseur at the local country club, but when he does so she is uninvited from a high profile party, which leaves her frustrated and desperate to get her old social life back. Mrs. McCluskey grows suspicious of Dave's reasons for being on the lane, and Dave worries that his wife may ruin his plans by intending to move away.moreless
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  • Season 5 episode 2

    8.5
    "Great"
    By danny7277, Jun 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    This wasnt a bad episode, i am still getting used to the five year jump it is hard to adjust to the fact that are characters are in completly different placs then they were in season 4, This week the storylines seemed pretty average, i seriously do not like suans new boyfried he is soooo annoying.. I alos dont like frumpy gaby she is not as fun as she used to be.
    Lynettes sons are also pretty annyoing, And why was orson being so horrible to bree making her make him a pot roast...
    I wont the old housewives back i dont like the 5 jumpmoreless

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  • Season five's second stopover in Wysteria Lane isn't much more eventful than the rather disappointing first.

    6.5
    "Fair"
    By screenagedkicks, Jun 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    Before we begin, let's lament the fact that Shawn Pyfrom continues to get all of about two minutes of screen-time per episode (sorry Marc Cherry, suits do absolutely nothing for me get the boy playing pre-coital video games in bed with his super hot boyfriend again, thanks!) Anyway... season five's second stopover in Wysteria Lane isn't much more eventful than the rather disappointing first: honestly, what did we really get to sink our teeth into this week? Susan agonising over her Queer as Folk USA boyfriend's new found rapport with her ex-husband? Well, while it at least made a refreshing change from the 'let's fight over the woman like a pair of Neanderthals' thread that usually comes of these things, I'm genetically pre-disposed to hating the whole storyline anyway as (a) it involves Mike Delphino who I've had about enough of and (b) we all know this is all just going to end in Susan's what is it, fourth or fifth? reunion with her so-called 'soulmate'. I'm tired of it, we're tired of it, hell, even they're tired of it. Cherry really dropped the ball by separating the pair rather than taking the brave leap and killing Mike off, or even just doing a Monica and Chandler and keeping them together. It's not such a crazy notion, you know. What else? Gabrielle mourns days gone by when she could swan around 'important' parties looking beautiful. Boo bleeding hoo. I was hoping we could skip all the self-pity and explore the Solis' family life a little more, especially given how well executed their storyline was in the season premiere. Too much to ask, it seems. Instead, we get a highly predictable tread through narratalogical shores of old, although it must be acknowledged that the pay-off sequence between the couple in their car is rather nicely done. Elsewhere, Edie's new husband continued on his journey down the 'whack out' highway with his admonishing of Mrs McClusky which, while having its moments, was completely telegraphed from the get go (it must surely be only the character herself who didn't see the return of her cat as an inevitability following her apology), and Porter proved to be a poetry fan a nice, surprising slice of character development but, of course, blundering Lynette had to ruin it all. In, you guessed it, desperately predictable style. Would it kill the writers to throw a few curveballs at us? Does the show really need to be this, well, safe? They do flex their muscles and show their mettle with poor Bree's problems with her husband; their closing scenes in particular are an echo of the triumphs of old, brilliantly acted and directed by all and, it must be noted, decidedly disturbing. Orson's cold commands, his insistence that his tired partner tend to his needs, is completely unexpected and partially saves the episode as a result. More of this please guys, and less that could've been written in your sleep, thanks.moreless

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  • It had some really great storylines and funny moments mixed in with plots that were a little boring.

    8.5
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    By OTHfan323, Apr 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Gabby trying to maintain her social life was classic Gabby. The scene where she tried to find a way to fix the situation was so funny and it was hillarious that she ended up just running away. Carlos' cluelessness made these scenes even better. I also loved the scene where Carlos let her know that they were better off being poor and happy. The Lynette storyline was decent but it seems like this type of storyline had been done before, but it was funny to see Lynette being desperate to see what was going on in her son's life. The one thing I didn't like about it was when she signed the email love mom. I don't think she would be that stupid. Bree's storyline was ok but it was a little boring. I kind of expected her to be embarressed by him and not be associated with him after he got out of jail. With Susan it was pretty funny how MJ and then Mike found out about the new guy in Susan's life. Bringing Karl into it was pretty funny. I loved that Mrs. MuClusky had a bigger role and it was really interesting to see what Dave was capable of.moreless

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  • Bree has her own book coming out

    8.5
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    By vicky24c, Jan 08, 2009 Report Abuse
    In this episode of Desperate Housewives, the following happens. Jackson and Mike met for the very first time. We learn that Carlos gives massages to people, in their house. One of Lynette's sons believes he has met the girl of his dreams online only to discover that he is in fact talking to his mother. Orson and Bree have a few disagreements, especially after she realises a book by the name of Mrs Van de Camp. When she returns home after midnight from an event he demands that she makes him a pot roast which she had promised him. She makes it and stands in the kitchen preparing the meal, with tears running down her face.moreless

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  • Names Written by Alexandria Cunningham Directed by David Grossman

    8.0
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    By shawnlunn2002, Oct 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    Bree: "I have a name now".
    Orson: "And luckily for you, it's not mine".

    It's amazing what five years can do to a marriage. Bree and Orson started off being one of the best couples on this show and now thanks to this episode, their marriage is beginning to crack big time.

    It doesn't take much to see what's been driving them apart though. Although Bree has conveniently forgotten about that time she helped cover up Andrew's hit and run she hasn't been as forgiving with Orson's attempt on Mike. Pointing out yet again that I do not condone what Orson did, it's still strange that Bree hasn't gotten past it.

    Orson tried to repent for his sins by going to jail during the unseen five years and Bree kept her promise and took him back. Last week he showed some sadness at her dedication to her new profession and this week he's even more furious.

    The first thing to get on Orson's goat is Bree's insistence on using her former surname Van De Kamp for her public persona and book. Although I can see why Orson wouldn't take to this particularly well, Bree's profession reasoning for the use of her former marriage name made some sense. I guess 'Hodge' doesn't really scream conservatism enough.

    While Orson and Bree do argue about this, Bree ended up making it ten times worse by denying his existence during a radio interview. Again while Bree might have had a good technical excuse for that, I can see Orson's upset as well. The fact that she also openly admitted that she was ashamed of Orson's criminal record had to sting.

    But here's the thing Orson has a criminal record because of her insistence that he turn himself in. Under normal circumstance, this would be a commendable action in Bree if it wasn't for the fact that it simply wasn't her place to decide whether Orson should pay for the crime. After all it was Mike's and Mike was perfectly happy to let it go.

    The worst part of the episode however occurs when Bree makes Orson a promise to cook him a pot roast. It's predictable that Bree would end failing to deliver on that promise and while that is sort of bad, Orson's behaviour however is ten times worse than Bree's.

    I mean making his wife cook him a pot roast during the middle of the night when she's about to drop is a bit below the belt. I haven't sympathised with Bree in quite a while but I felt for her there and it speaks negative volumes about Orson. I know there were some hints in the past about Orson's controlling behaviour (originally the writers had envisioned him as another run of the mill lunatic) but this felt like character assassination to me.

    Without sounding like a geeky shipper (because I kinda hate that word), I do like Bree and Orson as a couple. Both Marcia Cross and Kyle McLachlan spark off brilliantly with each other and to be honest, I would kind like to see Bree 'have it all' or at least proof that you can be in a great relationship and pull off a rewarding career. Something like that after all should be more than just a pipe dream as far as I'm concerned.

    However if Orson's behaviour is worrying, then Edie and Dave are also a cause for concern. The Edie of old would laugh off a casual insult or deliver one twice as lethal to the unwitting sap out to smite her. This Edie however decides she wants to pack her bags and leave Wisteria Lane even quicker than she returned.

    Luckily for us, Dave is able to say the right words in getting Edie to stay put. Granted it means that he has to use that patronising motivational speaker voice of his but while the guy exudes creepiness and has his own motives, I for one do not want to see Edie leave the show again.

    It's not that I think Nicolette Sheridan is the best actress or that Edie is the best character but she does add to the show in her own and some of the best dialogue does tend to be given to her from time to time. Plus it would be interesting to see if she can reconnect with the rest of the women or befriend Katherine at the very least.

    As for Dave, I already mentioned the creepy factor but here not only does he seem to have an S&M (minus the leash) type of hold on Edie but the way he reads people is way too uncomfortable for my liking. I know he's a motivational speaker but his working was something that was more destructive than constructive.

    He managed to get his own back on Karen by reading into the fact that she's lonely and talks to her cat, Toby like it's a person. Newsflash Dave a lot of non-lonely people also adopt a similar dynamic with animals but it doesn't take much to see he was right about Karen.

    The reason why Karen suddenly came into Dave's orbit was down to her refusal to apologise to Edie. Now here I side with Karen but that's mainly because her insult though mean was actually funny. Besides Karen also reminded us that Edie was more than capable of delivering her own insults.

    That being said Dave did go too far in getting his own way. He stole Karen's cat and offered to look for it if she promised to apologise to Edie. For a brief second you could see vulnerability in Karen and Edie as well as a moment where Edie exchanged some compassion for Karen.

    However it wasn't all that surprising that when Toby was returned, Karen would automatically assume that Dave played his part in the cat being missing in the first place. The more interesting part is that it seems that it will be Karen and Katherine who'll get stuck into the Dave mystery.

    Last season I could take or leave Katherine but ever since she became Bree's disgruntled partner in the catering business, she's become less annoying. Karen's always been a fun character to watch and it's nice that she's being given more solid material to work with in the last two seasons. Hopefully this doesn't spell her leaving the show anytime soon though.

    Meanwhile when it comes to utterly daft schemes to get to know your children, Lynette manages to be such a pro that Tom ends up looking like the rational one. When Lynette meddles, her heart usually tends to be in the right place but it doesn't excuse her stupidity with this episode.

    Focusing on one of the twins instead the both of them is a good idea though. Personally I've never really cared for Porter but I did like him in this episode when it was revealed that he had a thing for poetry and wasn't as bland as he came across in the last episode.

    Lynette decides to spy on her son by logging onto a social network and pretending to be a girl just so she can find out what goes on in that head of his. Tom told her it was a bad idea (as well as a massive invasion of privacy) but Lynette still went ahead and did it.

    Of course there was no way she was going to get away and when she had to 'dump' Porter after he confessed that he was falling in love with her alias, she made the mother of all mistakes. Needless to say Porter caught her, refused to speak and there was a nice moment where he admitted (out of earshot) that he enjoyed being honest with his mother.

    Speaking of honesty, Susan's attempts of hiding Jackson are still going arseways but after she admitted to Mike last week that she was seeing someone, what the hell did she expect? Granted the ways in Mike, MJ and Karl both met Jackson were a little cheesy but this is still a fun plot.

    I mean Jackson's a nice guy and while he and Susan are doomed, I like that he's able to get on with Mike and that Karl didn't make him want to run for the hills. Even pairing him with Mike as a potential friendship was a nice touch as it got Susan to look at some of her issues with her ex-husband.

    As for Gabby, the poor thing still fails to look authentically frumpy in each passing episode but for the second week in a row, I'm still interested in her ongoing storyline. For someone as gloriously materialistic as Gabby, having to play poor wife and mother does feel like a comedown.

    With Carlos now as a masseuse (I like that character development by the way); Gabby went into overdrive trying to reclaim her social status. First she made sure that Carlos took the job at the country club and then she gate crashed a party that Bree had to tell that she was uninvited to.

    Of course rejection is something that Gabby never took well to so it was funny to watch her and Carlos sneaks into the do. I almost didn't feel like scolding when Gabby fooled Carlos into thinking he was being photographed as well. However I did hate the way that Bree was unsympathetic to Gabby's plight. At least Carlos actually stepped up to the plate with that whole 'rich people are miserable too' spiel.

    Also in "We're So Happy, You're So Happy"

    The Previously On bit came back with clips from "Free" and "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow".

    Jackson: "Wow, could this be any more awkward?"
    Mike: "Well your robe's open so, yeah".

    Mary Alice waxed about Jackson being a thoughtful boyfriend but he's got to have a skeleton or two in his closet, right?

    Dave: "Adults don't pack up and leave because of good natured teasing".
    Edie (re Karen): "She said that my breasts are a triumph of German engineering. Is that good natured teasing to you?"

    Gabrielle: "Carlos I don't need to spend all the time with you and the kids are on the fence".

    It seems that in five years time, MySpace, Bebo and Facebook will all be replaced with Silverfizz, which seems to be across between MySpace and MSN.

    Karen (to Dave, re Edie): "I say she's easier to get into than a community college and she says my face looks like a knee. It's fun".

    Lynette: "Porter sent me a sex poem".
    Tom: "Why?"
    Lynette: "He may be in love with me".

    So Susan has a thing for earlobes (I get it) and Mike a thing for his toes. The latter reminded me of Gabe from Six Feet Under.

    Tom: "Dear Porter, I really like you but I wanna see other offspring".
    Lynette: "Go away".

    Guy (to Susan): "Lady, what the hell are you doing with my beer?"
    Mike: "We're not married anymore so I'm not protecting you".

    Karl's appearance in this episode had something to do with an insurance document for Julie. Hope we see her soon.

    Karl (to Susan): "Plumber and painter in the one house. Don't get dizzy climbing the social ladder".

    Gabrielle: "That was Mrs Downing. How am I gonna fix this?"
    Bree: "At this point, I'd run screaming into the night".

    Of all the people who own a computer, why turn to Katherine? Is it because like Edie, she's also an outcast or it is because Katherine seemed a little interested in Dave?

    Porter: "I wasn't telling you anything, I was telling her".
    Lynette: "Okay for one thing, I loved our conversations and I'm going to miss them".
    Porter: "Me too".

    Bree: "Orson, I've been cooking all day. I'm so tired I can barely stand up. Do you really want me to make you a pot roast now?"
    Orson: "You promised".

    In this episode we met the new Parker but not Penny and Andrew only had at least one scene. I hope he gets a boyfriend this season.

    Katherine: "Why would you bring me flowers?"
    Karen: "Because you've got a computer and I need to find out about Edie's husband".

    Chronology: A week or two since "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow".

    Okay this was a little better than the premiere episode of the season. "We're So Happy, You're So Happy" was obviously a lie seeing as Bree and Orson are miserable with each other and Dave's a whack job waiting to happen but overall I'm actually convinced this five year leap is working.

    Rating: 8 out of 10.moreless

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    • Actor Joshua Logan Moore had to dye his blonde hair red to get the role of Parker Scavo. Edit

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    • International Titles for this episode: Czech Republic: My jsme šťastní, vy jste šťastní (We are happy, you are happy) Edit
    • Although credited, Kendall Applegate (Penny Scavo) is absent from this episode. Edit

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    • Karl: Hey, Susie Q! Just shakin' the dew off the lily. (to Jackson) And speaking of, that paint job in the guest can is nice. Kudos. Susan: What are you doing here? Karl: Well, Julie needed me to co-sign some insurance stuff for her, and I guess I lost track of time talking to Cracker Jack here. Plumber and house painter in one move, Susie? Don't get dizzy climbing that social ladder. Susan: Can you leave, please? Karl: Just think: if I'd been a roofer, we might still be together. Sigh... Susan: Get out! Karl: (to Jackson) See you around, Hacky Sack! Edit
    • Bree: You're still here?! Dinner is about to be served. Whose seats are you in? Gabrielle: The Bowmans. I found out Mrs. Bowman is home with the flu. Score! Oh, don't worry, it'll be fine. (Gabrielle opens the door, only to hear:) Mr. Bowman: No, no, you don't understand; these are our seats and this is my mother! (Gabrielle closes the door) Gabrielle: That was Mr. Bowman, wasn't it? Bree: Yes, and I'm pretty sure that elderly woman with him was his mother. Gabrielle: What kind of a man leaves his sick wife at home to go party with mommy?! Bree: You can fix this. Just tell them that you're at the wrong table and then step outside. Gabrielle: Right. (Gabrielle opens the door a second time, only to hear:) Boss: Yes, sir. He has absolutely no right to be here. (Gabrielle closes the door a second time) Gabrielle: That was the boss, wasn't it? Bree: Yes, and he appears to be checking the guest list. Gabrielle: Which we're not on. Bree: You can fix this. Just explain that you're going to a different party at the club and that you got confused. Mrs. Downing never has to know. Gabrielle: Right. (Gabrielle opens the door a third time, only to hear:) Mrs. Downing: You need to leave. Now! (Gabrielle closes the door a third time) Gabrielle: That was Mrs. Downing. How am I gonna fix this? Bree: Well, at this point, I would run off screaming into the night. Gabrielle: Thank you. (Gabrielle opens the door a fourth time, only to see Carlos escorted out by guards) Carlos: Hey, get your filthy hands off me. Gaby! Gaby!! (Gabrielle closes the door a final time) Gabrielle: Poor blind bastard. I'll meet him outside. Edit
    • Mrs. McCluskey: (to Dave) Hey, this is what Edie and I do, we tease each other. I say she's easier to get into than community college, she says my face looks like a knee. It's fun! Edit

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    • Tom: (to Lynette) Are you gonna tell him the truth now or are you gonna wait until he kills me and blinds himself? This references to the Greek play Oedipus Rex (lending itself to the term "Oedipal complex") where the title character kills his father and unknowingly marries his mother. Then once he learns that he is married to his own mother, he blinds himself. Edit
    • Episode Title: The title of this episodes comes from a lyric in the song "So Happy", featured in the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Edit

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