Here is the promised summary link for those who did not watch the episode.

Sometimes Cherry is forced to use neighborhood events as framing techniques to get all of the characters into the same house to further the plot. Those episodes are almost always high energy and, with the exception of the shooting episode last season, rarely have anything to do with the actual event planned.

This episode follows that trend to a ti. When Bree and Gaby and Lynette only agree to go to the party in order to get Kathryn drunk and talking, the viewer can tell that no one wants to play charades.

Lynette, the least drama ridden of the three, begs off the party because she is sick, but crashes it high later.  For her, the party is just the start of the drama with her mother over the drugs. It forces her mother to confess what she did, which she may not have done if the brownies had not found their way to the party. Now I think that it would have been an interesting party if she had not come in time to stop the neighbors from eating them (can you imagine Bree high? That would be hysterical!) But both mother and daughter in that situation had a point, and it was a step towards getting them to realize each others point of view.

The party was also the perfect chance to put both Victor and Carlos in the same room to show the tension between them. Having Victor threaten Carlos like that was definitely surprising. But I am still trying to figure out if Victor was just trying to insult Carlos, or if he actually knows anything about Carlos and Gaby’s affair. I hope Carlos wins! He and Gaby belong together!

And hopefully Victor talking about bribing the gardener means Jesse Metcalff will be back on the show for an episode!

Kathryn’s blurted out admission and then recant to Adam later just made me more curious. Which of course was Cherry’s intent. So she most likely ruled out molestation, but the gouge in the floor at the end indicated probable violence…. maybe she killed Dylan’s father? And obviously Adam is still making up for cheating on her. Why did she keep him?

And, aside from the party drama, seeing Bree actually have feelings about Danielle was definitely refreshing. The two never have mother-daughter type moments, and I was starting to wonder if Bree is as sociopath as Andrew, but in relation to Danielle.

And next episode, in comes the gay couple! Comments people!