DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: SORRY GRATEFUL (TV)
Summary
One in this darkly comedic soap opera about the denizens of Wisteria Lane, a suburban neighborhood with a seedy underbelly that is thrust to the forefront after the suicide of one titular housewife. In this episode, Beth visits Felicia in prison and Felicia instructs her daughter to continue searching for evidence that Paul murdered Martha, advising her to use their new sexual relationship with her husband to her advantage. Gabrielle tricks Carlos into cooking a traditional Mexican meal for Thanksgiving with the Sanchezes, and when Renee invites Lynette over for the holiday, Lynette has to persuade her to include Susan as a guest, not as just "the help." Susan is distressed when Lynette begins "sleep-training" baby Paige by allowing her to cry unaided, and when Beth asks Paul point-blank about Martha's death, he heatedly reminds her that Felicia, whom he does not know to be his mother-in-law, is "crazy." Tom is flustered by a run-in with a nearly-nude Renee, and when Mary visits Bree to apologize for their disastrous dinner, Bree invites her and Richard to join them for Thanksgiving, unaware that Keith is preparing to propose.
Carlos, hard at work on the dinner, is annoyed when Gabby forgets about dessert, and Hector offers to drive her to the store. On the way, however, they are caught in traffic and Gabby urges him to drive in the emergency lane, leading to Hector's arrest. Renee sets up her "kids' table" outside, forbidding M.J. entry into the house, and Bree is embarrassed to find that she has forgotten that she extended an invitation to Roy and Mrs. McCluskey as well. Gabby and Carlos finally realizes that Hector and Carmen are undocumented when Carmen flies into a panic about her husband's arrest and prepares to flee with Grace, and Keith is upset when his parents begin squabbling at the dinner table and Mary, inspired by Bree's advice to "tell him how she feels," informs her husband that she wants a divorce. Beth confides to Paul that her unhappy mother refused to have traditional Thanksgivings during her childhood, and she comes to a meaningful realization about Felicia's "damaged" outlook.
With Porter and Preston absorbed in the football game, Susan sneaks into the Scavos' home and comforts a crying Paige. When Lynette catches her, she declares sleep-training to be the choice of "lazy moms" and, explaining that there already is "too much crying" in her household because of Mike's absence, quits her role as nanny. Renee spends time with Tom and concludes that she should have chosen a "kind and gentle" family man rather than marrying a succession of rich playboys, and Keith appears to reconsider his proposal to Bree in light of his parents' upsetting split. Beth visits Felicia again and admits that she now believes Paul to be innocent of Martha's murder, which sends her mother into a rage. Gabby and Carlos hire Bob Hunter to help the Sanchezes, but he explains that it is likely too late for Hector or Carmen to obtain citizenship. Grace, however, is an American citizen, and Gabby begins plotting to keep her biological daughter close to the family. Includes commercials and promos.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 14, 2010 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:54
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 104941
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial; Drama, mystery/suspense; Comedy; Thanksgiving; Neighbors
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2004-2012
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Tangled" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - Apple MacBook Air laptops
- TV - Commercials - Apple iPad devices
- TV - Commercials - Boost Mobile cellular services
- TV - Commercials - Buick automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Castrol GTX HIgh Mileage motor oil
- TV - Commercials - Clairol Nice 'N Easy hair coloring
- TV - Commercials - Cymbalta depression medication
- TV - Commercials - Girl Scouts of America organization
- TV - Commercials - Habitat for Humanity organization
- TV - Commercials - JCPenney stores
- TV - Commercials - Kay Jewelers
- TV - Commercials - Kia Soul automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Macy's stores
- TV - Commercials - Microsoft Windows phones
- TV - Commercials - National Fair Housing Alliance foreclosure assistance
- TV - Commercials - Nissan automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Pantene Pro-V hair care products
- TV - Commercials - Royal Caribbean cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Sears stores
- TV - Commercials - Sprint 4G wireless networks
- TV - Commercials - Target stores
- TV - Commercials - Toyota automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Toys 'R' Us stores
- TV - Commercials - USA.gov informational website
- TV - Commercials - Victoria's Secret stores
- TV - Commercials - Visa credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Wendy's restaurants
- TV - Promos - "25 Years of Sexy: People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive"
- TV - Promos - "Better With You"
- TV - Promos - "Brothers and Sisters"
- TV - Promos - "Castle"
- TV - Promos - "Cougar Town"
- TV - Promos - "Dancing With the Stars"
- TV - Promos - "Modern Family"
- TV - Promos - "No Ordinary Family"
- TV - Promos - "Off the Map"
- TV - Promos - "The Middle"
- TV - Promos - "World News with Diane Sawyer"
- TV - Promos - American Music Awards
CREDITS
- Matt Berry … Executive Producer
- Larry Shaw … Executive Producer
- Sabrina Wind … Executive Producer
- George W. Perkins … Executive Producer
- Bob Daily … Executive Producer
- Jeff Greenstein … Executive Producer
- Marco Pennette … Executive Producer
- David Grossman … Executive Producer, Director
- Marc Cherry … Executive Producer, Created by
- Josann McGibbon … Co-Executive Producer
- Dave Flebotte … Co-Executive Producer
- Sara Parriott … Co-Executive Producer
- Stephanie Hagen … Producer
- Charles Skouras III … Producer
- Annie Weisman … Co-Producer, Writer
- Dana Wilson … Associate Producer
- Steve Jablonsky … Music by
- Danny Elfman … Theme Music by
- Teri Hatcher … Cast, Susan Mayer
- Felicity Huffman … Cast, Lynette Scavo
- Marcia Cross … Cast, Bree Hodge
- Eva Longoria Parker (See also: Eva Longoria) … Cast, Gabrielle Solis
- Vanessa Williams … Cast, Renee Perry
- Ricardo Antonio Chavira … Cast, Carlos Solis
- Doug Savant … Cast, Tom Scavo
- Mark Moses … Cast, Paul Young
- Kathryn Joosten … Cast, Karen McCluskey
- Tuc Watkins … Cast, Bob Hunter
- Brenda Strong … Cast, Voice, Mary Alice Young
- James Denton … Cast, Mike Delfino
- Charlie Carver … Cast, Porter Scavo
- Joshua Logan Moore … Cast, Parker Scavo
- Darcy Rose Byrnes … Cast, Penny Scavo
- Madison De La Garza … Cast, Juanita Solis
- Mason Vale Cotton … Cast, M.J. Delfino
- John Schneider … Cast, Richard Watson
- Harriet Sansom Harris … Cast, Felicia Tilman
- Orson Bean … Cast, Roy Bender
- Max Carver … Cast, Preston Scavo
- Carla Jimenez … Cast, Carmen Sanchez
- Rolando Molina … Cast, Hector Sanchez
- Cecilia Balagot … Cast, Grace Sanchez
- Nancy Travis … Cast, Dr. Mary Wagner
- Emily Bergl … Cast, Beth Young
- Brian Austin Green … Cast, Keith Watson
- Daniella Baltodano … Cast, Celia Solis
- Peter Murnik … Cast, Officer
- Angela Bullock … Cast, Female Prison Guard