DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: THE BEST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED (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, handyman Eli Scruggs is called down from Susan's roof as Karen berates him for announcing his retirement. He confirms that he has a bad heart and is about to take off for Waikiki. As he returns to the roof and finishes his last repair, Eli has a fatal heart attack. Later, as she plays poker with Susan, Bree, and Lynette, Gaby recalls how Eli helped Gaby make friends after first moving into the neighborhood: encouraging her to drop her superior attitude, deal with Carlos, and reach out to her neighbors. Next, Bree thinks back to when Eli encouraged her to defy Rex and follow her dream to write a cookbook. Later, Edie is told by Dave about Eli's death. Suddenly, Edie remembers how Eli restored her self-confidence after Umberto stopped having sex with her, culminating in a bedroom romp with Eli. That night, Lynette recollects how she tried to find time for newborn Penny while trying to handle Tom's demands and a new job: a balancing act in which Eli assisted her. Finally, Susan pours herself a glass of wine and daydreams back to when Eli helped her work through her divorce from the philandering Karl, then Mike, and her breakup with Jackson. At Eli's funeral, all the Wisteria Lane residents show up and pay their respects. Then, the late Mary Alice has a reverie in which she reveals that she gave Eli his start on Wisteria Lane, culminating in an encounter between them that led to her death -- and gave Eli his life's inspiration. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 18, 2009 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:55
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 105964
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial; Drama, mystery/suspense
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2004-2012
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Matt Berry … Executive Producer
- Alexandra Cunningham … Executive Producer
- Joey Murphy … Executive Producer
- John Pardee … Executive Producer
- David Grossman … Executive Producer
- Sabrina Wind … Executive Producer
- George W. Perkins … Executive Producer
- Marc Cherry … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Larry Shaw … Executive Producer, Director
- Bob Daily … Executive Producer, Writer
- Dave Flebotte … Co-Executive Producer
- Lori Kirkland Baker … Co-Executive Producer
- Jamie Gorenberg … Supervising Producer
- Stephanie Hagen … Producer
- Charles Skouras III … Producer
- Dana Wilson … Associate Producer
- Jeff Greenstein … Consulting Producer
- Joe Keenan … Consulting Producer
- Steve Joblonsky … 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 … Cast, Gabrielle Solis
- Nicollette Sheridan … Cast, Edie Britt
- Ricardo Antonio Chavira … Cast, Carlos Solis
- Doug Savant … Cast, Tom Scavo
- Kyle MacLachlan … Cast, Orson Hodge
- Dana Delany … Cast, Katherine Mayfair
- Neal McDonough … Cast, Dave Williams
- Shawn Pyfrom … Cast, Andrew Van De Kamp
- Brenda Strong … Cast, Mary Alice Young
- James Denton … Cast, Mike Delfino
- Charlie Carver … Cast, Porter Scavo
- Max Carver … Cast, Preston Scavo
- Joshua Logan Moore … Cast, Parker Scavo
- Kendall Applegate … Cast, Penny Scavo
- Kathryn Joosten … Cast, Karen McCluskey
- Christine Estabrook … Cast, Martha Huber
- Lucille Soong … Cast, Yao Lin
- Matt Cedeno … Cast, Umberto
- Beau Bridges … Cast, Eli Scruggs
- Steven Culp … Cast, Rex Van De Kamp
- Madison De La Garza … Cast, Juanita Solis