Guilty (Desperate Housewives)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Guilty
Series = Desperate Housewives


Caption = Bree looks to the bible for answers.
Season = 1
Episode = 8
Airdate = November 28, 2004
Production = 107
Writer = Kevin Murphy
Director = Fred Gerber
Guests =
Episode list = List of Desperate Housewives episodes
Prev = Anything You Can Do
Next = Suspicious Minds

"Guilty" is the eighth episode of the ABC television series, "Desperate Housewives". The episode was the eighth episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Kevin Murphy and was directed by Fred Gerber. It originally aired on Sunday November 28, 2004.

Guest Starring

* Christine Estabrook as Martha Huber
* Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van de Kamp
* Richard Roundtree as Jerry Shaw
* Lupe Ontiveros as Juanita "Mama" Solis
* Joy Lauren as Danielle Van de Kamp
* Freda Foh Shen as Dr. Chang
* Jeff Doucette as Father Crowley

Co-Starring

*Zane Huett as Parker Scavo
*Shane Kinsman as Porter Scavo
*Brent Kinsman as Preston Scavo
*Dayna Devon as Lori Jean
*Tony Winters as Phil the Tile Guy
*Roz Witt as Nurse

Plot

Shortly after Juanita's car accident (due to Andrew's drunk driving), Bree Van de Kamp tries to find a solution in order to save her son from life in prison and Mama is left in a coma. When Bree asks her son if he learns from John that he went to confession shortly after Juanita's accident and recommends that she do the same. Gabrielle Solis talks to the priest and he tells her that she should regret what she had done, but she says she doesn’t because all she wants is to be happy. The priest tells her that, that is a selfish answer. She says that she already knows that and she leaves. As a small act of gratitude, Gabrielle Solis quietly helps Carlos give Mama a sponge bath. Lynette tries to get her sleep cycle back on track with some acupuncture, but to no avail. When she has to help her sons' boy scout troupe right as she is falling asleep, she starts to lose it. Lynette dreams of killing herself with the help of Mary Alice and her gun. Mr. Shaw decides to execute Paul's wishes but when he finds out from Edie that the stationary was not hers but Mrs. Huber's, the story changes completely. Paul ask Mrs. Huber an explanation because of the blackmail note she wrote. She says that she needed money and she had thought of asking it to a bad person: Mary Alice, and she sometimes prays for her. Paul asks her if she regrets it, because Mary Alice committed suicide. She says that Mary Alice Young was a bad person and says that a terrible thing happened because of what she did to that kid. Paul gets very mad and he murders her. Meanwhile Susan and Mike make peace.

Quotes

*Gabrielle: Before we got married we made a deal. No kids. Carlos: Deals are meant to be re-negotiated. Gabrielle: Well, we're not negotiating my uterus.

*Martha: My idiot husband died and left me with a worthless pension. I was desperate for money. And it's better to take it from a bad person than a good one. How was I supposed to know she'd shoot herself? Paul: She was a good person. Martha: A good person who leaves her child motherless? Read the bible, Paul. Suicide's a big no-no.

Notes

* Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) is seen in this episode.
* "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Harpers Bizarre and Simon & Garfunkel is played during Lynette's disturbing "suicide" dream. Originally the dream was to have Lynette driving through the country with her kids who were in the backseat and then proceeding to drive the car into a lake, drowning her kids, a la Susan Smith who did this very thing in South Carolina. ABC Execs were against the idea of Lynette killing her kids and Marc Cherry changed the dream to being one about suicide, thus Mary Alice was shown. "Stated on the commentary for this episode on the season one DVD."

Title reference

*The episode title "Guilty" is taken from a song by Barry Gibb of the same name.

International Titles

*French: "On ira pas tous au paradis" (Not all of us will go to Paradise)
*German: "Schuldig" (Guilty)
*Hungarian: "Bűnös" (Guilty)
*Italian: "Sensi di colpa" (Guilt-feelings)
*Spanish: "Culpable" (Guilty)