Children Will Listen

This article is about a Desperate Housewives episode. For the Stephen Sondheim song, see Into the Woods.

"Children Will Listen"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 18
Directed by	Larry Shaw
Written by	Kevin Murphy
Production code	118
Original air date	April 10, 2005
Guest stars
Doug Savant as Tom Scavo Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van de Kamp Harriet Sansom Harris as Felicia Tilman Brett Cullen as Detective Burnett Mark L. Taylor as Mr. Steinberg Joel McKinnon Miller as the Counselor Linda Hart as Milly Lesley Ann Warren as Sophie Bremmer Bob Newhart as Morty Flickman Brent Kinsman as Preston Scavo Shane Kinsman as Porter Scavo Zane Huett as Parker Scavo John Lacy as Detective Beckerman Emily Christine as Ashley Bukowski Hira Ambrosino as Pedicurist #1 Alice Lo as Pedicurist #2 Sandy Martin as Woman #1 Rochelle Robinson as Woman #2
Episode chronology
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List of Desperate Housewives episodes

"Children Will Listen" is the 18th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The episode was the 18th episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Kevin Murphy and was directed by Larry Shaw. It originally aired on Sunday April 10, 2005.

Plot

Susan's mom, Sophie Bremmer comes to visit Susan when her boyfriend Morty allegedly abused her. Susan fears that if she does not bring the two back together, Susan will be living with her mom—forever. When she visits Morty, he tells her that Sophie made the first shot and that is why he threw a book at her. When Susan tells Morty to reconcile with her, their meeting turns into a violent one. When Bree watches Lynette's children, she demonstrates her method of discipline when one of the twins misbehave. Lynette takes the news badly since she never hits her kids. When it comes time for Lynette to punish them once more she uses Bree as a threat which gets them to behave. Bree and Rex visit Andrew at Camp Hennessy where Andrew refuses to talk to Bree. Bree marches in the room just as Andrew announces to his dad that he might be gay. Carlos tells Gabrielle that he wants a baby once more. Gabrielle says that she does not want one, but what she doesn't know is that Carlos has been tampering with her birth control for months. A week later, Gabrielle will be pregnant. Soon after, Gabrielle and Carlos are visited by the chairman of the hospital where Mama Solis' stayed while in her coma. Carlos is surprised when Gabrielle accepted money which was for their negligence of Mama's case. And Felicia tells Zach a little secret about his past.

Note

• Although credited, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) does not appear in this episode.
• This is the first of many instances where a character throws something at the wall.

Title reference

The episode title Children Will Listen comes from the Stephen Sondheim musical, Into the Woods.

International titles

• Finnish: Lapset kuuntelevat (Children will Listen)
• French: Les enfants chamboulent tout (Children upset everything)
• German: Mutterglück (A Mother's Benefit)
• Hungarian: Szófogadó gyerekek (Dutiful Children)
• Italian: Figli (Children)
• Spanish: Los niños escucharán (The children will listen )