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Bree invites two cop friends to scare Sam; Angie is forced to help Patrick; Susan uses all her female charms and tricks to collect Mike's due payments; Preston is suspected as the Fairview Strangler.

Rather then letting Andrew try to oust Sam, whose job he got, while Orson is useless due to his wheelchair, Bree invites two cop friends to scare Sam into accept severance. Instead, he blackmails her for all business interests as drunk Danielle told him how Andrew killed Carlos's mother. With Danny tied-down, Patrick forces his college ex Angie to help with his revenge plan. That includes getting rid of visiting neighbors, but Gaby's requests for help with lasagna allows slipping out a note. Susan uses all her female charms and tricks to collect most payments due to Mike, but stupidly tries to handle their tax debt the same bully way, resulting in fines they can't afford, so they may loose the house. Preston is only shortly a suspect for the serial murders, including his Russian ex. When Lynette hears his mother is the latest victim, her naive compassion goes terribly wrong.—KGF Vissers

Lynette comes to a shocking realization about Eddie. Meanwhile, Angie discreetly relies on Gaby for help when Patrick threatens the life of her son; Bree offers Sam a generous payoff to walk away; and Susan and Mike's financial woes result in the ultimate sacrifice.—ABC Publicity

"Desperate Housewives" - "The Ballad of Booth" - May 9, 2010

The Bolens and the Solis'

Angie sleeps and dreams about her life and the choices she had made: dropping out of college; joining a group of eco-terrorists; falling in love with Patrick Logan; building him a bomb. She wakes up handcuffed to the bed with Patrick watching and admiring her burn scar on her lower back, which he considers a symbol of what they accomplished. She's not proud of killing someone. Patrick say that what they did in blowing up some office was noble. Angie says to that to the dead guy's wife. He asks when she stopped loving him. She says she never did. Patrick thinks she still does and they should make love to find out. She thinks not. Patrick threatns to kill her, but Angie says he won't because he needs her. Patrick honestly tells her that he needs her help to make another bomb. Angie refuses, but Patrick tells her that she will say "yes".

Meanwhile, Carlos is going on a business trip and will miss his birthday. Gabrielle promises to have his favorite dinner, lasagna, waiting. He tells her not to bother. She calls him out on not liking her lasagna. He admits that he never liked her lasaga but never said anything because he didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Patrick lays out the bomb-making materials. He's still waiting on one piece. He tells Angie that he wants to stop some clear-cutting in the nearby state of Oregon. Angie says they might hurt someone. Patrick continues to be unapologetic and says that saving the world is messy. She calls him a phony and says Nick showed her what a coward he really is. Patrick get angry and is about to slap her when Gaby shows up. Forcing Angie to anwser the front door, Gaby enters and wants a recipe for lasagna. Patrick introduces himself as Angie's older brother Anthony. Gaby notices the bomb-making stuff on the table and he says Angie's fixing his remote and notes she was an engineering major in college. Angie gives Gaby the recipe and hustles her out. Patrick is impressed she can make a bomb and hasn't used one on Gaby yet.

Angie sleeps cuffed to the bed again and someone walks into her room. It's Danny. Apparently Patrick texted him posing as his mother and telling him to come home. Patrick enters with a gun and says the missing piece just arrived.

Patrick ties up Danny and explains the whole story. Danny doesn't believe him, and Patrick says he wants to have a real relationship with him as father and son. Danny says he must be joking. Patrick says he knows it sounds crazy but after he's finished doing what he has to do he'll untie him and they can talk. Danny tells Patrick if he unties him, he will kill him. Patrick tells Danny that he shouldn't be mad at him, the person who spent 20 years looking for him, but at the people who spent 20 years lying to him.

Back upstairs, Angie completes making the bomb. Patrick uncuffs her so she can use both hands. Gaby comes back in with a test lasagna. "Anthony" tries to brush her off and tells Angie to get rid of her, but Gaby won't leave. Angie brings it into the kitchen and stashes a note in it as Gaby shows Anthony pictures of her modeling career. She takes out one piece and gives her back the lasagna saying she's trying to watch her weight. Gaby brings it home thinking Angie thought it was bad and throws it away.

Later that night, Gaby catches the girls eating the lasagna, having fished it out of the garbage. When she takes it away from them, she finally finds the note from Angie saying she and Danny are held hostage and to get Nick, not the cops.

The Scavos and Eddie

The detective assigned to the Fairview strangler, John Booth, is perplexed by the case. Until he learns that a woman's body was found buried in the woods.

Lynette goes to break the news to Eddie that his mother is missing. He says she's been going on benders for his whole life and it will turn up sooner or later and that they don't need to call anyone.

The police come to visit Lynette and Tom. They break the news the body they found was Irina's and they want to talk to Preston. Lynette telsl them that Preston is out camping with his twin brother. Detective Booth tells Lynette and Tom that Preston may be a suspect given the broken engagement. Lynette says he couldn't have done it. Eddie overhears all of this.

A little later, Lynette is talking to Porter about bringing Preston home. Eddie comes down, all packed up, saying he's moving home to be out of the way while they deal with the Irina situation. She tells him to stay and that he's already family. Clearly nervous, Eddie says that he should be home for his mother when she returns. Lynette says his mom is lucky to have a son like him and that when he knows she's okay he can come back. He doesn't think that will happen. She wonders if he didn't like it here. Eddie says it was fantastic, but he has to leave. She gives him a hug goodbye. Eddie says he thinks his life would've turned out differently if she'd been his mom.

At the police station, Preston is interrogated. After a while Detective Booth tells him that he's free to go, but Preston still feels guilty for having brought Irina to the U.S. Tom and Porter take him out to shoot pool and if they can get him to talk. Lynette overhears the police talk about finding the body of Eddie's mom.

Lynette goes to break it to Eddie at his house who is packing to leave town. But before she can tell him anything, Eddie says he just talked to his mom and that she's in Florida visiting his uncle and that he's going down there to put her into rehab. She's so grateful and says the police clearly made a mistake. Eddie very calmly freaks, and Lynette quickly puts two and two together. Eddie locks the door and closes all the blinds.

The Hodges and Van de Kamps and Sam

Andrew offers to fire Sam, but Bree doesn't want to provoke him into doing something violent. Andrew offers to have him roughed up. Orson thinks they should buy him off.

Bree tries to do the buy off thing with Sam. She gives him a check for a lot of money as a way of apologizing on Rex's behalf. Sam thanks her, but then Bree tries to make it clear it's time for him to go and now that he's got money it's time for him to make his mark in the world. Bree says she's made up with Andrew is giving him Sam's job. She says it's a family business. Sam says he is family, but Bree says not really. Sam angrily rips up the check saying that as a Van de Kamp he belongs here and if she ever insults him again she'll wish she hadn't.

Bree invites Sam over to tea and introduces him to a couple of retired cops who essentially threaten him with "stories" from their days on force like that time when that guy was hassling that nice lady. They demonstrate how they'd handle that same problem today. Sam gets the message and leaves.

Unbowed, apparently, Sam returns. He says the cops were right about how effective threats can be. Bree tells him to leave, but Sam says they have to do some business. He says she has to sign over her whole business to him: cookbooks, catering clients, etc. Bree asks why she should do that. Sam says that some weeks ago, Danielle told him some family secrets when she was drunk, for instance... Sam knows that Andrew ran down Carlos' mother several years ago.

The Delfinos

Susan is working out Mike's financial mess. It turns out he's billing more than he's getting paid. Mike claims that his customers are struggling like he is. Susan says it's time for them to pay up, but Mike doesn't want to shake them down. She says she'll do it with her big brown eyes and sad voice. He doesn't think it will work, but she tries it out on him. He thinks it might.

Susan approaches one of Mike's clients and tries to get him to pay his bill. She tries to cry, and naturally it doesn't work. She tries to set up a payment plan and he says no, for he doesn't have the money. Susan then threatens to out him as a deadbeat. He cave in and goes to write her a check. She goes tough love on a few more. Later, Susan comes home with a wad of cash and "booty" including watches, clocks, and Menorrahs. She points out playing the victim got her nowhere and she liked unleashing her inner bully. She wants to have bully sex. Susan becomes excited they're getting closer to the finish line. But Mike hands her a piece of paper saying the IRS has just moved the finish line. She says old victim Susan would've taken this, but new bully Susan won't. Susan goes to an IRS office and tries to bully the IRS agent into an extension with the whole "our taxes pay your salary". Naturally with Susan's wout, it doesn't work, and in fact, the agent tacks on extra penalties. MIke and Susan return home defeated, with Mike saying that there's nothing to fall back on. Susan looks at their house and says they do.

Susan breaks the news that she and Mike are moving off Whisteria Lane for awhile to rent their house for cash reasons. The ladies are sad and offer their checkbooks but she says no, they found an apartment near the school and a park and it's close by. The ladies are sad. But Susan reassure them that they willl still see each other.