西西里的沉沦

We die, we die rich with lovers and tribes,tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have entered and swum up like rivers, fears we have hidden in like this wretched cave.I want all this marked on my body. We are the real countries, not the boundaries drawn on maps with names of powerful men. I know you will come and carry me out into the palace of winds, that's all I've wanted to walk in such a place with you ,with friends, on the earth without maps.

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1 Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  I Have A Dream  

2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 Inaugural Address

3 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 First Inaugural Address

4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

5 Barbara Charline Jordan
 1976 DNC Keynote Address

 6 Richard Milhous Nixon
  Checkers

7 Malcolm X   
  The Ballot or the Bullet

8 Ronald Wilson Reagan
 Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address

9 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 Houston Ministerial Association Speech

10 Lyndon Baines Johnson
We Shall Overcome

11 Mario Mathew Cuomo
1984 DNC Keynote Address

12 Jesse Louis Jackson
1984 DNC Address

13 Barbara Charline Jordan
 Statement on the Articles of Impeachment

14 (General) Douglas MacArthur
 Farewell Address to Congress

15 Martin Luther King, Jr.
 Ive Been to the Mountaintop

16 Theodore Roosevelt
 The Man with the Muck-rake　
　
17 Robert Francis Kennedy
 Remarks on the Assassination of MLKing

18 Dwight David Eisenhower
Farewell Address

19 Woodrow Thomas Wilson
 War Message 　
　
20 (General) Douglas MacArthur
 Duty, Honor, Country

21 Richard Milhous Nixon
 The Great Silent Majority

22 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 Ich bin ein Berliner

23 Clarence Seward Darrow
 Mercy for Leopold and Loeb 　
　
24 Russell H. Conwell
 Acres of Diamonds

25 Ronald Wilson Reagan
 A Time for Choosing

26 Huey Pierce Long
 Every Man a King

27 Anna Howard Shaw
The Fundamental Principle of a Republic 　
　
28 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 The Arsenal of Democracy

29 Ronald Wilson Reagan
 The Evil Empire

30 Ronald Wilson Reagan
 First Inaugural Address

31 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 First Fireside Chat

32 Harry S. Truman
 The Truman Doctrine

33 William Cuthbert Faulkner
 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

34 Eugene Victor Debs
 1918 Statement to the Court

35 Hillary Rodham Clinton
 Womens Rights are Human Rights

36 Dwight David Eisenhower
 Atoms for Peace

37 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 American University Commencement Address

38 Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
 1988 DNC Keynote Address

39 Richard Milhous Nixon
 Resignation Speech

40 Woodrow Thomas Wilson
 The Fourteen Points

41 Margaret Chase Smith
 Declaration of Conscience

42 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 The Four Freedoms

43 Martin Luther King, Jr.
 A Time to Break Silence

44 Mary Church Terrell
 What it Means to be Colored in the...U.S.　
　
45 William Jennings Bryan
 Against Imperialism

46 Margaret Higgins Sanger
 The Morality of Birth Control

47 Barbara Pierce Bush
 1990 Wellesley College Commencement Address

48 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 Civil Rights Address

49 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 Cuban Missile Crisis Address

50 Spiro Theodore Agnew
 Television News Coverage

51 Jesse Louis Jackson
 1988 DNC Address

52 Mary Fisher
 A Whisper of AIDS

53 Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Great Society

54 George Catlett Marshall
 The Marshall Plan

55 Edward Moore Kennedy
 Truth and Tolerance in America

56 Adlai Ewing Stevenson
 Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address

57 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
 The Struggle for Human Rights

58 Geraldine Anne Ferraro
 Vice-Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech

59 Robert Marion La Follette
 Free Speech in Wartime

60 Ronald Wilson Reagan
 40th Anniversary of D-Day Address

61 Mario Mathew Cuomo
 Religious Belief and Public Morality 　
　
62 Edward Moore Kennedy
 Chappaquiddick

63 John Llewellyn Lewis
 The Rights of Labor

64 Barry Morris Goldwater
 Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address

65 Stokely Carmichael
 Black Power

66 Hubert Horatio Humphrey
 1948 DNC Address

67 Emma Goldman
 Address to the Jury

68 Carrie Chapman Catt
 The Crisis

69 Newton Norman Minow
 Television and the Public Interest

70 Edward Moore Kennedy
 Eulogy for Robert Francis Kennedy

71 Anita Faye Hill
Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee

72 Woodrow Thomas Wilson
 League of Nations Final Address

73 Henry Louis (Lou) Gehrig
 Farewell to Baseball Address

74 Richard Milhous Nixon
 Cambodian Incursion Address

75 Carrie Chapman Catt
 Address to the U.S. Congress 

76 Edward Moore Kennedy
 1980 DNC Address

77 Lyndon Baines Johnson
 On Vietnam and Not Seeking Re-Election

78 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 Commonwealth Club Address

79 Woodrow Thomas Wilson
 First Inaugural Address

80 Mario Savio
 An End to History

81 Elizabeth Glaser
 1992 DNC Address

82 Eugene Victor Debs
 The Issue

83 Margaret Higgins Sanger
 The Childrens Era 　
　
84 Ursula Le Guin
 A Left-Handed Commencement Address 　
　
85 Crystal Eastman
 Now We Can Begin

86 Huey Pierce Long
  Share Our Wealth 　

87 Gerald Rudolph Ford
 Address on Taking the Oath of Office

88 Cesar Estrada Chavez
 Speech on Ending His 25 Day Fast

89 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
 Statement at the Smith Act Trial

90 Jimmy Earl Carter
 A Crisis of Confidence

91 Malcolm X
 Message to the Grassroots

92 William Jefferson Clinton
 Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address

93 Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm
For the Equal Rights Amendment 　
　
94 Ronald Wilson Reagan
Brandenburg Gate Address 

95 Eliezer (Elie) Wiesel
 The Perils of Indifference

96 Gerald Rudolph Ford
 National Address Pardoning Richard M. Nixon

97 Woodrow Thomas Wilson
 For the League of Nations 　
　
98 Lyndon Baines Johnson
 Let Us Continue

99 Joseph N. Welch
 Have You No Sense of Decency

100 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
 Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights

   

    花了5个小时一气呵成看完了小说。《活者》，起初看了有点雾水，干嘛让苦根也跟着去了呢？这样的人生有什么意义，可没有想到富贵他还是活着，跟那头老牛还是活着，终于明白了我们呀都是为了活者的本身而活者，不是为了活者之外的任何事物而活着。

   无论是过去的人还是现在的人都是在努力地活者，为了能生存下去什么事情都愿意干。在非洲那些儿童，宁愿做童妓得爱滋死去也不愿意饿死。因为比起饿死，艾滋病死得要慢些。大概这就是我们人类得以生存至今的原因吧。不是为了别人活着的。痛苦也好，绝望也好，人活着就是莫大的幸福的事情了。

(上面的话都是我在极其气愤的情况下写的,有点语无伦次,请大家看了见谅)

 Desperate Housewives
Episode 01.22 - Goodbye For Now
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Mary Alice Voiceover:Previously on Desperate Housewives:
Carlos:My electronic monitoring device.I'm on house arrest.It's a condition on my bail.
Mary Alice Voiceover:Investigations began...
Susan:I need you to check into someone else's background.There is this plumber I know.
Mary Alice Voiceover:...boundaries were pushed,
George:Bree, you are not going to regret taking this journey with me!
Mary Alice Voiceover:and the news...
Tom:Peterson called me into his office today.
Mary Alice Voiceover:...went from bad...
Tom:He changed his mind.He's going to hold that promotion for Duggan.
Mary Alice Voiceover:...to worse.
Gabrielle: I'm pregnant, and it might be yours.
End of Recap
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(Edie Britt sits in her car at the construction site. She checks her appearance in the rearview mirror, then gets out of the car.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Edie Britt's favorite moment of every day was her arrival at the construction site of her new home, because she knew what was about to happen. Her sudden appearance was always sure to generate a few appreciative glances, a few lascivious looks, and some downright ogling. Sadly for Edie, the one man she wanted most to notice her..."
(Edie looks across the street to where Mike Delfino is bringing in the newspaper. She smiles and raises her hand in greeting, but he doesn't notice her.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"...paid her no attention at all. Yes, Edie needed attention to feel good about herself and she was determined to get it."
(A construction worker walks over to her.)
Cyrus: "Ms. Britt, you look extra beautiful today."
Edie: "Oh, Cyrus, you're so sweet."
Cyrus: "So anyhow, I, I was wondering if maybe I could, uh, take you out to dinner sometime."
Edie: "Oh honey, you are so far out of your league that you are playing a completely different sport."
(She takes a box of doughnuts from the top of his car and walks across the street, where she knocks on Mike's door. Mike answers.)
Edie: "Hey, there."
Mike: "Hi, Edie. What's up?"
Edie: "Nice ensemble, you busy?"
Mike: "No, not really."
Edie: "Oh good, I bought a bunch of fresh doughnuts for my construction workers and as you can see, I bought a few too many, so I thought maybe you and I could -"
(Susan appears at the doorway, next to Mike.)
Edie: "Susan!"
Susan: "Hey there, Edie."
Edie: "What are you -"
Susan: "Mike and I got back together."
Edie: "Super."
Susan: "I knew you'd be happy for us. So what's going on?"
Mike: "Uh, Edie was just about to -"
Edie: "Free doughnuts. Want 'em?or not?"
Susan: "How sweet, thanks. Why don't you go put these on a plate? Oh, and save me one with sprinkles."
(Mike goes into the kitchen.)
Susan: "I cannot believe you are still coming onto him."
Edie: "You said you two were finished. You thought he was a murderer."
Susan: "And that was your cue to come over and flirt? You wasted your time and your doughnuts."
Edie: "Not if you choke on them."
Mike: "Well, thanks Edie. The doughnuts look great."
Edie: "Pleasure. See ya."
Susan: "You know, I'm gonna run home and get some milk to go with those doughnuts."
Mike: "Hey, you know it's, it's a shame you got to keep running back and forth."
Susan: "Well, I can't have doughnuts and juice. It's unnatural."
Mike: "No, I mean we should move in together. Come on, what do you say?"
Susan: "Um, I say, oh! Hold that thought. Edie, Edie stop! Stop! Hang on."
Edie: "What now?"
Susan: "Oh, I was just rude back there gloating and everything and I apologize."
Edie: "Well, thank you, Susan. Very big of you."
Susan: "And on a completely unrelated topic, Mike and I are moving in together. See ya."
(She runs back to Mike.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Yes, Edie Britt needed the attention of men to feel good about herself."
(Edie pulls up in her car to the construction site.)
Edie: "Hey, Cyrus. You have lunch plans?"
Cyrus: "No."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"And even she was amazed at how far she was willing to go to get it."
Edie: "Ellsberg Hotel. Half an hour. Welcome to the majors."
(She drives off.)
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Credits
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[Wisteria Lane, Outside]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Mr. And Mrs. Edward Mullins were finally leaving Wisteria Lane. In the past year their street had played host to arson, violence, blackmail, and murder. Fearing they too would be infected by this moral decay, the Mullins felt it was time to say goodbye. Strangely enough none of their neighbors seemed to notice they were moving out."
(The Mullins get into their packed car and drive off.)
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[Gabrielle's House]
(Gabrielle comes out of her house to where Justin is mowing the front lawn.)
Gabrielle: "Hey, I thought you might be thirsty."
Justin: "No, I'm good."
Gabrielle: "So, how's your roommate doing?"
Justin: "He's hanging in there."
Gabrielle: "Well, uh, I had to, um, tell him some news that was a little bit upsetting for him."
Justin: "No kidding."
Gabrielle: "Excuse me?"
Justin: "Where do you get off telling John he's not good enough to raise a child? That kid can be his."
Gabrielle: "It is a complicated situation."
Justin: "It seems pretty simple to me. You're an unfeeling bitch."
(From inside the house, Carlos looks out of the window and sees Gabrielle slap Justin across the face. Gabrielle storms inside and heads up the stairs.)
Carlos: "Why'd you hit the lawn boy?"
Gabrielle: "Well, if you saw what he did to our pogonias you'd slap him too."
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[Peterson Advertising]
(Lynette walks into Tom's workplace, carrying a large cake with the words "Welcome Back Duggan!" written on it. She walks into the office that Tom and Annabel share.)
Lynette: "Hey."
Tom: "Hey, Lynette what are you doing here? What's this?"
Lynette: "You told me Duggan's coming back to work today, I thought I'd do something special for him."
Tom: "Uh huh, and this wouldn't have anything to do with you checking up on me and Annabel?"
Lynette: "What?"
Tom: "Yesterday you brought my pictures of the kids. The day before that you brought me soup. Lynette, honey, it's gotta stop."
Lynette: "Tom, I don't care about you working with Annabel. I told you that. This is for Duggan. He had a heart attack. I don't care about Annabel."
(Annabel walks past them to leave the room.)
Annabel: "Hey, Lynette."
Lynette: "Huh. Speak of the . And I mean that."
(Carrying the cake, Lynette leaves and follows Annabel into the office kitchen.)
Annabel: "Well, you're becoming a regular fixture around here, aren't ya?"
Lynette: "Oh, yeah. I wanted to do something nice for Duggan."
Annabel: "I suppose filling his blood stream with butter fat might be considered nice."
Lynette: "Actually, it's fruit juice sweetened. Can I cut you? A piece?"
(From outside of the kitchen, a man's voice is heard.)
Man: "Everyone, I need to see you right now."
(Inside a conference room, a grey-haired man, Dan, speaks to the employees standing around the room.)
Dan: "Okay, listen up. I just spoke with Tim Duggan's wife and it looks like he's not gonna be returning to work after all. Seems that he had a relapse last night which unfortunately puts us in a very tight spot. We're gonna work together as a team and do what we need to do, so Jerry you're taking the Holister account, Suzanne, you're covering Paradise Springs, and Annabel, I want you to take the lead on the Traveler's hotel chain. You're leaving for Hawaii in three days."
Annabel: "I can't handle Traveler's by myself, especially not if they're moving into the print."
Dan: "Well, choose someone to take with you."
Annabel: "Oh, okay. Um, I choose Tom."
(Lynette, holding the knife that she used to cut the cake, steps forward and Tom automatically puts his hand out to stop her.)
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[Mini-Golf World]
(Bree and George play miniature golf together.)
Bree: "Well, let's see I've beaten you to bridge, and mahjong and hearts. This is your last chance to redeem yourself."
George: "Stop it. You're gonna make me laugh."
(As George lines up his shot, Bree, standing behind him, walks her fingers over his back. He turns to look at her.)
Bree: "Okay, okay, I'll be good."
(She walks around to his side and whispers in his ear.)
Bree: "Miss it, miss it, miss it."
George: "Bree."
Bree: "Come on, I'm allowed to psych you out."
(She walks a little bit away and suddenly George gets a worried look on his face. He turns his feet in and hunches over, not moving.)
Bree: "Okay, time's up. Take your best shot."
George: "I'm not ready yet."
Bree: "Hurry up. There're people waiting."
George: "One more minute."
Bree: "Come on, take your best -"
(She reaches out and swipes gently at his arm. He pulls his arm away, still hunched over.)
George: "Don't do that."
Bree: "George, do you have an erection?"
George: "I'm sorry."
Bree: "What on earth?"
George: "You were blowing on my ear."
Bree: "I was teasing you."
George: "Exactly."
Bree: "You have got to get rid of it. There are children present."
George: "How?"
Bree: "I don't know. Um, um, think of something unpleasant."
George: "Like what?"
Bree: "Like famine, or disease, or hobos. Whatever. Just hurry."
(Later, they walk away from the golf course.)
George: "Look, you can't be mad about it. It's not something men can control."
Bree: "I kept this friendship going because I though Rex's dislike of you was paranoid, but you had feelings for me all along. God, this is just such a betrayal."
George: "Come on, Bree. The only thing I am guilty of is loving you in silence."
Bree: "Well, you shouldn't be doing that. In case you've forgotten I'm married."
George: "To a selfish, two-faced liar who betrayed you with a hooker."
Bree: "I told you in confidence. How dare you throw it back in my face."
George: "So, you're ending our friendship, after everything I've done for you?"
Bree: "What is that supposed to mean?"
George: "Nothing. It didn't mean anything."
Bree: "George, I do love you as a friend. I wish you could love me the same way back, but since you can't, goodbye."
(She walks off.)
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[Edie's House]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Later that day, Edie Britt witnessed something disturbing."
(Edie looks out of her window and sees Mike, carrying a moving box, kissing Susan.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Something she was determined to put a stop to."
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[Lynette's House]
(Bree, Lynette, and Gabrielle sit around the table, preparing for poker. Edie comes in from the living room.)
Gabrielle: "So is Susan coming?"
Lynette: "She said she might be a little late. They already started moving a few of Mike's things over to her house."
Bree: "Already? Wow, good for her."
Lynette: "Yeah, it's nice to see Susan so happy again."
Edie: "Yeah, I'm happy for Susan. But don't you think she and Mike are moving a little fast? I mean two days ago, she was thinking he was a murderer and now she's moving in with him?"
Gabrielle: "She found out it was in self-defense. I think they've cleared everything up."
Bree: "Yeah, good point."
Lynette: "Mike's a decent guy."
Edie: "Yeah, that's true. Of course there was the gun shot wound."
Lynette: "That's right. Did they ever explain that?"
Bree: "No, and I know guns and that wound was not self-inflicted."
Edie: "And then what about Mrs. Huber's blood-stained jewelry?"
Lynette: "Yeah, that didn't walk into Mike's garage by itself."
Gabrielle: "Maybe this is a mistake. If there's one thing I've learned men can't be trusted."
Edie: "Hold it. Are you saying that we should put a stop to this?"
Bree: "Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to sit her down and share our concerns."
Gabrielle: "Yeah, we could do that."
Lynette: "Yeah."
Bree: "Edie, do you want to be a part of it?"
Edie: "Well, normally, I'd prefer not to get involved, but if there's anyway that I could help Susan..."
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[Susan's Garage]
(Susan comes out to take a box from Mike, who's truck is parked on her driveway.)
Susan: "We need to talk."
Mike: "Okay."
Susan: "When I was packing up your stuff in your bedroom, I found a box of bullets."
Mike: "Oh."

Susan: "Look, I feel really bad about Deirdre, and I know that you must want to find out who killed her, but if we're gonna move in together, we can't have this stuff hanging over us. You've gotta get rid of it. All of it: the file, the map, the gun, especially the gun and leave this to the . They're the professionals."
Mike: "Well, what can I say? It seems like a reasonable request."
Susan: "Oh. Really? Well ,that was easy. Maybe after lunch we can talk about your leather bean bag chair."
(Mike smiles and as Susan walks back in, he looks down the street. He sees Paul get out of his car, leave a box filled with items on a Martha Huber's doorstep, then get back in his car and drive away.)
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[Martha Huber's House]
(Zach and Felicia sit at the kitchen table. The box from Paul is sitting on the table and Paul is reading from a note.)
Zach: "I realize now that I've treated you badly. I'm the one who needs to get help not you, so I have to go away for a while, in the meantime Mrs. Tilman will look out for you."
Felicia: "I don't consider it a burden. You know you're welcome here."
Zach: "I left you some things, I hope you can take comfort in them. I got you a new mitt. Work on your curve ball while I'm gone. I love you. Dad. Well, I don't understand. Why wouldn't he come see me? Why just run away?"
Felicia: "Your father's been very troubled, dear. I'm sure he did what he felt was best for you."
Zach: "And he wants me to take comfort in this junk? I hate baseball. You think he would know that."
Felicia: "Zach."
(Zach runs away from the room. Felicia picks up a photo of Mary Alice that Zach knocked down. She begins cleaning up the rest of the items he knocked to the floor. She picks up the baseball mitt and after a second, she slips her hand into the mitt. She pulls out a note hidden in the mitt. It reads: "Zach, I didn't leave you. Meet me at the baseball field - Thursday at midnight. Dad")
(Felicia crumples the note in her hand.)
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[Bree's House, Nighttime]
(Gabrielle looks out the window.)
Gabrielle: "Susan's coming."
Edie: "Okay guys. Interventions are never pretty, so stay strong cause she's probably gonna cry."
(The doorbell rings. Bree goes to answer it while Edie, Gabrielle, and Lynette line up near the couch.)
Susan: "Bonjour. Oh, hi, I didn't know that the cooking lesson was gonna be a group activity. Well, the more the merrier, right? As long as nobody makes fun of my lousy crepes. How come I'm the only one wearing the apron?"
(Later, all five women sit around the table, with coffee cups in front of them.)
Lynette: "I know it seems like we're ganging up on you, but you're moving so fast we thought a sort of intervention was necessary."
Edie: "I know it's tough to hear. None of us wanted to do this."
Susan: "I appreciate what you guys are trying to do, I really do. Um, I'm not gonna change my mind. In my life, I've been hurt a lot, Karl, and uh, well, it's just taught me to be cynical, and to expect the absolute worst from people, and I don't want to live like that anymore, and when Mike asked me to move in with him, I was just happy, just ridiculously happy. I mean, I still am and I want to go with that feeling. I love him and I love him! So I'm gonna expect the best from Mike, and I know that he is gonna deliver that in return. Okay?"
(Bree, Lynette, and Gabrielle lean to her and give her assurances.)
Edie: "This is the worst intervention I have ever been to."
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[Restaurant]
(Baby Penny sits in a high chair while Lynette has lunch with Natalie.)
Natalie: "This is fun. It's forever since we had lunch."
Lynette: "Well, as happy as I am to see you, I actually have an agenda. I ran into someone last week who said you guys were looking to hire. Is that true?"
Natalie: "Yeah. Are you thinking of coming back? Because say the word -"
Lynette: "No, no, not me. I was actually thinking more about Tom."
Natalie: "Oh, Tom?"
Lynette: "Yeah, he's been thinking about making a move for a while. He kind of feels like he's done everything he can where he is now."
Natalie: "Huh. Well, Tom's certainly solid."
Lynette: "He's more then solid, Tom's ideas are spectacular. He's passionate about his work. His visual instincts are off the chart."
Natalie: "Is he as good as you?"
Lynette: "He's apples, I'm oranges, we excel in different areas. Trust me, you should give Tom a look."
Natalie: "I don't need apples. I need someone like you. Cut throat. Ruthless."
Lynette: "Geez, Nat, you make me feel like some kind of shark. Ah, okay. You know, actually, if that's the kind of exec you're looking for..."
Natalie: "You'd get a shark for me?"
Lynette: "Yes, a very pretty shark."
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[Bree's House, Outside]
(Bree gets into her car and drives off. Down the street, George watches. Once the car has driven away, he gets out and goes up to Bree's house.)
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[Bree's House, Inside]
(George spills out Rex's prescription bottle. He fills it up with pills that he brought with him.)
(In their bedroom, George opens up various dresser drawers. He comes to Bree's underwear drawer and stops, staring at the panties lying neatly in there.)
(He lays down some panty-hose on the bed and when he pulls away, he takes out a digital camera, taking a picture of a bra, underwear, and panty-hose lying on the bed in the approximate positions they'd be on a woman.)
(George opens up their closet, pushing aside clothing. He kneels down and sees a box. He opens it and begins pulling out various sexual toys: handcuffs, a riding whip, fuzzy handcuffs, and leather clothing.)
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[Mike's House]
(She enters the darkened house with a key. Bongo begins barking and growling.)
Susan: "Now, you be a good boy, Bongo, or you're gonna go to bed hungry."
(Susan goes into the kitchen. Zach comes out from behind a wall. Susan turns and sees Zach. He has a gun in his hand.)
Zach: "Hi, Ms. Mayer. Can you sit down, please?"
(Susan is sitting at the dining room table. Zach is sitting across from her with the gun on the arm of the chair. Susan looks into the kitchen and sees a block with knives on the counter. She looks around the room. She sees a tall vase and part of a moose horn. She begins standing up.)
Susan: "I'm just gonna go get some water."
Zach: "I'd rather you didn't."
(Susan slowly sits back down as Zach keeps his gun trained on her. Edie walks up Mike's porch. She knocks.)
Zach: "Don't answer it.
(Zach gets behind the door where it's dark and peeks out. Edie looks through the window and sees Susan quietly sitting there.)
Edie: "I know you're in there, Susan. I can see you. If you don't want to talk to me, fine. At least have the courtesy to hide."
(Edie begins to knock louder. Susan looks at Zach as though saying, "what should I do?")
Zach: "All right, but don't let her in."
(Susan gets up and opens the door a crack. Zach is standing behind the door holding the gun on her.)
Susan: "Edie, what a pleasant surprise."
Edie: "Right. Is Mike home?"
Susan: "Uh, no, he's on a big plumbing job. What's up?"
Edie: "Can I come in?"
Susan: "Why?"
Edie: "I'm warning all the neighbors. Felicia Tilman was attacked."
Susan: "She was?"
Edie: "At the Young house. They just took her away an ambulance. I'm totally freaked out. My guys haven't shown up at the job site yet. I'm over there all alone, so do you think maybe I could just come in and hang out for a while?"
(Susan mouths "Zach is sticking a gun at me" to Edie, but Edie misunderstands.)
Edie: "Stick it up my what?"
Susan: "Just get the hell out of here."
Edie: "God, you are such a bitch."
(Susan slams the door on Edie. She faces Zach who continues holding the gun on her.)
Susan: "Why?"
Zach: "I asked Mrs. Tilman to tell me the truth about my father. She did."
Susan: "What'd she say?"
Zach: "Mr. Delfino took my dad away to kill him. Now I'm gonna kill Mr. Delfino."
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[Courtroom]
(Gabrielle is on the stand.)
Gabrielle: "Your Honor, this whole mess is just a result of my loneliness. My marriage is a bit strained, and after Carlos was convicted-"
Judge: "No one's been convicted yet, Mrs. Solis. This is just a Grand Jury hearing."
Gabrielle: "Oh, no, no, I'm talking about his other crime."
Judge: "Oh, right. Go ahead."
Gabrielle: "Anyway, he was placed under house arrest, and he being the jealous man that he is, got a little crazy every time I left the house."
(The courtroom is filled. Justin, with a bruised face, is sitting in the back. Also in the courtroom is the cable guy Carlos previously attacked.)
Gabrielle: "He knows how men look at me, and, well, I, I didn't exactly ease his mind. I falsely led him to believe I was having an affair. And, and before Carlos's house arrest, he was always working, and he was never with me. And I thought that maybe if he believed I was having an affair, he would realize he loved me. And I know it sounds stupid, I do. I just-"
Prosecution Attorney: "Is there a point to this?"
Gabrielle: "My point is that Carlos is an angry, jealous Neanderthal. But he's not a gay-basher."
Judge: "All right. I've heard enough. Counsel, approach."
(Holding his hand over the microphone, the judge speaks with the attorneys.)
Judge: "I've got to be honest, I don't think we have a hate crime here."
(Gabrielle, listening intently, turns to Carlos and nods encouragingly at him. Just then, John enters the courtroom. As the judge and attorneys continue talking, John approaches Carlos from behind. Gabrielle watches in horror as John leans to whisper into Carlos' ear.)
John: "Just so you know, you beat up the wrong guy. Didn't you think it was strange that you had the only lawn on Wisteria Lane that needed to be mowed three times a week?"
(He claps Carlos on the back and gives Gabrielle a brief fierce stare before walking off.)
(Carlos slowly turns his head to look at Gabrielle. Her eyes widen and Carlos turns his body to look at where John is standing directly behind Justin.)
Carlos: "You are so dead! You are so dead. You are dead!"
(Carlos jumps over the barrier and runs toward John. Judge pounds the gavel.)
Judge: "Order!"
Gabrielle: "Aaah. Carlos!"
Attorney: "He's doing it again!"
Lady: "He's going after the gay guy!"
(Carlos runs toward John but Justin is in his way. He knocks Justin down.)
Cable Guy: "Hey, for God's sakes. Somebody stop him!"
Guard: "Get off of him!"
Gabrielle: "Stop it!"
(Guards pull Carlos up. John stares at Carlos with hate in his eyes. Carlos yells at John.)
Carlos: "I'll kill you!"
(He screams at John in Spanish, then switches back to English.)
Carlos: "I am gonna kill you!"
(The guards pull Carlos out of the room.)
Judge: "Ladies and Gentlemen, please be seated. We will have order!"
(Everyone sits down. Gabrielle looks at John who has a very smug look on his face.)
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[Desert]
(Mike drives his truck up to a very deserted area. He gets out and opens the back door.)
Mike: "Get out."
(Mike pulls Paul out of the back. He pulls the tape off Paul's mouth. Paul's hands are tied behind his back. Mike takes a shovel out of the truck.)
Paul: "I'm not trying to justify anything. I don't know how you knew Martha Huber, but she ruined lives. For fun. She destroyed my family."
Mike: "This isn't about her."
Paul: "I don't understand."
Mike: "Walk."
(Mike pushes Paul and they begin walking.)
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[Hospital Room]
(Rex's doctor, Dr. Craig, is looking at Rex's chart.)
Dr. Craig: "Remember when we first tested you, your potassium level was bit high."
Rex: "Yes. You made me stop eating bananas.
Dr. Craig: "But as we've continued testing, it's kept climbing. We've now run an entire battery of tests, and your kidney function is fine. It has to be something you're ingesting."
Rex: "Let me see. These numbers can't be right."
Dr. Craig: "Who prepares your meals?"
Rex: "Bree."
Dr. Craig: "I understand you've been having some marital problems."
Rex: "All right, wait a minute."
Dr. Craig: "Wasn't there also an incident at a salad bar? She gave you onions when she knew you were allergic."
Rex: "That was an accident."
Dr. Craig: "You're getting this potassium from somewhere."
Rex: "Get out."
Dr. Craig: "Rex."
Rex: "I mean it. Get out. Leave the chart. I want to read it."
(Dr. Craig leaves the room. Rex begins reading his chart.)
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[Lynette's House]
(Tom comes in. He sits at the table across from Lynette.)
Lynette: "So, did you have a fun day?"
Tom: "As a matter of fact, I did. I probably had the most fun that I have had in a long time."
Lynette: "You know, I didn't tell you to quit."
Tom: "No. No, no, no. No, you made damn sure that I'd go nowhere for the next twenty years."
Lynette: "I don't know what to say."
Tom: "I hear "please forgive me" is popular."
Lynette: "Yes, I am sorry. I am so, so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. But I was trying to protect our family. If you got a promotion, we never would have seen you. You would have been traveling all the - "
Tom: "Lynette, Lynette, Lynette, you're right. You're right. You're right. That promotion would have just killed us, so this is gonna all work out."
Lynette: "What does that mean?"
Tom: "It means that I can use the break."
Lynette: "Oh, well, yeah. I think it would be good for you to take some time off."
Tom: "No, not some time. Full time. I'm gonna be a stay-at-home dad."
Lynette: "Huh?"
Tom: "What the heck? You earn the living for a while."
Lynette: "Tom, that's...crazy."
Tom: "Why? Why is it crazy? You and I both know that you're better at the ad game, and you tell me all the time how hard it is to be a mom."
Lynette: "Well, yes, yes, it is hard, but I, I love it, too, and I've been doing it for six years, and I haven't complained the entire time."
Tom: "Fair enough. Fair enough. But be honest. Secretly, you miss the ad game, don't you? I mean, you miss the pressure and the deadlines and the, the power lunches. Or am I wrong? Maybe, maybe you want to sort dirty socks the rest of your life."
Lynette: "We should talk about this seriously before we make any rash decisions."
Tom: "I already made the decision. You're going back to work."
(Tom gets up and goes upstairs.)
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[Mike's House]
(Susan is sitting on the stairs. Zach is sitting on the floor next to Bongo.)
Susan: "Can I at least get you something to eat, Zach?"
Zach: "You can get me a soda. Thanks."
(Susan gets up and walks toward the kitchen. Zach gets up behind her. Susan goes to the refrigerator.)
Susan: "I gotta say, I think you're making a mistake. Mike couldn't kill anybody. I mean, this could just be a misunderstanding."
(Susan hands Zach a soda she has opened for him.)
Zach: "This is not a misunderstanding."
Susan: "Listen, I know you're upset, but is this really what you think your mother would want you doing?"
Zach: "Probably not."
Susan: "Exactly. Because she raised you right. Look you have been through a lot. you've lost your mom. you're still carrying around the guilt over what happened to your baby sister."
Zach: "I never had a baby sister!"
Susan: "Honey, I know about Dana."
Zach: "How stupid are you? I'm Dana. My mother was some junkie. They stole me and changed my name. They have been lying to me my entire life. Everyone lies to me! My mother! My father! Mrs. Tilman! Even Julie. Do you understand how much that hurts?"
Susan: "Look, Zach. I know you're upset. Let's just, let's just sit down and talk."
Zach: "Why! So you can lie to me also?"
(He points the gun at her and she puts her hand up as though pleading for Zach to stop.)
Zach: "No more talking."
(Susan nods and Zach points the gun downward.)
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[Hospital Room]
(Rex closes his chart. He breathes heavily as he grabs a pen and paper and begins to write, "Bree, I understand and I forgive you.")
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[Bree's House]
(Bree is polishing silver when the phone rings.)
Bree: "Hello?"
Dr. Craig: "Bree, it's Dr. Craig. I'm at the hospital, and I'm afraid I have some bad news."
Bree: "Oh?"
Dr. Craig: "Rex passed away about ten minutes ago."
Bree: "But his operation, it's not until tomorrow."
Dr. Craig: "I know. He just didn't make it. I'm so sorry. We did everything we could. Bree?"
Bree: "Yes, of course you did. Thank you very much for calling."
(Bree slowly hangs up the phone. She walks into the dining room and finishes polishing the silver. She closes the box and puts it on the shelf. She walks to the table and straightens the tablecloth. She sits down and, looking at the empty chair across the table from her, begins to sob.)
(The camera slowly pans over to a photograph of Bree and Rex on their wedding day.
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[Desert]
(Paul and Mike continue walking.)
Paul: "This is a long way to go to do what you could have done in my backyard. You're kind of taking your time, walking a lot. You sure you know what you're doing? You ever actually had to kill anyone for real before?"
Mike: "Yeah."
Paul: "Oh."
Mike: "But since you're so tired of walking, let's just do this here."
(Mike pushes Paul to his knees. He pulls out a gun and points it at Paul.)
Paul: "I don't expect any favors from you, obviously. But could you at least do me the courtesy of telling me why we're here?"
(Mike pulls out a photograph of him and Deirdre and tosses on the ground in front of Paul.)
Paul: "You knew Deirdre?"
Mike: "Yeah. And I know what you did to her. She was just a sad girl with a lot of problems, and she did some terrible, crazy, selfish stuff, but you tell me what she ever could have done to deserve death at the hands of somebody like you."
Paul: "It's complicated. It's, uh, complicated."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"And just like that, my husband began sharing my secrets."
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[Mary Alice's House]
(Flashback to when Mary Alice was alive. Mary Alice cut up some vegetables.)
Mary Alice: "You want some carrots, Zachary?"
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Secrets I had died to protect.
(She carries the carrots into the dining room.)
Mary Alice: "There you go. We have to get that fence up in the backyard before the pool's finished."
Paul: "I know."
Mary Alice: "I'm serious. You know how kids are drawn to water."
(She continues cutting up vegetables when there's a knocking at the door. She goes to answer the door, opens it, and finds Deirdre standing there.)
Deirdre: "Hello, Angela."
(Later, Deirdre sits in the living room across from Paul and Mary Alice.)
Deirdre: "You did a good job covering your tracks. I had to spend a lot of my father's money hunting you down."
Mary Alice: "Congratulations. You found us."
Deirdre: "You know, I never told the what happened."
Paul: "You didn't?"
Deirdre: "They would have put Dana in foster care, or worse, given him to my father. So I kept our little secret."
Mary Alice: "Well, we appreciate that."
Deirdre:"Anyway, I guess you can see I've gotten myself cleaned up."
Mary Alice: "Yes, you look lovely."
Deirdre: "I'm not the same person you knew back then, Angela. I'm in a good place now."
Mary Alice: "You can't have him."
Deirdre: "Just because I didn't go to the before doesn't mean I can't do it now."
(Mary Alice stands up.)
Mary Alice: "Zach is our son."
Deirdre: "His name is Dana."
Mary Alice: "If you think I'm giving my baby to some junkie, you're crazy."
Deirdre: "He's not your baby."
Paul: "Look, just calm down."
Deirdre: "You were always so high and mighty back at the clinic, looking down on us poor degenerates, pretending you wanted to help when all you really wanted was to feel superior. You self-righteous bitch."
Mary Alice: "You're still using, aren't you?"
Deirdre: "Go to hell."
(Mary Alice grabs Deirdre's arm. Deirdre tries to pull away.)
Deirdre: "What are you doing?"
Mary Alice: "Let me see your arm."
Deirdre: "I said I'm clean!"
(Paul steps in.He separates them.)
Paul: "Take it easy. Let's just take it easy."
(Deirdre begins to go to the stairs.)
Mary Alice: "Where do you think you're going?"
Deirdre: "I'm getting my son, and I'm taking him home."
Mary Alice: "Paul, stop her."
(Paul runs after her and grabs her.)
Paul: "Deirdre, please."
(He pushes her back to living room and she falls on the floor.)
Paul: "Come on. Sit down. Sit down."
Deirdre: "Get your hands off me!"
Mary Alice: "We raised him. We're his parents."
Paul: "Come on. Come on."
(Deirdre grabs the poker from the fireplace and hits Paul. He collapses.)
Mary Alice: "Paul!"
Deirdre: "Don't worry. I'll give him a good home."

(Deirdre throws the fireplace poker down and starts towards the stairs again. Mary Alice grabs a knife and stabs Deirdre.)
Mary Alice: "No!"
(Deirdre falls coughing and groaning. Paul begins to get up, holding his bleeding forehead.)
Paul: "Oh, Mary Alice. What did you do?"
(Mary Alice goes to Zach's room, quickly emptying his toy chest. Zach wakes up.)
Zach: "Mommy?"
Mary Alice: "It's okay, Zach. Mommy needs to borrow your toy chest. You go back to sleep, okay?"
(She hugs him.)
(In the living room the toy chest is next to Deirdre's body.)
Paul: "What are we gonna do?"
Mary Alice: "You said they were pouring the Concrete for the Pool tomorrow?"
Paul: "You can't be serious."
Mary Alice: "They'll never find her. We can put her in this."
Paul: "She won't fit."
Mary Alice: "Then we'll have to make her fit."
(Mary Alice bends down and pushes Deirdre's sleeves up.)
Paul: "What are you doing?"
Mary Alice: "Checking for track marks."
(They see that her arms are clean.)
(Mary Alice looks up to see Zach standing on the stairs watching them.)
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[Present - In the Desert]
Mike: "Deirdre had a baby?"
Paul (nods): "Let's get this over with."
(Mike points the gun at Paul. After a few seconds, he drops his hand, then walks away, leaving Paul tied up on his knees, watching him go.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"It's an odd thing to look back on the world, to watch those I left behind. Each in her own way so brave, so determined, and so very desperate."
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[Lynette's House]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Desperate to venture out, but afraid of what she'll miss when she goes."
(Lynette stands in the doorway of the boys' room watching them sleep.)
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[Gabrielle's House]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Desperate to get everything she wants, even when she's not exactly sure of what that is."
(Gabrielle sits alone in her bedroom.)
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[Bree's House]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Desperate for life to be perfect again, although she realizes it never really was."
(Bree is in her bedroom, laying out Rex's burial clothes.)
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[Mike's House]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Desperate for a better future, if she can find a way to escape her past."
(Zach stands by the front door and Susan is at the kitchen table.)
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[Mary Alice's House]
(Focus in on the original picture of the five women hugging each other and smiling for the camera.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"I not only watch, I cheer them on, these amazing women. I hope so much they'll find what they're looking for."
(Mike pulls in the street in his truck. He pulls into his driveway and walks into his house. Zach and Susan hear him walk up the stairs.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"But I know not all of them will. Sadly, that's just not the way life works. Not everyone gets a happy ending."
Mike walks into his house and closes the door behind him.

~ The End ~

Desperate Housewives
Episode 01.23 - One Wonderful Day
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Mary Alice Voiceover:Previously on Desperate Housewives:
Mary Alice Voiceover:There is a motive to every mystery-
Dr. Craig:Your body isn't responding to the medication the way it should.
Rex:I think I'm having a heart attack.
Mary Alice Voiceover:-evidence of every crime-
Gabrielle: They're charging you with a hate crime?
Carlos:I thought you were cheating with him.
Gabrielle: With our gay cable guy?
Carlos:I didn't know he was gay.I didn't know Justin was either.
Mary Alice Voiceover:-and an answer to every question.
Susan:Gabby, the woman killed herself.Something must have been going on.
Mary Alice Voiceover:All you have to do is take a closer look...
Policeman #1:... a woman in it.
Zach:Woman?
Policeman #1:She was all chopped up.
Mary Alice Voiceover:...and eventually, every secret...
Mike:Do you know where Paul Young is?
Felicia:I know where he will be on Thursday night.
Mary Alice Voiceover:...will be revealed.
(Sorry,I can't figure out who says)Mary Alice was being blackmailed?
Susan:Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do?
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[Mary Alice's House]
(On a table is a picture of Mary Alice, Bree, Susan, Gabrielle and Lynette hugging and smiling.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"My name is Mary Alice Young, and before I died, my life was filled with love, laughter, friendship, and, sadly, secrets."
(Cut to Mary Alice exiting her front door, taking out the trash.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"The secrets had begun fifteen years earlier when my name was Angela Forrest, and I was living a life of quiet desperation."
(Cut to Mary Alice serving breakfast to Paul, who is pouring orange juice while sitting at the dining room table.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"I'd feel it every morning as I made breakfast for my husband."
Paul: "If you could stop by the market today, that would be great. I'm out of shaving cream."
(Cut to Mary Alice in the supermarket parking lot.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"And during the errands I ran in the afternoons."
(With a supermarket apron on, a bag boy loads groceries into Mary Alice's car. She hands a tip to him.)
Bag Boy: "So Friday's double coupon day. You'll save a bunch if you come on Fridays."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Even at my work every evening."
(Cut to Mary Alice at the hospital. She approaches the nurse's station with a file folder. A younger Felicia Tilman is talking to a nurse who is looking at a calendar at the desk.)
Nurse: "What a lovely calendar. Was this taken around here?"
Felicia: "Oh, no. That's way out in Fairview. I have family there. Isn't it idyllic?"
(Mary Alice begins putting files away. Felicia hands her another file.)
Felicia: "Here, Angela. You can file this."
Mary Alice: "Oh."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"To me, each day was gray and meaningless. And then one night, suddenly..."
(Cut to Mary Alice taking out the trash. A young woman approaches in the dark, carrying a baby.)
Deirdre: "Hey, Angela."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"There was color."
Mary Alice: "Deirdre. What are you doing here?"
Deirdre: "I need some money."
(Later, Deirdre looks around Paul and Mary Alice's living room, holding her baby. Paul stands off to the side and Mary Alice brings a glass of water to Deirdre.)
Mary Alice: "Deirdre, here."
(The baby begins whimpering. Deirdre drinks the water quickly and hands the glass back to Mary Alice. She keeps her reddened eyes averted.)
Mary Alice: "You're using again, aren't you?"
Deirdre: "No, I just, um, I just got to get some food for my baby and some other stuff."
Mary Alice: "Well, if the baby's hungry, we can go to the market and I'll buy food."
Deirdre: "I-I can shop for my own baby, okay?"
(The baby begins to fret.)
Deirdre: "Quiet! I can't think. See this watch? It's worth a lot. I'll give it to you for fifty bucks."
Paul: "She's not giving you money."
Deirdre: "Do you mind? Angela, you're the only one at rehab who treated me like a person. Okay, please, please don't stop now."
Mary Alice: "I'm sorry."
(Mary Alice walks to the front door and opens it.)
Deirdre: "I'll sell you my baby!"
Mary Alice: "What?"
Deirdre: "I heard you talking and I know you can't have your own. It's been killing you."
Paul: "It's time that you left."
Deirdre: "No, I, I'm thinking about Dana. You'll give him a good home. Okay? He'll be better off. Okay? Shh. Quiet. Quiet!"
Paul: "Honey!"
(Mary Alice holds up her hand to silence Paul.)
Deirdre: "How much money do you keep in the house? "
(The baby continues to cry. Mary Alice slowly closes the front door.)
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[Clinic]
(Paramedics roll in a gurney carrying an unconscious Deirdre.)
Felicia: "She has a ten-month-old baby. Where the hell is it?"
Policeman: "I don't know. If we'd seen a kid, we certainly wouldn't have left it sitting in the middle of a crack house."
Felicia: "If anything happens to that child, I will have your badge."
(Mary Alice stands close by, listening to the conversation.)
Policeman: "Just let me do my job, huh? We'll post an Officer at the junkie's bedside. If she wakes up, we'll let her tell us where she left her kid."
(Deirdre's gurney is rolled out the room. Mary Alice's eyes focus on the calendar hanging at the nurse's station. She looks at the picture of a group of houses in the town of Fairview.)
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[Mary Alice's House]
(A realtor comes out of the house, greeting Paul, Mary Alice, and young Dana.)
Realtor: "I really do hope you folks will be happy here in Fairview."
Paul: "Thank you."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"And we were."
Mary Alice: "Wave bye, Zach. Wave bye-bye."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"We were as happy as any family could be."
(Mary Alice and Paul smile at each other, then enter their new home.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Until one night three years later..."
(Hard knocking on the door late at night.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"When there was a knock at our door and I was desperate once again."
(Mary Alice opens the front door. Deirdre is standing there.)
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[Wisteria Lane, Nighttime]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"It was five o'clock in the morning on Wisteria Lane when the phone calls started."
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[Susan's House]
(The telephone rings. Susan rolls over in bed to pick up the phone.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"Of course, each of them knew something was wrong from that first ring."
Susan: "Hello?"
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[Lynette's House]
(The telephone rings.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"After all, it's one of the unwritten rules of suburbia..."
(Lynette wakes and grabs the phone.)
Lynette: "Hello?"
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[Gabrielle's House]
(The telephone rings.)
Mary Alice Voiceover:"...don't call the neighbors in the middle of the night..."
(Telephone ringing. Gabrielle grabs the phone. )
Mary Alice Voiceover:"...unless the news is bad."
Gabrielle: "Hello?"
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[Hospital]
Mary Alice Voiceover:"And so they came with their uncombed hair and their unmade faces. They came because after all these years..."
(Susan, Lynette and Gabrielle exit the hospital elevator, walking quickly. They come to a waiting room where Bree is sitting there alone.)
Susan: "Bree."
Mary Alice Voiceover:"They were no longer just neighbors."
(Susan, Lynette ,and Gabrielle go Bree and sit with her.)
Bree: "Hi. What are you doing here?"
Susan: "We heard Rex had a heart attack. How is he?"
Bree: "Um, he's stable, but, um, they have to put in a pacemaker, so they're gonna need to operate. How did you guys know?"
Gabrielle: "Danielle called."
Lynette: "So how are you doing?"
Bree: "We were having a fight when he had the heart attack, and I'm just feeling really guilty, because I should have gotten him here sooner and - "
Gabrielle: "Honey, the doctors here are great!"
Lynette: "Yeah, and he's so young, he's gonna bounce right back."
Susan: "I'm sure you have nothing to worry about."
Bree: "You know what? I am so happy that you guys came here, I really am, but I am trying really hard to be strong, so if you keep comforting me..."
Lynette: "You're gonna lose it?"
Bree: "Mm-hmm."
Gabrielle: "Then we won't comfort."
Bree: "Thank you."
Gabrielle: "We're just gonna talk about non-crisis things."
Susan: "Oh, I know. Uh, I found Mrs. Huber's journal in some of Mike's stuff, and I think she knew Mary Alice's secret and was blackmailing her."
(Bree, Gabrielle and Lynette look at her.)
Lynette: "Yep, that'll do it."
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[Outside Felicia's House]
(Zach walks quickly out the front door, Felicia right behind him.)
Felicia: "Zachary! Come back here, please."
(Zach goes to his own house, slams the door and runs up the stairs. He is carrying a suitcase and heads up the stairs. Felicia enters after him.)
Felicia: "Your father told you he would be gone for a while. He said you should let me look after you."
Zach: "I will be fine by myself. I am not a child."
(Zach continues upstairs, goes to his room, and lays down on his bed. Felicia enters.)
Felicia: "I know you're not a child, but I think we should discuss this."
(Felicia sits on the bed next to Zach.)
Zach: "I'm fine, really."
Felicia: "Why should you fend for yourself when you can just come home with me? Let me shoulder the burden. It would really be my pleasure-"
(Felicia reaches to brush Zach's hair back. Zach pushes her away and jumps up from the bed. Felicia jumps back.)
Zach: "Stop! What kind of freak are you? Just leave me alone, all right? You are not my mother! I told you that I am fine. Now stop acting like my mother and go home."
Felicia: "I wish it were that easy, Zachary, for your sake, but it's not. Your father's not coming back."
Zach: "He said that he was."
Felicia: "He lied. I wanted to spare you this, but your father and I discussed it, and he decided that he shouldn't come back. Now, get your bag and let's go home. I'm gonna make you some pudding."
(Felicia walks out of the room. She starts down the stairs and as she reaches the bottom, Zach runs after her, holding a hockey stick.)
Zach: "What did you do to my dad?"
(He swings the hockey stick at her.)
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[Outside Paul's House]
(From the Young's front lawn, the sounds of someone being struck over and over can be heard.)
Zach: "Tell me!"
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[Mrs. Applewhite's House]
(The new neighbor, Mrs. Applewhite, comes out onto the porch carrying a sewing basket. Edie approaches.)
Edie: "Mrs. Applewhite?"
Mrs. Applewhite: "Yes?"
Edie: "Hi. I'm Edie Britt. The realtor that helped you buy this house?"
Mrs. Applewhite: "Oh, of course. Hi."
Edie: "Hi. I've been so curious to meet you."
Mrs. Applewhite: "Really? Why?"
Edie: "It's just that I've never sold a house over the phone before."
(A young man comes out the front door and closes the door behind him.)
Edie: "You were awfully brave, buying the place sight unseen."
Mrs. Applewhite: "Not really. We could tell from the advertisement it was just what we were looking for. This is my son Matthew."
(Matthew approaches and reaches to shake Edie's hand.)
Matthew: "It's nice to meet you, ma'am."
Edie: " Please. Call me Edie. Ma'am's for middle-aged women."
(Edie looks over a bush and points to Susan across the way who's putting trash in her trash can.)
Edie: "...like her. You can call her ma'am anytime you want. So are you two finding everything okay? Because we didn't do our realtor's walk-through."
Mrs. Applewhite: "Everything is fine."
Edie: "Oh, honey. Escrow's closed. Now I can show you where to put the buckets when the rain comes."
Mrs. Applewhite: "Edie. The house is fine. But how lovely of you to stop by."
Edie: "Okay. Here is my card. Call anytime you want. Bye."
(Matthew and his mother watch Edie walk to her car.)
Matthew: "People are very friendly in this neighborhood."
Mrs. Applewhite: "Yes. Yes, they are."
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[Susan's House]
(Susan paces while on the phone. She is holding Mrs. Huber's journal.)
Susan: "Mike, Hi, sweetie. I hope the job's going well. Um, so I hope you're not mad, but I found Mrs. Huber's journal in your truck, and, well, I couldn't exactly not read it, so I did, and, um, I know all about the blackmail, so call me. We'll talk. Love you. Bye."
(Later, Susan is on the phone again.)
Susan: "I haven't heard back, and I was getting a little concerned. The girls and I were talking, and, we think that maybe Paul Young killed Mrs. Huber, and if he did, then maybe he killed your old girlfriend, too, so we should really talk about this, so call me. I love you. Bye."
(Later, Susan is on the phone again.)
Susan: "I thought the whole point of having a cell phone was so someone could reach you when they needed to talk. How can we move forward as a couple if you won't communicate with me? Mike, I need you to call me back! I mean it! Love you. Bye."
(Later, Susan is on the phone again.)
Susan: "I am so sorry for that last phone call. Um, let's just say it was the worry talking. I just really need to talk to you, and-"
(There's a small chirping sound coming from the phone.)
Susan: "Can you hang on? I got another call. Hello?"
Mike: "Hey, it's me."
Susan: "Oh, my God. Where have you been?"
Mike: "Uh, the reception's pretty lousy up here, but I got your messages."
Susan: "Well, I'm really sorry for that last message. I was just, uh..."
Mike: "Stressed out?"
Susan: "Yes. Let's call it stressed out. Uh, so how did you get Martha Huber's journal?
Mike: "Oh, um, her sister, Mrs. Tilman, gave it to me. She was helping me with my search."
Susan: "I just really think we need to give it to the ."
Mike: "Uh, yeah. Yeah, absolutely."
Susan: "Really?"
Mike: "Sure. Yeah. As soon as I get through with this job, we'll make an appointment with that detective, what's his name, uh, Copeland."
Susan: "Great. That's great."
Mike: "All right, so I'll, uh, see you in a few hours."
Susan: "Okay. Hurry, though. I just have a feeling that Paul Young is in the middle of all of this."
Mike: "Well, let's not rush to judgment."
(Mike hangs up. He's in his truck and turns to look at the back seat, where Paul Young is tied up with tape over his mouth. Mike drives off into the mountains.)
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[Courtroom Waiting Room]
(Carlos is sitting in a chair wearing an orange jump suit with handcuffs on. Gabrielle enters carrying a suit.)
Carlos: "What are you doing here?"
Gabrielle: "I'm here to testify for you, Carlos. Can you take those off?"
Policeman (unlocks Carlos' handcuffs): "Yes, ma'am."
Gabrielle: "There's no way I'm dressing him."
Carlos: "Gabby, thank god you're doing this. Beating up a second gay guy? It looks bad."
Gabrielle: "Yes, well, Carlos, in some circles, beating people up at all is frowned upon."
Carlos: "So why'd you change your mind?"
Gabrielle: "Well, I'm about to be the mother of your child, which means a lot of responsibility and little time for myself. So if I'm gonna get you out of this mess, you have to reciprocate."
Carlos: "Okay."

Gabrielle: "When the baby cries in the middle of the night, you're gonna get up without saying one word. Doctors' appointments: you're driving. I'm not putting a car seat in my Maserati. And you will also be on bottle duty. That means washing, sterilizing, and filling. That way I'll have some semblance of a life, and then maybe I won't hate you so much."
(Gabrielle tightens Carlos' tie. He winces. She fixes his collar.)
Gabrielle: "All right, there we go. So we're good? See you in court."
(Gabrielle begins walking out.)
Carlos: "Hey, Gabby? Aren't we breast feeding?"
Gabrielle: "Oh, honey, if you can swing that one, more power to you."
(Gabrielle leaves the room.)
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[Pizza Place]
(Inside a children's Pizza Parlor. Lynette and Parker enter, with Lynette pushing the stroller.)
Parker: "Can I buy my own pizza?"
Lynette: "Uh, you can, honey, If you can pay for it."
(Lynette hears cheering and yelling. She looks over to the game area and sees Tom playing air hockey with a bunch of kids.)
Tom: "Yeah, that is nineteen, nineteen, nineteen-zip. Bring it."
Lynette: "Just stay here with Penny for a second, okay?"
(Lynette walks into the game room and approaches Tom.)
Lynette: "Tom?"
Tom: "Yes! In your face! That is twenty-zip game, out!"
Lynette: "Tom, what are you doing?"
Tom: "I'm playing air hockey. What's it look like? Kevin, you're up."
Lynette: "Well, it's the middle of the day, and shouldn't you be at work?"
Tom: "Mm, no. I quit."
Lynette: "You did not."
Tom: "Yes. Yesterday. I told Peterson he could stick it. Boom! You're not bringing it, Kevin! Bring it!"
Lynette: "Could you talk to me for a second? I don't understand."
Tom: "What? You asked Peterson's wife to make sure he wouldn't promote me. So he gives a huge promotion to Annabel, so I quit. What don't you understand?"
Lynette: "Okay. Okay. Could we go home and talk about this, please?"
Tom: "No, we can't. Serve it up, meat."
Lynette: "You're just gonna stay here and play games all day?"
Tom: "No, I'm gonna go and get some ice cream, and then I'm gonna go up to the lake, maybe rent a boat, do whatever it is I feel like -- God!"
Boy: "Gotcha!"
Lynette: "Tom."
Tom: "Go home, Lynette. Go home before I say something I regret. Go home."
(Lynette walks away.)
Tom: "All right, you. You score this next point, you get your bike back."
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[Hospital Room]
(Bree is sitting beside Rex who is attached to various monitors. Rex opens his eyes and looks over at Bree.)
Rex: "What are you thinking about?"
Bree: "Oh, I was just, um, thinking that I need to start, uh, spring cleaning."
Rex: "You haven't done that yet?"
Bree: "No, and I need to clean out our rain gutters, and, uh, beneath the refrigerator, and I can't tell you how long it's been since I've replaced the shelf liner, so..."
Rex: "Then you'll finish off with our wedding silver."
Bree: "How did you know that?"
Rex: "See, all those years, you didn't think I was paying attention. But I was."
Bree: "And do you know why I save it for last?"
Rex: "No."
Bree: "Because it makes me think of my Aunt Fern. On the day we got married, I told her how happy I was, and she told me that even during bad times to always remember that the best was yet to come. And so as I polish it, I think about you and the kids and our life and how right she was."
Rex: "They're gonna operate on me."
Bree: "I know."
Rex: "I wanna say some stuff just in case."
Bree: "Rex, you don't have to say anything."
Rex: "I'm sorry for everything I did. The moving out, the infidelity, the sex stuff..."
Bree: "It doesn't matter. From here on in, can we just say that we're even?"
(Rex reaches for Bree's hand. Bree clasps his hand.)
Rex: "Okay."
Bree: "Thanks."
(Bree sits on the bed next to Rex and tenderly touches his face.)
Bree: "And for the record, you are gonna come through this operation just fine."
Rex: "How can you be so sure?"
Bree: "Because I told you: the best is yet to come."
(Bree kisses Rex. She places her head on his chest and Rex puts his arm around her.)
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[Outside Susan's House]
(Susan, Julie, and Karl come out. Karl is holding Julie's suitcase.)
Julie: "So I'll see you Sunday. Don't forget to feed Bongo."
Susan: "Oh, thanks. I'll go do that now."
Karl: "Go on in the car, sweetie. I have to talk to your mom real quick."
(Julie gets into her father's car.)
Karl: "So you're gonna go live in sin with the plumber slash ex-con?"
Susan: "It's funny you should mention sin. I think adultery still falls in that category."
Karl: "I, I don't like the idea of this guy being around Julie twenty-four seven."
Susan: "He's a good person."
Julie: "Mike's cool, dad. He cares about us a lot, and I like having him around. So don't mess this up."
Susan: "You heard the girl."
Karl: "He's still a plumber."
(Karl get into his car and drives away. Julie waves goodbye. Susan goes across the street to Mike's house.)
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