Opening Doors
| "Opening Doors" | |
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| Desperate Housewives episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | David Grossman |
| Written by | Dahvi Waller & Jordon Nardino |
| Production code | 414 |
| Original air date | May 4, 2008 |
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"Opening Doors" is the 84th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the fourteenth episode of the show's fourth season and aired on May 4, 2008, in the United States. The title comes from a Stephen Sondheim song from his musical Merrily We Roll Along.
Bree gives Orson an ultimatum in the beginning of the episode, where she suggests to him that he surrender himself to the police. Orson regrets his actions and asks her for forgiveness, but tells Bree that he can't go to jail, and Bree asks him to leave. Orson waits on the front lawn drunk one night, and tells Bree he can turn himself in to the police and explains that he was sleepwalking when he ran over Mike. Bree is more upset about this idea. When Edie drives by and sees Orson and Bree, Bree tells Edie to send him back to the apartment. Orson refuses to go back to the apartment and she allows him to stay overnight at her house. Bree confronts Edie because she is uncomfortable about Orson staying overnight with Edie and is concerned that she might start an affair with Orson (a valid concern, given her past adulterous liaisons with Karl, Mike and Carlos). Edie told Bree that she is not interested in Orson, and she will allow Orson to stay as long as he wants. Bree begs Edie to consider their friendship. Fearing that her relationship with Orson might be jeopardized, Edie slams the door on Bree. Edie then convinces Orson to stay longer as she gets herself drunk on Orson's martinis. She talks about Bree being too perfect and people occasionally making mistakes. Orson and Edie kiss (they both think it was inappropriate), and Bree catches them in the act when she finds Ida's cat, Toby, in front of Edie's house (Karen McCluskey was looking for the cat throughout the episode).
Susan reconnects with ex-husband Karl (Richard Burgi) while she is in Lamaze class. She and Julie met Karl and his present wife Marissa at the class. Karl says some offensive things to Susan, telling her she has aged, gained weight and so on and brags about Marissa being a professor of law. Furious, Susan brings Mike to the next class dressed in a suit. Mike lies about him now hiring people to do plumbing and having a great social life, but then he goes on and tells Karl and Marissa the reason he missed the previous class: He was getting the 30-day chip which signifies he has successfully been through 30 days without drugs. Susan is unhappy that Mike told them about his drug addiction, but Mike tells her that he should be honest about who he is and he does not care what Karl thinks. The next class Karl tells her that Mike tries to be honest because he loves her, unlike Karl who was always dishonest to her.
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