Welcome to Kanagawa

"Welcome to Kanagawa"
Desperate Housewives episode
Lynette waits nervously with her friends.
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 10
Directed by	Larry Shaw
Written by	Jamie Gorenberg and Jordon Nardino
Production code	410
Original air date	January 6, 2008
Guest appearance(s)
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey Nathan Fillion as Adam Mayfair Tuc Watkins as Bob Hunter Kevin Rahm as Lee McDermott Mike Farrell as Milton Lang J.C. Mackenzie as Walter Bierlich Sylvia Kelegian as Diane Kaminsky, Al's Wife Tony Curtis Blondell as Firefighter Sergio Enrique as Police Officer Tom Titone as Doctor Dianne Leanne Wilson as Housekeeper Eamon Hunt as Medical Examiner
Episode chronology
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List of Desperate Housewives episodes

“Welcome to Kanagawa” is the 80th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the tenth episode of the show’s fourth season and aired on January 6, 2008, in the United States. This was the last episode written before the 2007-08 Writers' Strike. Its title is taken from a song in Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.

The episode begins on the evening that the tornado struck. Residents of Fairview and the housewives gather as the emergency services search for Lynette's family and Ida underneath the rubble of Mrs. McCluskey's home. One by one, Lynette's children are pulled out of the rubble followed by Tom. Mrs. McCluskey asks where Ida is, to which Tom shakes his head silently, confirming that she is dead.

Kayla Scavo discovers her music box among the wreckage, as well as a dead body in the tree. This is identified by Adam and Katherine in the morgue to be Sylvia Greene, with whom Adam had the affair. While at the morgue, Katherine tells Adam she wants him out of the house and out of her life.

As Mrs. McCluskey and Lynette pack up Ida's belongings, Lynette uncovers part of Ida's past and learns she was an amazing baseball player for the All American Girl's league during World War II. While packing, Parker comes over to offer help. He reveals how Ida saved all of their lives. As the house was shaking, and Tom passed out from his allergies, Ida made sure all the children were safely underneath the stairs while she sat in the corner, because there was no room for her under there. With the realization that Ida saved the lives of Lynette's family at the cost of her own, she begins to feel guilty for barely getting to know Ida. While they continue packing, Ida's niece and nephew stop by to pick up all that was valuable, including the pearls which were promised to Mrs. McCluskey. Lynette learns that her relatives are not going to fulfill their aunt's wishes of spreading her ashes at Granville Field, so she replaces Ida's ashes with dust from the vacuum cleaner so she can spread them herself. Later on, she and Mrs. McCluskey spread them at the field, only to be caught by the police. They manage to successfully spread her ashes, however, fulfilling Ida's wishes. Lynette's feelings of guilt continue as she wonders why she never took the time to get to know such an amazing woman. Lynette learns to appreciate the people that are still there, as her friendship with Mrs. McCluskey grows.