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18 January 2009 (Season 5, Episode 13)
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Local handyman Eli Scruggs dies from a heart attack on his last day of work and the housewives remember moments when he affected their lives. full summary | full synopsis
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Just a Filler Episode more (4 total)
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Teri Hatcher | ... | Susan Mayer |
 | Felicity Huffman | ... | Lynette Scavo |
 | Marcia Cross | ... | Bree Hodge |
 | Eva Longoria Parker | ... | Gabrielle Solis |
 | Nicollette Sheridan | ... | Edie Britt |
 | Ricardo Chavira | ... | Carlos Solis (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira) |
 | Doug Savant | ... | Tom Scavo |
 | Kyle MacLachlan | ... | Orson Hodge |
 | Dana Delany | ... | Katherine Mayfair |
 | Neal McDonough | ... | Dave Williams |
 | Shawn Pyfrom | ... | Andrew Van De Kamp (credit only) |
 | Brenda Strong | ... | Mary Alice Young |
 | James Denton | ... | Mike Delfino |
 | Charles Carver | ... | Porter Scavo (credit only) (as Charlie Carver) |
| Max Carver | ... | Preston Scavo (credit only) |
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43 min | Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)
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This episode marks the third time a character has had a husband that turned out to be gay; Sophie Bremmer's third husband, Stella Wingfield's husband Glen (Lynette's step-father), and now Edie's second husband, Umberto. more
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so far season 5 has been pretty fantastic, compared with 3 and 4.. so this last episode came as a total disappointment .. it was a total fluff piece, with no relevance to plot whatsoever, it doesn't add anything to any of the characters .. and there's no point in making you care about some random stranger, who you create and kill off in the same episode .. it's more film than TV!
i do understand that sometimes series need filler episodes, they all do it, but then again, i don;t understand why they put it just before they have (YET ANOTHER) break .. breaks in the flow are annoying enough, without presenting your audience with a total anticlimax as the last thing they remember .. at least one would expect a minor drama, if not a cliffhanger .. which leaves you excited and gasping for more (as was the fire in the nightclub before the Christmas break)
in a nutshell, disappointing!
(and what is happening to Jackson? i thought he was making a full recovery from his accident and was going to be back??)