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(S04E13) "Everyone has a reason for not following the rules." - Mary Alice

Things are definitely moving forward on Wisteria Lane. This week, we found out who set Rick's restaurant on fire, Mike finally discovered that Orson ran him over, Dylan met her father, and Edie actually made sense!

When writing last week's review, I was pretty sure Rick set his own restaurant on fire. But thanks to your comments, I was reminded that the Scavo brats were capable of such a thing. They love their parents so much; it's not surprising they tried to get rid of Rick. Lynette and Tom have a lot to discuss now that the twins admitted they set the fire. Will they go to the police to say the kids did it? If they don't go, what will they do so their children learn that there are better ways to solve problems?

No matter what Tom and Lynette decide to do, the Scavos are in dire need of a good family therapy session: Tom and Lynette have trust issues, the twins need to start behaving or they may end up seeing the inside of a jail when they grow up, Kayla must start accepting Lynette, etc. Parker and Penny may be the only one who can get a "skip therapy" pass.

It was about time Mike learned that Orson was the one who ran him over two years ago! I expected Mike to ask for explanations and Susan to act up when she learned the truth. What I didn't expect was how Bree reacted to the ordeal. Bree did pretty bad and evil things over the years, so I thought she would somewhat forgive Orson and have him sleep on the couch for a few weeks. After all, Bree is all about appearances and calling it quits with Orson means her family is not perfect. But as Mary Alice reminded us at the end of the episode, certain rules are not meant to be broken. Personally, I would have shown the door to Orson too but I thought that in Bree's book, "running over the then-boyfriend of one of my friends and sending him in a coma" didn't mean that you got the instant boot especially when Orson knows a lot of Bree's secrets, including that Benjamin is Danielle's son.

As expected, the mystery man from last week turned out to be Dylan's father, Wayne. I missed about ten seconds of the first conversation Dylan and Wayne have at the diner. Did she tell him that she thought he was dead and believed that Katherine killed him? Even if Wayne said the truth about hitting Katherine and didn't want, at first, to see Dylan behind Katherine's back, I still get a bad vibe from the guy. There is more than meets the eye and I can't wait to see it unfold. Wayne also said that there was another side to the "I hit Katherine" story. What is there? Is he referring to the body buried in the woods or another secret altogether?

I still didn't care much about the Gaby/Carlos storyline but I must mention Edie's speech to Gaby. Edie may be known as the Wisteria Lane tramp but the woman actually made a lot of sense this week. Carlos did change a lot due to his blindness and he is too proud to admit it. Gabrielle wasn't seeing it as she was too busy thinking of her needs and what she was losing while trying to help out her husband. I'm glad Edie put some sense into Gaby. Even if I'm ready for Gaby and Carlos to move to another town, I think they are good together and Edie helped cement their relationship.

Other tidbits of interest:

• Bree telling Susan about the empty box trick. If Bree puts a box filled with emotions in an empty closet everything emotions are flowing, how many closets do you think she has?
• Even if there was little Bree/Katherine interactions this week, the scene they were in was fun. "Creative friction" allowed them to throw a great ball but it also had Bree poison Katherine. The latter is willing to risk being poisoned again and uses shameless emotional blackmail to get what she wants!