They had to give Gaby somewhere to go, and it could be interesting to watch her go there.

Totally credible reason to break up Susan and Mike. Given the happy ending they had been left with, something like that to break them up instead of the old affair/misunderstanding thing.

Hope Dana Delany won't be wasted like that in future episodes - she deserves and brings so much more.

There's a lot to build on here, so there is potential. Maybe I've just missed DH so much (and don't have many other guilty pleasures to enjoy), so I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

It was the tuba. Know your brass.

well, I thought that was the dumbest reason for two people to break-up. But I guess if I were in Mike's shoes I wouldn't want to listen to her whine either.

I've been Sliced

Exactly. It WAS stupid. But married couples who love each other do break up because they handle tragedies stupidly. That made more sense to me than some contrived affair or silly misunderstanding. This is a situation where two characters who love it each can't make it work.

Agree.

That "I'm over it, why aren't you over it" type of dynamic over a tragedy breaks up a lot of married couples. Add in a difficulty with forgiving either oneself or one's partner and the resentment can quickly build to a breaking point.

It may seem silly but a lot of couples do not survive in the aftermath of something like this.

Agree with both of you.

Bravie is my favorite.

It was the tuba. Know your brass.

This literally had DW spewing her tea. My son plays trombone, and she loves to mock him (to me) about that. She laughed about the "cool kid playing trombone in the school band" comment from Lynette.

But when Tom corrected her about it being tuba, DW completely lost it, literally spewing her tea back into the mug. Did I mention that I played tuba way back when? And DW loves mocking me even more than mocking my DS.

Overall I agree that the show wasn't great. The Gabby/fat kid stuff seemed forced, as did the Bree/Katherine exchanges, and I haven't enjoyed Susan's part in a LONG time. My future as a watcher will depend on this thing getting better!