Into the Woods (Desperate Housewives)

"Into the Woods"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 21
Directed by	David Grossman
Written by	Alexandra Cunningham
Production code	321
Original air date	May 6, 2007
Guest appearance(s)
John Slattery as Victor Lang Jake Cherry as Travers McLain Jason Gedrick as Rick Coletti Greg Evigan as Charles McLain Alec Mapa as Vern Rusty Schwimmer as Toni Meeghan Holaway as Elizabeth Scott Atkinson as officer Jeffrey Stubblefield as Jerome Simon Brooke as thief Brendan Patrick Connor as Jeffrey Scott Todd Kimsey as Ranger Thompson Tyler Brooks as ranger #2 Christine Clayburg as newscaster Jenn Liu as waitress
Episode chronology

"Into the Woods" is the 68th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was also the twenty-first episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Alexandra Cunningham and directed by David Grossman. It aired on May 6, 2007.

Teri Hatcher submitted this episode for consideration on her behalf in the category of “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series” at the 2007 Emmy Awards.^[1]

Plot

The Scavo Pizzeria is robbed while Lynette's there. Lynette and Rick are stuck in the walk-in freezer, where they grow closer to each other. Later, while Tom, Lynette, Rick, and a security guard are looking through security tapes, Tom is unpleasantly shocked to find Lynette having dinner with Rick. Tom confronts Rick and tells him to quit working at the pizzeria because Tom and Lynette's marriage, although currently going through a rough patch, will survive. Lynette fires Rick and tells Tom that Rick quit his job to work somewhere else where they're offering him a better salary. Tom tells Lynette that he's coming back to work, as the doctor gave him permission to. In her bathroom, Lynette turns the water on so Tom can't hear her quiet sobs.

Shopping with Vern for an outfit for election night, Gabrielle has a run-in with a meter man who gives her a parking ticket which she feels she didn't deserve. At Victor's party, the wife of Victor's campaign manager tells Gabrielle that if Victor is elected as mayor, she won't have to pay for anything again, including parking tickets. Victor is elected as mayor. The next day, Gabrielle and the same meter man have an argument when she is given a ticket. She tries to talk him out of writing the ticket by telling him that she's engaged to the mayor, but that doesn't convince him. After kicking the meter man, she is arrested. When Gabrielle arrives home, Victor is angry at Gabrielle for making a spectacle that will be harmful for his image as the newly elected mayor. Gabrielle apologizes and shows Victor her bruised wrist from the meter man twisting it in their scuffle earlier that day. While Gabrielle and Victor dance at his victory party, across town two hired men walk up to the meter man as he is leaving work and beat him up.

Edie's ex-husband, Charles, comes to pick up Travers. Edie tries to get shared custody of Travers when she suspects Carlos might be losing interest in their relationship. She buys Travers a puppy to be kept at her house because she knows that Charles is allergic and Travers will have to ask his father into giving Edie joint custody. Charles learns about this and he and Edie get into an argument. Edie threatens to hire a lawyer so she can get full custody of Travers. Carlos learns of Edie's plan and tells her that she should think of what's best for Travers which is for him to stay with Charles and not have to go back and forth. He comforts her, saying that he will be there for her and Edie decides to call off her lawyer.

Mike is on a camping trip, so Susan goes to the woods to find him. She brings plenty of cosmetics, but forgets to bring some hiking necessities. Because Susan is unprepared, she is assigned a wilderness guide, Toni. Susan complains to Toni about her complicated love life, and Toni yells at Susan and tells her that she doesn't think Susan can handle a permanent relationship because she invites in too much drama. Susan decides to sneak off while Toni is sleeping and try to find Mike on her own. However, she sprains her ankle and gets lost in the woods. Back at the campground, the one hiker is reported lost, and Mike realizes that it's Susan from the description. Susan leaves a message on Mike's cell phone promising him that if he takes her back that she will not make their relationship dramatic and they will be a normal couple. In the morning, Mike finds Susan lying on the ground. Susan tells Mike she twisted her ankle and Mike replies "good, because now I can do this." Mike then picks up Susan in his arms and they kiss.

Ratings

This episode had 17.0 million viewers.

Cast

Although credited, Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross), Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan), Andrew Van De Kamp (Shawn Pyfrom), Danielle Van De Kamp (Joy Lauren), Preston Scavo (Brent Kinsman), Porter Scavo (Shane Kinsman), and Parker Scavo (Zane Huett) do not appear in this episode.

Title reference

The episode title, "Into the Woods," is the title of a Stephen Sondheim musical as well as a song featured in that musical. A number of the other episodes are entitled names of other Sondheim songs or lyrics from his songs, for example "Witch's Lament", "Children Will Listen", "Give Me the Blame", "Nice is Different than Good" and "Mother Said".

International titles

Croatian: Izgubljena u šumi (Lost in the Woods)
French: Poursuivre notre route (Press on our life)
French (Canada): Un monde dangeureux (A Dangerous World)
German: Opfer (Victims)
Hebrew: אל היערות (El HaYe'arot; Into the Woods)
Hungarian: Fától az erdőt ([can't see] The forest because of a tree)
Italian: Nella Foresta (Into The Forest)
Polish: Chodźmy w las! (Let's Go Into The Woods!)
Spanish: En el Bosque (In the Woods, Forest)

References

↑ "2007 Emmys CONFIRMED Episode Submissions". The Envelope Forum, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-06-18.

Desperate Housewives episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "Ah, But Underneath" "Pretty Little Picture" "Who's That Woman?" "Come In, Stranger" "Running to Stand Still" "Anything You Can Do" "Guilty" "Suspicious Minds" "Come Back to Me" "Move On" "Every Day a Little Death" "Your Fault" "Love Is in the Air" "Impossible" "The Ladies Who Lunch" "There Won't Be Trumpets" "Children Will Listen" "Live Alone and Like It" "Fear No More" "Sunday in the Park with George" "Goodbye for Now" "One Wonderful Day"

Season 2	"Next" "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" "You'll Never Get Away from Me" "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" "They Asked Me Why I Believe in You" "I Wish I Could Forget You" "Color and Light" "The Sun Won't Set" "That's Good, That's Bad" "Coming Home" "One More Kiss" "We're Gonna Be All Right" "There's Something About a War" "Silly People" "Thank You So Much" "There Is No Other Way" "Could I Leave You?" "Everybody Says Don't" "Don't Look at Me" "It Wasn't Meant to Happen" "I Know Things Now" "No One Is Alone" "Remember"

Season 3	"Listen to the Rain on the Roof" "It Takes Two" "A Weekend in the Country" "Like It Was" "Nice She Ain't" "Sweetheart, I Have to Confess" "Bang" "Children and Art" "Beautiful Girls" "The Miracle Song" "No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds" "Not While I'm Around" "Come Play wiz Me" "I Remember That" "The Little Things You Do Together" "My Husband, the Pig" "Dress Big" "Liaisons" "God, That's Good" "Gossip" "Into the Woods" "What Would We Do Without You?" "Getting Married Today"

Season 4	"Now You Know" "Smiles of a Summer Night" "The Game" "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" "Art Isn't Easy" "Now I Know, Don't Be Scared" "You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover" "Distant Past" "Something's Coming" "Welcome to Kanagawa" "Sunday" "In Buddy's Eyes" "Hello, Little Girl" "Opening Doors" "Mother Said" "The Gun Song" "Free"

Season 5	"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" "We're So Happy You're So Happy" "Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else" "Back in Business" "Mirror, Mirror" "There's Always a Woman" "What More Do I Need?" "City on Fire" "Me and My Town" "A Vision's Just a Vision" "Home is the Place" "Connect! Connect!" "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" "Mama Spent Money When She Had None" "In a World Where the Kings Are Employers" "Crime Doesn't Pay" "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" "A Spark. To Pierce the Dark." "Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know" "Rose's Turn" "Bargaining" "Marry Me a Little" "Everybody Says Don't" "If It's Only In Your Head"

Season 6	"Nice is Different Than Good" "Being Alive" "Never Judge a Lady By Her Lover" "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues" "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" "Don't Walk on the Grass" "Careful the Things You Say" "The Coffee Cup" "Would I Think of Suicide?" "Boom Crunch" "If..." "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" "How About a Friendly Shrink?" "The Glamorous Life" "Lovely" "The Chase" "Chromolume No. 7" "My Two Young Men" "We All Deserve to Die" "Epiphany" "A Little Night Music" "The Ballad of Booth" "I Guess This is Goodbye"

Season 7	"Remember Paul?" "You Must Meet My Wife" "Truly Content" "The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside" "Let Me Entertain You" "Excited and Scared" "A Humiliating Business" "Sorry Grateful" "Pleasant Little Kingdom" "Down the Block There's a Riot" "Assassins" "Where Do I Belong" "I'm Still Here" "Flashback" "Farewell Letter" "Searching" "Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed" "Moments in the Woods" "The Lies Ill-Concealed" "I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday" "Then I Really Got Scared" "And Lots of Security..." "Come on Over for Dinner"

Season 8	"Secrets That I Never Want to Know" "Making the Connection" "Watch While I Revise the World" "School of Hard Knocks" "The Art of Making Art" "Witch's Lament" "Always in Control" "Suspicion Song" "Putting It Together" "What's to Discuss, Old Friend" "Who Can Say What's True?" "What's the Good of Being Good" "Is This What You Call Love?" "Get Out of My Life" "She Needs Me" "You Take for Granted" "Women and Death" "Any Moment" "With So Little to Be Sure Of" "Lost My Power" "The People Will Hear" "Give Me the Blame" "Finishing the Hat"

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