Desperate Housewives Episode 1.06 Running to Stand Still

Carlos sides with Gabrielle when Mama Solis suggests Gabrielle get rid of her maid. But he and his mother are still trying to figure out who Gabrielle's lover might be. Meanwhile, Gabrielle is alarmed to see John hanging out with Bree's daughter, Danielle. At the weekly card game, Gabrielle sneaks off to confront John about Danielle. When she comes back, she finds her mother-in-law has stepped in and taken her friends for a pile of cash. Who knew Mama Solis was a card shark? Carlos worries when he hears about his mother's card playing, and tells Gabrielle his mother has a serious gambling problem.

Armed with this new information, Gabrielle kills two birds with one stone: She leaves Mama Solis at a casino while she meets up with John. When she returns Mama Solis shamefacedly admits she has maxed out Carlos's credit card. Gabrielle agrees to pay off the card and keep it a secret. Now that she's in her daughter-in-law's debt -- literally -- Mama tells Carlos her suspicions about Gabrielle's affair were groundless. That is, until Carlos lets it slip that Gabrielle knew about her gambling problem. In an instant, all her goodwill evaporates and she realizes Gabrielle's lover has been right under her nose the whole time.

Susan stops by Paul's moving sale to find out where Zach is and is told he's "staying with relatives." Susan doesn't buy that, and she's right. Zach's in an institution. Paul tells the doctor he wants Zach kept on drugs but to skip the therapy. Could he be worried about what his son might tell the doctors? Susan finds where Zach is being kept and convinces Juile to sneak in and him and ask him what's going on. Zach tells Julie he's started to remember things about what happened to "Dana."

At a school production of "Little Red Riding Hood," Lynette clashes with the organizer, Maisy Gibbons, who has rewritten the ending of the fairy tale to spare the wolf's life. Because Lynette is only signed up to take tickets, Maisy nixes her idea to keep the play traditional. When Lynette's status rises after she volunteers to do the costumes, she forces a vote on whether they should "just kill the damn wolf." The other mothers side with Lynette, to Maisy's fury. She then threatens to boot Lynette's twins from the play if she can't deliver the costumes in time. To get everything done, Lynette turns to her children's Ritalin, which gives her the energy not only to finish the costumes, but to clean her house from top to bottom. When Maisy dismisses the coonskin cap Lynette slaved over as "roadkill," it's the last straw. Lynette challenges her to "throw down" and Maisy demurely backs off.

At their therapist, Dr. Goldfine's, Rex confesses to Bree he's not happy with their sex life and he wants to have a sexual surrogate. Bree is furious and storms out. While having dinner out alone, Bree runs into Dr. Goldfine and proceeds to contradict Rex's assertions that she is a "distant" lover by giving a long, enthusiastic speech on all the things she loves about sex. Bree surprises Rex at his motel, showing up in only a fur coat and her lingerie. He's ready for action, until she is distracted by his hastily discarded burrito spilling onto the floor. Suddenly, Rex isn't in the mood anymore and he kicks her out. When Rex stops by the house later, Bree insists he's the one who's been distant. When she presses him to tell her why, he leaves without an explanation.