Episode 2.02: You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Airdate: October 2, 2005
09/19 - Susan is surprised, and not pleasantly so, when she finds out who Edie's new boyfriend is. Meanwhile Lynette goes back to work, leaving Tom at home in charge of the house, which turns out to be a better plan in theory. Bree's mother-in-law, Phyllis (guest star Shirley Knight), continues to drive Bree crazy with her melodramatic grieving, and Carlos makes an unusual request of Gabrielle. Guest starring are Shirley Knight as Phyllis Van De Kamp, Pat Crawford Brown as Ida Greenberg, Brian George as Mr. Pashmutt, Alexandra Lydon as Rita Rivara, Lenora May as Dr. Mackenzie, Terry Bozeman as Dr. Craig, Daniel Roebuck as Mr. Flannery, Loren Lester as Dr. Baker, Ridge Canipe as Danny Farrell and Harry S. Murphy as Mr. Lentz.
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09/19 - Susan seethes when she finds out about Edie and Karl (Richard Burgi); Lynette begins her new job and Tom begins his -- as a househusband; Carlos has a favor to ask ogf Gaby; and Bree's mother-in-law (Shirley Knight) continues to drive her crazy.
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09/14 - Susan is surprised to learn the identity of Edie's new boyfriend; Lynette heads back to work, leaving Tom in charge of the house; Bree suffers through her mother-in-law's melodramatic grieving.
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09/11 - Shirley Knight ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"

will also guest-star in the episode as Rex Van De Camp's (the departed Steven Culp) mother.
Source: ABC
07/22 - One of the housewives is late with her newspaper payments, and gets in a fight with the paperboy.
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07/20 - One of the housewives is hitting up different therapists for medication. Gabrielle brings cash to a woman in a bad neighborhood, which she ultimately holds on to herself.
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07/19 - Lynette settles in at her job, and is being pitched an ad campaign by two young writers. One of the housewives is visited by the mother of someone who died, and the mother is crying all the time, in the restaurant, at the drycleaner.
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