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First Aired: Apr. 19, 2009 on ABC

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Season 5 » Episode #19 - Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know

Desperate Housewives - 05x19 Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know

Summary: Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) perishes on Wisteria Lane after a tragic accident, and the women of the street are brought together by this heart-wrenching event to go on a road trip with the intention of giving Edie's ashes to her son. During the trip, the women look back on Edie's life and their relationships with her: Susan recalls how their great rivalry started off with what could had been a great friendship; Lynette thinks fondly of one time Edie took her to chemotherapy, but not without making a short stop first; Bree remembers how Edie saved her marriage and her soul; Gabrielle reminisces about a very fun and sensual girls' night out; and Mrs. McCluskey tells everyone of how just a good mother Edie Britt truly was. Wisteria Lane becomes the resting place for the quintessential vixenish Housewife of the series, and Edie Britt lives on with this walk down memory lane.

Who appeared in this episode?

Bree Hodge	played by Marcia Cross
Gabrielle Solis	played by Eva Longoria
Porter Scavo	played by Charlie Carver
Reggie	played by Lorin McCraley
Travers McLain	played by Stephen Lunsford
Prison Guard	played by Dot Jones
Helen	played by Deborah Rawlings
Bartender in Biker Bar	played by Shawn Woods

Episode Quotes

Gabrielle Solis: Ladies, start your blenders.

Susan Mayer: What do you mean 'you two' were the hottest chicks on the lane?
Lynette Scavo: She called me a 'baby factory'?
Karen McCluskey: Yeah Gabby in hindsight maybe you shouldn't have told that part of the story
Gabrielle Solis: Oh pfft!

Edie Britt: [Last Lines] As I looked down on the world, I began to let go of it. I let go of white picket fences, and cars in driveways, coffee cups and vacuum cleaners. I let go of all those things that seemed so ordinary, but when you put them together they make up a life, a life that really was one-of-a-kind. I'll tell you something, it's not hard to die when you know you have lived. And I did. Oh, how I lived!

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (plot holes): When the wives are driving to deliver Edie's ashes and their tire blows out, Susan asks if anybody knows how to change a tire. But in season 1x12, "Every Day A Little Death," Susan changed Edie's tire for her (ironically on her way to spread Martha Huber's ashes) so she would have known how.
Goof (continuity error): As Susan recalls first meeting Edie, the amount of her doughnut goes from less to more between shots.

Trivia

Nicollette Sheridan does the voice-over narration in this episode.