Live Alone and Like It (Desperate Housewives)

"Live Alone and Like It"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 19
Directed by	Arlene Sanford
Written by	Jenna Bans
Production code	119
Original air date	April 17, 2005
Guest appearance(s)
Doug Savant as Tom Scavo Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van de Kamp Bob Gunton as Noah Taylor Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey Nick Chinlund as Detective Sullivan Dakin Matthews as Reverend Sykes James Michael Connor as Tim Geoff Pierson as Sam Lesley Ann Warren as Sophie Bremmer Shane Kinsman as Porter Scavo Brent Kinsman as Preston Scavo Patrick Dollaghan as Lamont David Pevsner as Chez Naomi Waiter Lawrence LeJohn as Delivery Guy Paul Rae as Ice Cream Vendor
Episode chronology

"Live Alone and Like It" is the 19th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The episode was the 19th episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Jenna Bans and was directed by Arlene Sanford. It originally aired on Sunday April 17, 2005.

The episode was originally titled An Unexpected Song which comes from Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical, Song and Dance.

Plot

Lynette reluctantly cares for Mrs. McCluskey after she collapses in front of her after taking too much medication. Karen then thanks her for what she did and begins to start intruding on her life and tells her not to help if it's only because she feels obligated since they're not friends. Lynette sternly tells her life is obligation, and she'll be over in the morning to take her to the pharmacy so she can replace her child-proof bottles. Susan's mother begins to set up double dates with Susan which she objects to. Bree is so upset over Andrew's revelation that he might be gay, she ambushes him with a visit from a reverend who specializes in converting gay teenagers. Andrew blithely says he's comfortable with who he is, and not the least bit confused. Rex finally speaks up and says that if Andrew is happy as he is, it's their job to support him. Bree retaliates by announcing that Rex is into S&M and it is "no wonder" that Andrew is "perverted." When Bree tells Andrew she's worried he won't go to heaven now, he agrees to see Reverend Sykes. But he tells the reverend that although he "likes vanilla and chocolate," admitting he was gay was just a ploy to get his parents to take him out of the camp and that he doesn't even believe in God. He outlines his plan to get revenge on his mother, pretend to be the perfect son, then one day do something "so awful it will destroy her. When that day comes, I'll know paradise," he tells the shocked clergyman. Gabrielle and Carlos are still fighting over the post-nup, and the violent way he forced her to sign it. She won't let him sleep in their bed until he tears it up, so he cancels her credit cards. She threatens to kill him if he ever hurts her again; he threatens to kill her if she ever sleeps with another man. With her cards cut off, Gabrielle accepts John's student credit card, but since his parents are cosigners, it quickly gets canceled. That leaves her stranded in a restaurant with a bill she can't pay. Eyeing a handsome stranger, she easily talks him into picking up her tab. This gives her the confidence to go home and show off her new shoes to Carlos. "I'm a pretty girl, and pretty girls are never lonely," she reminds him. Carlos finally relents and rips up the post-nup, and Gabrielle lets him back into bed.

Cast

Although credited, Paul Young (Mark Moses), Zach Young (Cody Kasch), Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen) and Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) do not appear in this episode.

Series continuity

This is the second time that Bree embarrassed Rex at the dinner table. The first was in Pretty Little Picture, when she said that he cries after he ejaculates.

Title reference

The episode title Live Alone and Like It comes from the Stephen Sondheim song of the same name from the 1990 film Dick Tracy.

Note

"Live Alone and Like It" received an alternative title. ("An Unexpected Song").

International titles

Finnish: Yksinäiset (Loners)
French: Les meilleurs intentions (The Best Intentions)
German: Einsame Herzen (Lonely Hearts)
Hungarian: Élvezd a magányt! (Enjoy the loneliness)
Italian: Il piacere della solitudine (The pleasure of loneliness)

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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