Episode 13: "There's Something About War"
"Everyone understands the nature of war. We also understand that victory depends on the cards that we have been dealt. Some, when faced with a bloody battle, simply give in."
In the poker game at the end of the show, Susan folds, Gabrielle folds, Lynette folds, and finally Edie folds. These actions describe the way they behaved in the battles before the game.
Susan folds - Keeping up the appearance of being Dr. Ron's "patient" has finally backfired enough on poor Susan. Facing surgery, Susan drops the facade. Rather than continuing to fight for him, she decides that it's better to lose him than to keep jumping through hoops to keep him.
Gabrielle folds - This is a truly wonderful episode for Carlos and Gabrielle. I absolutely loved it. The two go head to head on the issue of child-bearing. Gabby asks Carlos to choose between her and a child. Carlos asks Gabby to choose between a child and an annulment. To my sweet surprise, BOTH fold. He choses her and she admits that she has already chosen him (by way of choosing to have kids instead of get an annulment). Beautiful.
Lynette folds - Another truly fantastic episode for Lynette and Tom, Lynette gives in to her husband's desire to work again. He gets a job at her firm on his own merits, despite her attempts to thwart him. Ultimately, Tom leaves it up to her to decide his fate. She folds. Instead of fighting until she gets her way (which seems to be her style), she gives him back his freedom, his manhood, and his feeling of productivity in the family. The best part about this whole episode is her request for forgiveness at the end. It's amazing to me how badly people need to be forgiven sometimes. It just is so healing and so beautiful. After they talk, she looks down to her plate, crying, and says, "This is really good." Maybe it's the food, but I think it's the conversation.
Edie folds - In the beginning, we are told by Mary Alice that Edie knows the secret to surviving the carnage of war is total surrender. Although she manipulates Carl for a moment to herself, it's pretty clear that the moment is brief. She has won a battle, but surrendered the war.
"But for some, surrender is unacceptable. Even though they know it will be a fight to the death."
Bree and Betty go head to head over their secrets. For now they are safe. But in the very near future, this battle will take them where they don't want to go. Their son and daughter are about to start dating, and each has a wayward son with a past that is itching to be exposed. So, whose death will it be?
Life is war. We are continually waging war over something - things we want, things we need; people we love, those we despise; jobs we have, jobs we want; thoughts we think, things we forget; goals we want to achieve, failures we regret; habits we want to break, habits we want to start; physical ailments, physical fitness; social strivings, financial gain...
In the never-ending battle we call life, there is only one war we can win once and for all. It is the war for our souls. Of all the things that we fight for, it amazes me that we don't have to worry about the most important thing. Unlike the poker game in this episode, our victory depends less on the cards we've been dealt than the cards we have chosen. Isn't spending eternity with God the victory of all victories? Regardless of what cards we've been dealt (and some have been dealt some harsh ones), once we have chosen Christ, we never have to worry about our soul's fate again.
Rom. 8:35,38-39 - "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?...I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither heighth nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
In the poker game at the end of the show, Susan folds, Gabrielle folds, Lynette folds, and finally Edie folds. These actions describe the way they behaved in the battles before the game.
Susan folds - Keeping up the appearance of being Dr. Ron's "patient" has finally backfired enough on poor Susan. Facing surgery, Susan drops the facade. Rather than continuing to fight for him, she decides that it's better to lose him than to keep jumping through hoops to keep him.
Gabrielle folds - This is a truly wonderful episode for Carlos and Gabrielle. I absolutely loved it. The two go head to head on the issue of child-bearing. Gabby asks Carlos to choose between her and a child. Carlos asks Gabby to choose between a child and an annulment. To my sweet surprise, BOTH fold. He choses her and she admits that she has already chosen him (by way of choosing to have kids instead of get an annulment). Beautiful.
Lynette folds - Another truly fantastic episode for Lynette and Tom, Lynette gives in to her husband's desire to work again. He gets a job at her firm on his own merits, despite her attempts to thwart him. Ultimately, Tom leaves it up to her to decide his fate. She folds. Instead of fighting until she gets her way (which seems to be her style), she gives him back his freedom, his manhood, and his feeling of productivity in the family. The best part about this whole episode is her request for forgiveness at the end. It's amazing to me how badly people need to be forgiven sometimes. It just is so healing and so beautiful. After they talk, she looks down to her plate, crying, and says, "This is really good." Maybe it's the food, but I think it's the conversation.
Edie folds - In the beginning, we are told by Mary Alice that Edie knows the secret to surviving the carnage of war is total surrender. Although she manipulates Carl for a moment to herself, it's pretty clear that the moment is brief. She has won a battle, but surrendered the war.
"But for some, surrender is unacceptable. Even though they know it will be a fight to the death."
Bree and Betty go head to head over their secrets. For now they are safe. But in the very near future, this battle will take them where they don't want to go. Their son and daughter are about to start dating, and each has a wayward son with a past that is itching to be exposed. So, whose death will it be?
Life is war. We are continually waging war over something - things we want, things we need; people we love, those we despise; jobs we have, jobs we want; thoughts we think, things we forget; goals we want to achieve, failures we regret; habits we want to break, habits we want to start; physical ailments, physical fitness; social strivings, financial gain...
In the never-ending battle we call life, there is only one war we can win once and for all. It is the war for our souls. Of all the things that we fight for, it amazes me that we don't have to worry about the most important thing. Unlike the poker game in this episode, our victory depends less on the cards we've been dealt than the cards we have chosen. Isn't spending eternity with God the victory of all victories? Regardless of what cards we've been dealt (and some have been dealt some harsh ones), once we have chosen Christ, we never have to worry about our soul's fate again.
Rom. 8:35,38-39 - "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?...I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither heighth nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
