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From umbilical cord to family ties, there's a lot of cutting going on tonight. While it's all deliciously dramatic, devious and diabolical, boy was this episode predictable. From the five-year-old breastfeeder (saw it a mile away) to Dr. Ron's inevitable discovery that Mike was not just a figment of Susan's laughing gas high, to Bree realizing that she does have a problem - if you couldn't see it happening just by the previews, well... you ain't the sharpest pair of scissors in the bundle.

Not that the writers didn't manage some funny - and even surprising - moments in an otherwise ho-hum plot. While I didn't love the breastfeeding part, it did allow for some excellent scenes. The one where Lynette and her boss are craning their neck to peek at the hungrily suckling five-year-old was delightful physical comedy. The meeting (and who's that hilarious new colleague?) where the advertising execs all agree that her behavior is "bizarre" is just the right balance of funny and uncomfortable. Best of all, the mom's breakdown at the end...