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In a gesture of friendship, Bree tells Lynette she will help Tom secure a new job from an advertising executive named Bruce as they have sold their restaurant, but the tension heats up when Lynette and Tom compete over the new job, leading neither of them to get it. Orson starts behaving like a kleptomaniac, stealing from people who are rude to him; he steals from Tom when he rejects his help, then Bruce who behaves rudely to him, and then Bree, who catches him stealing and tells him to stop. Bradley begins to use Gabrielle as to cover for him as he continues to cheat on his wife, leading her to threaten to reveal his secret to Maria. Bradley decides to fire Carlos and tell Maria himself, but she stabs him in the back, leading to her arrest. When Mike moves in with Katherine, she hides Susan's beach painting, which was a honeymoon gift to Mike, so that she is not reminded of Mike's relationship with her. Edie starts digging up Dave's past by catching up with a priest who is an acquaintance of his and finds out his real name is David Dash.
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