Witch's Lament

"Witch's Lament"
	Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 8; Episode 6
Directed by	Tony Plana
Written by	Annie Weisman
Production code	806
Original air date	October 30, 2011
Guest appearance(s)
	Miguel Ferrer as Andre Zeller; Andrea Parker as Jane Carlson; Tony Plana as Alejandro Perez; Becky Wu as Amy Yamada; Mason Cook as Jasper Zeller; Scott Lawrence as Allen; Marcus Folmar as Delivery Man; Lance Irwin as Security Guard; Madison Smetana as Young Susan; Gabriel Morales as Teen;

"Witch's Lament" is the 163rd episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the sixth episode of the show's eighth season and was broadcast on October 30, 2011.

Plot

Susan is appointed as Andre's intern and ends up watching his son; Lynette tries to outdo Jane and lies about making Penny's Halloween costume; Carlos speaks to a sponsor from A.A. about his blackout; the housewives are in the woods with the shovels, but the body they buried was mysteriously dug up; Renee gets romantic with Ben.

Title reference

The episode title, "Witch's Lament" is the title of a song featured in the musical Into the Woods.

Reception

According to Nielsen ratings, "Witch's Lament" was watched by 9.280 million viewers and held 3.1 rating between 18 and 49 years of age.[1] The episode was competing against Sunday Night Football on NBC, which averaged 21.98 million viewers and a 13.8 rating/21 share, The Good Wife on CBS, which was watched by 10.12 million viewers but held a 2.0 rating and Family Guy on Fox which was watched by 5.96 million viewers and held 3.2/7 rating in the 18-49 demographic.[2] The episode gained an additional 2.0 million viewers and 0.9 rating in the week following the original broadcast due to DVR recordings.[3]

Notes

This was the third episode about Halloween. The first was "Now I Know, Don't Be Scared," and the second was "Excited and Scared".
Although credited, James Denton (Mike Delfino) does not appear in this episode.
Jonathan Cake (Chuck Vance) does not appear in this episode and is not credited.
Tony Plana, who plays Alejandro, directed this episode. Plana also has a brief cameo as Alejandro in this episode, but was not credited for the role.

International titles

Italian: Paranoia
German: Paranoia
Polish: Płacz wiedźm (Crying of witches)

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References

Seidman, Robert (October 31, 2011). "TV Ratings Sunday: 'Once Upon a Time' Holds Up; 'Allen Gregory' Debuts Weakly". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/01/sunday-final-ratings-pan-am-adjusted-down-unscrambled-cbs-shows-sunday-night-football/109135/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/14/live7-dvr-ratings-greys-anatomy-tops-absolute-gains-supernatural-tops-gains-in-week-6/110495/

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[1] Seidman, Robert (October 31, 2011). "TV Ratings Sunday: 'Once Upon a Time' Holds Up; 'Allen Gregory' Debuts Weakly". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

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[3] ttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/14/live7-dvr-ratings-greys-anatomy-tops-absolute-gains-supernatural-tops-gains-in-week-6/110495/

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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"
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