Farewell Letter

"Farewell Letter"
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 15
Directed by	David Grossman
Written by	Marco Pennette
Original air date	February 20, 2011
Guest appearance(s)
Emily Bergl as Beth Young Daniella Baltodano as Celia Solis Brian Austin Green as Keith Watson Orson Bean as Roy Bender Cody Kasch as Zach Young Max Carver as Preston Scavo Jill Larson as Sister Marta Marco Rodriguez as Principal Gomez Rochelle Aytes as Amber James Sayeed Shahidi as Charlie James Tamara Zook as Shopper #1 Tuffet Schmeizie as Shopper #2 Jacquie Holland as Tiffany Brie Mattson as Kimberly Anastasia Ganias as Hostess Amy Crofoot as Lady Frantz Turner as Man Catherine Grace as Patron Geno Monteiro as Police Officer Joey Naber as Townsperson Missy Doty as Waitress Shane Kinsman as Porter Scavo (younger) Brent Kinsman as Preston Scavo (younger)

"Farewell Letter" is the 149th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the fifteenth episode of the show's seventh season and was broadcast on February 20, 2011.

Plot

Gabrielle and Carlos head to Texas to visit Gabrielle's stepfather's grave, but instead come to find that everyone in the town is asking for autographs and pictures with Gaby. Bree and Keith make a decision to break up so Keith can see Charlie in Florida because he doesn't want him to not have a father, like he did himself. Lynette prohibits Porter and Preston from bringing home girls and she and Tom decide they need to get jobs, and move out. They end up at Mrs. McCluskey's house with their girls there. Renee gets Susan to use her dialysis to help them get into a restaurant, but after it fails, Susan collapses. After sending Zach to a rehab facility, Paul decides to kick Beth out of his life.

Reception

On its original broadcast on ABC, the episode scored 10.580 million of viewers and achieved a 3.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic.^[1] With the DVR Rating, this episode is up 1.7 in million of viewers (rising to a total of 12.4 million of viewers) and it was up 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic (rising to a total of a 3.9 rating).^[2]

Notes

Kevin Rahm (Lee McDermott), Tuc Watkins (Bob Hunter), Joshua Logan Moore (Parker Scavo), Darcy Rose Byrnes (Penny Scavo) and Madison De La Garza (Juanita Solis) do not appear and are not credited.
Brian Austin Green makes his final appearance as Keith Watson, appearing in a total of 15 episodes.
The title is the name of a song from Stephen Sondheim's musical Passion.

International titles

Arabic: الانتقال (Transition)
Italian: Andare via (Go away)
German: Zuhause (at home)
French : Il n'est jamais facile de partir (It's never easy to go)

References

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"

Desperate Housewives

Episodes	Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Characters	Betty Applewhite Angie Bolen Edie Britt Mike Delfino Susan Delfino Orson Hodge Bob Hunter and Lee McDermott Julie Mayer Karl Mayer Katherine Mayfair Karen McCluskey Renee Perry John Rowland Lynette Scavo Tom Scavo Carlos Solis Gabrielle Solis Andrew Van de Kamp Bree Van de Kamp Rex Van de Kamp Dave Williams Mary Alice Young Paul Young

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