What's the Good of Being Good

"What's the Good of Being Good"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 12
Directed by	Ron Underwood
Written by	Jason Ganzel
Production code	812
Original air date	January 22, 2012
Guest appearance(s)
Daniella Baltodano as Celia Solis Dakin Matthews as Reverend Sykes Daniela Bobadilla as Marisa Sanchez Justina Machado as Claudia Sanchez Jeffrey Corbett as Don Cameron Mathison as Greg Patrick Fabian as Frank Sal Landi as Donny Doug Purdy as Man Christian Meoli as Workman
Episode chronology

"What's the Good of Being Good" is the 169th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the twelfth episode of the show's eighth season and aired on January 22, 2012.

Plot

Karen McCluskey finds out about Bree's sex life and plans to do something about it, by informing Reverend Sykes; Bree learns that her latest boyfriend is keeping a secret; Renee gets concerned about Lynette going out on a date with her hairdresser; after Claudia confronts Susan about her visit, Susan arranges for Claudia to meet with Gabrielle.

Reception

Although it was down from the previous episode, due to FOX's broadcast of the NFC championship Game on the same night, "What's the Good of Being Good" managed to place second in its time slot, scoring a 2.6/5 among 18-49s and a 4.9/7 overall, with 7.5 million viewers tuning in.^[1] The episode was competing against NFC Championship Game on Fox which was watched by 51.17 million viewers and held 19.3/39 rating in the 18-49 demographic. With 7.48 million viewers, "What's the Good of Being Good" is currently the second least watched episode in the history of the series. The episode gained an additional 2.1 million viewers and 1.0 rating in the week following the original broadcast due to DVR recordings.^[2]^[3]

Notes

The title of this episode is taken from the Opening to Act I of the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods.
Although credited, Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Solis) and Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) do not appear in this episode.

International titles

German: Mehr Sein als Schein (More Illusion than Reality)
Polish: Co jest dobre w byciu dobrym? (What is good at being good?)

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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