Bang (Desperate Housewives)

"Bang"
Desperate Housewives episode
Carolyn Bigsby, holding a gun as she holds the supermarket hostage.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 7
Directed by	Larry Shaw
Written by	Joe Keenan
Production code	307
Original air date	November 5, 2006
Guest appearance(s)
Dougray Scott as Ian Hainsworth Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn Bigsby Kiersten Warren as Nora Huntington Brian Kerwin as Harvey Bigsby Matt Roth as Art Shepherd Rachel Fox as Kayla Huntington Scavo Michael Bofshever as Kenny Stevens Michael Durrell as Myron Katzburg Pat Crawford Brown as Ida Greenberg Kathleen Gati as Maya Matt Casper as Stockboy Christine Clayburg as Reporter Maile Flanagan as Cashier John C. Moskoff as Judge Joe Sabatino as Police Captain Anne Bellamy as Female Hostage
Episode chronology
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"Bang" is the 54th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was also the seventh episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Joe Keenan and directed by Larry Shaw. It was broadcast on November 5, 2006.

Due to time constraints, the opening credits were completely cut from the episode.

The episode begins with Carolyn Bigsby shooting at her husband Harvey in the grocery store he owns because he has been having an affair. He locks himself in his office, and she holds the supermarket shoppers hostage.

Earlier that morning, Lynette Scavo discusses her nightmare from the previous night about Mary Alice Young with Susan and Gabrielle.

Bree Van de Kamp confronts her husband Orson Hodge about the police report from the night he supposedly beat his first wife Alma. He convinces her that she suffered her injuries due to a fall after attacking him. Bree reveals that Carolyn gave her the report, and Orson mentions that Carolyn's husband is cheating on her.

Nora Huntington tells Lynette and her husband Tom that she is moving to Mexico with Kayla, her daughter with Tom, despite their opposition.

Gabrielle and her husband Carlos are settling the final terms of their separation. Carlos reveals that Gabrielle seduced him in order to stall the divorce as she believed he was coming into some money. The judge decides Carlos gets everything in the house and Gabrielle only gets the house. When they arrive home, each tries to destroy the property left to the other in the settlement.