Casting
Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) is seen in this episode for the first and only time in the fifth season. This is her 7th appearance on the show since the first season, having appeared in three episodes during the second season, one during the third and two during the fourth season. This is the 99th episode narrated by Mary Alice, due to Bree's deceased husband Rex Van de Kamp (Steven Culp), who also makes an appearance in this episode, narrating the third season episode, "My Husband, The Pig."
For this 100th episode, Christine Estabrook and Lucille Soong reprise their respective roles as Martha Huber and Yao Lin for the first time since the first season. Despite being rumored to appear, Paul & Zach Young did not appear, neither did Ida Greenberg or John Rowland. Although credited, Andrew Van de Kamp (Shawn Pyfrom), Porter Scavo (Charlie Carver), Preston Scavo (Max Carver) and Parker Scavo (Joshua Logan Moore) do not appear in this episode.
Out of the main cast Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany), Mike Delfino (James Denton) and Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan) appear briefly at Eli's funeral but have no speaking lines in this episode.
This is not Marcia Cross' hundredth episode with Desperate Housewives due to her maternity leave during Season 3. She doesn't make her hundredth appearance as Bree until Rose's Turn, seven episodes later.
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“All we know
Is that we are a little early, that
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Todayness that the sunlight reproduces
Faithfully in casting twig-shadows on blithe
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