Lynette learns that Paul is officially opening the halfway house and is receiving an award from the mayor for doing so. She gathers the neighborhood to start a protest during the mayor’s award speech.

Bree and Keith compromise on his moving in. Keith’s father Richard tries to convince him that Bree doesn’t care for him, causing Keith to reconsider their relationship. Richard visits Bree’s house asking to complete some landscaping chores but then tries to make a move on Bree as he is in love with her and tried to break her and Keith up. Bree tells Keith about this and during the protest a fight outbreaks between Richard and Keith. The neighborhood thinks Keith is an ex-con and starts to beat him up. Bree fires a gunshot in the air hoping it will break up the fight but that only to make things worse and causes a riot and stampede between all the people.

Gaby is still trying to cope with her biological daughter, Grace, leaving her forever causing Juanita to become suspicious. Gaby seeks help from Lynette and she suggests that Gaby write a letter to Grace that would never be sent. Gaby does so but Juanita discovers it and reads it causing her to find out that Grace is Gaby’s daughter and she is not. Juanita fled the house into the streets of the protest causing her to get lost in the hundreds of people. She crawls into Bob and Lee’s car who are fleeing Wisteria Lane since the neighborhood is angry with them for selling their house to Paul (due to Paul’s lying about another neighbor selling to him).

Meanwhile, as Bob and Lee are trying to escape the riot and are unaware of Juanita being in the backseat, people try to tip over and break the windows of the car. Juanita unveils herself and Bob and Lee climb into the backseat trying to comfort her as she is shrieking for help. Gaby finally catches sight of Juanita in the backseat and tries to rush to her aid but before she gets there, a crazy neighbor uses a baseball bat to completely shatter the backseat window. Gaby rips the man off and Carlos and Gaby bring Juanita home. Bob successfully escapes the car and tries to help Lee escape but the neighbors are repeatedly punching and hitting Lee. Lynette quickly runs to Lee’s aid and he successfully escapes injured.

Susan gets knocked over and gets injured from people stepping on her and falls unconscious.

The riot is exactly what Paul Young wanted to happen. At the end of the episode, when the riot is finally over, while walking down the street of Wisteria Lane, he is shot by an unknown assailant.

“Down the Block There’s a Riot” is the 144th episode of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It is the tenth episode of the show’s seventh season and aired on December 12, 2010.

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