Lost My Power

"Lost My Power"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 20
Directed by	David Grossman
Written by	Wendy Mericle
Production code	820
Original air date	April 29, 2012
Guest appearance(s)
Scott Bakula as Trip Weston Daniella Baltodano as Celia Solis Andrea Parker as Jane Carlson Reed Diamond as Gregg Limon Alyson Reed as Judge Conti Doris Roberts as Doris Hammond Christina Chang as D.A. Emily Stone Josh Latzer as Garbage Truck Driver

"Lost My Power" is the 177th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the twentieth episode of the show's eighth season and was broadcast on April 29, 2012.

Plot

Susan builds M.J. a car for the soapbox derby; a wealthy woman hires Gabrielle to become her personal shopper; Bree's attorney, Trip Weston, gets her to explain her actions; Lynette causes trouble between Tom and his girlfriend; Renee finds out Ben's secret about the late Alejandro Perez.

Reception

According to Nielsen ratings, "Lost My Power" was watched by 8.02 million viewers and held 2.5/6 rating between 18 and 49 years of age.^[1] The episode was competing against The Good Wife on CBS, which was watched by 9.97 million viewers and held a 1.7/4 rating, Celebrity Apprentice on NBC, which averaged 6.38 million viewers and held a 2.0/5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and the combination of Family Guy and The Cleveland Show on Fox which averaged 4.85 million viewers for the hour, and had a 2.4/6 rating. The episode gained an additional 2.0 million viewers and 0.9 rating in the week following the original broadcast due to DVR recordings.^[2]

Notes

The episode title is from the song "Ever after" in the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the woods.
Although credited, James Denton (Mike Delfino) does not appear.
Kathryn Joosten (Karen McCluskey) and Charlie Carver (Porter Scavo) do not appear and are not credited.
The view on the city from the window of Bree's attorney's office used to be the view from Ally McBeal's office.

International titles

Polish: Straciłam moc (I lost my power)
German: Machtverlust (loss of power)

References

↑ Bibel, Sara (May 1, 2012). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time,' 'Amazing Race,' 'Celebrity Apprentice,' 'Cleveland' Adjusted Up; 'Harry's Law,' 'GCB' Adjusted Down". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
↑ Bibel, Sara (May 14, 2012). "Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'Big Bang Theory' Tops Absolute Ratings, 'Fringe' Tops % Gains, 'The Mentalist' Tops Total Viewer Gains in Week 32". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved May 31, 2012.

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"

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