Hey kids. I'm watching DH religiously. And I figured out the suicide motive LONG AGO. See, the thing is, we're getting Mary Alice's story in bits and pieces of her surviving friends' stories.
Here's my theory. Spoilers prolly.
Mary Alice was raising little Zach and had just given birth to Dana when doctors diagnosed Zach with a schizoid problem, similar to somethign his mother had. Zach's needs become a bit much to handle. Mary Alice begins to unravel as her life becomes frayed, trying to handle her own problem, balance and educate her son about his, and take care of a newborn baby. Paul Young tries to escape the situation by staying at work too much. The Youngs decide to hire a nanny to help with Dana. In order to pay for treatments and the nany costs, Paul embezzles a great deal from his job.
Eventually, Paul and the nanny begin a flirtation that evolves into an affair. Mary Alice breaks down and the marriage hits the curb. Zach has a final outburst, and Mary Alice accidentally kills Dana. Faced with losing everything, Paul covers up the death of Dana and enforces strict medication on both Mary Alice and Paul. The nanny, now fired, threatens to tell the authorities about the child's death, and the embezzlement. Paul kills her to shut her up, and puts her bits in Dana's toybox, which he buries under the new pool. Dana's things are burned or thrown away, and everyone is instructed to never mention the baby again.
Everyone on Wisteria Lane sees that the Youngs are down one child, but like "good" neighbors... they say nothing. In this way, no one is innocent of the crimes of the past. Martha Huber knows, and when faced with bankruptcy, she blackmails Mary Alice Young. |
