TONIGHT ON DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. Emma closes her school due to lack of funding. Alice decides that she will attend college--no matter what it takes. Matilda flies into a rage when Charlotte won't show her the note she was writing. Jemina realizes that it's up to her to raise her seven children and manage the farm.

Tonight on "Desperate Housewives" is a weekly series that premiered on Blog About Town on October 23, 2005. Last week's installment is here.

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