Desperate Housewives Season 6, Episode 22, "The Ballad of Booth," centers on a hostage crisis where Patrick Logan forces Angie Bolen to build a bomb, while Gaby Solis attempts to intervene. The episode, titled after a song from Stephen Sondheim's Assassins , explores themes of past secrets and extreme convictions, with Sam blackmailing Bree over the hit-and-run death of Carlos' mother. Read the full recap at TV Fanatic . MAKE-YOU-CRY MONDAY: The Ballad of Booth