Steve B. wrote:
"When Zach was talking to the girl across the street he said that "I
killed my baby sister". They played that part again tonight on the recap
show.
So now we now that Zach was not Dana as we were thinking earlier. And
the mystery grows.... "
As others have said, DANA is ZACH.
Dana is "VERY MUCH ALIVE," as Paul stated, because Zach actually is
DANA.
A THEORY - gleaned from this newsgroup's participants...
The yelling of Dana and Zach's name that Zach remembers from his young
childhood was from a FIGHT between his "parents," MaryAlice and Paul -
and his biological mother, which ended up in a bloody murder, with the
biological mom winding up in a toychest in pieces.
His biological mother was there to get him back, because MAryAlice (not
her real name, according to Mrs. Huber's sister) kidnapped him.
As to the "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID..." letter, wasn't that letter from
Mrs.Huber, who was blackmailing MaryAlice?
SO:
A woman and her husband kidnap a child named Dana. (Dana is a unisex
name - that is why the writers used this name - to throw people off.)
They change his name to Zachary.
The woman changes her own name to "MaryAlice." (unsure whether Paul has
a name change, also)
Dana's(Zach's) biological moter, Deirdre, comes looking for him.
She knows Mike,by the way. (We don't know if Mike is the father of Zach,
but we are pretty sure he isn't due to the chronology of his jail time.)
Dierdre tracks Dana to the home of "MaryAlice" and Paul.
A fight ensues.
Paul kills Dierdre either right after the fight, or soon after the
fight. Either way, after the yelling match heard by Zach, his biological
mom is eventualy murdered by Paul.
Paul and MAryAlice kill two birds with one stone (pardon the pun) by
using the bloody murder to their advantage, by telling "Zach," whose
memory is vague, since it happened when he was so young, that he
accidentally murdered his sister, "Dana." They hope this will both
explain away for Zach the name,"Dana," that he remembers during the
yell-fest, and the blood that he also remembers. Perfect.
Mike is at Wisteria Lane to track down Dierdre.
He has her murder file from the police, given to him by a bad cop, who
sneaked-out the file.
He sees the name, PAUL YOUNG, in the file, and he is now wondering what
to do.
NOW, THIS WHOLE SCENARIO COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG, BECAUSE IT IS A TAD TOO
OBVIOUS.THEY MAY BE LEADING US DOWN THE GARDEN PATH, ONLY TO THROW US A
HUGE CURVEBALL AT THE SEASON FINALE, OR AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SEASON.