Ignorance is Bliss

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Ignorance is Bliss is the sixth episode of Season 1 and the sixth episode overall. It was released on October 8th, 2015.

## Synopsis

Jasper and Jenna spend the weekend away for their 1 year anniversary. Shirley bonds with Alfie. Lynette's secret is exposed to yet another person. Galen follows a hot trail.

## Recap

Jenna got out of Jasper's car and put on her sunglasses, looking classy as always. Jasper also got out of the car, walked to the trunk of the car and opened it. He took out their bags and then walked up to Jenna.

"I love the look of this house. The colors go really well with the view. Are you sure your father doesn't mind us spending the weekend here?" - she asked him.

"My father has probably forgotten that I won't be home for the weekend by now. I highly doubt he cares where I spend my time." - he replied with a frowny face.

"Well, we have eachother. Jas, we are gonna have the best 1 year anniversary you can imagine. Okay? I promise you that." - she said grabbing his hands.

"I know we are." - he smiled at her as they kissed before entering the house.

Meanwhile, Galen, Lynette and Shirley were hanging out in The Steamy Bean. They were sitting by a table with a sofa and an armchair. Lynette and Shirley sat on the sofa while Galen occupied the armchair. Shirley was just talking about Alfie. How she met him and how nice he was to her. She also explained to them that he saw her in the woods that night.

"You went back there? Why am I just now finding out about this?" - shouted Galen.

"Shirley!" - shouted Lynette and then started to whisper - "You gotta find out how much he saw. He could start putting the pieces together and the next thing you know you are in a jail cell with a stinky cellmate."

"No, guys, it's fine. He is my friend. He wouldn't tell anyone even if he found out." - said Shirley.

Galen and Lynette shared a look with a frowny look on their faces.

"Friend? Didn't you just meet?" - asked Lynette.

"So? We clicked right away. You know what I mean?"

"No?" - said Lynette

"Why was he in the woods anyway?" - said Galen breaking up the awkward silence

"I don't know... I didn't ask." - said Shirley as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Shirley I'm seriously starting to wonder whether you would take candy from a man in a van. Can you really be that naive? Trust me, I know a pretty face can be pretty nasty inside. Just look at Jasper." - said Lynette, raising her shoulders, also taking a sip of her coffee.

"That was ugly." - said Galen

"I know. Don't tell him I said that." - she said.

"Guys! Don't worry. I got the Alfie-situation under control. Trust me." - said Shirley.

Galen and Lynette replied with silence. Lynette's phone buzzed and she looked at it to see a text. Shirley noticed the concerned look on her face.

"Lyn? You ok? Is it Karma?" - she asked

"What? No... no it's just... Madison."

"Did she die?" - asked Shirley

"Why would you think that?" - said Lynette

"Based on your reaction to the text, girlfriend."

"No. She's alive... I gotta go. Someone finish this coffee if you want. Bye guys."

Lynette stormed off. Shirley didn't believe that she was so worried about Madison.

"Get up!" - she said to Galen.

"I haven't finished yet." - he said raising his mug.

"She lied! I could tell from her reaction that it was something much more serious. If it's Karma we gotta go see what she's doing."

"No I don't think that's a good idea." - said Galen, knowing who called for Lynette.

"Stop being so lazy! Our friend could be in danger! Come on!" - she said as she stormed off.

"Fine I'm coming."

Galen caught up with her and they followed Lynette to the Price Mansion. They saw Lynette enter through the front door.

"Okay let's go!" - she said opening the gate

"Look, this can't be Karma! She's at Jasper's house. Maybe her and Jasper are slowly becoming friends again and he called her over."

"Jasper is out of town." - she looked at him with a confused face as she ran through the gate.

"Damn it." - said Galen quietly.

They snuck up to the window to Kenneth's office and Shirley carefully looked in. She saw Lynette in front of Kenneth's desk. He stood up and walked up to her, putting his hands on her hips and then kissing her.

"What the hell? Galen, you gotta see this!" - she whispered - "I can't believe this. This is disgusting!"

Shirley quickly walked back to the gate where Galen caught up with her.

"Hold on!" - he said.

"Why? Should I go in there and give her a thumbs up for messing around with our friend's dad? Her EX'S dad?"

"It's not like that." - said Galen with a sad face.

"Then what IS it like?" - she asked crossing her arms.

"I don't know, she never told me what exactly is going on"- said Galen "but i trust her." Shirley rolled her eyes and walked away, clearly upset. Galen was just about to leave as well, when he received a text. He checked to see that it was from Karma. The entire text just said:

"You might wanna come back

to this lawless shack.

But hurry, don't waste your time;

wouldn't that be a crime?"

Galen looked very confused after reading the text. He didn't understand what Karma was saying. He stood there for a few minutes, thinking, and then he left the place.

After thinking it over, Shirley decided not to give up on her friend so easy. If Galen was right she needed to know what exactly was going on so she decided to pay an unannounced visit to Lynette. As she was walking towards her place she bumped into Alfie.

"Alfie!" - she said

"Oh hey Shirley! Where are you headed?" - he asked her.

"I need to see a friend."

"Oh that's unfortunate! I was going to invite you for a cup of coffee, but I guess another time." - he said about to leave.

"Well I mean.." - Alfie stopped and looked back at her - "I guess I do have time for a coffee."

He smiled at her and then they walked to the Steamy Bean together. They sat down in front of eachother.

"So how are your studies going?" - she asked.

"Well the year has barely started, but so far so good. You?" - he asked with a cheeky smile.

"It's perfect!" - she said to which Alfie giggled.

"Well I wouldn't expect anything else. Your intelligence matches your beauty."

Shirley blushed and smiled at him, but didn't know what to say.

"So how's Noelle?" - he broke up the silence

"I assume she's alive and fine. We don't talk much."

"That's unfortunate. But don't worry, it's just typical sibling rivalry."

After a short moment of silence, Shirley spoke up.

"Can I ask you a kinda.. uh personal question?"

"Sure."

"Is there something between you and my sister?"

"Err friendship? Nothing more than that, if that's what you are curious about."

"Right! Uh sorry. Stupid question it's none of my business."

"No no no. It's fine. I want us to be friends so don't be scared to ask."

"Well! If so, then here's another question for you. What were you doing in the woods that night?" - Alfie giggled.

"Well, what were YOU doing there?" - he asked with a cheeky smile.

"I can't tell you that!"

"I guess then we're even.

"You're terrible you know." - she said with a wide smile on her face.

"Oh I get much worse later on."

They laughed together and then spoke a little more to eachother about themselves.

"Galen, whats wrong, you seem a little absent"- said Teresa as she watched her oldest son. They were having a dinner but he hardly ate anything. His brain was still preoccupied with the text he got from Karma. What could it even mean?

"Oh, it's nothing mom, im just tired"- he said out loud. His younger brother was also at the table talking about some project they were doing in school but Galen didnt pay attention this time. He needed to figure this out. The text clearly said that he needed to hurry- but how could being late be a crime? And what the hell is a lawless shack? Well obviously it was a place, and clearly the one he has been to already. Galen could think of many places he could go back to but none of them fit the rest of the description. Frustrated, he decided to give up. Even if he figured out the location, would it really be a good idea to go there? But then it hit him. Of course it'd be a bad idea to go back because, lawless shack= the cabin of crime, the one where he and Shirley tortured Ciera. But what if they left some evidence behind and Karma tipped off the police? Maybe Karma is giving him a chance to fix it, so maybe he should go back and check it out before they come.

Finally, after the coffee with Alfie, Shirley arrived to Lynette's place. She rung the bell impatiently and Lynette opened the door with a shocked look on her face.

"Shirley, why... what, whats wrong?"- she asked.

"You tell me."- replied Shirley harshly.

"What do you mean? You aren't making any sense right now."

"I saw you Lyn, okay? I saw you with that... man."- said Shirley visibly disgusted, maybe a little too loud.

"Oh my god, keep it down. Fine, I'll tell you whats going on, but not now... not here."- said Lynette quietly while checking if anyone from her family was around.

"Fine. We can take a walk."- said Shirley and Lynette agreed.

"Mom! I'm going out with Shirley."- she yelled. No reply could be heard but she left anyway.

"Okay so whats the deal with you and Mr. Price?"- asked Shirley.

"Look it's not what you think."

"Yeah Lyn, they all say that, i need the truth."- insisted Shirley.

Lynette sighed and figured that she would have to tell someone, sooner or later, and why not open up to her friend? As they walked Lynette started telling everything from the start as stunned Shirley mostly listened quietly. When she was done Shirley felt really bad but she was glad that she knew the truth now. She really wanted to help Lynette but she didn't know what to do.

"I'm glad you told me Lyn, I couldn't even have imagined something like this."- she said.

"Yeah it feels good to share it with someone, but please, don't tell anyone. I dont want my mom to get in trouble."

"Ugh, there needs to be a way out. It hurts to even think about you with him."

"I know, just... leave it for now."- said Lynette and they kept on walking quietly.

Back at Hamptons, Jasper and Jenna were enjoying themselves. Jasper had a romantic dinner prepared for the two of them and they were talking about how they started going out. Their sugar- coated versions, that is. It happened a little while after the whole Ciera incident. Jenna, as a true friend was desperate to find Ciera, or to at least find out what happened to her. Jasper and her were just acquaintances back then but he didn't want her snooping around anymore, and he liked her a little so he started talking to her. He was trying his best to calm her down, telling her that Ciera was probably alright, wherever she went. One thing led to another and after few weeks they started dating.

"I am so glad we are still together after a year."- said Jenna.

"Me too. Who knows where would i be without you."- said Jasper and he really meant it.

"Well maybe you'd get back with Lynette, we both know how much you still care about her."- replied Jenna.

"Ugh, stop it, why do you have to ruin everything? I have proved you so many times that I love you and only you. But you just keep bringing this nonsense up." Jenna seemed stunned as Jasper stood up.

"I am done with this dinner. You know where the guest room is. Good night."- he said as he walked away.

As soon as the dinner was over Galen went to the cabin. He was running for most of the time and now he was finally there. He carefully opened the door and peeked inside. It was pitch dark so he couldnt see anything, but a rotten smell was coming from the inside. Galen walked in, using his phone as a flashlight. As he pointed the light around the room he saw something that shocked him so hard, he didnt move for a minute. In the middle of a room was a big black trash bag, or rather a body-bag, it was about that size. As Galen walked up to it, covering his nose with his arm, he heard noises from the outside. It was police sirens, but they were still distant. Galen was torn, he needed to know what or who was in that bag but he couldnt risk getting caught by the police. He knew he had to get out of there, but he just needed to know. Thats why he hid in the cornfield and watched the police as they arrived, walked in and soon after walked out carrying that same bag. They opened it but Galen couldn't see anything from that distance so he gave up and decided to go home, assuming that he will read about it tomorrow in the newspaper.

Lynette and Shirley were still walking but now they were talking about more cheerful things. Shirley told her all about the coffee with Alfie and Lynette was teasing her about it.

"Hey, stop, i think i know who lives in this house."- said Lynette.

"Who, the sheriff? That would explain all the police cars."- joked Shirley.

"No, look"- pointed Lynette at something in front of the house.

"Oh god, is it...?"-Lynette nodded before Shirley could even finish the sentence.

"We need to call the guys."- said Lynette.

"Already on it"- replied Shirley as she was dialing the number.

"...Galen? You wont believe who just got arrested."

## Title

'Ignorance is bliss' ​emphasizes that sometimes it is ​better for you if you do not ​know all the ​facts about a ​situation. This was the case in Shirley's situation before she found out truth about Lynette and in Galen's, before he figured out Karma's riddle.

## Main Cast

* Chord Overstreet as Jasper Price
* Melissa Benoist as Shirley McHale
* Emily VanCamp as Lynette Jackson
* Brant Daugherty as Galen Wright
* *Unknown* as Karma

## Guest Stars

* Leighton Meester as Jenna Hillsburry
* Alexis Denisof as Kenneth Price
* Damian McGinty as Alfie Benson
* Laura Leighton as Teresa Wright
* Ryan Bradford as Tim Wright