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The Wisteria Lane business mixer buzzed with artificial enthusiasm, a thin veneer over the dull monotone of a motivational speaker droning from the stage. Glasses clinked; plastic smiles were exchanged. Then, as if conjured from the sheer boredom in the air, Tom Scavo appeared beside the refreshment table, his arrival slicing through the pretense like a sharp knife. He leaned in, his eyes alive with a conspiratorial gleam, his mouth curling into a grin that spoke volumes about the evening's utter lack of inspiration.