As ridiculous as the storylines on Desperate Housewives can be, give ‘em credit for not being dismissive about the pain of miscarriage. For those with better things to do on Sunday nights: Eva Longoria’s character, Gabrielle, suffers one in one of the latest storylines.

Before we know Gabrielle has lost her baby, she sends her friend (Marcia Cross) to get her only picture of the baby—a sonogram—so she can hold it during the ambulance ride to the hospital. When Gabrielle loses the baby, she spends an episode binge shopping (this is Desperate Housewives after all) and ultimately faces the pain of the loss, albeit with the usual Wisteria Lane-quirks–and within the confines of an hour-long episode.