meanwhile, tom and lynette want to take the family on a vacation: tom wants to take them to the luxurious hawaii, while lynette wants to take them on a trip to the grand canyon, a national park and a seven-minute roller coaster. they then decide to have the kids vote on which vacation they want, leading to an argument between tom and lynette, with lynette saying that tom's new job has turned him into a pompous ass, and tom says that his new job turned her into a raging bitch. penny (darcy rose byrnes) is revealed to have heard the entire argument and runs upstairs crying. lynette and tom decide to go on a weekend together without the kids in order to try to salvage their relationship.