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this was an ok week on wisteria lane the dave storyline picked up a bit of pace this week im glad that he didnt kill katherine because i still really like her but instead it seems that edie has fell victim Susan had a pretty funny week it was nice to see karl agian and to see her son

Lynette had an ok week but nothing special her scenes with lucy were pretty funny

bree had a ok week im glad that she didnt sell her business for orson seems that he seems to have crazy

overall a ok week, next week shoudl be better though

Oh my god...Orson is such a jerk, I never thought it could be possible to hat a character so much, he´s such an egotistical brat, how does he dare blame Bree for his unhappiness, he´s so weak and manipulative, if he really did love her he wouldn´t b doing all that crazy stuff, he´s really sick!. Ok my rant about Orson is over, let´s move on...



Finally Eddie discovers Dave´s plan and how he intends to hurt Mike, poor Eddie, disaster after disaster in her life.



Susan is really worried about van (Karl´s son) and tries to help him out which infuriates Karl, who thinks Susan only wants to get revenge (Filler plot) Katherine, Mike and Dave finally go camping but Dave gets thwarted and does not fulfill his plan to kill Katherine (too bad!, she´s starting to annoy me)



Thank God Bree didn´t sell her company only to fulfill Orson´s very hurt ego...Go Bree! after everything she´s been through she doesn´t desrve this kind of thing now, no more scums in her life.



Carlos is working harder and Gabby is not happy with his lack of loving. I though that Gabby´s and Tom´s conversation was a little funny.



Lynette is also fighting at work with Lucy (God that woman is feisty and obnoxious) and Gabby´s daughters help her get her way. I love Lynnete´s plans...she can be really funny without wanting to be.



Waiting for next episode!

Orson sinks to a new low. Dave continues along his twisted path. Bree catches herself in time before selling her soul down the river in the interest of traditional family values. Luckily her son gave her a good give your head a shake type nudge just in the nick of time. Orson Orson Orson. Why are you being like this? And then there is Dave. Funny - Orson tried to kill Mike and now here is Dave trying to essentially kill Mike by destroying those he loves. It's all, as other reviewers have said, pretty dark. But well done and a solid episode.

And so Dave, Mike and Katherine finally go on that camping trip that we've been promised for about four weeks and, frankly, it's a bit of a damp squib. The story takes up around 1/6th of the episode's total airtime and what we do get is pretty laughable. There's very little build up and no increase in the dramatic tension as they set up camp, wake up in the morning and Dave misfires when Edie calls him. I don't know about you but I was expecting a solid concentration on this narrative, featuring something a little more elaborate than snipering from on high. Still, with the long-awaited marriage of this story and Edie's, we do get some sparkling dialogue between the two characters and a confrontation scene to die for... quite literally, actually, as the poor woman appears to snuff it at hour's end. Of course, one does wonder why, upon learning the truth about her husband, Edie would simply call him up and invite the psychopath back to her home rather than, you know, getting the hell out of there and calling the police. Don't try to weasel an explanation out of the loon you fool, RUN! And hit a tree. And get electrocuted. Call me cynical but isn't that a little much, guys? Would it have been so bad if she'd simply died from the mangled car? Did she really need to get an almost comedic electrocution? Sigh. And, of course, this also involves Orson who, regrettably, learns nothing from his wife's sage words and proceeds to rob a house in the middle of the night. This story is escalating out of control, leaving no room for sympathy with his character, and unless it results in Kyle MacLachlan being written out of the show, I don't really see the point. A bit of a mixed bag, although Lynette and Carlos's storyline is rather enjoyable, if only because Lucy is a self-righteous, manipulative cow and it's good to see her put in her place.

Not my favourite episode this season but the final was worth waiting for. I knew Edie's story with the fax would drag out but the final sequence with her and Dave was amazing and inspiring. Nicholette made me cry when she let out her emotion on the line 'Why- why did you have to do this?' I just wish she could have said more about how detrayed she was. I also think that focus should not have been pulled from her at all. The jump to Orson and change of instrumental broke the flow of the ending. But overall the whole reason I give this episode a 9 is because of Edie's confrontation with Dave. I almost wish the next episode didnt exist so Nicholette's final moment on the show could be her scene with Dave. Amazing. I will miss her.

Ok so this was Edie's big send off and i actually liked it!! Sure it wasn't in the most spectacular way (like Nora in bang)but it was an unusual death to say the least!! Really it was Orson's fault right?? How dare Orson demand Bree sell her business just to make him happy, he should have been run over by edie!! He has gone crazy with the stealing!

I liked the Gabby/Lynette/Carlos story, funny yet believable!! Overall a good pivital moment to the show, can't wait to see what crazy Dave does next!! RIP Edie, RIP her wicked 1 liners!! Great Episode!!

I feel like this episode should have had such an exciting build up, packed with so much suspense that viewers were holding their breath throughout but of course it was filled with filler storylines for the housewives. Gabby & Lynette had the strongest storyline out of the main four. I felt it had a good message and we saw a kind hearted side to Carlos that is actually believable. Gabby again provided some comic relief for the episode - even though it was probably intended for Susan's storyline. I always like to see Susan and Karl because they do have their funny moments as well as their friendship moments. When Karl told Susan about his wife moving out, I really did feel sorry for him - for the first time … ever.



So, as Karl has gone up in my books, Orson has gone way down. He is behaving like a child and Bree should never sell her company that she built from practically nothing for her selfish, stupid husband. I have always felt that Orson and Bree make quite a good couple, but I'm starting to question if they are going to last. If Orson truly loved Bree he wouldn't ask her to sell her company and I'm glad that in the end she didn't.



Katherine and Mike. What is there to say? They haven't had a good storyline yet this season. But I have voiced my opinion before about Mike being the main character that the mystery revolves around, again.



Dave is a pain in my backside, I think his revenge plan is far to farfetched. Wanting to kill Katherine so Mike could feel the same pain he did is ridiculous. I pray that after the season finale we don't hear another thing from Dave.



Anyway, Edie! I'm glad Nicolette Sheridan threw herself into the drama - because sometimes when an actor is leaving a show they only do a half-arsed performance - but she really did throw herself into it. My only annoyance is that we had to wait till the last five minutes for some real drama surrounding Edie, I was hoping the episode - being her last alive - would revolve around Edie. But I'm over it, thanks to the explosive last five minutes. It really did exceed my expectations. I will truly miss Edie, and I hope we could maybe see her again before the show is over (in a flashback probably.)

Katherine: "Are you happy?"

Dave: "I'm getting there."



Okay so he's hardly Dexter Morgan but the death of one woman and the suffering of one man is exactly what Dave's been yearning for all season. With five episodes left, it was obvious that Dave's plans for Mike and Katherine were going to go arseways for the time being.



After all, dreams rarely come true and Dave should've known the power of a text message would be the very thing to mess with a good aim. I suppose Dana Delany can breathe a sigh of relief. Not only has Katherine managed to survive a violent ex-husband but it seems that even Dave is able to kill her.



However because of his flimsy shot, Katherine did get relatively spooked and even Mike realised that some camping trips were probably best left alone. The look on Dave's face when he realised he had failed however was something to behold. That was a good moment from Neal McDonough, although this episode has more than served him well.



So who exactly sent Dave a text at the wrong time then? Come on, it had to have been Edie because at this rate even I'm forgetting about the trouble that Dr Heller being missing should provide. I do assume that someone is going to eventually remember about that guy being gone for ages.



Edie's text of doom came after the episode kept contriving events so that it would take her until virtually the last minute to realise that Dave had an axe to grind with Mike.



I should offer Edie some props for the fact that she had no problem in reminding Dave that she was smart enough to investigate him. Dave was pretty condescending in not thinking that Edie could possibly figure out his scam. Surely Dave should've realised who he was marrying after all.



However Edie made some several blunders and one of them was not telling anyone that she had suspicions about Dave. I know that she doesn't exactly have people to confide in but at the very least she could've told Karen, the one person who probably wouldn't have dismissed any damning theories about her husband.



The other obvious mistake that Edie made was confronting Dave by herself or at the very least without a baseball bat handy. Getting drunk on red wine also didn't help matters. Some confrontations are best done when sober but sadly, Edie didn't take any of these factors into account.



I've always had a soft spot for Edie and I think that over the past five years, I've been pretty fair to her in my reviews. I never expected to like the character as much as I did and I wasn't expecting Nicolette Sheridan's acting to blow me away but she did pretty well here.



Although jokes have always been made left, right and centre about Edie being a tramp, most of all of her infamous sexual encounters have occurred off-screen and any time she ever did hook up with a man – Karl, Carlos, Mike for instance, it was always blatantly clear that they didn't love. Dave only followed a trend.



Except in his case he was using her effectively as a beard so he could strike at Mike. Edie brought up the sensible point of asking Dave why he hadn't just done it. Dave's been on Wisteria Lane for months now and it was only the failed camping trip that seemed to be the only moment where Dave was going to live up to his promise of revenge.



Edie quickly realised that she was being used. I watched this episode twice because I thought the first time that Dave had begun to love her and felt a twinge of guilt for using her but now I'm not so sure. As soon as she tried to warn Mike about what he was planning on doing, his first impulse was to strangle her.



When Edie managed to get away from him, he could've gone after her. He probably would've even caught her and finished the job. Why didn't he? Not that I wanted Dave to kill Edie or for Edie to even die in the first place but it's an interesting point. Maybe the guilt kicked in. I'd like to think that maybe Dave was feeling bad but I can't be certain.



As for Edie's death – it wasn't terrible but it did sort of lack spark and this was funny given that she was electrocuted and Mary Alice spent most of the episode going on about nasty jolts. It's only too bad that she didn't run over Orson when she had the chance.



Edie's certainly gotten a rough ride in the series from time to time. Mostly the butt of the other ladies jokes, used by certain men, stung by bees, driven out of town and even reduced to faking a death, it's actually hard not to feel too sorry for her. Also sad is that no-one was there. That's pretty depressing when you think about it.



I've heard there has been bad blood between Nicolette Sheridan and Marc Cherry and it must be fairly bad when a character as long serving as Edie isn't even allowed to be killed in the season finale for crying out loud. Whatever Dave does next is certainly going to be very interesting.



Not quite as interesting as it should be would be Orson's descent into stealing. Last week a smidgen of sympathy might have conveyed but this week, I fully wanted to bop Orson left, right and centre. Bree might be a controlling shrew but even she doesn't deserve to have a husband who thinks that petty theft is his way to solve their marital woes.



Equally as frustrating was Orson's brain dead idea of Bree jacking in her company because it would help with Orson's recovery. I fail to see how exactly. No business would lead to Bree and Orson being poor and inevitably bigger stealing in Orson's case. It has disaster written all over it.



Andrew had to be the very person to stop Bree in her tracks from selling and I for one am grateful that he did. It's great that when Andrew eventually reappears, he's giving moments of excellence and having him ask Bree why Orson would want to deny her the independence and happiness she cultivates from running her business is a good question.



I couldn't even believe that Orson would dare ask Bree to sell her business. Maybe back in Season Four, they should've split and he should've never gone to jail because it's certainly helped destroyed their marriage and it's almost hard to believe that they were once the best couple on the series.



Bree made the right decision to keep the business and Orson's refusal to share their bed was pathetic. Even worse was him making an ass out of himself when he tried to rob that old lady. Unlike Edie, the lady in question did have the good sense to keep a baseball bat at the ready and Orson's face certainly didn't know what hit it.



If Orson's stealing earned him an overwhelming kick in the backside, then having Lucy moan relentlessly about working late hours certainly made her runner up. Earth to Desperate Housewives writers – not all childless bosses are insufferable jerks and unlike Nina, Lucy's lost her charm a lot quicker.



Lynette particularly came under the firing line when her complaining to Carlos about Lucy saw the latter lose the head. Lucy had a point though – Lynette should've complained directly to her but at the same time, Lucy's lack of people skills are laughable at best.



It's funny that all it took in the end for Lucy to get fired by Carlos was being caught yelling at a cleaner who she thought was Juanita and Celia's mother. Race issues aside, I laughed at Lucy's arrogance biting her in the ass but does that now mean that Lynette will score Lucy's old job?



As for Carlos and Gabrielle, interesting that history posed a danger of repeating itself. Gabrielle moaned about them not having as much sex and Carlos reminded her that it was her who pushed him into accepting Bradley's job in the first place.



Instead of the fear of an affair though, the writers decided to elect for a compromise. Gabby now has to accept the fact that Carlos is back to working and Carlos has to make the effort to spend time with his family. As someone who isn't googly about this couple, I have to applaud the fact that they're the most mature and interesting one we've had this season.



As for Susan, well this is three episodes in a row where she's behaved in a reasonably mature way. Okay so chucking red paint at Karl is hardly mature but we all know that Susan is certainly capable of worse and Karl is a master at provoking Susan that you almost have to deplore as well as admire him for it.



More interesting was Susan having to teach Karl's son Evan and realising that the kid has got some serious anger issues. That might sound strange given how softly spoken Evan seemed to be but his gory drawing of dead women gave Susan a justified reason to worry for the kid.



I did like that for the second time, Susan actually took Karl aside and tried to figure out why Evan was so angry. It was good that Karl opened up about Marissa's absence being the cause of Evan's anger and I admired Susan for not revelling in Karl's clear misery. She was definitely a better woman for it.



Also in "A Spark To Pierce The Dark"



In the opening scene where Dave fantasised about killing Katherine, Mike looked more put out than upset over losing his girlfriend.



Karl: "What are you doing here?"

Susan: "I'm an art teacher."

Karl: "Really? Do they know that?"

Susan: "And now I'm ignoring you, and moving on to Evan."



We saw some little scenes with people feeling sparks. I once did what Porter did with the toaster I'm embarrassed to admit.



Karl: "Can I bang your erasers after class?"

Susan: "Karl, I'm serious. Don't mess with me. I have a yardstick and I'm not afraid to use it."



Carlos: "By the way, you and Tom are coming over for cocktails on Sunday?"

Lynette: "Oh yeah. I plan to get drunk and **** about my boss."



I love that Gabby and Tom got a little housewife scene together. I wonder will Gabby get a job now to complete the set.



Carlos: "We never did it on the table."

Gabrielle: "Yeah we did! Years ago, don't you remember?"

Carlos: "I don't think that was me."



Gabrielle: "Well. I am so pissed at Carlos. He is never home. And when he is he's too tired to do anything. And by anything I mean sex. Are you uncomfortable?"

Tom: "A little. Go on."

Gabrielle: "Well we've never had a drought like this. It's been almost two weeks."

Tom: "Two weeks? That's a drought for you?"



So to ask the question, what does Tom consider to be a drought? Is it the same to what Lynette would consider?



Karl: "You know this is typical Susan behaviour and you wonder why no man will stay with you."



Lucy (to Lynette): "Next time you have an issue with me, you know where my office is. Oh, and as far as Friday nights are concerned, consider that a permanent work night. Don't worry. If you're as bad at coaching as you are at office politics, your daughter won't be missing much."



Lynette tried to buy gifts to make a good impression with Lucy. She also did this with Nina back in Season Two.



Orson: "Bree. What about my problem? I might start stealing again."

Bree: "Steal what you must, my love, but it won't be my company."



Carlos: "I know where you're going with this."

Gabrielle: "If that were true your pants would be around your ankles."



Carlos tied Gabby to the bed in order to get a decent sleep. I remember when Edie did the same thing to Karl so she could watch TV.



Karl: "So here I am alone raising this boy. It's obvious that I'm not doing a very good job. You must be loving this."

Susan: "Why?"

Karl: "Because I did the exact same thing to you."



Dave: "I married you because I love you."

Edie: "No, you married me because you wanted a cover story. Because you needed to get close to the man that killed your family."



Chronology: Straight after where "The Story Of Lucy And Jessie" left off.



"A Spark To Pierce The Dark" could've had more of a spark when it dealt with Edie's departure but it's definitely one of the strongest episodes and hopefully it will serve to get Dave's mystery a bit more exciting but I think Nicolette Sheridan deserved some bigger to bow out with.

Another great episode! Desperate Housewives writers are really, really great. LOVE THEM.



Carlos and Gabrielle, love the way Gabrielle sees everything in a different angle. I had a laugh when Carlos ties Gabrielle on their bed post. Glad that Carlos ex is gone.



Gabrielle and Tom, gossiping is a priceless moment of the show I must say.



Orson and Bree, at first I was really on Orson's side and I hate the way Bree's treating him. But on this episode I just feel that Orson's being selfish and childish and I could see that Bree truly loves Orson. They just don't see eye to eye, IMO.



Katherine and Mike, moments are not that interesting.



Susan and Karl, I really hope they don't end up together again. It would be good for them to be just friend. David and Edie, I am really finding David's character so predictable and somewhat boring. I love Edie and I hope they don't kill her.



All in all this is really a great episode.

A Spark. To Pierce The Dark was the best title this episode could have ever had. I can't believe that Marc Cherry totured us by having Edie survive the car accident, but then get electricuted (sp?). This is by far a top episode, by all means, all six girls had a great story-line, my favorites being Edie's, Gabby's, and Bree's. I have been really pleased with the show this season, i was so excited to know about the 5 year jump, because it was fresh, and it was so worth it, Marc Cherry knows exactly what the fans like, which for me is a good mix of comedy and drama, I love it!

This episode was sort of expected, I must say. I mean, we all knew somehow what would happen on the Edie/David plot line, considering the previous episode's end. But I must say, this one was really revealing regarding the analysis of what's happening to Carlos and Gabby and the way they used to be, the sudden change in Susan and Karl's relationship, and how it feels as if they're about to be together again, Lynette neglecting her kids in order to work.

I bet no one can wait to see what happens next, although it seems pretty clear that nothing can stop David from hurting Mike now... Although, the "good guy"never gets hurt, right? Ok, wrong: he did once before, for a very long time! But now it's all happening so fast (I don't think everyone's used to the Katherine/Mike couple yet)! And I think lots of people would love for Mike and Susan to get back together, even though now it seems like she'll go back to Karl (which would be stupid, BTW).

Orson is PLAIN ridiculous! I can't say I'm happy or even amused to what's happening to his character, but at least it's original... It was fantastic to watch Tom and Gabby gossiping!

Two thumbs up, and GREAT JOB with the writing!

Loved it!

Gaby missing Carlos, i love her in this episode. She was really funny, especially in the "longie" thing.

Susan for the first time ever don't wishing the bad for Karl... She really grown up. I'm happy that Andrew made Bree change her mind about selling her business. Orson is being selfish.

Lynette, Carlos e Lucy was very funny too.

Dave and Edie can recieves the spotlight. The confront between them was awesome, the acting was very good. And Edie crash... I'm really gonna miss her.



The episode was really good, can't wait until aprl 19 for the comeback, and maybe another great episode :)

I have a feeling this was not the original plan for Dave to end up choking Edie, eventually leading to her death, but it was a nice little action-packed ending. I don't think anybody wanted Sheridan gone from the show, but it was something that couldn't have been prevented.



I liked the reference to earlier events where it looked as if karma would kick in with Orson getting run over (after running over Mike), but instead Edie ended up hitting a pole.



I'm curious to see how this plays out as death episodes have never been my favorite on the show, but Desperate Housewives has overcome the odds its entire run so I'm sure they have something great planned.

Oh my God!!! I would have chosen "SHOCKING" if there was such a classification! Wow.. All the stories were good.. And what I liked the most was the growing tension that we know would lead to something, well, shocking.. and that's literally what happened. I loved all the light stories in this episode: Gabby's, Lynette's, Carlos', Tom's and even the Susan-Karl's one (even though at the end we actually find out that it wasn't so light after all) because we needed something to balance all the drama we were expecting from the whole Mike-Katherine-Dave situation! Marc Cherry did a great job.. he built this episode like the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock would have done! The last 5 minutes leads to tons of unexpected moments!!! And we didn't even had the time to relax because we know there was something about to happen.. again! 10 out of 10!

This episode only came to life in the last ten minutes or so, and then it got a 'bolt' of energy that was just too much.



--Susan--

A kind of light-hearted storyline which wasn't really looking for a solution for the kid's disturing drawings, but for Karl's final redemption. I'm glad how he and Susan finally patched things up for real and it was funny to see how Susan dealt with the drawings. The kid asking for a star was hilarious.



--Gabrielle--

Didn't really seem part of the episode, which had some darkness in every storyline, and Gaby's story was mostly funny. It was great to see how their actions were pretty similar to Lynette's acts in season 2, when she was working. Taking the kids to work, complaining about the other one to have sex,... Gaby's 'Just do me!' attitude was hilarious and Carlos tying her up to the bed was classic.



--Lynette--

She didn't have a lot to do in this episode, but Tom trying to fit in in the gossip world was hilarious.



--Bree--

They've managed to get Orson from in a likeable character to a real son of a b*tch in only 2 episodes. Him manipulating Bree was unfair and it was great to see her and Andrew have a conversation about HER personal life. Especially what he did at the end is unforgivable from my part and, to say it mildly, I wouldn't mind if he got axed too.



--Edie--

All the previous storylines could have gotten this episode to an 8 or so, but this one ruined it for me.

Don't get me wrong, I liked how Edie figured it all out and I would love to have given this episode a 10, just to honor the character, but the final minutes made that impossible.



First, the writers screwed it up for me when they dragged out the whole fax-thing. Fine, show it once, but they reminded us about it several times and it came as a proof (or at least to me) that they didn't know what to do with Edie until Dave was making his final move.



Second, they made it too obvious when they showed the Mrs. McCluskey scene. Edie and Karen didn't have a scene for like 5 episodes or even more and you don't have to me a genius to figure it all out (if you've seen the promo and not read the spoilers).



Third, the final minutes. Call me a wuss, but it got too dark for me. I'm fine with creepy storylines now and then and I might have thought it was better if they did this with a minor character (see Dr. Heller), but don't do this to a major. Edie was/is one of the housewives and even 'Lost' doesn't have as gruesome deaths for their main characters as what happened to her. And then there's the long break until the next episode and a prove of Cherry's hypocrism (he didn't want to have a long break between the tornado episode and the outcome of Lynette's kids, but he agrees to do something like this). It's also pretty stupid to take this as a cliffhanger, regarding everybody knows Nicollette's leaving.



This is pretty much torturing all the Edie-fans: if you're going to kill her, make it happen immedeately, don't make her suffer even more. The character has been through enough (and don't give me that 'she'll rest in peace after everything's been resolved in the finale' kind of crap). Her 'death' wasn't tearjerking, it was shocking and not in a good way. If the Final Destination- or Saw-writers would please stand up now?



If you wanted to make history Marc, you succeeded, you lame douchebag.



--Conclusion--



All in all, just too much for me and I probably won't watch this episode for a very long time, mostly because of what happened with Edie, but also because it wasn't that interesting in the first place. They managed to make Orson a jerk because he ran away at the end and they signed Dave's death warrant, because now he's (obviously, how original) going to act like he's emotionally crushed because of what happened and the audience will hate him to death, if he released Edie from his strangle-grip or not.

Let me just start of by saying that all things considered, I really enjoyed this episode, but I didn't absolutely love it. It was hard for me to get into most of the storylines, which made it harder for me to completely enjoy this episode. My favorite storyline of the episode was definitely Bree's. I thought that it had the perfect blend of drama and comedy. I thought that Marcia Cross gave an amazing performance as Bree in this episode. The other storyline that I enjoyed was the whole Gabrielle, Lynette and Carlos storyline. I thought that storyline was really funny. The highlight of that storyline was definitely the scene where Gabrielle and Tom talk to each other about what it's like to not be working and staying at home. I thought that scene was really funny. I thought that the whole storyline with Dave was really shocking and exciting. I was really surprised by the ending of the episode even though I knew some of the details of what was going to happen with that storyline beforehand. In closing, I really enjoyed this episode, but I didn't love everything about this episode, and I'm really looking forward to the next episode of Desperate Housewives so I can find out what happens next.

Another great epiosode from a really first rate season of Desperate Housewives. At last Dave gets to carry out his plan though naturally things don't work out how he thinks they will. Edie finds out about Mike and confronts Dave at the end. He tries to strangle her but doesn't finish her off. She gets in the car and crashes, nearly hitting Orson. She survives that only to get out of the car and get electrocuted - gosh! The other stories were quite good, Susan and Karl met up again for the first time in years. Bree tries to appease Orson but also can't go through with it. Gaby is fed up with Carlos being too tired so goes in to his office to sort out Lucy. Lucy and Lynette have a spat which Lynette wins. Shame it's nearly a month until the next episode!

DH hasn't been this good in a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time, dave proceeds with his revenge plans on mike and katherine but it goes wrong when edie finds out everything and he's forced to go home, he tries to choke her but she escapes then gets in a car accident thanks to orson then gets elecrtified... i know it sounds too much but it was just brilliant! her fingers moved in the end and i really hope she makes it cuz she's an amazing character, even though she was underused this season but the show without her just wouldn't be the same

I had problems with this manipulative episode up and down the board.



Right off the bat, they decide to tell us exactly how Dave's plan is supposed to play out. I thought this was a poor storytelling decision. Here's why: a) it takes away all the suspense because b) we know something will happen at the last minute to prevent the final move from happening. Besides the fact that Dave's "masterplan" was flimsy at best (Sleep in? Stray hunting shot? enjoying a miserable Mike on the ride home and that's it?) I just couldn't believe that DH would lead us to believe that he, such a methodical man, would be so careless as to not think about a distraction as simple as turning your phone off! (as if he should have brought it with him at all)- nevermind that Katherine would tire at the EXACT spot that he predicted she would. Ugh. For a show so masterful at it's murder mysteries, this is easily the poorest material they've written and executed.



(and don't get me started on the Edie/fax machine business. Soooooooooooo drawn out!)



No doubt DH has been a bit crowded cast-wise these past couple of seasons. I love Dana Delany, but we could really trim down on some characters, and since she's barely done anything since she joined the regulars, I figured killing her off would be great TV. Housewives copped out. But maybe Edie will die. She's another favorite best used in small doses and never should have become a series regular. Take a trip with me and we'll see what happens



So Edie finally finds out the whole truth and Dave's gonna choke her out! No, not really (cop out #2). Edie, distraught and drunk, goes driving out into the night to where she might run over Orson! (who also has been under-used and could get off the show) But no, not really (cop out #3- and a hit-and-run scene we've seen happen at least twice before on this show). So she crashes into a phone pole! Car wreck, dead! No not really (cop out #4) She climbs out of the wreckage and thanks to a stray chord and a convenient puddle, she's electrocuted! Dead! Maybe, maybe not- (she didn't die after hanging herself at the end of S3 either). The promos for upcoming episodes indicate she could still be alive which of course would be the show's 5th cop-out; 4th within 2 minutes.



I don't mean to sound so bloodthirsty, but seriously, a show should have the stones to follow through with something. Either kill them or don't. Don't tease us like you will, and certainly don't string us along for cheap fakeouts several times in a single ep. Didn't care about Susan, and her ex's kid's drawings.

Bree and Orson in therapy was deja vu.

And Lynette vs. her mean fat boss was nothing new.

Another scene that bothered me was Gaby fearing that she and Carlos would slip back into their own ways. This is something she should have considered, and expected from the start. Why act so surprised when it happens? Come on, writers! You're better than this!

Obviously, as a true Desperate Housewives fan, I was more than anxious to see the ending of another secret: and as it appears, I will going to have to wait a little bit longer to see how it plays out.

The episode is very special. Dave's plans are the episode's core: the plans that he finally hopes to realize. Bree's marriage is spiraling out of control, but she takes a stand and refuses to gives up her dream for somebody else, even if that somebody else is her husband. Susan finds herself in a very unusual place: an unexpected meeting with her ex husband makes her realize how much she's grown. Gabi is also fighting with the past, but this time she'll do everything to stop the history from repeating itself. Carlos also takes a stand, this time it's a stand taken for his family. All in all, it's a very "grown up" episode. We see how the characters have changed over the years: we see how mature they are and how much they've learned from the mistakes they had made before. Only Edie, it seems, it still stuck in the past: once again she faces disappointment in the relationship area...a disappointment that may cost her more than she had ever imagined. Approximately 5 final minutes of the episode are crucial: Orson get's in trouble a little big bigger than before, Dave's secret may be exposed in public, and Edie...dies?

(Next episode airs on April 19th)

This episode is a series classic in Desperate Housewives history. Karl returns, after having enrolled Evan in the private school where Susan works. It was a cute scene. I cannot stand Lucy though. She is a royal pain in the butt and a snob. I loved the Bree/Orson scene in the therapist's office though. Plus, I also loved when Gabby, who is HOT now, thought she had sex with Carlos on the table when it was really John, in the Pilot. WOW, Edie didn't have fax paper! That's kinda funny in a twisted way. I liked that Gabby and Tom bonded. I loved when Susan threw the paint in Karl's face! Hehe. I can't believe that Bree would sell her successful business because Orson is jealous. Andrew is sexy! Rawr. And Orson is so selfish, letting Bree's office get demolished for a game room! Then he told her she has to sell it, just because she said she would. It's her company, and she changed her mind. The Dave/Katherine scene was creepy when he said, "Sleep. You have a big day tomorrow." I loved when Gabby was tied to the bed, but I felt bad when she was afraid that they were turning into the people they were in season 1. I liked that he finally fired Lucy though. And I can't believe Karl's wife left him. I never thought that would happen. I like that Susan feels sorry for him and isn't happy about it. I like that they're obviously going to be closer now. Edie's fight with Dave was so intense and the acting was amazing. I can't believe Edie might actually be gone. I'm still shaking! Amazing episode! Can't wait to see the conclusion on April 19.