Bang

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired
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Everyone's lives on Wisteria Lane are forever changed when Carolyn Bigsby holds shoppers hostage at a local supermarket. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Carlos finish dividing their assets: Gabrielle gets the house, and Carlos gets everything in it. Susan is preparing to go to Paris with Ian.
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  • Felicty Huffman rules!

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    By mobbs456, Mar 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    WOW - could this possibly be the best ever episode of Desperate Housewives?

    the way the episode unfolded was well done. From Bree's conversation with Carolyn to the hostage situation to Lynette's hospitalisation. Some good fine comedy in this episode too: Gabby and Carlos' squabbling reaches new heights - Carlos with a chainsaw and Gabby's tape recording were highlights

    But its Lynette that rules this episode. her faceoff with Carolyn was powerful and Nora's death was shocking. Felicty Huffman is a great actress and should deserve the credit for this episode - the other credit should go to the shows producers for making a shocking and hardhitting episode!moreless

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  • Season 3, Episode 7.

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    By Wanted23, Nov 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Everyone's lives on Wisteria Lane are forever changed when Carolyn Bigsby holds shoppers hostage at a local supermarket. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Carlos finish dividing their assets: Gabrielle gets the house, and Carlos gets everything in it. Susan is preparing to go to Paris with Ian. I loved this episode! It was so great! I remember waiting for it since like September 2006, then it finally came on November 5, 2006. That day made history. This episode was so well done. =] I already knew that Nora was going to die though, and that Lynette would get shot. I just love how everything played out, though. 10/10, definitely. DH never fails to impress.moreless

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  • Attention Shoppers!

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    By desperate_dude, Nov 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    "Desperate Housewives" delivers the November Sweeps in spades with this episode. Death, drama, adventure, comedy, and more sets the bar too high for competition to reach at this point.

    Laurie Metcalf reprises her role as Carolyn Bigsby, and may I say that her acting in this role is absolutely amazing! Plus, the line about the "sunday school class" is deliciously wicked! Props to Joe Keenan for this amazing episode. It keeps you glued to your set even more than the usual episode. Great job to the writers, Marc Cherry, and the talent that keep "Desperate Housewives" one of the top shows on television!moreless

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  • this was the hostage episode that made all the other tv shows do hostage episodes, just waite untill they start compying the tornado episode

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    By jpmhomie, Sep 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    this episode was so amazing, i can't even conieve how an episode can be put together in a way this was, but don't get me wrong even masterpieces have thier glitches, bree's part was mostly small, and only featured in the begining, but i guess she was the cuase of the whole thing. Gabby, and Carloses fight was amazingly entertaining, and done good enough. of course Susan is there to add comedy relief to a very dramatic episode. though her storyline was random, and not that good for character development; her little "model hostage" diddy was hilariose, adn again well put together. of course we get to the climax, where Felicity Huffman shows off her acting skills. i had figured Nora would die, but i didn't know i'd care so much. usually when someone dies on tv i'm not that affected, but there was something about hers that made me sad. Felicity's acting was great. this really was the first in the slew of hostage episodes on telivision(Dirt, Cold Case). i can see why they wanted to mimic it this was great telivision, adn obviosly the best desperate housewives episode so far. i don't know how any show can do bettermoreless

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  • A very remarkable episode, One we should all watch.

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    By M0rden, Sep 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    The reason I give this episode a 10 is not only because of storyline and acting quality, but also because of the message of this episode and the lesson it has to show. With the opening dream sequence we see how a person can be tormented by not acting when they know they should've acted. And in the shooting scene in the supermarket we see how very much we only have each other in this world to depend on because no matter how much we try to think so, we cannot fix all our own problems, we cannot save ourselves every time. Allot of people in the world believe in the philosophy that we can all pull ourselves up and that we can all take care of ourselves, situations like this happen all the time and show us that was cannot do everything alone. Whats truly sad is that if something like this episode happened, the news would only cover the sensational parts, nothing would be said of a person laying down their life for someone they didn't even like. The problem in life is that when we learn to accept the worst natures in humanity, we also learn to expect it and to look for it and somewhere along the way we stop being able to tell the difference.

    The dream scene at the end is a wonderful and very true scene, so often in life we go around thinking we can control what happens when we can't and when we could do something to change things we don't. The world would be a much better place if we all treated each other with compassion.

    "Give me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, and the courage to change the things I can."moreless

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    • Laurie Metcalf portrayed a character in "Scream 2" who was also killed by being shot in the head. Edit
    • Where did Carlos get the sledgehammer to bash in the walls with? It's not like people have them lying around. Edit
    • Laurie Metcalf and Felicity Huffman would later co-star in the 2007 film Georgia Rule Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Prásk! (Bang) Slovakia: Bum (Wham) Edit
    • Matt Roth chose this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series". Brenda Strong also submitted this episode for consideration of her work in the category of "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Felicity Huffman also submitted this episode for consideration on her own behalf in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series" for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Edit
    • "Bang" aired in Austria on April 16, 2007 which happened to be the day of the Virginia Tech massacre. Regarding the content of this episode, this might be seen as risky and controversial. German television channel ProSieben showed the episode the next day keeping Desperate Housewives's usual weekly slot. Edit

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    • Susan: Hey, is that the new neighbor? Gabrielle: He's cute! Lynette: Edie said he's a bachelor. Gabrielle: Keep talking. Lynette: Who lives with his invalid sister. Gabrielle: You can stop now. Edit
    • Susan: I can't leave Julie right now. Ian: We'll take her with us. Susan: Oh, that's responsible parenting. "Stealing whiskey? That's it young lady. I'm taking you to Paris"! Edit
    • Ida: Bree, have you heard? Bree: Awful, just awful. Deviled egg? Ida: (after Bree lets them in and walks away.) I told you she'd have food. Edit

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    • Episode Title: "Bang!" is from a song written for the 1973 Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music. It was cut from the show before opening night, but has been included in several musical revues. Edit

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