Desperate Housewives

this was a pretty goood episdoe of desperate housewives the gaby storyline was pretty funny with the whole dress stuff, im worried that she may have lost the baby though that would be a shame as it would be fun to see gaby with a baby, the susan storyline was pretty good i cnt believe she slept with karl!!! the lynette storyline was also pretty funny with the se tape haha, overall a good episode not great but good

This episode is truly a series classic. It is very dramatic. It is so sad that Gabrielle lost the baby. Marc Cherry really goes out of his way for November Sweeps. Susan is engaged to Mike for one whole episode and it's already over. He calls off the engagement when he discovers she sent Zach to family members in Utah. Very amazing. Marc is very unique and talented. Especially when it comes to Desperate Housewives. In that same episode, which was deleted because the episode was too long, Susan wants a book published and is taken out by security. Marc Cherry is a godsend when it comes to creating dramatic television.

Que alivio ver en este episodio que Bree se está empezando a dar cuenta del error que puede ser una vida al lado de George, pero es triste verla resignada en una vida de salidas a la opera. Susan se debe sentir super bien al saber que Karl está con Edie porque no puede estar con ella (Susan) o bueno al menos yo lo estaria. Lynette sacrifica su descanso de fin de semana y gabrielle tiene un accidente el cual es posible la haga abortar, y para más drama el accidente ocurre cuando ella ya está más cómoda con la idea del embarazo.

This episode is truly a series classic. It is very dramatic. It is so sad that Gabrielle lost the baby. Marc Cherry really goes out of his way for November Sweeps. Susan is engaged to Mike for one whole episode and it's already over. He calls off the engagement when he discovers she sent Zach to family members in Utah. Very amazing. Marc is very unique and talented. Especially when it comes to Desperate Housewives. In that same episode, which was deleted because the episode was too long, Susan wants a book published and is taken out by security. Marc Cherry is definately a godsend when it comes to creating dramatic television.

This episode was so good! It was by far one of the best episodes of the series. It was both funny and heart-wrenching. I cried at the end when Gabrielle loses her baby and clasps her sonogram in her hands. It is the first time we see Gabrielle show deep emotion and is heartbreaking to see her suffering as she realizes how much she really loved her baby, now that it is gone. On a funnier note, the Scavo’s befriend a couple with sons of similar age to theirs, but things get awkward when they discover that the couple has a fetish for making home sex tapes. Lynette and Tom decide they are open-minded enough to handle the couple’s interest until they show off their sex room and offer to let Tom and Lynette use it to make a tape. Tom and Lynette’s faces were priceless—they looked so freaked out and uncomfortable!

This weeks episode was nothing short of fantastic. Gabrielle is determined to fit into a tight Dolce and Gabbana dress, so that when her model friends come to town, they won't think she’s changed, or that she’s pregnant. Unfortunately, after several attempts she ends up ripping the dress and has to ask Bree to help repair it. But as soon as her friends arrive, they can tell she is pregnant, which is ridiculous, because Eva Longoria looked normal. After going to see Mike to confirm their relationship is over, Susan sees Edie and Karl having a very public fight outside their house, which soon results in Karl sleeping at Susan's. But after getting drunk they decide that their both on the rebound and have a one off fling, which Julie walks in on. The funniest part of this episode was Lynette and her new neighbours. I've been waiting for a sex tape to pop up somewhere on this show, and it finally did. And of course the saddest part of the week was Gabrielle returning home after a heart to heart with Bree, only to find someone had left the fridge open and an ice cream bowl in her bedroom. Caleb somehow got lose from the basement, and when Gabrielle saw him, she ran down the stairs, but since her dress was to tight she ended up falling. Just when she was looking forward to being a mother, she looses her baby. I'm really looking forward to next week, I want to see what happens with Bree and George.

After a minor stint last season on 'Housewives, it's reassuring to see that no matter how annoying or cheesy he may be, psyco-pharmer George is getting a lot more screentime. Despite this, i'm still a little sure of what to think about the man. At points he comes across as something of a lovable, helpless geek, but contrastingly over the last couple of episodes we've seen what exactly he's capable of, and definitely his darker side.



Tonight in easily the most uncomfortable scene of the season so far, he proposes to Bree. Not before showing her the house he bought for "them" and introducing her to his mother. God forbid. Watching the proposal- complete with George on one knee- is definitely painful to watch, and isn't helped by Bree's emotionless stare. In the end she says yes, or rather okay, and it's from this moment on that you can't help but feel that Bree is doomed for all eternity. Much like, as it would've appeared last week, Susan.



Only thankfully this isn't the case, and she's rather upbeat since the break-up, as Edie clearly announces to the rest of the 'wives. What makes this situation (and indeed storyline) better is the fact that Karl is also having relationship problems, as early on we see him and Edie arguing on the street. Karl & susan back together again for one night? Yep, you’ve got it. It’s not the best plotline in the world but it makes for easy viewing, and Richard Burgi and, dare I say it, Teri Hatcher work well together. The same can similarly be said for Gabrielle this week. Well, kinda. The majority of her scenes involve her trying to squeeze herself into a dress that’s too small for her. Nope, me either, but by the end of the episode she does admit to herself that she is pregnant and does seem to start welcoming that fact, all at the hands of a confused outsider.



Caleb finally makes his escape in tonight’s episode, running away from his keepers the Applewhites. It was inevitable that this was going to happen but it was still interesting to watch and remained fresh, due to the outcome of his escape, namely Gabrielle falling down the stairs at fright of him. It’s nice to know that for the first time this season his addition to the show hasn’t been pointless and uncalled for, and with him still on the outside, it is possible that more interesting things could happen. Something more dramatic? Well, hopefully, but let’s not hold our breath. Also for the first time this season, Lynette and Tom get a storyline completely unrelated from both parenting and work. It is without a doubt completely disposable as a result and question if it will have any effect on either longterm, but it is relatively fun to watch. Neighbours, babysitting, and a home movie of bedroom antics.



Back to what’s clearly one of the few season-running stories so far, it’s this episode that we get to see George at his darkest. After hearing from Bree that both her and her therapist Dr Goldfine have doubts about the marriage, the psyco-pharmer takes matters into his own hands and gets rid of a niggling voice, simply bu pushing the Dr off of a bridge. The scene’s accompanied by the usual quirky DH music, and the whole thing is splattered in dark humour, but it left me with my mouth wide open for quite a while afterwards. This was insane, I was left completely gob smacked at the man’s actions, and like Gabrialle’s accident, the door is wide open for the next few episodes.



A sophomore slump? Far from it.

Not quite as breath-takingly brilliant as last week, but still firmly placed within the greatness of season 1 episodes. I am hoping so much the rest of the season will not let me down again. How could it, after these past two episodes?



Ok, small list of notes.



1. Smoking bikined Danielle? Did I miss that or did it just pop up out of nowhere?



2. Lynette and Tom had a story-line which didn’t directly include their children or her work! Wow!



3. Bree and George were the highlight of this episode. Just perfect, all of it. A little predictable, but still excellent. I especially liked the murder and the early champagne.



4. Julie was great when she discovered her mother and father. Edie was even greater!



5. Gabrielle was a little disappointing. They built up the event so much and then we saw so little of it…Her lines “I’m the one who’s changed” was so obviously coming. As was her want of the baby scan (oh, did I mention Edie’s line was superb “I don’t want a uterus staring up at me when I eat”). And please, surely Gabby would have just a little bump already? Seeable to the audience and not just her model friends? Oh well…if she miscarries now it will mean they won’t have to force a round stomach on her and lose the male viewers! ;)



6. I liked the Applewhites this episode. Especially when the mother was talking to Bree. But how did Caleb both break his chains and the door? I mean, he’s nearly escaped before and then been stopped… And why would he have got two different bowls of ice-cream from Gabrielle?

Love and discomfort is in the air tonight. Over here, Valentine’s Day has been and gone and while it may not be even February on Wisteria Lane, affairs of the heart played an active role in tonight’s episode.



Following her very public break up from Mike last week, I bet a lot of people including myself were dreading the sight of a blubbering and hysterical Susan. Luckily for us we were spared this unpleasant sight as Susan took a more level headed and self aware approach to her romantic woes. Level headed and self aware? Not usually what you would associate Miss Mayer with but it was interesting to watch.



Just like Edie, I was expecting her crack up and let rip but Susan handled everything with such dignity, I was actually stunned. She admitted to Bree and Gabrielle that her meddling with Zach and lies to Mike was her undoing and accepted responsibility for it. When she expressed her desire to one day be friends and forgiven by Mike, even I thought “fair enough”. The fact she admitted she did wrong and apologised to Mike was a good thing and even I felt bad for her when he rejected her.



It was also greatly timed that with Susan and Mike’s break up, Edie and Karl’s relationship hit a rough patch. Edie even behaved a little like Susan, screaming in the street at Karl as he drove off and you could tell that Susan felt good about that as did Karl confessing his argument with Edie had to do with a picture Karl keeps of her to. Karl keeping a picture of Susan is a surprise, even considering the fact he rather pathetically tried to win her back in “Move On” and only started a relationship with Edie after she rejected him. Susan could definitely feel smug here.



It was also after their sex session that Karl tried the same trick again and again she rejected him. Karl may love her but she definitely doesn’t feel the same, even if the sex was good. I didn’t mind them having sex but like Julie, I really don’t want them together either. Susan could’ve been so whiny and immature when Edie came to tell her that her and Karl rekindled their passion but she didn’t, even though it appeared to nearly kill her not being smug as much as saying thank you nearly killed Edie. After so much critical flack, it’s nice to have a good reminder as to why Teri Hatcher is part of this show but I have to ask – why can’t we see this side to Susan more often? Her clumsiness (even if increasingly far fetched) even harsher viewers can deal with but Susan’s petulant and petty streaks are character traits I have a harder time dealing with and they don’t do her any favours. Surely the writers will have copped on to this by now, so please a more self aware and less whiny Susan from now on?



Speaking of self aware, is the penny finally dropping for Bree? For weeks I’ve felt like screaming at the TV for her to dump George and thanks to Dr Goldfine she’s starting to realise that her relationship with the creepy pharmacist is moving too fast. George certainly isn’t one for slow motion and not content with bumping off Rex, he’s wasted no time in lying to the authorities, getting Andrew sent away and blackmailing Bree into sleeping with him. He continues to up the ante by buying a house and proposing to her which she stupidly accepts because of his mother and her friend.



Thankfully an out of the blue engagement party forces her to halt things but it doesn’t bode well for Dr Goldfine who gets pushed off a bridge by the bastard George. What is it with Bree and sociopaths, if she isn’t raising them (Andrew) or sympathising with them (Zach), then she’s bloody dating them. Bree needs to wise up a little faster and soon before George tries to bump off anyone else who doesn’t approve of their relationship. Thankfully though her better moments of the hour are courtesy of Gabrielle and when it comes to allies, Bree is exactly the kind of person you want fighting in your corner.



Gabrielle, what can I say – pregnancy really suits you. I say this mainly because it’s more interesting to see a character who doesn’t consider herself maternal go through a pregnancy than someone who does. However Gabrielle deserves a shake for stupidly fasting for two days so she can fit into a bloody dress to impress former model friends. Gaby’s model are infuriatingly stereotypical, they come across as rejects from America’s Next Top Model but fortunately we only have to deal with them for about fifteen seconds.



Although she’s not in the running for Mother Of The Year anytime soon, I still thought that Bree was the best one to dispense the sage advice about motherhood. Lynette’s kids are the kind sent by Satan and Susan was one of the rare parents to get a non troubled kid (for the time being because Julie will probably rebel at some point against her mother) and Gabrielle did take it in. With someone as manipulative as herself, Gabrielle will probably be a formidable force for an angst ridden and sullen teenager but sadly it looks like Gaby’s new found enthusiasm for having children may be cut short when Caleb pays her a house call that proves fatal. Never have I felt as sorry for her as I did in this episode. You’d be soulless not to have done so.



Caleb’s escape from that basement was inevitable and how well it happened to bring tragedy. Matthew is looking more and more accurate about whether Caleb knows more than he lets on, I think he does. He talked about Melanie being bad and although he didn’t push her down the stairs; he did leave Gabby to suffer, didn’t he? Meanwhile, Betty and Matthew’s attempts of finding him in the Van De Kamp’s was funny though, except now that Bree has another admirer of her garden and Matthew has to go on a date with Danielle. Betty may have been hoping of keeping authorities away from her other son but after this episode, it’s more likely they’ll catch up to Caleb than either her or Matthew will.



Elsewhere if you think the Scavo twins are holy terrors, then it seems they have kindred spirits in the Harper twins who are equally as menacing. Lynette and Tom think it’s a match made in heaven and a relief until they discover a sex tape Norma and Leonard made. Their attempts of hiding it from the boys are hilarious and Norma’s initial embarrassment has some great moments. Lynette and Tom take the liberal high ground by telling the Harpers its okay about the tape until their new best friends get a little overexcited and go into further detail about what the do behind closed door. The end result, predictably enough means no more peaceful Saturdays for the Scavo clan anymore which is a shame because I kind of liked the Harpers.



Also in “Colour And Light”



Housewife of the week: Lynette recounting the reasons why Porter and Preston aren’t invited for play dates and with kids with an appetite for destruction as these two, who could blame them?



Lynette: “I’m sorry; did my sons beat you up?”

Jimmy: “No, we were beating them up”.



Edie: “You’re not Zen, you’re numb”

Susan: “I’m fine”.



No proper opening credits in this episode, just the apple logo. Is this to “emphasise” a special factor about this episode?



George: “If we see a chance for happiness we should grab it and hold on tight”

Bree: “See I thought we were going to a yard sale”.



Character bits: Bree and George cry at operas, Gabrielle is/was three months pregnant, Carlos will be released in six months and Susan is apparently writing an adult based book.



Dr Goldfine (re George): “So you agreed to marry him to be polite?”

Bree: “That’s the down side of being polite”.



Bree’s session with Dr Goldfine looked like it took place at night.



Karl: “See what happens next”

Susan: “I’m taking a shower”.



Did anyone think Gabrielle’s friend, Vern was a little over the top? He was less annoying that her model friends and we ad him on screen longer. I also see Ralph is still on the payroll.



Norma: “Please tell me they didn’t see it”

Tom: “I caught it right before you took off your bra”.



Out of curiosity, what does Karl actually do for a living?



Leonard (re tape): “I get my wish and no-one gets to see my work”

Lynette: “That’s a damn shame”.



No Andrew, Paul, Zach or Carlos this week.



Matthew: “I’ve been thinking about you and that time we met. I thought you were really cool”

Danielle: “So you came to ask me out? Cause I’ll say yes”.



Danielle looked skanky than sexy and what’s up with the smoking? Kate Moss you’re not which is a good thing.





Edie: “Thank you”

Susan: “I’m sorry, what?”

Edie: “I’m not saying it again. I hurt my teeth the first time I said it”.



Bree: “You actually think they’re gonna make fun of you?”

Gabrielle: “They’re merciless”.



Chronology – nearly two months since “Next”.



I love it when this series is character driven, I really do but I love the unexpected too and “Colour And Light” had that feeling from start to finish. Less slapstick than previous episodes this season, its lack of direct humour was compensated by an interesting character study and some insightful moments, which all worked to perfection.

I was a fan of DH last season but I think that this second one is letting people down.....!

Susan... on with Mike... off with Mike... on with Mike... off with Mike!!!!

Gabrielle was in a good trail but this episode has spoiled everything... let me guess she is going to loose the baby....!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw her going down the stairs.... I was... please don't go that way...!

Saving the show... the couple Lynette and Tom which have a very interisting interaction....

And Bree that keeps on going with the creepy George...!

So, first George gives Rex the wrong medicine on purpose resulting in his dead, now he threw the phyciathrist of a bridge because the phyciatrist told Bree not too go for the marriage if she didn't felt like it. Well George, you're a bit phycothic and getting on my nerves. The rest of this episodes was ok I guess. Susan sleeping with her ex. The twins finding playmates with old parents who videotaped themselves while having sex and Gabriella... well I forgot. It was a nice episode but I do hope they get to George soon and his obsession with Bree.

I liked it when Gabrielle tried on the dress and it didn't really fit. The salesman said she maybe needed a size larger because she was pregnant but Gabrielle didn't want this and so the night she would where the dress she didn't fit in haha. I liked that.



Why did George ask Bree to marry him? Ok i know he's not really normal but I think he knows Bree lives for rules and you can't marry anyone when you're husband is dead for just 2 months. Well now she's engaged. I do like how the character George is devoloping from a nice pharmacist to a cold blooded murderer. I understood why he killed Rex but killing Dr. Goldfine wasn't very nice.



And than the Appelwhites why did he escape just a few weeks ago he heared that the would turn him in and stuff like that so it wasn't really smart of him. Well we'll see what's going to happen. I don't think we'll miss Caleb a lot because he wasn't in the picture that much I don't think we would noticed it if the directors didn't say anything. Well I think we'll see that next week.



But it was a very cool episode there happend a lot of stuff we can think about for the next episodes.

"No. True love is...great. But at this point in my life, I think I'd rather just go to the opera."--Bree



My, my has it been so long that we haven't been treated to a Marc Cherry script. Not that I'm complaining since some of the other writers have written other memorable episodes and some not-so-memorable, if you catch my drift. But since this is Cherry's show, its nice to see that the creator hasn't abandoned his loyal fans that watch every week. That being said, lets move on to the actual episode.



This week's core theme would probably center around the way people cover up something unique or special to other people who may be watching. Certainly each housewife, and even family on Wisteria Lane has tried to cover up at least one secret to protect themselves from someone else's judgment. Gabrielle is trying to hide her pregnancy from her model friends and her neighbors. Susan is trying to mask the fact that she still has feelings for Mike--and Karl. Bree tries to hide her true emotions about being with George. Lynette tries to get someone to not cover up their secrets and Betty tries to help shroud her secret before another innocent victim gets hurt.



The thing I liked about Gabrielle's plot was that it was slow yet powerful in the end. While watching I thought, "Where is this plot going?" But as I watched I was amazed at the final outcome. Gabrielle is getting fitted for a designer dress at a local fashion store. There she talks to her friend who asks her where she has been for the past months. Gabby explains to him that she has been trying to get Carlos out of jail and with her help he will be out in 6 months. Gabby then becomes insulted by her friend when he informs her that she is going to need to get the dress in a size 1. Gabby becomes offended and says that she always was and always will be a double size 0. The clerk reminds her that she is pregnant but she still will not comply. Later, she tries to get her gardener Ralph to help her in the dress but that makes the situation worse when the dress rips. With Bree's help she manages to get into the dress but Bree asks why she is doing this. In order to impress her so-called modeling friends she doesn't want to give them the notion that she is pregnant. Bree tells her that if they will make fun of her for being a mom and wife then they are not really her friends. The evening goes without a hitch however when Gabby learns she is in the same boat as the rest of them since they are all in a slump with something. Gabby then calls Bree to help her get out of the dress.



Lynette learns that since becoming a full time working mom that she hardly has anytime for herself. Which brings Lynette to the idea of initiating a play date with other neighborhood boys. However from past experience Lynette remembers that a lot of the mothers do not really care for the twins because of their odd games and rough housing. That is until Lynette meets her new neighbors, the Harpers. Lynette sees the twins playing with the boys and they all seem to be having a good time until the other mom, Norma asks if they should do something. Lynette says not to worry about it since they all seem to be enjoying themselves. Norma feels relieved and asks if they should do this again. Naturally Lynette says "yes" and is later seen snoozing on the couch. The tables turn however when Lynette is forced to hold the playdate next week. PJ and Jimmy, the other boys decide to bring a video which bores Porter and Preston. When Lynette and Tom enter the room they find out the video is a private homemade porn video of Norma and her husband having sex. Immeadiately Lynette covers the TV and Tom pops the DVD out. Later on, Lynette and Tom confront Norma who panics and quickly leaves. The following evening, Tom and Lynette pay a visit to their home where Mr. Harper feels no hard feelings and offers to show them something he has been working on. This project turns out to be a soundproof basement room which is where he and Norma shoot all their videos. When they offer Lynette and Tom an oppourtunity to use it they pass and decide not to call any more playdates.



Bree is surprised when she finds out that George has purchased a house. In addition, he has a few tricks up his sleeve when he propses marriage with his mother present. Bree shys away from saying no and accepts his proposal. This causes a celebration for George but a regret from Bree. When she tells this to Dr. Goldfine, he asks why couldn't she tell him the truth. Bree decides that for once in her life she would like to have fun instead of having to be a housewife again but Goldfine advises her to tell George how she really feels. Bree is once again surprised when George's mom throws an engagement party for them. While there, Bree manages to find out that George wants a child and a quick marriage. Bree decides not to go through with it but when George asks why, she tells him that her therapist told her so. George has that evil look in his eye and decides to take care of things with this "Dr. Goldfine". The following morning, George follows Dr. Goldfine as he runs and when he stops on a bridge, George creeps behind him and throws him off. Is he dead? Has George evolved from creep to insane? Let's hope Bree finds out.



Meanwhile on the Susan front, she is now officially broken up with Mike who politely stacks her remaining belongings on her stoop. As Susan ends her relationship with Mike, she discovers that another relationship is also ending. That being with Edie and Karl. Later that night, Karl stops by and the two share a bottle of wine and talk of their failed relationships. Karl tells Susan the reason why Edie broke up with him is because he kept a photo of Susan under their bed. Susan feels shocked at this revelation since Susan has torn up mostly every piece of Karl's existence in her home. When the last glass of wine is drunk, the two kiss and the following morning the two are caught in bed by Julie. Susan later tells Karl that they can't get back together because it's not meant to be even if the sex was good. Karl understands but gets back with Edie. Edie thanks Susan for whatever she did but Susan soon regrets her decision.



Finally, Betty Applewhite and her son Matthew frantically look for Caleb when he manages to escape from his basement cell. As they search most of Wisteria Lane, they come across the one house they have missed: the Van De Kamps. As Betty distracts Bree, Matthew manages to go in the back to see if there is any trace of Caleb. However he is caught by Danielle who thinks he is looking for her. When he asks her out she accepts and Matthew soon leaves to tell his mother there is no sign.



After her party, Gabrielle cleans up the remaining mess and goes upstairs to wash her hands. When she walks into her bedroom, she discovers a half eaten bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. She panics knowing there is a stranger in her house and when she finds a large, tall, African-American man she runs, trips and falls down the stairs. Gabby lays in her foyer defeated as Caleb quickly escapes. Bree soon discovers Gabby and calls 911. Gabby is escorted into the ambulance grasping her sonogram of her unborn baby tightly.



Other important events in "Color and Light"...

*Understandably, this episode was a little longer so there was no credit sequence this week. Just the nice simple guitar theme with Eve dropping the apple on Adam with the credits following played during a scene. I like it, very "Lost" but I do enjoy the regular title sequence if you catch my drift.

*Favorite storyline: Lynette's! Lynette manages to find out a little more about her neighbors than she cared for. Definitely a classic.

*I'm finally glad someone brought up the issue that Gabby was pregnant, it seems like her pregnancy was forgotten but now poof-- it might be taken away again.

*George throwing Dr. Goldfine off a bridge. Simply shocking. I, as do many like the Dr. Goldfine character and having George "killing" or injuring a likeable character makes us dislike George even more.

*LESSON LEARNED: If you're going to cover up a secret, pick a good hiding spot because you never know what's going to pop up.



"Color and Light" was another excellent and suspenseful episode of Desperate Housewives. The second season started out slow but I believe it is in the right direction. If the writers can continue the pace with good writing and the actors continue to act well, I will have no objections. Because in order to make a good show a success there must be teamwork clearly something evident with Desperate Housewives. Bravo!

Well, most people seem not to be enjoying DH this year. I\'m still enjoying the show it definetely not up to Season 1 standards but tonight they really redeems there self.



Susan: Susan was easily the most interesting she been all year. After Karl and Edie break up since she finds a picture of Susan under the bed, Karl comes over to Susan and they end up sleeping together. Teri Hatcher has more chemistry with Richard Burgi than James Denton. You can clearly see she is more comfortable around Burgi than Denton. Best Part: Julie walks in and see her parents sleeping naked in bed together. LOL.



Bree: George\'s propose to Bree in this one. She doesn\'t want to say yes but with his mother and his mother\'s friend in the background she says yes. Later she talks with her therapist Dr. Goldfine and he tells she is rushing things and should slow down a bit (no shit Rex died less than two months ago) She tells this George and he agrees. Later we see Dr. Goldfine running and a person on bike pass him. The biker stops to stretch it GEORGE. He slams Goldfine\'s head and throws him over the bridge. Now, I love Bree but she is acting extremely stupid in the last few episodes. Best Part: Marcia Cross\'s acting talents. She making a bad storyline great with her acting talents.



Lynette: Filler stuff. But it was fun. Lynette\'s twins Porter and Preston meet two new friends who happen to be twins also named the Harpers. The new friends come up for a sleepover. They also accidently brings there parents sex video over. Best Part: Felicity Huffman\'s and Doug Savant\'s facial expressions through out the whole episode.



The Applewhites: This finally took interesting turn. It really had nothing to do with the other Housewives and really just came out of no where. Caleb the man who was locked in the basement espaces. Panicing, Matthew and Betty look around the neighborhood searching in neighbors\' backyard for him when Matthew discovers Danielle Van De Kamp smoking a cigarrette and in a bikini in the backyard. He says he there to ask her out. And she obviously like him (who wouldn\'t look how hot this guy is!) and she bends over and she\'ll say yes. Later then Matthew come back to Betty she said that was a waste of time. He replies \"yes it was\" with a smile on his face. LOL I hope they continue this Matthew/Danielle thing because they obviously had some chemistry going and I\'d love to see Bree\'s and Betty\'s reaction to this LOL. Gabrielle later in the episode is at her house when she discovers Caleb in her house. Best Scene: Matthew and Danielle flirt with each other.



Gabrielle: Only thing I didn\'t like about her story tonight was she No Carlos. That being said the last five minutes of the episode were some of Eva Longoria\'s best moments on the show. Other great moments this episode for her were: Getting her Gardeners to try to zip up her dress and her scenes with Bree. Marcia and Eva work well together. But her best moment was after she fell down the stairs and ask Bree to go get the Songragram of her baby was great because we finally got to see that Gaby does have a heart.



Top 5 moments:

5. Bree's taking the champagne after George\'s proposal

4. Julie's reaction to finding her parents in bed

3. Danielle and Matthew flirting

2. Lynette and Tom\'s reaction to Peek-A-Boo

1. Gaby at the end looking at her baby\'s songragram in the Ambulance



A for this episode MVP: Eva Longoria

This episode continues the second season of Desperate Housewives’ slow but sure slip into the bargain bin of shows that jumped that shark. This is none more evident when one of the principal characters agrees to a marriage she doesn't want so as not to seem impolite. Despite this, the show is still amusing and intermittently laugh out loud funny, and the various twists are surprising enough to maintain Housewives' rating as compulsively addictive television.



Another plus factor for this episode is that the usually shallow character of Gabrielle is given a storyline separates her from her jail bound husband and gives her a more heart warming episode than she usually gets.

Every episode of Desperate Housewives is highly enjoyable, but this episode showed the whole spectrum of what the show can do.



I did not care too much for the Scavo family playdate-for-the-kids-might-turn-into-playdate-for-the-parents scenario, but that provided some light comedy. Still, Tony voters, would you care to explain to me, how you came up with your decision?



Teri Hatcher was only mildly annoying in this episode, which suggests that Marc Cherry is just miles ahead of the other writers in making Susan a character I can actually care about. Nicollette Sheridan, one of the few cast members who can't do anything wrong, did not really get too much to do, but she did what she could with that material. Richard Burgi was a pleasure as usual. His role has come a long way from the meanish ex-husband to the guy with unresolved feelings. If I had to choose between him and Jamie Denton, it would not be hard to do.



Mehcad Brooks, however, is another story. He is a handsome addition to the cast and his scene with seductive Joy Lauren was a treat. Alfre Woodard on the other hand does not do much for me, still finding her pretty annoying, I cannot pinpoint the reason, maybe just the way her hair moves when she shakes her head - which she appears to like to do.



For a change, Gabrielle is more than that conniving shallow bitch she seems to be most of the time. Last season, she was the adulteress; this season, she may just turn into an adult. She also looked beautiful this week. I especially liked how her dress triggered both comedy and tragedy - again, kudos for smart writing.



As always, the scene-stealer was the greatest actress on television right now (since Frances Conroy is no competition anymore): Marcia Cross. From the kind woman who listens to and helps Gabrielle to the too kind woman who cannot bring herself to decline George's proposal, every little detail about Bree is just spot-on. It's so hard to believe that Marcia Cross has not won a single award for her portrayal. I had expected to like her the most because she was the grandest thing about Melrose Place, but she has outshone every great memory I had and just acted her way into a new character. I never see Kimberly when I see Marcia Cross, which is an amazing accomplishment. I fear they might push the George character over the top but so far Roger Bart is still strangely likeable - but maybe that's just me, looking forward to the movie version of The Producers. But too bad, there probably won't be much Sam Lloyd on the show anymore. I was so happy when he was back.



If only every episode could be as good - but at least Desperate Housewives has the occasional great episode and one of television's best casts.

Continuing from last week...



Mike lets Susan know that he isn't interested in any kind of relationship with her. So Susan sleeps with an also recently dumped Carl, then turns him down only to have him run back to Edie. Point 2 for Susan. Point 20 for Edie ( at least in Edie's head.



Bree actually says yes to George's proposal. Okay, she only did it due to George's pressuring mommy watching them. But still, say no Bree, just say no to drugs, and those who sell them.

Just when you think Bree is getting smart, George has to kill off her only key to sanbity, her psychiatrist. Damn you George!



Gabby as a boring storyline with meeting with model friends who instantly see that she's pregnant.



Caleb, the black neighbor's basement felon, gets loose and ends up in Gabby's house, not only scaring her but causing her to trip down the stairs. It is at this point she finally realizes how much she hopes her baby doesn't die. Luckily Bree was going to be on her way anyways. And Caleb is still loose.

This episode was great and about many points!



-Susan/Karl (I knew about it, not especially for this episode but I knew that somehow they should be together. Roses and wine! C'Mon babe!)

-Gabrielle!!!! (That was her best episode, models friends, her baby and Caleb at the end. A real Tearjerker)

-Georges (Marvelous, I love this character but I was not expected the end with doctor Goldfine, now he loses all his chances to get Bree...)

-DANIELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(OHLALALALALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-Les voisins (That was amazing but for me, that was their only episode in the season!)

-Lynette and Tom seeing the video. (Ah yeah!)

- Georges Mother (She rocks! and she's a beauty, I am expected a lot from this character)

-Bree (The wedding-ring and the end with Gaby)

- The two gardeners with the nipper (C'Mon!!!)

-Caleb (I was expected an horrible thing with Gabrielle but actually I suppose that the next episode would be so so bad with that! that's better like that)

-The Applewhite son (Youhouuuu Danielle Van de Kamp :p)

- Betty (For the flowers Bang Bang :p "The proof is in the pudding!")



One of the best episode ever, not the best of both seasons but an excellent one. Viva Desperate Housewives! Bring it on!

I have a feeling that Gabrielle is going to lose her baby after that fall down the stairs when Kaleb was following her. Also Gabby asked Bree to go get the picture of the ultrasound. George sure is pushing it. I had a feeling once Bree mentioned Dr. Goldfind that George was going to get mad and when we does he seems to get rid of the problem. I can't wait until Andrew gets back.

*spoilers ahead*

I have to say this was the best episode since the start of season 2. So much happened ! 3 out of the 4 main housewives get some significative changes. But I still can't realize how Bree can have said 'ok' to Georges. This was so surprising and so totally unexpected. It was so not Bree that I had my jaw dropping on the floor. Even though I expected Georges to take some dramatic actions against Bree's therapist since Bree was refering to him so much, I again didn't expect him to commit a murder with cold blood, I was more thinking of a 2-3 ep agony of some sort like he did for Rex. So waah ! that was cool !

So was the move into Gabrielle's way of being !



This episode was superb !! I hope they keep it that good in the following weeks... that would be marvelous !

I know people do not want to admit this but this show has easily run out of ideas! Having about four or five scenes all about people watching and making porno! COMEON! it wasnt funny! The seems to be trying very hard to fill an hour when they only have enough material for a half hour! Yes like i said i know people won't admit it and will probably rip me for this! But compare the first season to this one! And seriously enough with the basement! I mean really we are suppossed to buy this guy is locked in and doesnt care yet he is upset he doesnt get ice cream? give us some credit!!

//A lone biker has stopped for some repairs. Dr. Goldfine thinks nothing of it. He passes him and stops to rest on a bridge overlooking a beautiful countryside. His endorphins racing ... his heart beating ... He's never felt so alive.



The hands are on his body. For a split second he is entirely disoriented, and then ...



Falling, falling, falling ...//



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Gabby's friends are on their way. They're going to ridicule her for becoming pregnant, and even her attendant questions her worthiness to wear the double-zero designer dress, until she determines to starve herself. She clearly wants to carry this child to term like Anjelica Huston in "Addams Family Values." Her struggles to get into the dress were fun, as were her interactions with her new gardeners -- and that unfortunate rrrip.



She greets her model friends and the first thing they say is "YOU'RE PREGNANT!" And they laugh and giggle and carry on and one assumes are all wonderfully fun, and ...



She's //way// outgrown them.



It's hard to imagine Gaby was ever one of them, tho. She's been so driven from her opening scene. She was mature enough at least to know what was making her life with Carlos so unhappy, but was still immature enough to deal with it the way she did. She's grown up a lot by this episode.



It was kind of like in "Angel," seeing Gunn in "That Old Gang of Mine." His perspective had changed so much in a season fighting alongside Angel and Co. that when his old friends showed up randomly slaughtering demons he couldn't reconcile it with his new outlook. The standard juxtaposition of "old life/new life" is always a cool way to gauge how characters have developed.



Bree suggesting she, Lynette and Susan have been a good influence on her was only part of the equation (and Gaby's dismissive comment was only perfunctory -- she knows it's true). Gaby's had a lot of opportunities to really get to know herself, maturing from a young woman to a wife, the kinds of emotional investments she's made. Also, seeing the ultrasound really made an impact, although she was still ready to squash it flat for the sake of vanity.



Her interaction with Bree -- The Woman of the Ever-Ready Needle -- was warm and deeply satisfying. It made me appreciate the Gaby character quite a bit more -- which was a shock of realization when we came to the end of the episode, and her discovery of Caleb in her home. I really hoped she'd be OK. I'd like to see her in designer maternity wear.



It's such a shame that Juanita couldn't live to see the day. I think she'd have more appreciation for her these days as well.



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//His knees, calves and then his ankles clear the stone railing fixed in place to guard his life, falling, falling, falling ...//



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Lynette and Tom confront a puzzle. A couple so mortified by their sexcapades that upon discovery, they were contemplating flight from the neighborhood -- but whom the Scavos still want on their good side.



Once they agree it's a perfectly healthy celebration of their marriage, the discussion of production values and set location and the discerning eye of the auteur makes it just a little too unignorable for them and they can't handle it.



Well, to be perfectly honest, these two need to get a room. I mean, one with a lock on it. Their kids shouldn't be accidentally coming across these DVDs, and their reaction was entirely appropriate. If the twins could discover that one DVD, there's no reason to assume they couldn't find all of them, and those two needed to keep that material for their very private enjoyment.



One wonders how many such tapes were available after the NannyCam went up at the Scavos.



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//Now in a chill panic, his fingers clutch at air and space as he tumbles through nothingness, falling, falling, falling ...//



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Betty's secret is most assuredly out, although the alert status was difficult to discern. Caleb killed Michelle (was it?) because she was a "bad person." It's hard to know what earns that ranking. Gaby mostly fell because she was fleeing -- it seems Caleb had a chance to do something to her and didn't.



The yard-to-yard search turned up little by way of evidence, but Josh's discovery of Danielle was certainly an unexpected surprise. Until we saw her, I'd completely forgotten that we had not seen her for awhile. And her flirtation was absolutely jaw-dropping. That girl is ready for love, and she knows Josh is damn' near perfect in terms of objective physical beauty and iron-clad guarantee of driving Bree around the bend. Between Danielle and Josh and Andrew and Justin (was it?), one wonders which of her children will drive her to the loonybin first.



I did not understand, however, how Caleb got out. They'd been locking his door not just dependably, not just religiously, but scared religiously. How it came to be open is entirely beyond me. It felt like a plothole large enough for Caleb to walk through.



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//As forces foreign to his experience induce omnidirectional vertigo, he glimpses a final vision of his assailant receding from him rapid as flight, and the psychotic hatred glowing in his eyes ...//



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Susan's breakup with Mike Delfino is grist for Edie's mill, but what's insane is that she was allowed to feast in the presence of Susan's otherwise supportive friends.



I didn't get a chance to comment on last week's episode, in which Susan's storyline cut a jagged razor through my heart. As deeply as Mike feels for Zack, that's the protective instinct Susan feels for Julie, and Mike knows what Susan's been through with this kid, and that Susan's instincts are entirely rational, after the home-invasion, after the stalkery, after the hostage standoff, after the gunplay. The image of Susan in her mother's wedding dress crying, screaming after Mike's angry tail-lights was heart-ripping and a good place to leave her going into this episode.



Mike throwing away her homemade valentine in front of her was evil, and she's quite appropriately numb. I so caught that fight between Karl and Edie, and when it blossomed into a late-night reunion over far too much alcohol, I was thinking that although he's entirely untrustworthy, Karl and Susan are really cute together.



One night of the best sex ever wasn't going to change the world (I saw the situation from Julie's perspective instantly -- she knew what Karl had done to Susan and how it had hurt her). But the fact that he holds onto that picture of Susan meant he would never belong entirely to Edie. Edie handing it back to her was a gesture of triumph.



Y'know, I'm very proud of Susan that she didn't throw Karl's assessment of their night together as "the best sex ever" into Edie's face, and I'm proud, shocked and frankly amazed that Susan didn't turn the hose on her. I really am.



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//... as with sickening finality, the screaming fear attending his descent was silenced upon an impact witnessed with brooding and outproportioned hatred by the isolated figure on the bridge above.//



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Bree was just going to a yard sale.



After one weekend of passion -- the one first time, zonked out on wine and antihistamines, that she could allow herself to be close to him without //breaking into hives// -- he's bought her a house, introduced her to his mother and proposed marriage.



She was going to a //yard sale//!



The creep factor on this guy is off the charts. The engagement party with its attendant discussions of her reproductive health and George's latent homosexuality, the complete lack of conversation concerning minor details such as, oh, hey, do you really want to be raising more children at this stage of your life ...



George did not need to murder her therapist to be creepy. Murder is as easy as breathing for him now. George needs a sturdy prison cell with thick, thick walls.



And I was almost tearing up. I'd asked the question, "Wait a moment -- is Dr. Goldfine single?" He seemed like a good match for Bree if he could negotiate her various neuroses. She'd be a daily psychological adventure for him and I was sure that'd be a good match.



Gone.



George, you evil, evil bastage.



I get him. He's dealt with the pain of rejection all his life. He's resentful, he's suspcious, and if Bree marries him there would always be the question of when is that entire closetful of shoes gonna drop.



But killing the therapist doesn't in any way resolve the very present underlying issues (in his case, the issues of "Psycho Home Monthly" archived neatly throughout his brain and dating back to 1963 -- "Bedwetting and You -- It's All the Government's Fault"). Dr. Goldfine identified symptoms Bree needed to resolve to be comfortable with him. That would ultimately have been helpful.



His paranoia is officially boundless.



Oh well -- maybe box seats at the opera are enough at this stage in her life.



Perhaps with season tickets to "The Rape of Lucretia," "Salome" or "Oedipus Rex."



Gotta say, George is one balls-out psycho murderer now.



Hope Bree finds out in time.



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If you can't tell, I //really// enjoyed this episode. So much going on, all of it good, and all of it deeply satisfying. Well done, people!

Its becoming more and more evident that the Scavo family has become the comedy of the show, but at least they can pull it off. The twins are back and as funny as ever.



Lynette wishes her sons can have play dates with other kids so that she can get some sleep but her boys, especially the twins, are walking disasters then she meets a family with kids as bad as hers and its love. Just as things are at their best, Lynette and Tom see the video the other family's sons brought over.....and wait for it....its a private sex flick the parents made for themselves. At first the other mother is horrified but when the Scavo parents tell them they don't mind, well....lets just say they start to mind later.



Gabrielle's old model friends come to vist and Gabs tries her damnest to look sexy and not preggers. But the model friends figure it out in like two seconds. Later she realizes that they are the same they've always been. She's the one who's changed. There was a couple of great scenes between Gabrielle and Bree. They were very sweet.



Susan and her ex-husband have sex after she finds out he broke up with Edie. After Susan tells him it was just a one night stand he goes back to Edie who thinks he chose her over Susan.



And finally....its seems our favorite pharmacist has added another body to his repetour. Its seems Bree is still seeing Dr. Goldfine (Shrink we saw in season 1). After she tells him she accepted George's marriage perposal and he asks if she thinks she is really ready. Well later she tells George she wants to put off the actual weading and doesn't want kids and that Dr. Goldfine agrees with he. George seems to take it well......tee hee....the body count keeps rising. The only question is....who's next????

We are finally back to the show that I love! Case in point: Cherry should write every show! This episode had it all: lots of laughs, fun storylines, and ended in tradegy.



Lynette should not be working; she is much funnier with her kids. Period. This is part of what made Desperate Housewives, desperate housewives.



George killing Dr. Goldfine was utterly hysterical, even though we already knew that he would do anything for Bree.



I always liked the chemistry between Matthew and Danielle.



Edie THANKING Susan- classic!





Loved the episode from start to finish!

this was the best eppy this season. before this point this season was SO boring! i cant believe Bree actually said "OK,," when george proposed!!! i am not sure, but i think Gabrielle lose her baby, because as we saw when she was wheeled into the ambulance, she made Bree go get her sonogram picture, so now she has FINALLY come around to the fact she loves the baby and now she may lose it. What do you people think?

ok, well thats basically what i have to say about tonight!

-Alissa

One more fine example of a great show done well. Well, well, where do I start this week. There is something about this show that they seem to be able to shoot 1,000. Now once more they did something alsome.



So this week George is still crazy, Susan got back with her ex and then he goes back to the other woman. Bree, and Gabrell are so funny.



But the greatest thing happened at the very end of the show. When the impresioned black man escaped and ended up in Gabrells house his face is shadowed and never seen. This is great TV.



"Quote Nevermore"

A great episode this week. It's hard to see the Michael/Susan breakup continues but we did get the great Susan/Carl sequence which was fun. It's good to see Susan showing some backbone by not falling right back in with Carl. And Edie continues to be a bitch about it, which is why she's awesome.



The Gabrielle plot was pretty funny. I loved how, after all that worry and work, it took the friends two seconds to see she was pregnant. And it's nice to see her and Bree get along so well.



Speaking of Bree, I still can't believe she went along with George's proposal. He does once more cross the line with the attack on the shrink and I hope next week's ep has Bree finally seeing him for what he truly is and realizing how much he's cost her.



Once again, the Lynette plot was the lightest of the bunch but it was fun to see Lynette trying her best to hold onto this one hope of sanity only to finally give up. And it's always fun to see Larry Miller at work.



And then the big twist at the end that I didn't expect. I'll admit, I'll be miffed if they decide to have Gabrielle miscarry just so Eva won't have to get fat. I was looking forward to the idea of Gabrielle getting used to motherhood and that we may lose such a good plot is a bit sad. But it does progress the basement plot which is needed. Once again, things are back on track this year and can't wait to see it develop more.