Desperate Housewives

this was a really good episode much better then last weeks.

Susan did annoy me abit in this episode but im glad she came to senses in the end and decided to help her friend

Lynette and tom had a pretty eventful week there were some pretty harsh things they said to one another this week

Bree had an ok week but orson is starting to go abit werid i dont really get what the writers are trying to do with his characters

gaby had a ok week aswell it was pretty shocking to find that maria had killed bradley i didnt see that one coming

I mean come on!!! It used to be a so, so great series. In the first 2 years of DH, I just could not wait the next episode to come, and I wanted to sue ABC for airing a next episode 4 weeks later. But now... eh... This particular episode was I think a really deep point. Absolutely nothing happened, and the dialogs were soooo perdictable. And that is not a thing that DH had before. I am very disapointed in Marc Cherry, I hope he will do better than this cause otherwise this series will fall out, like it has never gotten a Golden Globe.

Another fantastic episode of DH because its soooo funny! All the characters have moments of pleasure.

Susan and Katherine's war goes further. Susan and her painting is funny and the other ladies thinking Susan and Katherine will kill each other is even funnier. Teri and Dana really shone in this one.

Orson's stealing is out of control and Bree has only just realised. Orson is so funny and Bree is losing it! Bruce, the publisher, was great at the dinner, especially with Tom and Lynette vying for the job interview. On the plus side, we saw Tom and Lynette's marriage is improving and they are stronger than before. The Gabby/Carlos plot takes another twist when Carlos' boss is killed at the end!

Oh and Edie is snooping - she'd better be careful.

Overall great stuff. Season Five is brilliant.

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Orson's stealing - small items taken from people as a punishment for perceived slights toward him is damaging his marriage and is sure to bring him more pain (he certainly seems without a moral compass lately by the way!). You also can see that the reverberations of O's earlier crime involving Mike are still everywhere he goes. (seeing him steal makes it easier for me now to see him as an attempted murderer and less the easyt going charming urbane fellow I thought him to be). What other crimes were there? Gabrielle and Carlos's crime: covering up for Carlos's sleazy boss: definitely a bad end there. Speaking of that, the related murder is not going to pay too well for the woman that did that. Dave's lies are going to blow up in his face soon as Edie probes his hidden past... And Tom and Lynette's bad behaviour at Bree's dinner lost them a good job opportunity. Susan going into katherine's garage and exposing her lie about the painting actually earned susan no respect from her friends and a good tounge lashing from katherine. Katherine in turn certainly suffered for her little lie about breaking the picture while dusting. - Any others?

Regrettably, having written the review for this episode and the next earlier today, the electricity went off in my house and I lost every bloody word of it. Thus, I'm gonna type this thing as fast as I can - I have to be out of the house fairly soon in order to do a quiz and probably contract swineflu - so forgive me if it's both a little brief and mildly incoherent. The main bugbear of this one is Orson's kleptomania which, frankly, I can do without. Sure, it gives the guy something to do for once as he's been sadly neglected for the majority of the season, and since the midway point of year three for that matter, but it's inherently flawed because it denigrates his character. While the notion that he is miserable due to the loss of his livelihood and feeling inadequate when compared to his hugely successful wife is a good one, full of dramatic potential and coming across as very three dimensional and real, the vessel through which this is channelled by the writing staff is problematic. We don't sympathise with what is a fully understandable plight; we distance ourselves from a no-good thief. Elsewhere, Gaby and Carlos's storyline continues to be fairly passable, although I have my doubts as to whether Sheila would actually murder her husband, things continue to crawl along at a snail's pace in Edie and Dave's storyline (and where exactly is the camping trip promised a couple of episodes ago? Oh yes, saved for the last episode before the break, gotcha) and Lynette and Tom's narrative has considerable weight and a few decidedly humorous scenes but the pay-off, that Mrs. Scavo is going to go back to work, just feels like a bit of a retread. Let's hope they can avoid the inevitable plot beats that they've succumbed to in the past in the episodes to come. Not a bad hour but considerably average.

Whichever idiot gave this episode a 1 and reviewed it must be a fool cos this was a great episode. This epsiode had everything in it, it was a pure classic Desperate Housewives episode. I think one of the main reasons it was so good was because it was directed by Larry Shaw, who filmed the pilot. In my opinion I enjoyed this episode more than City on fire and just as good as mirror mirror. I think the show has had some episodes this season that weren't up to par as past seasons but this one was just superb. Highlights include, classic Bree dinner party with guests Lynette & Tom (pure brilliance) Both actors should submitt this episode for Emmy consideration. I also loved Gabby scene a the hair salon. Some of the best lines ever spoken by our ladies, great script. Marc Cherry, u r da man!

Susan: "Katherine and I told you guys we were taking the high road. Why won't you believe us?"

Lynette: "Because I vividly remember yesterday and I wasn't born during it."



Taking the high road? For Susan, that would be something of a stretch but even the writers must be realistic enough to realise that there are only so many episode viewers are willing to tolerate her moaning about Mike and Katherine being a couple.



This episode saw Mike and Katherine moving in together and Susan actually tried to be a mature adult about the situation. It even generated a funny moment where the rest of the women tried to hide the fact that they were going to Mike and Katherine's housewarming to spare Susan's feelings.



The scene was funny because Katherine alerted them to the fact that Susan had already been invited and both Katherine and Susan's cordial behaviour irked everyone in sight, notably Edie.



As Edie pointed out, whenever she shacked up with another one of the other women's former cast offs (Karl, Carlos, Mike), she got reprimanded for it where Katherine doesn't get to feel the heat. Her disbelief of Susan and Katherine being so friendly with other however is justified.



If it hadn't been for a certain little painting that Susan had done a few years ago when her and Mike were still together, her and Katherine might have avoided another confrontation. I don't actually blame Katherine for taking it down, given that the painting was a wedding present.



However I do somewhat deplore the way the argument unfolded. Susan made an active point unmasking Katherine's lies about it and then confronted both her and Mike over the painting being left in storage. To be fair, Susan should've probably understood why Katherine was uncomfortable with the damn thing.



Also getting Mike involved, though probably not done as an act of malice was silly. It took Katherine to spell it out to Susan before she realised that Katherine wasn't just being spiteful, although Katherine certainly isn't the most apologetic of people, is she?



And Susan also managed to use her flippant behaviour to better use by reclaiming the painting and making a gesture that she didn't want to interfere in Mike and Katherine's relationship, which earned her approval from the latter due to the former being his clueless self.



If only every episode could use Susan's bout of strops as a positive means. Honestly you'd have less viewers complaining and Susan would probably endear herself a lot more to audience members but I guess that might be wishful thinking on my part.

More wishful thinking would be for Bree and Orson to settle their differences once and for all. All season, Orson's failures to get on with his life after serving his time have gone arseways and now it's getting to the point where he's stealing in order to gain some kind of power.



When Tom behaved like a jackass to him in the beginning, Orson retaliated by nicking a hideous looking salt shaker. I know we're supposed to cherish family heirlooms but damn, that thing was hideous. Orson should've just stolen something more practical, seeing as Tom was getting fleeced anyways.



Then there was Bruce. Another person to make Orson feel inferior, if Tom hadn't done much of a job already. Bruce's nasty barbs about Orson's name might have been funnier if the character didn't come across as a massive jerk. During this scene I did kind of wish that Bree had stuck up for Orson just a little bit.



Instead she ignored the problem and Orson's feelings in general. The only time they exchanged words was when she caught Orson stealing Bruce's tape recorder and read him the riot act. I don't approve of Orson's stealing and I certainly think that while his motives are slightly understandable, they're not justified in what he's doing overall but I do wish that Bree could be a little more sympathetic towards him.



While he rightly went to jail for a crime he's committed, he does seem to be paying for it a lot more than any other character might have under the circumstances and Bree herself seems to have lost a lot of respect. I imagine she's going to lose a great deal when she realises that Orson's stolen one of her jewels.



Speaking of respect, I really should feel sorrier for Tom but I really can't. Yes, his business went down the tubes to a bad economy and while there's always going to be one of two people who might take advantage of his misfortune, that doesn't give Tom a licence to be so rude to people.



In the opening he was outright nasty to Orson. While both men's circumstances might have been different, Tom should've realised that Orson was trying to be nice and the least Tom could've done is realise that he isn't the only person to suffer due to economy or other circumstances.



Then there was the job with Bruce. Neither Tom nor Lynette can afford to be out of work right now and you have to give Lynette credit for trying to get Tom a job that he was qualified, especially given that Tom was making no effort himself to go and find a job to pay the bills.



In fact during the whole meal, I found myself wanting to bop Tom with the way he kept constantly shrugging and responding blankly when Bruce tried to gauge him about previous history. However I could also tell that Lynette herself would end up trying to get the job.



To be fair, I didn't blame and we already that she's far better than Tom at the whole marketing thing and the opportunity was too good to pass up. It's also quite infuriating that Tom waited until Lynette expressed an interest in the job to try and impress Bruce.



Both Tom and Lynette trying to outdo each other was funny until Tom mentioned Lynette's cancer. The fact that Lynette didn't smash his head against the table is amazing. I certainly would've for that comment alone. This was the second time in this episode that Tom overstepped the mark.



I think the worst thing is not the fact that Bruce decided not to employ either one of them but the fact that the episode skimmed over Tom's comment and tried to make light on it. Something like should've been handled much better and the idea of Tom telling Lynette that she can look for a job is demeaning. Since when does Lynette need her hubby's permission to seek employment?



Employment could also be an issue for Carlos as well. Keeping schtum about Bradley's extra-marital (seriously, does anyone care?) affairs is one thing but it's Gabby who found herself being used to distract Maria while Bradley met up with his own mistress.



As plots go, this is pretty unengaging stuff. Bradley's boring as hell and while Maria's alright, I'm just not that engrossed in the whole plot. Gabby's attempts of trying to get Shayla to end things with Bradley was noble but still worth caring.



Not even the threat of Carlos getting the sack from Bradley when Gabby refused to be a cover again enthralled me all that much. However I did find Maria's reasons for killing Bradley after she learned that he was going to leave her somewhat amusing.



Because of Bradley's death, that could mean that Carlos either loses his job or gets a swift promotion. Either are fine by me to a degree but I take it we won't be getting any further appearances from Maria though.



In terms of the main mystery (and due to a certain spoiler), Edie has finally decided to investigate her husband. Given that she's had so many hints of Dave being an oddball staring at her in the face, she's certainly cut it fine but I suppose it is really a case of better late than never.



Dave's erratic behaviour towards a priest is what got her so suspicious in the first place and when he lets slip about Dave's real surname, I felt a clock ticking away. Nice that you're going to find out that your husband's a psycho, Edie but it's just too bad you won't live to tell many people as a result.



Also in "Crime Doesn't Pay"



Orson's politeness was spotlighted at the start of this episode with Mary Alice pointing out that he punished people who weren't similarly well mannered.



Edie: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's happening here? Why isn't hair being pulled?"

Susan: "Why would we do that?"

Edie (re Katherine): "Well, let's see, she's shacking up with your ex? Something which when I do it I get an angry mob on my front lawn."



I loved the little reminder of Edie telling Gabby about her relationship with Carlos. There's no way they would've been able to have joked about that last season.



Maria (re Bradley): "Listen to him. Can you believe this guy?"

Gabrielle: "No, he is not to be believed."



Karen: "Hey Kathy. What happened to Susan's painting?"

Katherine: "I am such a klutz. I was dusting yesterday and well, it just fell. The glass shattered and I took it to the framer. It'll be back in a jiffy. Oh, excuse me."

Bree: "See, a perfectly innocent … bald faced lie."



We haven't had a lot of Katherine working in Bree's restaurant compared to earlier episodes. In fact they've been spending less time together.



Edie (to Dave): "Look, there's a priest. I knew that vow of poverty was a crock."



Carlos: "I don't care about the money."

Gabrielle: "I do and so does my personal shopper and Pilates instructor."



We saw Bradley and Maria's kids briefly in this episode. Gabby and Carlos babysat them.



Shayla: "Have you ever considered highlights?"

Gabrielle: "Focus, Shayla. We're talking about ruining another woman's life."



Katherine (to Susan): "I knew I wasn't going to get a clean slate with Mike but I at least wanted a clean mantelpiece."



No Andrew/Alex, Bob/Lee, MJ, Solis or Scavos kids were present in this episode.



Bruce (re Orson/Bree): "Idea for a novel. Woman married to a gay man but doesn't know it."



Susan (to Mike): "Yep, I'm complicated like that. Aren't you glad you divorced me? If you two want a painting, you can paint your own."



Chronology: A week since "In A World Where The Kings Are Employers".



"Crime Doesn't Pay" makes a point of stating the obvious. There's no way that Orson's bout of kleptomania is gonna pan out well for either him or Bree and Dave's skeletons are just waiting to get unravelled. It's better than the previous episodes but we're still treading water here.

It is one of the best episode in the long history of Desperate Housewives. It has everything that made the series classic: the spunk, the humor, the wit, the mystery, the smarts and the murder. It's a masterpiece of its kind, enjoyable from the first minute to the very last one. These days, you can't expect anything more, can you? It's the episode that makes the top 3, along with the tornado and the bang. It will certainly gain new fans and those who were perhaps in doubt, lost it for sure. Great job Marc Cherry, you have done it again.

Where should I start? Hehe, Katherine & Mike are throwing a housewarming party but when Susan arrives she founds out that picture she painted is no longer hanging on their wall. Katherine told her that glass broke (obviously a lie). When Mike confronted her she got mad at Susan and she was even more mad when she had to apologize to her and bring her a flower :D Gaby tries to end Bradley´s affair with that hairdresser. But everything goes wrong. At the end of the episode we see that Maria (his wife) killed him. Lynette & Tom were the best this episode. That dinner with Bree´s publicist was classic and funny! And I realized that I like klepto Orson :D Finally, Edie starts to dig into Dave´s past. Be careful girl!

I love DHW, it is never boring, especially in the last season! There is not a part without true excitement, I just keep catching myself on screaming loud or laughing to death, or skipping a heartbeat whenever something extreme happens to the characters.

This part brought some new excitements:

- Gaby proved once again that she is a good person when she was ready to give up money for justice.

- Susan has shown grown-up behavior toward Katherine that is so rare of her.

- The argument over a job interview between Tom and Lynette was really nasty, but truly funny, the character of a publisher with a tape recorder was a good idea!

- I really dislike Orwell's kleptomania thread, because it seems pretty irrational and unnatural to me but whatever... it is still exciting to follow!

- Edie is discovering some new truths about her husband and we all cannot wait for her to find out what kind of person he is! Whaaa...

A highly enjoyable episode of Despoerate Housewives after a much too long break. The dinner party scene was superb and Tom's behaviour was so eye wateringly embarrassing I had to turn away at times. I was less keen on Gabby's storyline but the twist at the end made a vast improvement. Orson and Bree were funny throughout though I found Orson rather creepy too. Susan now seemns to have accepted Katherine is in Mike's life now. I was touched when Susan acknowledged Mike as her ex in front of Katherine. I think they can both move on now. Edie was also great. All in all - really good.

I missed Desperate Housewives so much and I'm glad this episode was worth waiting for.



I really feel bad for Orson and I wish Bree could see that she is partly to blame for what is becoming of him.



There are so many moments that will make you proud of each character.



Gabrielle, for standing up in what she believes even if it means losing something in return.



For Susan, (I must say Susan's character really took a big step on this episode and I love it)to be childish and jealous yet know when to step back and see things in the way that it should be.



Katherine, I feel for her when she is apologizing to Susan and applauding at the same time for taking her chances with Mike and standing up for her feelings.



Lynette, she is really a fine example of a wife, a mother,and a friend.

This very well may have been the first mediocre episode of Desperate Housewives this season. I have been dishing out nothing but rave reviews for the past few months, but this was just a genuine, first-class filler episode.



The Susan-dominated storyline was really rubbish and should not have been the central part of an episode. Orson reverting to stealing is such a disappointing development for one of the more underrated characters on the program. Even Bree and Orson's bickering felt half-hearted this week.



The one lone spot was the dinner table competition between Tom and Lynette. I liked their jabs at each other and my jaw pretty much hit the floor when Tom used his wife's cancer against her. Good quality writing right there, even if most of the events before and after it were not.

I follow DH every week but i choose to review only the episodes that give me a special feeling.One such episode was the 100th one.Another one was this.The great thing about this show,is at even in times when you think that you are watching a filler episode,they come up with 1-2 great moments that instantly make it a classic.In this episode such was the case.The Bree/Orson story is not my favourite at this time.I think that they have explored his dark side once too often.I have come to love the funny side of Orson.We saw a glimpse of it tonight when he threw the plate at the guest and i would like to see more of it.Hopefully this story will conclude soon.The Edie/Dave story wasn't explored too much tonight,although i think she is getting in too deep now.This story is fixing to reach it's climax you feel.The thing that i liked about the Tom/Lynette story is that it reignited their relationship.They weren't having problems between them but they were feeling sorry for themselves.It was about time they picked themselves up and realise that it's not always money that brings happiness.The Susan/Mike/Katherine arc brought about one of those special moments:the final exchange between the 2 women where Katherine winked.I don't know where this is going and what role Jackson't absence has played,but it is time to end it.It was a very nice scene to end it with,that was beutifully directed.Finally Gabby and Carlos.It is another story that hasn't been my favourite but through the magic of Eva Longoria's livewire-like performance it ended with a bang.The kitchen scene was brilliant and it left me with my mouth open since i couln't see it coming.And even when the camera focuses on Maria,Gabby's sense of guilt on the background is trule evident.With the ups and downs her character has gone through physically and personally,maybe it is time to consider Longoria as an Emmy nominee.Overall,an episode that looked like going nowhere at some point,but ended magnificently.Keep them coming!

All things consider, I absolutely loved this episode. All of the storylines in this episode were great, especially Bree's. Bree's storyline was definitely my favorite storyline in this episode, and I loved the fact that Tom and Lynette played a major part in that storyline so essentially it was one big group storyline. The Susan/Mike/Katherine storyline was definitely my second favorite storyline.Edie's storyline was great too. This episode definitely had the perfect blend of drama and comedy in this episode. In closing, I thought that this was a very well written, well acted and well made episode of Desperate Housewives from everyone involved, and I can't wait to see the next episode of Desperate Housewives.

First of all, this episode is a highlight in whole seaso 5 of Desperate Housewives, if not in the whole series. It's one of the best regular episodes (so besides Bang,... and the 100th episode) because of it's clever writing, superb acting and thrilling storylines.



The problem with previous episodes was that they weren't that good in combining comedy and drama, but I guess the 3 week gap gave editors etc... some time to think about what this show stands for and how it should be.

Besides, you can't tell they had to cut in the clothing budget. Every housewife looked gorgeous last night and the men had some nice outfits too.



Lynette's storyline about the new job started out slow and kinda silly, but I liked how it developed at Bree's diner table and how it actually got serious. It wouldn't have taken much longer before I smacked Tom at the wall, but I sincerely hope they can both move on to better things now. A nice transition between two bigger storylines.



Orson was just ridiculous last night and the stealing thingy is really stupid. Marcia's acting and the good conversations (Bree in Orson's pocket in the kitchen) kept this story afloat, but if it doesn't get more serious, this might go into history as one of the most ridiculous storylines on DH ever (or at least for me).



Although I don't see what Susan's point was about the painting (it's Katherine's house for peeps sake), I liked the storyline. Katherine is getting a little b*chty again and she FINALLY got some depth in her character this season. I can't wait until they go camping. Dana Delany looked smokin', by the way.

And Mrs. McCluskey was hilarious, although I find it kinda stupid they don't remind her of the bat incident in 5x05 anymore.



The mystery was a small factor in this episode, but I enjoyed Edie's scenes. They have a totally different vibe now you know what's going to happen and it's still great to see a serious version of the woman that was once the neighborhood slut.



Gaby got a dramatic storyline, Freakin' Hallelujah! Even though her first scenes were hilarious ('I know two Shayla's. One's a hairdresser and the other one's a homewrecking whore' and 'Call the Vatican, because...'), I loved the final scenes.

The way they showed the course of the storyline was really powerfull and this episode is a milestone for the character. You could just tell from the look on her face that she knew she was at least a little responsible for what happened.

Eva Longoria really deserves an Emmy (nod) in September.



All in all, an excellent episode of Desperate Housewives and this is how entire season 5 should have been. Too late for that, but they can sure make it right by giving the viewers the final 7 episodes they deserve.

Bree/Orson: Orson's storyline is amazing this season and it was the best story this week. I feel so sorry for him, he really did everything for Bree and now he is suffering so much and she can't even see him. She really doesn't understand how serious the situation is, I hope she will. I feel the whole season was a big build-up for Bree to see that she was wrong to send Orson in jail. But poor, poor Orson… If I may paraphrase a song and made it about him - he has to take care of himself before there's nothing left. He needs her to find him, his the one she left behind. He wants her to see him, because they are running out of time… I love them and it's really sad to see them like that :( Susan/Katherine: I actually enjoyed that story. It was really great and I felt so sorry for Katherine in the scene when she was "apologizing" to Susan. And in the end it was really great of Susan to do that. And she did it just for her friend, even though she knew Mike would get angry at her. Lynette/Tom: Quite good storyline. Looking forward to it. :) Gabby/Carlos: Probably the worst storyline this episode. Not that it was bad, it wasn't, it was good, but not as much as the rest. It was funny, but kind of predictable.

Having Orson become a kleptomaniac is a bit of a wild turn but it does make sense for him to feel so out of sorts being disrespected like that. The main story of the dinner was hysterical as Tom and Lynette played on each other wonderfully before that goofy boss. You could tell the instant Tom knew he had gone over the line with the cancer line but for them to get over it makes you see once more why they're the best couple on the block.



It's good to see the Susan/Katherine rivalry start to die out. The painting was petty to argue about but it's good we finally see Katherine's side, angry of having Mike's past thrown in her face all the time and Susan can finally understand it. That last bit of Susan acting mad and Katherine realizing the truth was nicely done and ties in to things wonderfully so we can move on.



The end of the Carlos/Gabby plot was unique. The beauty parlor scene was funny but I never saw it coming the woman would be moved to murder. I'm glad Carlos and Gabby are actually being smart to call the cops rather than a whacky cover-up but I do hope this makes Gabby see the consequences of her selfish behavior in a serious light. And we get more traction on the Dave plotline as Edie finds another key clue in a nice way so we can finally move into the key episodes of the year.

Orson is still stealing?! Whoa! I didn't think that he'd still be stealing. I liked the whole porch scene. It was very nice. I thought that Susan definitely wouldn't be invited to the housewarming party. LMAO at Gabby! Woman: Can you believe this guy?

Gabby: Nope, he is not to be believed.

I can't believe Mike kept the picture that Susan painted for him on their honeymoon! That's an obvious sign that they're meant to get back together, eventually. I loved when Gabby said to Susan about the picture, "Wow, you painted that? You're good," sarcastically. I like that Edie is getting so suspicious of Dave. It's turning out to be a very good storyline. Definitely a good episode. The five year jump really isn't affecting the show's quality, which is a good thing. Hopefully the show lasts a successful nine seasons. :)