Desperate Housewives

Susan goes to the therapist and realizes she must choose between Ian and Mike. Travers is having a birthday party which only spells trouble for Mrs. McCluskey, Gabrielle's engagement party is upstaged by an unexpected announcement, and the neighborhood is full of gossip about the dead body found on Wisteria Lane.



Wow, cool episode. Ha, I loved what Susan did to the guy in the parking lot. She had to go to court-ordered therapy! LMAO! I loved when Carlos carried Gabby out of Travers' birthday party. Aw poor Mrs. McCluskey! I felt so bad for her when they wrote the word "Witch" on her door. :( Good episode. =]

What a funny yet pivotal episode of Desperado Housewives!!

The beginning was great - Edie telling Gabby about Carlos and Gabby breaking the glass and injuring her hand was well done.



Gabby then confronting Edie in the street was dramatic. i felt sorry for Edie when Gabby said "Do you know how you think everyone hates you, well they do". Edie's hurt face made me react. but then our Edie fought back with playground psychosis and dragged Lynette and Susan into this private little war (Gabby had already done this). Susan and Lyn trying to dodge Gabby was hilarious ("mommy can we play too?" "no go bother the snake!").



The end where Susan and Ian broke up was heartbreaking. i was a big fan of Dougary Scott's character and seeing him leave was upsetting. but it was well written and done with gentle pride rather than anger and despair. Overall good stuff - love this one favourite of Season 3!!!

Gossip its just a harmless form of recreation,it's careless talk,the deals and polite fiction.It's nasty speculation that's based on not so polite fact.How do we protect ourselves from the venimist thing of such idol gossip?The best way is to just tell the truth and wait for people to start talking about someone else.

In every housewives closet theres an articel of clothin that tells you more about its owner,than she would want you to know.It might be a shirt that she despises,but wears without complaint.Perhapsh its some lingerie she knows isnt hers,but refuses to discuss.Or a dress she once loved,tha she can no longer bear to look at.Yes,you can learn a lot about women,from what they choose to wear.You can learn even more by what they choose to take off,and who they take it off for

Susan goes to the therapist and realizes she must choose between Ian and Mike. First she chooses Ian telling Mike she is going to marry him until Ian admits that Susan loves Mike a little more. Ian then leaves to go back home. I was hoping it would be Susan and Ian but it didn't turn out that way. Travers is having a birthday party which only spells trouble for Mrs. McCluskey. She later tells everyone the truth about her husband. Gabrielle's engagement party is upstaged by an unexpected announcement and the neighborhood is full of gossip about the dead body found on Wisteria Lane.

This episode continues on the same vein as previous episodes post-Who killed Monica? storyline-not a bad episode, but not nearly as good as pevious episodes. The Lynette-could -have-an-affair storyline gathers momentum,as she starts to shun spending time with her family for hanging out with Rick. I thought this storyline was quite interesting, as Tom and Lynette have played the rock-solid couple for too long. Gabrielle finds out about Carlos and Edie and its clear that both her and Carlos still love each other, but its hard to see them getting back together. The Susan-Ian-Mike triangle came to a conclusion, but there was no happy ending yet. Overall, a good but not great episode

I saw it coming...it would have been too much being surprised by this show twice in only one season: the first time with an enexpected, thrilling and brilliant mystery as it was Orson and Alma's, the second time seeing Susan choosing Ian over Mike...but we all know that Mike is Susan's soulmate, so the poor Englishman had to pack his stuff and return home. I'm sorry for that, he was such an unusual, well created, brilliant and romantic character, he would have been a great addition to the cast...

Moreover, Mrs McCluskey secret has been revealed and solved, at speed of light I'd say, which is not a bad thing since I didn't like this storyline since its very beginning, so it was a very good idea getting rid of it so soon.

What about Edie? what will she do now that she knows that Gabrielle is still in Carlos' mind? It will be very hard to conquer his heart, plus I'm pretty sure that Gaby will dump Victor...

About Lynette's "temptations" I finally understand why they kept Kayla in the cast, useful to fuel Tom's suspect and spying Lynette...

Overall, it's a very uninsteresting final part for this season, I wonder what they will come out with to improve things, what they brought since Bree's departure has been quite boring...

This episode was one that I had been anticipating for a while, as far as Susan figuring out what she really wanted. Now, this is classic Susan behavior. She is so scatter brained and disconnected that she doesn't ever know what she wants, or how to handle situations. When Susan has a problem, she usually just stresses out and does something destructive, which gets her in an uncomfortable predicament. Finally it seems as though Susan's future has been figured out. I'm happy to see that in the show, although I'm not sure how the dynamics of Susan's character are going to take to that. It should be interesting to see. The reason why I gave this episode a mediocre rating is because the show isn't the same without Bree. When is she coming back? I wish they would at least bring into the story line that her and Orson are on vacation or something.

Now here lies an episode with a rather simple message that doesn’t really warrant too much depth but at the same time is as effective as hell. The message is that gossip is an everyday part of life and hey, can you name one person of the top of your head that doesn’t indulge in the slightest bit of gossip every now and then because I certainly can’t.



The main piece of scandal circling Wisteria Lane like wildfire is the now exposed revelation of Karen McClusky hiding her husband in the freezer and when it comes to something like that, you’re hardly inclined to ignore it and Karen has to suffer being the talk of the neighbourhood for this week.



Mainly it’s just people talking about it on the street or the likes of Lynette, Susan and Gabrielle making some pretty obvious quips about Karen’s freezer but out of everyone, I kinda expected more from Lynette as she is the only who has anything vaguely resembling a friendship with Karen and she didn’t seem all that interested in trying to understand why Karen did what she did.



Then again Lynette’s non interest isn’t quite as bad as having a group of kids using Karen’s door tossing eggs and writing graffiti and a good sign of knowing that Karen was defeated was the forlorn way she looked when she realised what people, especially were thinking of her.



So it’s nice that we at least get one person on Karen’s side and it’s even nicer that the person who defends her honour happens to be Parker. I didn’t really think it was him who ratted her out last week and due to Ida’s scatty manner, I still really don’t. Then again I could wrong and Parker could be helping her out of guilt but even if that is the case, at least there’s someone willing to help Karen out.



Also Parker thinks it’s a smart idea for Karen to tell everyone her side of the story which is more than fair but I echoed Karen’s sentiment when she accurately pointed out that people would be less interested in hearing her side of the story. The annoying thing about gossip is that it turns people into fantasists who hold no time or interest for fact or reality.



However when another incident of vandalism occurs on Karen’s property and Parker is pissed at her during Travers birthday, Karen finally does what the young lad suggested and gathers enough people around to explain what really happened and suffice to say, it’s more mundane than the gossip would like you to believe.



So Gilbert died and because he hadn’t changed his will and Karen didn’t fancy being left nothing she decided to store his body in the freezer. Okay that still isn’t really normal and those of you hoping for a big murder mystery as probably disappointed but if it means that Kathryn Joosten is sticking around then I’m as pleased as punch about that. Her scenes with the Scavos are always a joy to watch.



As for the Scavos, this is one of those episode in which neither party is in the wrong and where sympathy can be conveyed for both of them and given the fact that the last few episodes have made Tom sympathetic one week and Lynette the other, having one where you feel bad for both of them is a relief.



I think everyone knew that opening that restaurant was going to be the cause of problems for Tom and Lynette and even more so when Lynette made the foolish error of ditching her own career to work with Tom. It more or less had disaster written all over it.



And it hadn’t taken the writers long to prove us right. Since there’s they’ve had conflicts over liquor licences, employees, uniforms, chairs and now Rick and his new dishes are becoming the wedge between the always quarrelling couple and it’s all thanks to Kayla.



Not only is the little madam a prized brat of the highest order but her burning hatred for Lynette fuels her latest attempts to turn her father against his wife. However it isn’t a case of Kayla making things up in order to create conflict but Kayla using her knowledge of Lynette and Rick’s behaviour with each other to rouse Tom’s suspicions.



Lynette and Rick aren’t exactly going to win awards for discretion as not only Kayla openly question her stepmother about why she works so late but delights in informing Lynette that she’s able to tell when she lies and if I were Lynette, I would be worried because vindictive or not, Kayla is a smart kid.



Lynette’s entire attitude around Rick can be seen by everyone around her. Staying late is one thing but the flirting and trying to sneak off to meet his friends as well? Even if Lynette has the will power not to have any sexual contact with Rick, this still has all the trappings of an emotional affair in the same vein of Bree/George in late Season One, which Edie pointed out succinctly.



Lynette also drew further suspicion when she wouldn’t let Tom go back to work and deliberately stopped him from firing Rick as well. How can those actions not speak some volumes? I really don’t want another affair plot on the series but like some open minded pointed out, this one could be good and even better if it’s Lynette doing the cheating rather than Tom. That being said the old adultery is something we’ve been given every season so maybe it’s a bit redundant too.



Something however that will always be redundant is Gabby’s never ending self-entitlement and once again she takes it a bit too far after she managed to weasel from Edie that she and Carlos are an item.



You’d think that for someone who has long since been trying to get Carlos out of her hair that Gabrielle would be happy for her ex-husband but no, Gabby would much rather start a foolish campaign against Edie which only proves this woman has the mental age of a five year old.



I might be in a minority but despite great chemistry between Eva Longoria and Ricardo Antonio Chavira, I actually don’t Gabby and Carlos to get back together mainly because Carlos has matured without Gabby and Gabby never really appreciated him when they were married.



Also I find it laughable that Gabby can get engaged to a man she’s barely known for a month, yet Carlos isn’t allowed to date other people months after becoming a divorcee. Gabby had a point about Edie going for cast off but seeing as Edie started dating Carlos out of genuine interest and not for spite purposes, I can’t bemoan her too much.



I liked that at Travers birthday party; Carlos pulled Gabby aside and knocked on her head about her attitude. It’s things like this that make me respect Carlos more than I could ever with Gabrielle but damn Mary Alice for stating that Gabby’s reasons for letting Carlos and Edie is down to her knowing that Carlos still loves her. How patronising is that?



Edie also deserve points for using dirty tactics against Gabby when she was being ignored by the other housewives so thanks to Edie, Susan managed to get people interested in her book and Lynette got business for the pizzeria. Susan and Lynette’s reactions to not getting caught by Gabby were a riot but I find it hard to believe that Lynette would ever be afraid of Gabby. The other way around sure but not that way, not for one second!



Love plots remain the beast of the other housewives plot and after weeks of frustration and being yanked like a wishbone, Susan finally flips and given that she’s not the paragon of mental sanity, it comes as little surprise that during her “all men are bastards” mantra she defends Edie in a discussion with Lynette and Gabrielle and assaults some random bloke over parking space.



The latter stunt has her sent to a shrink and despite some very staged crying from Teri Hatcher, Susan finally comes to the mind numbingly obvious conclusion that she has to choose between Mike and Ian and after the latest pissing contest between the two of them, it seems that choosing neither is a viable option.



So Susan chooses Ian and they start making plans until self-awareness (and the help of listening to his fiancée listening to a message from her ex) hits Ian like a thunderbolt and while he realises that Susan loves him, he also knows that she loves Mike even more and so he dumps her. It’s a very maturely written and tenderly acted scene that might make me miss Dougray Scott but it more or less confirmed that Ian never really stood a chance of lasting.



As for Mike, just when Susan becomes available he decides to take off and give his house to Carlos because he’s devastated. More like because the plot demands yet more obstacles between Susan and Mike and a contrived way of having someone like Ida go on about Mike like he’s a saint. As we’ve seen from this episode, Mike is also capable of being a jackass but at the end of the day, he is the one that Susan really loves and when she gets him, I’d appreciate a change in tack for their plotlines.



Also in “Gossip”



Housewife of the week: It’s Nearly Kill Gabby week as she dodges a series of near accidents before reacting to Edie banging Carlos by smashing a glass in her hand.



Lynette (re Karen and Gilbert): “If you wanna keep your husband on ice, at least you get a dedicated freezer”.



Was it me or did Felicity Huffman look absolutely stunning in this episode? The writers seem to be bringing out Lynette’s inner sex kitten.



Edie: “You’re engaged to someone else, why do you care?”

Gabrielle: “It’s awkward”.



Rick: “Inventory?”

Lynette: “I know I’m a horrible person, I choose Ravioli over motherhood”.



Anyone else find the close ups on mouths during the gossip scenes a tad creepy? It was different but still creepy.



Susan: “Of course we’re with you”

Lynette: “We will give Edie the cold shoulder”

Gabrielle: “Not cold, frozen! I want icicles on that **** ears”.



Bree was finally mentioned this week and I have to admit I missed her during the “let’s boycott Edie” meeting.



Susan: “I wished she’d hurry, I’m terrified of snakes”

Lynette: “I’m more terrified of Gabby”.



Can we please have a storyline revolving around Susan’s writing career next season?



Karen: “Who would like to hear the gruesome details?”

Edie: “I would”.



Susan: “I’m sorry”

Mike: “At least I have my memories”.



I spotted Jordana Geist from Season One in this episode. Maybe one day we’ll get Maisy Gibbons back too! Ian: “You do realise we’re gonna be great together”

Susan: “I know”.



No Bree/Orson/Andrew/Danielle yet again, although not too long to wait now.



Susan: “I love you”

Ian (re Mike): “I know you do but you love him a little bit more”.



Karen: “I’m gonna need a raise”

Lynette: “Okay”. Chronology: Six weeks since “Dress Big”.



“Gossip” provides the lively debate of how rumours can very much damage a many of the characters suffer from the scrutiny they are put under this week. With only three episodes left, this season’s greatness isn’t diminishing anytime soon.

This episode was on of the best episodes, great writing, and just an all around great episode.

Gabrielle's and Edie's feud is adding a complexity to this, especcialy with Susan and Lynette in the middle.

Lynette's charecter is becoming a lot less likeable, as she is being a jerk to Tom, and is on the edge of cheating with Scavo's Pizzaria's new chef, Rick.

Susan, is also stuck in the middle somewhere else. She has to decide between Ian, her fiance, and Mike, her former love. She finally decided to go with Ian, but Ian sees that she loves Mike more. Ian leaves to go back to England, but susan has found out that Mike had moved.

Bree's absense is releived for a few seconds when she is mentioned at Gabrielle's engagement party.

Susan needs to choose between Ian and Mike and she is at the therapist because of the anger issues. She comes to a shocking revelation that she is desperately in love with two men and in the end of the episode ends up all alone.

Lynette is falling for Rick while Kayla sneaks a peak and sees whats going on.

Gabrielle is completely and utterly jealous of Edie because she is dating her ex so she turns everyone else against her but Edie has a bigger plans for Traver's birthday party.

Mrs.McClusky shares the secret about her husband and what exectly happened. Lovealbe episode. A fine way to the season finale.

There were a couple of good story lines in this episode. I particularly like the "body in the freezer" part because Ive never seen anything like it before. There seems to be a some-what legitimate idea behind what she did and I look forward to see if she will loose her pension or be charged with breaking any other laws (I hope not though).



Ian left Susan! Didn't see that coming, she had to choose between two people, she choose Ian but for the wrong reason now she has lost them both (I'm sure Mike will appear again soon though).

This episode had some really interesting storylines. It was so funny to see how crazy Susan was when she was trying to decide between the two guys. It made sense that she chose Ian because she was already in a relationship with him. It was setting up for a great plot where she was with Ian but deep down she wanted to be with Mike. I feel like the solution came too easily, especially since it was Ian that decided to break things off. I do like how Mike left town. It was so unexpected but it really shows how much Mike cares about her. It should be interesting to see her desperately looking for him. I love the storyline between Gabby, Carlos, and Eddie. It was so funny how Gabby convinced everyone to ignore Eddie and then Eddie got everyone to come to her son’s birthday party. I love how Gabby ends up only being satisfied because Carlos tells her it isn’t serious between him and Eddie. It should be interesting to see what happens with these relationships in the future. The storyline with Lynette is interesting but I am not sure if I like it. There relationship has worked out through everything and it seems to be going through a lot of problems. I really don’t want to see it get messed up.

Like in any suburbia, gossip is the main form of entertainment in Fairview. Who's doing who? Who's leaving who? Who's done what? It's all the talk of the town. This episode was nice because I loved watching what gossip can do to friendships and family. It ruined Mrs. McCluskey and it almost ruined a strong friendship between our girls. Gabrielle had no right to ask such a thing from the girls but it was funny to watch her make a fool of herself at the party. I was angry that she got what she wanted at the end: an unhappy Carlos. I want him to end up with Edie. I don't want their relationship to go nowhere. I want them to end up together. For my complete review, head to:



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I loved this episode!! I laughed and cried !! It was so sad when Susan was telling Mike that she chose Ian. I hated her for that! Seriously, you can see that they both love each other deeply but she still chooses Ian! Thankfully, Ian realized that she loved Mike more than him, and left (Finally!) Unfortunately, when at last Susan realizes that Mike is the one, it turns out that he left town! AAAH! When will they be together, this has gone for too long! I can’t wait till next week, I really really really really really hope that they get together and that she doesn’t find him with another woman (I’m predicting here, but hey it could happen). From the promo for next week, it looks like things are going to heat up between Lynette and Rick! Poor Tom. I don’t want this to ruin their marriage. Hope everything goes well between them! I loved Gabi and Edie’s rivalry in this episode! It was hilarious! I kinda feel sorry for Edie though, Carlos doesn’t really LOVE her after all! I wonder if Gabi feels the same way about him! Hmmm… that’s why I love this show! It just keeps you wondering what could happen next!

I loved the different perspectives in this episode. I've been waiting for Susan to finally lose it. Ian's more perspectiveness was classy. I just hope Susan has the opportunity to fix things with Mike. Just didn't think it would be over a parking space. Mrs. M's true story or as she tells it, seems feasible. We'll have to see what the copys have to say. Lynette, is trending on some dangerous ground. Especially with witness, she's gonna get caught and then there gonna be BIG trouble. I was pleased that Bree was mentioned. Gabby and Edy are definitely playing Jr. High games but they do it so well.

Oh my gosh, I just can't get enough of this show!!!! Let me start with the most important: Susan. OMG!!! Okay, when she walked up to Mike's house I was freaking out cause he was the first person she talked to and that usually means he's the one getting dumped... Needless to say she did. I was going nuts over that!!! I am so excited when she heard Mike's messages!!! Oh boy!!!! I still think Ian has got something up his sleeve. But if he meant it, it was good of him to step aside. But now where the hell did Mike go???? Susan better be going after him!!!! I bet Carlos knows. I was cracking up over Susan at the therapist when she started crying... way too funny!!!! Lynnette is so falling into the trap wih Rick. It is so obvious he is seducing her!!! It just pisses me off that she is going along with it. But I still think it is just a crush. I honestly do not believe she will cheat on Tom. Gaby was hilarious when she was trying to make Susan and Lynnette stop being friends with Edie. And I was laughing my but off when they screamed in the reptile van!!!! I knew Mrs. McClusky didn't kill her husband. But she probably will do some time for social security fraud or something, which sucks, cause I think she is a really good lady... But now that her secret is over, what is gonna be the real revealer of the season finale??? It just makes me wonder if there are still some skelletons in Orson's closet for us to find out regarding Monique's death....

Great 3 storylines are being developed..



One with Lynette and Tom, with her being atracted with another guy, and the worst part: she like it! One with Gaby,Carlos and Eddie, but I think this one is the least interesting of them!

And one with Susan,Ian and Mike! Jesus lord how many years its gonna take for Susan and Mike be together!?! I mean, now that Ian is out of the picture, Mike left without saying a real goodbye... what Susan will do now??



And I hava to say, I really miss Bree.. I wonder what will happend when she get back with Danielle pregneat. Well..thats it, lets wait to the season finale.. this got to be good.

This was the most compelling episode since Bree left! Gabrielle showed how far she could go when Carlos is not in his possession and you can see the progress of Lynette's feelings for Rick, which Kayla discovers later on in the episode. I am desperate to discover the juicy events which will follow this episode!

So I was honestly rather dissapointed with tonight's Desperate Housewives. I realize that there was a lot accomplished within the episode, and yet it feels like nothing happened.



Gabi finds out about Edie and Carlos and goes through some issues but in the end is ok with it because she realizes that Carlos is still hers.



Susan has to choose between the two men she loves and in the end loses both.



Lynette gets closer to Rick and avoids home a little more.



Mrs. McClusky comes clean about why her husband was in the freezer (to the suprise of no one).



I just feel that this episode was too predictable. I could have told you that any of this was going to happen in this episode. The only redeeming part of this episode was the little fued between Edie and Gabi, and that's it!

This episode was A to the M to the Z I N G Girl u tastey. Lynette is all hmm i think im gonna go cheat and Gaby is all hmm i think im gonna freak out at Carlos and Susan is all hmm i think im gonna be a meanie foe feeny and PMS a little and choose between Mike and Ian and Bree is all hmm i think im not gonna be in this episode and Mike is all hmm i think im gonna move away and Ian is all hmm i think ill go back to England and Mrs McCluskey is all hmm i think ill tell everyone why i froze my husband and Kayla is all hmm i think ill tell Tom that Lynette likes Rick and Tom is all hmm i think ill find out Lynette likes Rick and Parker is all hmm i think ill tell Mrs McCluskey to tell everyone her secret and Edie is all hmm i think ill be a meanie fo feeny to Gaby and Carlos is all hmm i think i think ill let Gaby know i still love her without actually saying it and im all hmm i think im gonna stop writing