Desperate Housewives

this was another really great episode from season 4 of desperate housewives with some really great storylines

It was funny to have philyls back she is such a entertaining character, but i did feel avit sorry for her at the end

susan trying to impress the gay guys were also really funny i like theese new characters i think wisteria lane needed a gay couple lynettes storyline was also funny but quite sad and emotinal at the end

gaby a a good storyline this weeks i thought the scene were she was trying to put the medication on victor was really funny

overall a great week

Wisteria Lane welcomes a gay couple to the street, and unfortunately for them, the first neighbor to greet them is Susan Mayer. Edie is shocked when she receives some news at the gynecologist's office. Gabrielle goes with Lynette to the wig store and ends up giving her useful tips to improve her sex life. The girls throw Bree a surprise baby shower and thanks to Andrew, Bree's ex-mother-in-law Phyllis (guest star Shirley Knight) is among the invitees. I loved the whole Susan thing with the dog and the yellow paint. Edie has crabs! She gave them to Carlos, who gave them to Gabby, who gave them to Victor! Yikes! ... Great storyline with Bree, also. =]

Its a wonder an alternative title for this show isnt Sex and Lies because that is all that is featured with a mix of mystery - which is why I love Desperate Housewives so much! Carlos and Gaby's secret affair encounters more twists and turns when Edie is diagnosed with crabs. Only trouble can ensue when Carlos obviously has it and seeing Victor scratch his 'balls' during a speech, the star-crossed lovers discover Gaby must have it as well. It all comes to a head when Edie sussses out the affair when she smells the 'shampoo' on Victor and figures it out! Dun, dun, dun!!!!



Meanwhile, Wisteria Lane welcomes a gay couple to the street, and unfortunately for them, the first neighbor to greet them is Susan Mayer. Lynette uses a wig to improve her sex life but Tom gets too attached. The girls throw Bree a surprise baby shower and thanks to Andrew, Bree's ex-mother-in-law Phyllis is among the invitees and discovers Bree's secret. Will she tell?



Keep the laughs coming writers!

What I mean is, that it was painful to watch how hard Susan was trying to be friends with the new neighbours! I was laughing at least 10 Minues after there first dialogue. "so there are 3 of you? that will be cozy!" or sth. like that. Great addition to the Wisteria Lane btw. Brees Baby Shower gave potential to more drama, obviously. I'm curious in which way Phyllis is going to use Danielle against her mother. Lynette had to deal with a different problem and it's great how the writers show that Tom isn't really to blame for his feelings. In my opinion it's too often that way: She's the one with cancer, so evrything is concentrated on her and the husband just has to be the great "evrything is going to be fine"-guy, you know? and that's sth. this show wasn't doing and I think that's great. Okay so really good ep., but I really hate the Gaby-Carlos-Bree-Viktor-Sotryline!!!

Bree: "You hated your mother"

Phyllis: "But I loved that coat"

Bree: "Then I'll give it back to you".



The thing about pests is that when you seem to have finally gotten yourself rid of one, another one shows up. It also doesn't help that the other one is even more of a nuisance than the previous one. This week everyone seems to have their pests to deal with.



For Bree, she should consider herself to be her own personal pest at times. Instead of dealing with idle chatter about Danielle becoming a mother at seventeen, Bree is more content with letting everyone else think she's knocked up instead. Showing that she has learnt absolutely nothing from last week, Bree continues to draw attention to herself.



When her friends want to throw her a baby shower, Bree reacts as if a bus just flattened her. Bree is almost successful in getting out of the shower until Andrew gets the women onside. The shower itself wouldn't be so bad if one of the guests invited didn't happen to be Phyllis.



Yes Rex's dreadful mother is back and two years later, she's still hostile towards Bree. Most people would attempt to make nice but Phyllis is more happy to accuse Bree of trying to forget Rex. I can't blame Bree for being irritated. I know Phyllis might possibly have Rex's feelings in mind but mainly she was just stirring it.



Worse still is that Phyllis then acts as if it's Bree's fault for everything. Bree does have good reason to hate Phyllis and the old bat did herself no favours here. Heck, Bree reminded Phyllis that Rex found her overbearing. Maybe Bree and Phyllis have more in common after all.



Anyways there had to be an actual point for Phyllis's return and having her be the one to discover that Bree has been faking her pregnancy was reasonable enough. I thought it would have been Katherine but Phyllis could be just as effective too. She certainly the look of victory when she found the pregnancy pads.



Andrew was a bit of a tool for allowing Phyllis to go up in Bree's room but it's not like he actually intended for Bree's secret to be outed. He might have been annoyed that Bree didn't let him keep the scooter that Phyllis had bought for Danielle but he wasn't that annoyed by it.



Still Bree had a lot of explaining to do and didn't she just cave in a bit too quickly? I mean not only did she tell Phyllis it was Danielle who was really pregnant but she was even stupid enough to tell Phyllis where Danielle was staying. I mean, come on, that was really stupid on Bree's part.



The thing is both Bree and Phyllis are motivated by second chances in this episode. Bree explains that she wants to raise a child right and Phyllis is also looking to redeem herself. Bree has no right to use Danielle's baby for her aim and Phyllis seems more determined to get one up on Bree when she visits Danielle. Bree more or less shot herself in the foot in this episode. If Phyllis wasn't bothered with outing Bree's secret to a crowd, it's probably because she can manipulate Danielle into keeping the baby to spite her mother. Bree had better consider herself lucky that Orson and Andrew (to an extent) are on her side.



Bree isn't the only character who does herself in for stupidity this week either. There's Carlos and Gabrielle who are still screwing around. Worse still is that the both of them have managed to give Edie and Victor a good old fashioned set of crabs due to their antics.



Edie manages to think that she passed it onto Carlos and Carlos isn't very eager to correct her mistake. I get why but this story really does him no favours either. Gabrielle is pretty pissed off to being infected but her method of curing Victor is novel to say the least. Basically Gabrielle uses foreplay to put lotion on him but Gabrielle comes across as being that creepy bloke from Silence Of The Lambs rather than the sex nurse she's intending to be. Let's just say that Gabrielle doesn't have a future in the porn industry but she does generate some suspicion from Victor.



I guess the best thing about this plot is that Edie gets a clue that Carlos and Gabrielle are at it all because she smelled the lotion on Victor. Anything that will see the end of this plot should be applauded but given the fact that the last bloke who screwed over had Edie resorting to arson, I'd hate to think how she'll deal with Carlos and Gabrielle.



Still at least Susan's great big problems are small in comparison to Gabrielle's imminent ones. All Susan has to worry is her lack of tact and amazing stupidity. I know Susan has been pretty good for a long while but the arrival of Bob and Lee ensures that she slips up big time.



Remember in Season Two when Susan was like totally stupid? Well she tops herself by trying to be politically correct when she discovers that Bob and Lee are actually gay and a couple. Lee is quick to point out that Susan thinks in stereotypes and her incessant bumbling only makes Lee more right in the matter.



Because of her disasters, Susan seems to be on a mission to have all her neighbours like her. It's a fair enough thing and her reasons why to Mike are fine too. However whatever possessed her into thinking that keeping Bob and Lee's dog Raphael hostage so that she could look like a hero is beyond me.



Julie told her that it was a nutty plan and Susan should know by now to listen to her daughter. For a brief moment when she pretended to look for the dog, Lee was starting to warm to her. When Raphael then covered Bob's suit in yellow paint, Susan made herself even more loathed than when she started off with.



You can say that Lee was being unreasonable with Susan at the start anyway. Susan isn't homophobic, just stupid and if Lee hadn't been too busy trying to shoot her down, he might have seen that she wasn't that bad. If Susan also refrained from lying too, that would've also been a great help.



Mike had a good reason to be pissed at Susan. If she wanted Lee to like her she could've just waited until he returned, handed over Raphael and credited it Julie for finding him. That bit of truth might have gotten her some respect from Lee. The guy doesn't seem to like people who lie or act stupid.



Bob and Lee on a whole are fine. Both Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm are nice looking men and both of them can act. It's nice that while Lee is catty, he doesn't come across as being a stereotype (no Sean from Coronation Street here). Bob seems to be the more level headed one of the bunch. Here's hoping that we get a few snogging scenes and some proper development too.



Elsewhere Lynette and Tom are the other couple piquing interest this week as they try to resume their sex life. Sadly Lynette's wig keeps falling off and Tom can't maintain interest. Lynette's not exactly one to lay there so she takes up Gabby's decision to spice up the wigs and Tom's cheerleader fantasies get fulfilled. Of course Tom does get a little too into and eventually manages to piss Lynette off. Well it was her who opened this little Pandora's box.



One of the best things of this episode is the conversation that leads to Lynette and Tom getting their sex life back on track. Tom was right to mention that he was affected by Lynette's cancer and it's nice that Lynette did take his feelings on board. Still I refuse to believe that Lynette will die. The writers wouldn't dare, would they?



Last but not least Katherine finds herself away from the other wives this week to tend to her dying Aunt Lillian. Don't you just hate it when characters are so blatantly brought back for the soul purpose of dying? That's really the only successful function of Lillian in this episode.



I know she feels tremendous guilt for Dylan and tried to tell the girl some home truths before Katherine's intervention but the dying was a little too convenient for my liking. What are the odd that the letter Lillian left for Dylan before she snuffed will be found by Katherine? Much as I like Dylan, Lyndsey Fonseca who plays hasn't really impressed me yet with her performances. Dylan's passiveness with Katherine feels like a redux of Zach and Paul in Season One. We could've used Julie for one scene with Dylan in this episode. Dylan might become more proactive with Julie around because whatever really happened, Katherine is still determined not to spill anything. I thought at one point she was fit to kill Lillian. Katherine certainly has that dark side to her down to a tee so killing to protect her secret wouldn't feel implausible.



Also in "If There's Anything I Can't Stand"



We're still in short credits mode. Why are ABC doing this again?



Katherine: "What does it feel like? Dying, I mean"

Lillian: "It isn't that bad. I feel lucky".



Katherine had Lillian in the same room she tried to hide from Dylan. Lillian witnessed whatever happened in that room.



Bob: "Need some help?"

Lee: "Like you wouldn't believe".



Tom: "Are you sure you wanna take that off honey? Won't your head get cold?"

Lynette: "No, I'm good".



What exactly does Bob do for a living? Does Lee work as well?



Bree (re the scooter): "I'm not giving her the scooter. Can you think of a worse present to give to a pregnant girl?"

Andrew: "I'm not knocked up. Let me have it".



Gabrielle (to Victor): "For a guy who's getting rubbed on by a hot nurse you ask a lot of questions".



Orson was hysterical riding the bike and then crashing it. Top comic moment for Kyle McLachlan.



Andrew (to Bree): "Bet you wished I had broken my neck now".



Phyllis: "If you didn't want to talk, then why did you invite me?"

Bree: "It's a surprise party you daft woman. What makes you think I had a hand in the guest list?"



Shouldn't Bree have locked her room in case anyone went upstairs anyway? It would've been a smarter thing to have done.



Bree: "Think of Danielle"

Phyllis: "I wish you had".



Bree: "Thank you for the gift"

Phyllis: "You know Bree; you're not the only one who wants a second chance".



Did Lynette actually call herself a cancer **** during her conversation with Tom in the bedroom? If so, then that is very Celia Hodes of her.



Susan (re Bob/Lee): "I just wanted them to like me"

Mike: "Well they don't. Lee also said that six times".



Chronology: About a month since "Now You Know".

Not as strong as the previous three instalments but "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" does gain points for the balanced portrayal of Bob and Lee and for someone catching Bree out. Katherine's mystery retains interest but hopefully bigger clues are on the way.

Andrew is such a terrible kid. I really hate the Grandmother. She doesn't care about her grandchildren. She just wants to get back at Bree and takes revenge on her. Does she have any idea how much damage she is going to cause Danielle's reputation? I am lucky I don't have an evil Grandma like her.



Susan's gotten stupider than usual, don't you think? She behaves like a total retard in this episode. I did not enjoy one bit watching her and her stupid storyline. I hope the writers throw us something better about Susan next time.





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The episode starts strong with Kate storyline! It is the first time that we have seen that the truth was gonna be there in one sec!



Susan story was really funny, her was hilarious breaking the cookie. The best part was her coming out with the bottles and seeing the two boys staring at her! Xd It was so great. Besides the acting was great.



Bree was really boring, she did nothing at all, anyway I saw a great acting since the season premiere so that made the story better, anyway it was the same thing that we have seen since the beginning



Lynette storyline was fantastic! They are really the best couple, Xd Tom was hilarious and the way that they ended the episode was very touching.



Gabi storyline was pointless, but was original enough! Besides it had so funny moments! Gabi costume Xd I loved the way that Edie discovered the little secret. The scene between Calos and Gabi was great aswell, she was catching all the food in there and the way Gabi hit Carlos with the big thing Xd



Big thing was the camera job! Xd This episode looks fantastic, the camera was original and the music was really great Xd They both did a wonderful off screen job

The storyline started out a little weak with a lot of the storylines being used as fillers but it got better. The whole crabs thing was funny and I loved when Edie used it to figure out what was going on. Bree's babyshower seemed only mildly interesting at first but then someone found out. It was great having Aunt Phylis come back. I love when shows bring back people, instead of just introducing new ones. Her trying to get more control over what happens to the baby seems like it will be really interesting in the coming episodes. Susan's plot was just really funny during the whole episode. We knew things would not work out for her and it was really entertaining to watch it play out. Lynettes storyline was pretty good because it related to a real issue cancer patients may have. The mystery with Dylan is getting good. I liked how they had the Aunt there to tempt us with the secret.

Such drama this week--the final scene alone makes me want to watch the next episode immediately. Though it was odd to have a character introduced only to die in the same episode, the dying woman's role had enough significance to keep the plot moving despite her unceremonious departure. In addition to that potential revelation, this episode finally spilled the beans about the fake pregnancy, a storyline that has great potential for payoff later in the season. I can't help but worry that now that the obstacles have been set up, the plot could veer off into strange and unknown territory. But so far, no need to worry--season four is rolling along nicely.



Even though it seemed to be one of those stand-alone plots, Lynette and Tom's story painted a picture of marital issues that we don't often see on TV. Their scenes together felt so real, right down to the fact that the couple's speech patterns reflect each other. Even though their story is no longer full of secrets and betrayal like the other residents of Wisteria Lane, I'm enjoying every glimpse of their relatively mundane (though emotionally weighty) narrative.



This season's most gripping romantic pairing--strangely enough, last season's divorcees, Gabrielle and Carlos--have also been thrown into what's bound to be a spiraling mess. Those two certainly are prone to those. But with all the other housewives happily paired up, it's nice to have someone to root for. This show sure has a lot going on--which is exactly why I'm totally ready to watch the next episode, like, right now.

Overall, another very informative and interesting episode.



Moving In:

A new couple move into Wisteria Lane, and they don't seem to be too fond of Susan. They're Bob and Lee, and yes, they are a gay couple. First impressions last guys, and so far I see them as people who are actually quite rude, I am not too fond of them at the moment, but who knows, character development wasn't on their side in this episode.



The Baby Shower:

As much as Bree would not like a baby shower, her friends still try to insist on throwing her one, but it is really Andrew who made it happen. Possibly revenge for something he didn't get? Anyway, surprise! A family member not to Bree's liking comes to the party, and she catches everyone's attention. I do not like the family member, but I am glad to see the old Andrew back in action.



The Death of An Aunt:

Ah yes, Dylan's aunt comes to Wisteria Lane to die, but who knew it would be as soon as it had been? Well, if she was going to expose Katherine's secrets, it wouldn't take long, and that was what she intended to do. Interesting... I'm starting to see the story progress here.



The Cream:

This was just hilarious, but Edie seems to be figuring things out thanks to this. Will they kill Victor off already!



Episode Quote (courtesy of Mary-Alice Young): Pests, they come in all shapes and sizes, and disrupt our lives in a variety of ways. At first they're merely annoying and we do our best to ignore them, but if we don't take them seriously, they become quite dangerous. For some, death seems to be the easiest solution. But the problem with pests is that what they leave behind is just as dangerous.

I'm so glad the Westeria Lane has welcomed a gay couple! Bob and Lee are going to add a lot of interesting stories to this neighbourhood. I can't wait to know more about them. I wonder if they have any secrets like some other housewives?



Edie's eww eww eww. I like Gaby in the nurse outfit. A Latino nurse like her is sure hot. She is the perfect person to tag along with when shopping. Her suggestions on the wigs are priceless. "Men like variety." Haha!



Andrew is such a terrible kid. I really hate the Grandmother. She doesn't care about her grandchildren. She just wants to get back at Bree and takes revenge on her. Does she have any idea how much damage she is going to cause Danielle's reputation? I am lucky I don't have an evil Grandma like her.



Susan's gotten stupider than usual, don't you think? She behaves like a total retard in this episode. I did not enjoy one bit watching her and her stupid storyline. I hope the writers throw us something better about Susan next time.

OMG I thought that episode was great! Way too funny!



Orson was soooooo funny on that scooter! Seriously, that was THE funniest thing last night! You could see Teri Hatcher's laughing wasn't forced! She really was cracking up about it! Waaay too funny!



For the first time in all 4 seasons I was really mad at Susan. She is my favorite character, but last night she really got on my last nerves! OMG, seriously, let it go! She should know better to let things be when she knows she is not very lucky. I knew there was gonna be trouble from the moment she took the dog from Julie. Mike was so angry! Just as angry as he was when he found out she had sent Zach away in season 2.



I almost jumped out of the couch when Phyllis said "Excuse me everyone!" I was like, man she's gonna spill! OMG! I can't believe she took Danielle home. There's gonna be some major trouble. I thought it was hillarious when Phyllis asked Bree why she had invited her to the baby shower and she said it was a surprise, I wasn't in charge of the guest list! hahahahaha



Bad Andrew is coming back! Yay! hehehhe. That was funny when he said you deserve it.



Lynnete and Tom are serioulsy the cutest couple! I just love Tom! He is definitely the best husband of all! Lynnete really should take it easy on him. But this is all new for her too so I am sure they'll find a way to deal with things. I am glad they decided to bring this subject to DH. I just hope there's more interactions with Lynnete and the girls about her being sick too. I missed the Scavo boys, Kayla and Penny last night too!!!



Gaby and Victor in bed. Way too funny too. But seriously he must be that dumb not to know what that was. hahaha.



I am glad Edie is putting 2 and 2 together but she really does deserve every bit of crazy he can rain on her parade!



I bet Katherine will find that note before Dylan does. Poor Mrs. Sims. I didn't think she'd die so soon. I wanted to jump and rip that note open and read it! Darn it, what does it say?

This was fourth season's best episode. Period.

Fun, hylarious, sentimental, mysterious, all in one for the perfect creation. My congratulations to the writers and to the actors, Doug and Felicity above all.

We saw the relationship between Lynette and Tom getting stronger, thanks to wigs and dialogue...he may not be the perfect husband, but he tries to do the job at his best, and I appreciate the way the writers make his character grow.

Then the pest stuff, the invented a very original way to let Edie discover the affair between Gaby and Carlos, wonder what Victor will do when the truth about Gaby's latest erotic game will come out...and to let Dylan have some hint about her past, even if aunt Lily's death wasn't very well orchestrated in my opinion.

But the best scene was Orson on the scotter, I made my loud lough since a loooong time, can't stop appreciating him, hope he will never go away from Wisteria Lane.

A fresh new addiction is the new gay couple, because I can't really imagine how they'll get entangled in all the mysteries of their neighbours...and how they'll deal with poor Susan...

Excellent episode, makes this season even more worth watching.

Desperate Housewives are so back to Season 1 amazingness.

Lynette and Tom reflect on their situation and Lynette realizes that she never asked Tom how he is doing with all the cancer thing going on and she wants to spice things up and she buys a new wig and pretends to be someone else for Tom's sexual fantasy :D

Gabrielle also has a sexual fantasy of her own but once she realizes that Edie got disease down there she realizes that Carlos has and so does Victor and she gives Victor the lotion while pretending to be hot nurse.

Edie smells the lotion on the party they threw for Bree and she realizes the Carlos-Gaby thing is going on. Who knows what she is about to do...

Bree is thrown a party for her third time mom thing and there is Phyllis her ex mother-in-law and she discovers that her pregnancy is a hoax and she goes to Danielle and gets her out of the "prison".

Susan leaves the lame impression on Bob and Lee, a gay couple who just moved to Wisteria Lane and as she tries to leave better expressions she just makes it all worst and after Raphael (their dog) runs off Susan finds it but makes a disaster and it ultimately leads Raphael to destroying Bob's suit and it is Dolce and Susan and Mike need to pay for that :D

Finally Aunt Lilly returns to home and Katherine will take care of her and Lilly tells her that she needs to do only one thing and she needs to tell that to Dylan but Katherine won't allow it. In her final hours Lilly writes down the note for Dylan telling her the truth. Absolutely fabulous.

"Desperate Housewives" brought another great episode, full of laughter and quirky dialogues... a great hour. I loved the whole episode, since the new Gay Couple, to the death of Aunt Lilly; every second was filled with funny words and the performances by the cast were hilariously brilliant. Secrets were revealed, and lies were set; definitely, a wonderful plot and twisted stories made the finest impression with this new episode. The writing was fantastic, every peace of storyline was clever, and the big LOL was written all over it, as well. I must say, that the episode was outrageously funny, sickly dramatic, and unstoppably surprising. !Fine Example!

This season just keeps on getting better and better. I feel like I'm watching season one and that's the way I like it.



Katherine really showed some character development. With Aunt Lilly home, who happens to know the Mayfair secret, only trouble can come about. Dana Delany's acting was superb and the way in which she controls her household is quite deceptive. However, I was sad that there wasn't any interaction between the Mayfairs and the rest of the housewives. The note that Lilly left is going to be quite revealing, unless Katherine intercepts it. I loved how they had Dylan playing the cello as Lilly was dying - brilliant!



Some more classic Bree, Orson driving the Vespa was amazingly funny. The writers brough Phyllis back in true form, so reminiscent of "Next." Susan's attempts to get along with the new neighbours but only becomes quite politically correct in the process. Lee is so annoying and Mike not knowing about Dolce & Gabbana really says something. Lynette and Tom's sexual prowess was great, especially Brandy and Candy. We finally got the old, manipulative, sexually-active Edie Britt back, and Gaby's scenes massaging Victor "down under" with de-lousing cream was great, not to mention all of the references to crab cakes and to whom they went.



All in all, another wonderful episode. This show is definitely recovering from series three's slump.