Desperate Housewives

The Game was another really enjoyable episode of Desperate Housewives 4th season, with some really funny moments and a few emotinal one's

The season mystery is developing nicely, and i am really enjoying the character of katherine at the moment, dana delany is such a fantastic actress. There was some funny moments with lynette to, the relationship between her and her mum is really funny and great to watch.

I liked Susan and bree bonding at the end of the episode, and thought the scenes and the doctor with susnan where funny.

Overall a brilliant episode of Desperate Housewives one of the best of the series so far.

Another great episode... This season is a blast! So, I loved the Mary Alice part where she is comparing children games to adult games. There were major events at Susan's party. It was great when Lynnette came on that charade party. She was so high and so hilarious! Hang them high! Lol! First, she pointed at Edie and then she imitated the hanging part! Hilarious! And I'm starting to feel sorry for Katharine. Seems like she had some rough days, after all. It was so sad when she cried at the end of the episode, probably remembering what happened in that room. And I hope her daughter doesn't obey her orders. I hope she'll stay in touch with Julie. The games are getting complicated... Can't wait for more! :)

Bree informs the housewives of what she overheard in the Mayfair house. Susan is throwing one of her charade parties, and although reluctant at first, the girls all decide to go when they make sure Katherine is going to be there. Stella makes marijuana-laced brownies to help Lynette through chemotherapy. Susan is uncomfortable having Adam as her gynecologist so she asks Bree for the number of hers. At the party, both Carlos and Katherine get upset when they see Gabrielle and Adam flirting. I love when Susan went to that bad neighborhood that Bree recommended. LMAO! I liked the Katherine/Gabby cat-fight as well. =]

THE GAME - Susan hosts a charades party. Everone hates the party, so they all make plans. But when Bree tells everyone what she heard and say at Katharine's house. Everyone changes their mind and decide to go to see if they can get Katharine drunk and see if she will spill any BIG SECRETS.



This episode was just HILARIOUS. When Lynette ate the brownies with the pot in them and came to the charades party, she was hysterical! It was the best part of the episode. Defintely a wonderful episode that adds more juicy secrets to Katharine's mystery.



WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

Funny and satisfying, The Game make Katherine's mistery more disturbing...What did she do to Dylan anyway?, Why Dylan doesn't remember anything about Wisteria Lane?, What happen in that room at the end of the episode...by the way a really good scene, sad and doubty...who would have thought? Gaby explodes against Katherine and so did she, Lynette eat freaky cakes thanks to her mother, the great Stella, and Susan receives a tragic recomendation from Bree that makes us all laughing, the third step for Desperate Housewives Season Four it's secure and concrete...you can watch it with a smile on your face and to never turn it off.

If life is a really game of charades, then perhaps the ladies on Wisteria Lane should quit while they're ahead. Each of the women (okay maybe not Susan or Lynette) has something to hide and the risk of their lies being exposed is on the increase.



With Bree you've got a woman who actually thinks that faking a pregnancy is better than admitting to the world you're going to be a grandmother in your forties. Because Bree prefers the former option she also has to keep coming up with convoluted ways in order to ensure that people don't touch her stomach.



Of course Bree has dealt with that problem so far by threatening to break the hand of a neighbour and when Susan asks her for an obstetrician, Bree gives her the number of the dodgiest place she happens to find. Given this show's ability to over exaggerate, Susan gets sent to the biggest dump in Wisteria Lane for expectant mothers. Next time Bree, don't bother to help.



Naturally Susan is pretty pissed off that her friend would send her to such a place and tries to use the charades party she's organised to have it out with Bree. Bree isn't exactly prepared to give Susan a good reason for her strange behaviour which would make anyone even more suspicious. You know for someone so repressed, Bree really isn't the world's greatest liar, now is she?



Also Susan has every right in the world to be mad at Bree. It's not like Susan is being overtly nosy and nor was she aware of Bree's personal problems. You keep hoping that Bree will either get caught out or that Danielle will pop the kid because three episodes in, Bree is doing a lousy job at faking a pregnancy.



However there is a slight just reason for Bree being extra strange. It seems that being denied a DVD player and stuck in a convent brings out a more adventurous side to Danielle. By that, the silly girl goes roller skating and puts the baby's health at risk. You'd think that Danielle would should any kind of concern but the selfish couldn't care less.



I don't want to support Bree's ludicrous plan but given how unbelievably irresponsible Danielle is behaving, I can see why Bree thinks it's a good idea to raise the kid as her and Orson's. In four seasons Danielle has still yet to actually mature and it seems that carrying a kid isn't doing much to speed up the process.



With complications risking the baby's health, there's a wonderful between Marcia Cross and Kyle McLachlan as Bree and Orson fret over the baby's safety and then are relieved when everything turns out fine. Bree's concerns for the child is touching but a part of me would've rather seen Danielle's reaction instead.



Still it does lead to a great scene between Bree and Susan as both women discuss impending motherhood. If last week's scene between Lynette and Gabrielle was touching, then so is this. Bree almost comes pretty close to telling Susan that the pregnancy was a fake but I knew she'd chicken out of confessing. If she continues to act suspiciously, then she'll expose herself anyway.



As for Susan's impending motherhood, there could be some slight tension between her and Mike. Mike gets ahead of himself with the cot and the paint, which while it might be sweet, I get why Susan is on red alert. Still her and Mike are pretty solid and if the kid manages to bypass Mike's penchant for drugs and Susan's bumbling manner, it should be pretty okay.



However in the lying stakes, you have to give it to Katherine. The woman continues to attract suspicion on a regular basis but at least she makes a more conscious effort to diffuse it as best she can. When the girls are a little too eager for Katherine to come to Susan's charades party, the woman takes the bait.



Of course when she's at the party though, the first thing that gets on her wick is Adam and Gabrielle. Edie being the good Samaritan that she is tells Katherine about Gabby's sordid past with other men and Katherine uses this to lay into Gabby after she spilt a drink on Adam.



Now I'm all for picking on Gabrielle but even I was thinking that Katherine should've backed the hell off here. Okay so Gabby was using Adam to make both Carlos and Victor jealous but it's not like she started ripping Adam's clothes off either. Heck, I even sided with Gabby for once and I more than cheered her on when she laid into Katherine for hitting Dylan and lying about the girl's father.



Now this is where Katherine is actually good. Last week she promised to come up with better lies and making strong allusions to Dylan's father being an abuser is convincing enough to keep people off the scent. Of course Katherine shouldn't relax for too long. People do tend to get more suspicious as time goes on.



If the housewives weren't a threat to Katherine, then it seems that Julie is a good adversary too. Julie is not only persuading Dylan to act questions but she's also getting her to break into a locked room and look through some items Katherine kept hidden. I like that Julie is involved in this mystery and her friendship with Dylan is also pleasant. Julie doesn't have many regular friends.



Katherine did deal with the Julie situation by telling Dylan not to hang out with her but is Katherine stupid enough to get on Susan's wrong side? She's already got Bree and Gabrielle hating her guts so it might not be in Katherine's best interests to piss Susan off as well.



As for the mystery, does it involve Dylan's father? We know something bad happened in that room with the way Katherine was tearing up the carpet. Then there's Adam as well. I got a bad vibe from him in the first episode and the way Katherine is when Adam talks to other women is suspect. Was Adam caught in some form of a sex scandal back in Chicago? Is that another reason why they are back in Wisteria Lane?



Speaking of sex, anyone else less than riveted with this whole Victor/Gabrielle/Carlos/Edie quadrangle? After watching last week's episode, I've just realised that I only care about Gabrielle when she does something awesome for someone she doesn't happen to be shagging. When she is screwing around, my interest level seems to dwindle.



In other words, this is story that's too simple but is made complicated so the writers can stretch it for a bit. Gabrielle doesn't want to be with Victor and Carlos definitely wants to see the back of Edie but neither of them will dump their unwanted lover. Carlos' hands might be tied with Edie knowing about his secret bank account but Gabby doesn't have the same problem.



She's under the impression that Victor doesn't love her and she seethes when he learns about John and looks at the affair as something to spin rather than something to deal with. What makes me laugh is then she tells Carlos how much she loves the way he loves her. It's hilarious because in Season One Carlos was seriously possessive and now in Season Four, Victor also shows his possessive streak.



It's during an illuminating conversation between himself and Carlos that Victor reveals what he would do if caught Gabby with another man. Basically it would mean Carlos wearing cement boots and taking a swim. Carlos actually looked scared during that scene. It's enough to give this quadrangle an element of momentum.



Of course Victor isn't only Carlos' main problem. It seems with every passing episode Edie becomes more and more possessive and even announces an engagement during the party. Whatever Carlos is planning to do with that accountant to get Edie out of his life, he might wanna forward things along. I hate the way Edie is being written this season. She's almost making me feel sympathetic towards Gabby.



Thankfully there's one person I can sympathise with wholeheartedly and that is always Lynette. This cancer plot is still one of the best elements of Season Four and adding Stella to the mix has been a reason why. She gives Lynette the kind of boost that neither Tom or the gaggle of kids they have can do.



When Lynette is unable to eat this week, Stella suggest some drugs to increase her appetite. Lynette refuses so Stella does what every mother does and er, gets some weed off Andrew. Clearly Stella has been TiVo-ing Weeds because her next course of action to make pot brownies and have Parker feed them to Lynette.



Having Lynette high on drugs reminds me of the Fishers getting off their faces with the stuff and it makes the charades party a hell of a lot more interest. Lynette's in high spirits to kick lamps and talking during charades. You mightn't want her on your team in this state but you'd certainly find her a tonic to watch too.



When Stella is forced into confessing, Tom has to do a frantic run around and stop everyone else from getting high. I think personally I would've force fed the brownies to Katherine. For the third episode in a row, Tom gets to be a mature adult. It would be nice if the writers could maintain that.



Of course Lynette does have it out with Stella. The thing is while Stella was wrong to drug her daughter, the reasons behind suggest that despite her terrible parenting, Stella does actually care for Lynette. It also helps that both Felicity Huffman and Polly Bergin work so well off each other too. How come Stella is the only mother of a housewife that actually works on this show?



Also in "The Game"



Three episodes in and we're still getting the short credits. I guess we're stuck with them for the season, then?



Gabrielle (re phone call): "Don't answer it. Susan's having another game night"

Bree: "Another one? Someone should send her an anominous letter".



There was an episode in Brothers And Sisters' first season called "Game Night". This episode reminds me of it a little.



Lynette: "You're suggesting pot?"

Stella: "A lot of patients used it. Hell I did".



Adam: "You really want to stop this"

Katherine: "Given our history, shouldn't I be saying that to you?"



Anyone find anything interesting in the way Andrew reacted to seeing Lynette high at the charades party? I thought there might be something in it.



Tom (to Lynette): "How's the lasagne?"

Stella: "Why don't you ask it yourself?"



Carlos: "It's Susan and Mike's party. I don't want it to be all about us"

Edie: "You're right. I might drop some hints though".



Three episodes in and we've all had parties of sorts, though there was no explanation why we got a party here.



Adam (to Katherine): "You know what? I think I'm behind in the alcohol department. Let me catch up".



Dylan: "Where did you learn to do this?"

Julie: "When you live with a mother who eternally locks herself out, you develop new skills".



Julie and Dylan's snooping felt like a Season One rethread when her and Susan went to get evidence away from Martha Huber.



Gabrielle (re Adam): "I just spilt my drink on him"

Katherine: "And now you're trying to make it up by breastfeeding him?"



Bree: "I said I was sorry. For God's sakes Susan, not everything is about you".



It seems that there's a bit of friendly competition between Orson and Tom during party games. Nice to see the male friendships develop too.



Gabrielle: "I don't just love you. I love the way you love me"

Carlos: "So, are we back on?"



Stella: "So how was the party?"

Lynette: "You drugged me"

Stella: "Just a little".



Lynette played Yentl in Fiddler On The Roof. I played a Russian soldier in that when I was 15.



Lynette: "You remembered?"

Stella: "Yeah. There are some performances so bad even alcohol can't block them out".



Chronology: At least a day passed since "Smiles Of A Summer Night".



Another light and breezy episode, "The Game" really does show how genius the comic timing on this show. I'm loving the tone of this season so far and the little bits to Katherine's mystery are nice.

. Really good. A lot of interesting stuff happened. I am so confused about what Carlos is doing to Edie. Did that guy say birth file???? What in the world is going on? Susan's party was funny. I thought something was gonna happen to her when she went to that doctor Bree got out of the phonebook. Hahaha.... That was funny! Victor is such a jerk, really! I don't like how Carlos is always such a macho man, but honestly just calling people to find out what the situation is gonna do to your reputation is ridiculous! He could show he cares a little about his wife! She really did make a huge mistake marrying the guy! Isn't it odd that Gaby always has to cheat? She cheated on Carlos when she was married to him and now she is cheating with Carlos on the new husband! hehehe.... High Lynette is hilarious!!! OMG, the Hang 'em High/Edie comparison was way too funny! I feel so sorry for Bree. Really she can't catch a break at all. First it was Andrew giving her problems, now it's Danielle. I must say that the dvd player scene was fantastic! She was having another one of those meltdowns like she did with Andrew that sent her away for a "spa rest". Lucky enough, now she has Orson who will support her all the way! And for the new lady of Wisteria Lane. It seems pretty obvious to me now that the real Dylan is dead. That scene at the end where she sees the crack on the floor was just the kind of desperation of a mother who lost a child. I think the kid she has now is definitely another child. With all that said, I can't wait til next week!

I don't know if I liked it at the baginning but as the episode was going on it become more interesting.



Lynette: She was great as she always is! I loved when she broke up the lamp with his feet! Anyway it is very strange seeing her with no hair... she could be at least with the blonde thingy. The last scene was amazing, I loved the way that Stela and her fighted, it was really touching.



Susan: She had a great moment in the clinic but her storyline was not there. She did nothing in this episode. Great acting performance as she always does!



Gabi: She is great, she and Carlos have chemistry together. I loved when Victor told Carlos what he would do... Xd Anyway I didn't like them fighting, anyway it was better when she told him about jealous and all that.



Bree: I don't understand at all the situation, she is really believing the kid is her or what!? Or she is feeling bad about her daugther? Well, it is confusing... Anyway, I don't like her being that way because of the prenancy.



Edie: Well, let's say that I liked better caring Edie... but she is not there anymore.



Katherine: I liked so much how she story is being! The final was fantastic! It was really interesting and intriging, I saw that and I thought about an hax but I really wanna see how the story goes on! It's fantastic.

Funniest episode of Desperate Housewives! I actually laughed really loud when Lynette kicked down the lamp and was jumpimng. Lynette is so funny when she is either under the influnece of drugs or alcohol. Felicity Huffman is an amazing actress and she was able to pull off those lines perfectly. It was funny to see Susan going to the bad neighborhood of town. Who other than Bree would be funny in that situation. Well, Gaby might also. The Gaby and Carlos affair took and intreseting twist this episode. Victor told Carlos that if he ever found out Gaby is having an affair he would get rid of the man. This will completely change their relationship, given that Carlos is now afraid of Victor. Bree was funyn by trying to avoid Susan's hugs. I'm so excited for next week! Love season 4!

Another great installment to the show and the theme was just genius! I really appreciate how they showed the true concept of games, unlike the usual child's play, which is surely not a sufficient meaning to the said theme.



Lynette continues suffering through her condition, but her mom finds a secret cure. Andrew assists Lynette's mom, while Danielle is experiencing problems. Bree and Orson are over their heads with the concern over Danielle. Edie decides to show off a little something, which makes Gabby and Carlos' relationship brittle, but Victor proves that as horrible as Carlos may seem, he is ten times worse. Susan is scared over the fact that Mike has already been getting baby materials and she also throws game night for Wisteria Lane. Meanwhile, the case of Katherine gets even jucier.



Episode Quote (courtesy of Mary-Alic Young): All children love games, but children grow up and they find new games to play. They pretend to be well so their families wont worry. They lie to their lovers about where they go in the afternoon. They invent stories to hide the truth from their friends. Yes, everyone has fun playing games. Right up until the moment until someone gets hurt.

...and the party begins!

Another good DH episode, with an intriguing mystery such as Dylan one, with her mother that keeps it very far from being discovered, using her daughter's old room (with a big suspicious scratch under a rug) to host her aunt.

Developments for Carlos and Gaby relationship, with the latter demonstrating her true love for her former husband and Victor that comes back on the scene, even more manacing and revengeful than last season.

The best moment IMO was Bree's reaction to Danielle's incident: she shows her true love for her daughter, and pride when he keeps hiding the secret even when talking with Susan...I think that some friendship will be hardly tested when the truth will come out.

So, this season keeps going well, another satisfaction for a doubtful viewer like me...

A great episode. Really good. A lot of interesting stuff happened. I am so confused about what Carlos is doing to Edie. Did that guy say birth file???? What in the world is going on? Susan's party was funny. I thought something was gonna happen to her when she went to that doctor Bree got out of the phonebook. Hahaha.... That was funny! Victor is such a jerk, really! I don't like how Carlos is always such a macho man, but honestly just calling people to find out what the situation is gonna do to your reputation is ridiculous! He could show he cares a little about his wife! She really did make a huge mistake marrying the guy! Isn't it odd that Gaby always has to cheat? She cheated on Carlos when she was married to him and now she is cheating with Carlos on the new husband! hehehe.... High Lynette is hilarious!!! OMG, the Hang 'em High/Edie comparison was way too funny! I feel so sorry for Bree. Really she can't catch a break at all. First it was Andrew giving her problems, now it's Danielle. I must say that the dvd player scene was fantastic! She was having another one of those meltdowns like she did with Andrew that sent her away for a "spa rest". Lucky enough, now she has Orson who will support her all the way! And for the new lady of Wisteria Lane. It seems pretty obvious to me now that the real Dylan is dead. That scene at the end where she sees the crack on the floor was just the kind of desperation of a mother who lost a child. I think the kid she has now is definitely another child. With all that said, I can't wait til next week!

As per usual this episode was full of all the mysteries! What happened in that room to leave a big dent in the floor and to make Katherine break down? And what kind of deal about Edie is Carlos making with an accountant? I loved the whole tissue on a seat in the doctor waiting room, typical Susan. Stella giving Lynette Weed, so funny. Her whole Ninja act and the charades i couldn't stop laughing. Hopefully next weeks episode will give us a little more insite into the lives of Katherine and Adam and are we going to meet the new neighbours?

I was wondering why ABC offered us four previews for this episode. Usually, by the time an episode aired I would already know each housewife's plot and have a pretty good idea of what the scenes looked like. And I did. But I was wrong. This episode was an absolutely thrilling and unforgetable experience. I almost teared up when Bree was tearing that DVD player off the cables. And later when Susan brought cake I was sure Bree would reveal she wasn't actually pregnant, but the way that scene turned out is mind-blowingly fabulous. The only people I thought were going to be a real "snoozefest", as Edie put it, were Carlos and Gabrielle. But yet again, I was proved wrong. The scene in the bathroom explained exactly why they are having an affair and now I'm happy. It was also interesting to see that the man Carlos hired to "take care of Edie" was actually an accountant. And Katherine Mayfair? What can I say? The writers finally got it right! It's only the third episode and I'm more that satisfied with the mystery development. I also loved that grandma Stella has a heart, and I love how she loves her daughter in her own "special" way (heh, I stole that line from Gaby). And as for Victor, I thought the transition from charming Gaby's-burned-waffle-eating man to this self-centered villain was unbelievable, but his conversation with Carlos perfectly balanced the two and I was happy. I'm also happy that we know for sure people know Susan's pregnant, last episode it looked like they didn't tell anyone. Oh and I loved how after Lynette was done with her impression Susan picked up the cupcake Lynette dropped right before she opened the word. Next episode: Aunt Lily, Phyllis Van De Kamp and the gay couple! Lovely.

Another good episode. The game night was so funny and I loved how everyone was not at all into it. I love how Carlos and Gabbie are having in affair. It was so funny how Susan ended up going to that doctors office and she got so mad at Bree. It was kind of scary that Danielle almost lost the baby and I really wanted Bree to confide in Susan. Lynette's storyline was ok but I felt like it was nothing special. I just loved how everyone talked about how good at games she was. The mystery of the season is getting good, and it has a first season feel to it, which I like.

I think that Desperate Housewives is really stepping it up this season. I am totally interested in seeing what the big secret is with Katherine's daughter and also the thing with her and her husband that they revealed last night. I like Gaby and Carlos back together and they need to get rid of Victor immediately, before he tries to get rid of Carlos! I felt bad for her last night when Katherine called her out on the teenage gardener thing. Lynette is still annoying and the stuff with Susan was rather boring (and can they please get her a new outfit shes in her late thirties and a mother she needs to not dress like shes 12). I wonder how much longer Bree is going to be able to get away with pretending to be pregnant.

Absolutely amazing. Desperate Housewives are back and this Season looks like it is going to be as good as Season 1 if not even BETTER. Absolutely fabulous episode.

Lynette is feeling sick from chemo and her mother Stella gets weed and makes some cookies with weed and Lynette gets high on it so she starts eating all the food.

Gabrielle continues to have an affair with Carlos while Carlos is working things out with his person who tursn out to be some resources guy or whatever...so he is not a hitman. Victor tells Carlos that if Gabrielle cheats on him the guy will soon be dead and admires Carlos how he didn't kill John.

Bree is faking the pregnancy and it is too hard and she gives Susan the number of the wrong gynecologist. Danielle is coming closer to her ninth month. Susan is making a game party and Mike makes a baby bad already. Katherine goes on full war with Gabrielle and she tells her about the her ex husband and the way she slapped Dylan. Katherine tells her that her first husband did something most horrible the man can ever do.

Absolutely amazing. Desperate Housewives are back on and they are ready to go to hell :)

This season just keeps getting better and better. I have to say along with the previous epiosde ("Smiles of a Summer Night"), this episode had a ton of character development.



The Bree and Susan interaction was quite well done this episode. Again Bree breaks the "no secrets" pact in order to hide the baby dilemma. In a great twist of fate, Bree gives Susan the number of a rip-off gynaecologist. Susan gets infurated at Bree and the camera-of-her-genitalia lines were hilarious. Stella is great. The special brownies idea was brilliant, but from the time I saw brownies I knew what was going to happen. The writing was great, with Stella asking for help, only for the camera to pan to Andrew. Great flashback of "Suspicious Minds" (1-09) where Bree cracked down and found Andrew's pot.



The Mayfair mystery keeps on throwing me off. Every theory that I have is getting sidelined because of an event that happens at the end of the episode. Katherine falling onto the ground sobbing over an indent in the wood was quite confusing, but the way in which Dana Delany acted was so suspensful. She's amazing and Katherine is quickly becoming one of my favourite secondary characters of all time, if not my favourite.



Great episode and season four is definitely going to be better than season three and maybe better than season two, but I don't think that it will be season one. Keep up the good work Marc Cherry!