Desperate Housewives

WOW,I'm totally happy that I returned to Desperate Housewives.It was a great pleasure for me to watch this episode.Such a great clifthanger,funny stories and lines,shocking turs.It was amazing how every story was great,the writing and the acting were adorable and the whole episode was so charming.

Susan's Story

Ian tells Susan taht she has to cook for his parents when they come for a dinner but the problem is taht Susan is incapable of cooking.She asks Bree to do that but they end up fighting over the events connected to Mike and Orson.Susan goes to Orson's office and discovers a shocking secret about his past that he has attended a hospital for psychological problems.Susan discovers again her love to Mike but ends up staying with Ian.For the first time since the first season I like Susan's story.She gets somehow boring after the first season but now she is back again.I love the story.

Lynette's Story

Lynette deals with the aftermath of her saying that there is a pedophille in Wisteria Lane.the story was good especially when Susan meets his sister and discovers taht she might be wrong.But everybody makes a campaigne for the man to leave the neighbourhood.It gets sad when his sister dies and he can't find a place there but at the end Lynette turns out to be totally right about him.I also like this storyline because it was full of everything-sad and strong moments and even a somekind clifthanger at the end.

Bree's Story

Bree is again adorable but she is also so dumb that she wants Orson back in her life.She decides to kick out his mother and to live with Orson again.The greatest clifthanger so far happens this season when we realize that OMG Alma is alive.

Gabrielle's Story

Gabrielle's storyline was the funniest this episode as she meets a handsome man and manipulate his daughter in order to win him.

Amazing episode and amazing ending.

This episode was so dramatic. It was perfect. The mothers of the neighborhood arrange a protest against Art, but in the meantime, Rebecca goes into cardiac arrest. She died. Art finally left the neighborhood, but scared Lynette about her boys before he left. Susan and Bree fight about Orson, after Mike is sent to jail for the murder of Monique. Susan then sneaks into Orson's office and discovers he was admitted into a mental hospital. Gabrielle sets her sight on a her model's single father.After Bree and Orson finally kick Orson's mother out, but we learn she has been in contact with someone - Alma.

Great episode! Oh my god! I so hate Art! It was funny because everyone was like don't go near him. I was glad Lynette was right and everyone was doing that protest thing against him. Gabrielle has a crush on that one dude and then she makes to best friends fight. Susan sure can get into into peoples problems like Bree's.

Susan: “Mike is innocent; I know that in my heart”

Bree: “We all have convictions, Susan. I believe Mike’s last one was for manslaughter”.



Yep, you heard correctly – our first really below the belt and somewhat truly nasty exchange between two of the closest housewives and while the ladies have often disagreed with one another on various things, there was something a lot more damaging about that particular exchange.



This fight is different because Mike’s stupidity of getting caught by the cops trying to bury his toolbox in the woods only ensured that he would get himself arrested on the spot by the same detective who has been gunning for Mike’s blood for the past five episodes.



It also doesn’t help Mike that when he’s eventually arrested in full view of the neighbours, that Edie’s loyalty to Mike isn’t as solid as she once bragged to Susan. In fact Edie takes a particularly low blow and dumps Mike as soon he asks her to help him to get a lawyer. As much as I like Edie, that was incredibly low and only proves that she never really loved Mike, otherwise she would’ve given him the benefit of the doubt instead of casting him aside. That takes her down a few notches in my respect level for her.



However there is one person who is 100% adamant of Mike’s innocence and it comes as no shock whatsoever ever that the person is Susan, who despite her relationship with Ian getting more serious just can’t stay away from her ex.



It even takes Mike by surprise when she comes to visit him in jail and when he asks her why she doesn’t doubt him; Susan’s response is cheesy but touching. Mike may be innocent in Monique’s but he’s still connected in some way, no matter how Susan would like to think that he isn’t.



Of course wanting to help Mike does a fair amount of damage for Susan and people she loves and the first one it causes friction with is Ian. Well if comatose Jane isn’t an obstacle in their relationship then Mike mostly definitely as Ian is furious that Susan would go to extreme lengths such as breaking into Orson’s office to help Mike than make the effort to cook a meal and meet his parents, who ended up not being able to come anyway.



Ian’s upset is understandable but his attempts of remedying the situation by offering to hire Mike a top notch lawyer on the condition that Susan stays away from him is out of line. I get his insecurity that Susan might leave him for Mike but at the same time, Ian has no right to tell Susan who she can and can’t spend her time with and I kind of wished she had emphasised that to Ian at the same instead of completely accepting his offer.



The other person upset by Susan’s willingness to help Mike turned out to be Bree, who had previously confided in Susan over telling Orson to leave the Hodge home and her fears that he may have been involved with Monique’s death. It’s a shame because it was a wonderful sharing between the girls as Susan had stopped by to ask Bree to help with cooking for Ian’s family.



It does appear that Susan is on a bandwagon previously vacated by Carolyn and co-occupied by Gloria for Bree to ditch Orson. It’s kind of strange as Susan was the one who originally befriended and was given some sage advice by Orson and it was Susan who more or less introduced Orson to Bree but mad Carolyn’s rumours about Orson seem to have stuck.



It’s also during the girls poker game that Susan’s belief over Orson killing Monique causes a full scale row between her and Bree and within second both ladies are arguing over who was more likely to have done in the mystery woman that even Lynette and Gabrielle’s embarrassing attempts of banter aren’t enough to get their friends to call a truce.



And if isn’t Susan who thinks the worst of Orson, then that malicious old hag Gloria is more than happy to spill more bad words about her son, especially when Bree offers her food and is in bits over whether or not she should give up on her marriage so quickly. Word of advice – just don’t ask Gloria for any!



I can easily understand why Orson detests his mother with an almighty passion – after all she is a mean spirited, vindictive old bint but what has Orson done on her so horrible that she can’t stand the same air he happens to breathe?



I would have a guess and perhaps say that maybe her hatred for Orson had a lot to with Alma. Let’s look at the evidence – when she told Bree in the previous episode about Orson’s affair with Monique, she referred to the latter with utter contempt, this week she went overboard to encourage Bree to leave Orson and when Bree left the room we caught her watching a Christmas video of herself, Orson and Alma. Clearly Alma is someone that Gloria has a high opinion of.



This theory is even further validated when Susan’s snooping around in Orson’s office, Bree stops by and allows Orson to actually explain himself and seeing as we’ve had many theories on what his marriage to Alma was like it was nice to get it from the Orthodontist’s mouth himself.



The upshot is simple because like Bree it seems that Orson will do something that might come across as morally correct even if his heart isn’t into and marrying a woman whom he didn’t love would certainly be that. Bree looked shocked but wasn’t she going to do the same thing with George back in Season Two?



With this explanation suitably enough for Bree, a moment of sweet victory befalls Orson when him and his wife get to do the honourable thing and toss Gloria out like rotting garbage and despite Gloria quick to threaten Orson and apply a small amount of reasoning, even she realised that she was out of her depth.



Of course just because the witch got kicked out of the house doesn’t mean that she didn’t have another ace up her sleeve and the ace doesn’t come any bigger when the mystery person on the phone turns out to be a very much alive Alma and this goes to show that if Orson didn’t do in his wife, then it’s highly unlikely that he killed the mistress he loved more either.



With Orson’s name getting more or less cleared over the Alma debacle, Art becomes the talk of the neighbourhood when Lynette and Karen McClusky’s talk of his sordid photography hits Fairview and soon enough, Art finds out just exactly neighbourhoods react upon having a paedophile within their midst.



Not everyone think he’s a paedophile however and Art’s ill sister Rebecca is the only one to actually leap to his defence and also plants the nagging feeling that Lynette may be wrong about her former hero, which even Tom does as well when Art’s house is invaded by protesters.



Neighbours are a judgemental bunch and while I sympathise with Rebecca, at the same time, Lynette was right with her conviction of being safe rather than sorry and it’s not as if the police had been remotely helpful in determining whether or not Art was a threat to children. It would’ve also helped her if Tom had backed her up in the same way that Karen McClusky did as well.



However the stress of Art being the talk of the town and being ostracised by neighbours did take it’s toll on Rebecca and although off screen, her death was quite sad but at the same time, Lynette shouldn’t feel too guilty as it turns out she was right all along about Arthur Shephard.



You heard it – Lynette was right! This show has actually gone with a dark storyline and Art’s admission of his indecent tendencies when Lynette was trying to apologise to him was quite the shocking moment, even more than learning Alma Hodge was alive and in cahoots with Gloria.



In fact what’s even more scary is that Art is pretty callous with his admission to Lynette that at one point, I got this nasty feeling that he was either going to attack Lynette or threatens her kids but while the evil so and so isn’t behind bars, Lynette gets a minor victory as her actions have ensured that Art leaves Wisteria Lane for good and it isn’t a moment too soon either.



Finally in her newfound and seemingly useful role as a pageant coach, Gabrielle and the slightly more bearable Vern (who is admittedly a bit more likeable than Marc from Ugly Betty) have to go all Simon Cowell on a particular student named Amy, who is pretty at everything Gabby is trying to teach her.



Gabby and Vern are determined to get rid of the girl and almost succeed if Gabby didn’t happen to develop enough of a crush on Amy’s hunky single father Bill that in the end, not does Amy get to stay but Gabby is willing to give her private lessons as a ruse to get to know Bill all the more.



I don’t know why Gabby bothered as only an idiot wouldn’t spot the lack of attention she pays Amy during their private lesson and also there’s the fact that Bill isn’t shy when it comes to being hit on by the materialistic former model either.



However Amy isn’t happy and in order to keep Bill (which I suppose is better than trying to kill in two different volumes), Gabby deliberately causes friction between Amy and her more talented pageant friend Sherry and suffice to say like her friends and unlike Edie, Gabrielle has also got someone to snuggle up during Christmas.



Also in “The Miracle Song”



Man Of The Week: Art finds the Fairview folk don’t appreciate his efforts to bring in Christmas cheer to the neighbourhood. Ian: “Well my parents won’t be expecting a gourmet meal”

Susan: “Will they be expecting stomach cramps, acid reflux, night sweats?”



I wonder why Ian’s parents decided to not come to Wisteria Lane and how they feel about him going out with Susan.



Gabrielle: “For God sakes Amy, little Miss Snowflake doesn’t scratch down there”

Vern: “Well her mother’s been dead for a year. How long can she milk it?”



Bree (re Orson): “It’s not that easy, I love him”

Gloria: “You’ll get over it, I did”.



No Opening Credits for the third time this week.



Lynette: “I have kids, better safe than sorry”

Rebecca: “As long as you’re safe, what do you care who’s sorry?”



Mike (re being dumped): “You’re telling me this on the day I’m put in a men’s prison?”

Edie: “Well I said the timing was bad”.



Inventive placards against Art included “Go Away Perv”, Sex Offender Out” and “Paedophile Out”.



Bree (re cooking): “Good let me if they are any survivors”

Susan: “If you take Orson back, you do the same”.



Gabrielle (re Amy): “I though you two were sisters?”

Sherry: “We are but Amy sucks”.



We learned that Alma had suffered a miscarriage and Orson was a mental patient, which might be what Gloria was also threatening him with. This is the only episode this season in which every main character was present and accounted for.



Gloria: “So you’re exiling me, calling me off to my new grandchildren?”

Bree: “That’s our gift to them”.



Art: “But now thanks to you I’m free”

Lynette: “You can’t stay here”.



Chronology: It’s December 2006, Christmas time.



For a Christmas themed episode, “The Miracle Song” is as dark as you can get and while there are some moments of humour, overall this is one the darkest and uncomfortable episodes in the series’ running, which the last ten minutes being quite unmissable.

I didn't like it that much. Lynette is told everyone about "molestor" but rather that protesting outside his house so everyone knows shouldn't they have more meets up like that? Meh! That's what I think in my opinion.



Susan and Bree not getting on because of Mike and Orson. Haha! I love that storyline! I find it hard to believe that They are not friends because of them two. Bree is taking Orson back because Mike is convicted? If that was me, I wouldn't take him back until I'm like 100% conviced he killed Alma and Monique.



Gabby is really annoying me at the moment. She just goes over the hot guy all the time and it's just so frustrating I want her to have a completely new storyline. The one that involes Gabby are just being repeated. I didn't like the fact how she miniupliated those girls who are like 8 years old just so She can be with Amy father. That's just mean.



Mike getting locked up in jail was intersting but I suppose it would happen because he was burying the wrench. Edie is such a spoiled brat. She couldn't get what she wanted so she minuplated Mike to be with her and now she's bored of him? What the hell? I so hope Susan fall back for Mike and dumps Ian. Ian is techincally cheating on his wife. I don't really care if his wife is in a coma it's steal cheating. Edie is such a cow for messing up all this relationships and making it far to confusing for anyone to understand at the moment.

This episode was so dramatic. It was perfect. The mothers of the neighborhood arrange a protest against Art, but in the meantime, Rebecca goes into cardiac arrest. She died. Art finally left the neighborhood, but scared Lynette about her boys before he left. Susan and Bree fight about Orson, after Mike is sent to jail for the murder of Monique. Susan then sneaks into Orson's office and discovers he was admitted into a mental hospital. Gabrielle sets her sight on a her model's single father.After Bree and Orson finally kick Orson's mother out, but we learn she has been in contact with someone - Alma.

So, at first Lynette is spreading the word about the new neighbour's hobbies, but it soon gets out of hand. I liked how everyone was getting all worried and over-protective while Lynette felt guilty for driving them so far. But as we could see in the end: she was right after all. He was even kind of glad his sister had died and he could follow his "interests" now. What a monster... and Lynette got so scared and so angry.

Maybe he just told her that stuff so that she wouldn't feel so guilty and move on?! I doubt it, but couldn't it be that he really didn't do it and just had her thinking so she could go on with her life?

Anyway, I liked how Gaby tricked those girls. Even though it was mean, but it was just soo funny!

i think they overdid lynettes part,with wanin to help art because of what she had done. but what i absoloutly loved was gabby working her way to bill such a gabby thing to do. i was so shocked when the winscreen revealed alma. but more that it was gloria with her. and couldnt have been more happy with bree "our xmas pressie to you is a cond. and to our children you leaving." lassy buy so mean bree all over. and ian not lettin susan visit mike in prison i mean comon.

...what a shocking finale for this episode...Alma is still alive and we discover that Lynette was right about Art: a potential pedophile now is free to harm children "thanks" to her initiative against him...we'll see after Christmas what she will try to do to stop him.

...and Alma is still alive, and that adds interest to Bree and Orson's future...Orson is guilty for trying to kill Mike but did he really try to kill Alma years ago? Surely this season is much more exciting than the first two.

I don't really like Gaby, doing everything to flirt with Amy's father, I hope things will turn against her, she deserves it.

A very good episode, the shocking part in the end was very effective.

This episode every one was expecting GREAT NEWS about Art, well at least i was... anyways the Art story line wasn\'t the big catch of the episode, but finding out that Alma is not dead, that was someting. And we kinda see that Orson isn\'t that bad, and that his mother is. Ian And Susan both did selfish thing; Susan forgot about the dinner. Ian banned her from seeing Mike, i mean he\'s not her father ! Gabby did what she always do, she munipulated people, i liked it. And Lynette descovers the whole secret about Art! We\'re gonna have to wait til next year to find out what happens...



so, enjoy the re-runs...

Ten episodes in we still know very little about the mysteries of season 3.



After a long debate of whether or not Orson killed his wife has now ended, as she made an appearance in this episode to greet Orson's insane mother. Their motives not yet known.



At the start of the episode I felt sorry for Art, the way that everyone was treating him, until he brought out his true colours, which was very creepy. But from what we now know, I hope he never comes back.



Mike is arrested for the murder of Monique and the only one to support him is Susan. Which in doing so, she manages to forget to organise dinner for Ian's parents. Making an agreement to a very bold move, not to see Mike again in exchange for Ian paying for a good lawyer for Mike.



Gabrielle continues to teach modeling to young children and in doing so has the hot's for one of the fathers. Hopefully this love interest will work out for her.

I liked this episode very much. (specially the end, but we'll get to that later). First of all, we've always know that Eddie is not a very nice person, but what she did to Mike (not that he didn't deserve it) was awful. I bet that he felt pretty bad when he saw that he had been wrong all along about Susan and that the only B-word here is Eddie. About Bree I felt that she did not do the right think taking Orson back so quickly and she was also way out of line when she talked to Susan and told he what she did. But the ending of this episode? OMG! That was a shocker! I don't know who the good or bad guy is anymore!!

Very good episode. Though I didn't hate "Children and Art" and "Beautiful Girls", they didn't have me wanting to watch over and over again. Maybe it's because "Bang" was great, I don't know. It was great to find out part of Orson's secrets. I still don't understand the Orson/Alma relationship. In the seson premire, it seemed like he wanted Alma to stay but in this episode he could care less about her. I liked the twist with Gloria and Alma secretly meeting. I can't believe ABC is making us wait until January for a new episode! I don't know if I can live a month without a new episode of this season! Well, anyways GREAT epsiode. Can't wait until January.

I kid you not, for about half an hour, I was just completely exasperated by the tacky plotlines and complete incoherencies in the storyline. And by the MAVO, which was, strangely enough… perky, when the episode starts. How strange coming from her.



So, what annoyed me here? Let’s see… Mike and Susan and Edie and Ian. So Edie dumps Mike? We’ve hardly actually seen much of the Mike-Edie relationship, so I didn’t really feel anything when that scene came up. I just pray to God that they won’t keep up with the Mike heart Susan plotline. Just get it over with, kill off Mike or something. Please. Though I was quite impressed to see he had an expression on his face this episode. Mike. Wow. I guess he’s recovering from his coma. But about the whole “I killed Monique” thing… Ugh. He was in a COMA for six months. And before that he was WAY too busy with the Paul/Zach/Deirdre storyline to kill off french airline stewardesses with tacky names(anybody ever wonder what happened to the whole Young Family plotline? Shouldn’t Susan, I dunno, TELL Mike that he has a SON, someday?). So, Mike is one of the most annoying things of Season 3 for me: the way Susan gave up so quickly on him and never even felt worthwhile to help him catch up with all he did during those two years (except reminding him that they... danced... at a fish restaurant, a few episodes back). And where’s his dog gone to? But back to their plotline. That whole “Did you ever kill someone, Mike?” “No”. Um. And the cop? He’s supposed to remember that, it’s been more than two years, hasn’t it? Or has his whole memory gone fuzzy?

Only funny thing coming from that quarto was the “I can’t cook” coming-out. Poor Susan. Poor Ian. Gabrielle was quite annoying and despicable, but, it’s Gabrielle, it’s what she does. Her new lust interest is definitely cute (I’m guessing the mother was quite ugly considering how the daughter turned out. Then again, Karl + Susan = Julie, who’s cute-ish but not really a raving beauty, so, whatever. TV genetics are weird). I’m guessing that romance won’t last long, what with this being Desperate Housewives, the actor being way cute and the fact that Carlos now lives next door, but that’s what I thought of Ian, sooo, wait and see, I guess.



Lynette was her typical Lynette “make things bad and then really regret it but it’s too late and anyway I got what I wanted so it’s ok”. Except that this time there’s a very very dark twist at the end. But I’ll get back to that later. I think this plotline really brings out Lynette’s contradictions in a great way. And, Felicity Huffmann’s a greeeat actress, really. Buut. Where’s Keyla? I do hope she hasn’t been written out of the show, that would be so stupid after “Bang”. I mean, if they were planning on writing her out, why have Nora’s “Take extra good care of her” speech? Couldn’t they have given her a “I want her to be raised by her grandma and not you, you spiteful temperamental child briber” line instead? But I digress...



Bree. Not much to say about Bree, she wasn’t really center focus in this episode. I was glad to see the return of the poker table (sans Edie, it has to be said), though it seemed pretty short lived. Only on Wisteria Lane can housewives argue on whose boyfriend/husband is a murderer. And of course Susan had to sneak back in to steal the keys to Orson’s office. And of course she had to be there when Orson was there too. And of course, Orson eats pizza from the box. Neurotically clean Orson. And doesn’t use coasters. Psychotically clean Orson. Character continuity issues anyone? And of course, he keeps secret files in his dental practice. I mean, who doesn’t keep their dirty little secrets in their offices? Considering we’re in a world where paedophiles keep their door wide open and have a toy railroad that leads from the hall directly to the basement’s kiddie photos. You know, just in case you’d want to snoop in the wrong rooms in the house. I’m just surprised Susan didn’t humiliate herself/fall down/trip on something this episode. Wow.



Ok, now the REALLY good things about this episode. Orson’s coming clean. Well, not really. But still, now you know he’s not to be trusted, of course, but also that he\\\'s had issues, and that Alma isn\\\'t necessarily a victim. And that he’s not quite as dark as we were made to think (except for the whole hit & run that turned Mike into a walking brick, of course)… The angry Wisteria villager (isn\\\'t that country club \\\"Trish\\\" leading the mob? Shouldn\\\'t she be mourning Carolyn or something instead?), the sister’s death… Very powerful stuff. Angry mobs scare me, really. Great scene. Not as great as the last four minutes of this episode, though. Wow. Wow. Wow. Turns out Art IS a monster, and Lynette unleashed him after all. How’s she gonna sleep with that at night? About as well as having Nora’s death sort of on her conscience. Oh, and talking about that, poor Carolyn Bigsby was COMPLETELY wrong: Orson\\\'s wife ain\\\'t quite dead...Wow wow wow! Alma’s baaack. And Gloria knows! Who wants to bet they killed Monique together? Does that mean Bree\\\'s in danger, now? Again?Can’t wait for January!

The Miracle Song was one of the best episodes I've ever seen; there were lots of crazy twists like the scene with Art and Lynette at the end and the Orson/Mother Hodge/Alma thing. Also, I thought this was one of the funniest episodes yet and it had a lot of hilarious one-liners!



I'm really curious to see what happens to Art in the rest of the season. Will he stay away or will he reappear to haunt Lynette? For a long time I thought he was innocent and Lynette was mistaken, but it's hard to think that now after what he said (and the way he said it).



Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this one, excited to see what's going to happen in the new year. Gabrielle's new love interest, Monique's murder, Susan/Ian, Bree/Orson and Mother Hodge/Alma are all going to be awesome story lines to watch. Great episode!

Firstly, this episode could have addressed how people have become so suspicious and paranoid of other people that an old man in the park can't really be giving kids candy because he loves kids and wants to see them happy. No, he's giving out candy because he wants to molest the kids. This perception is a major problem in this country and has to be addressed since there aren't really that many predators out there, be vigilant, be suspicious but sometimes a nice old man is just a nice old man. What Desperate Housewives did in this episode was perpetuate this stigma in one of the dumbest ways possible. They set it up perfectly, the shrew Lynnette ruins this guy because he has pictures of boys in the swimsuits on his wall and a room full of toys. Ok, that's kinda weird but can be explained by him actually liking the kids and the kids he taught(swimming) were little boys. They set it up where she is the villian and then they make it INCREDIBLY STUPID with him actually being a potential child predator and ADMITTING IT to her! Whatever idiot wrote that scene should be beaten along with all the real child predators on the planet. That was just 100% stupid and it was a idiot way of justifying Lynette's ruining of this guy's life and killing his sister. The Mike storyline was stupid too, why would he try to bury tools? That's just dumb. Teri Hatcher storyline is getting great, the british boyfriend strikes a deal with her that will keep her away from Mike and pay for Mike's defense. The Bree/Orson idiocy is a trainwreck, I realize that many women in real life are that dense that they'll believe anything a scumbag tells them but WOW! This guy is accused of killing people and beating his wife and she just ignores it like someone said he once was caught peeing in a park. The show is still good but the writing staff must be filled with just complete idiots. Now I expect a ton of disagrees since everytime someone leaves a review that isn't full of praise and a 10, it gets tons of disagrees. This show was full of holes and really really an insult to the intelligence of the viewers.

I was SOOO certain that Orson had killed Alma, and Monique for some sick reason... But when the show revealed Alma to be alive and that Gloria was the only person to know that, it made me change my train of thought... Possibilities of what actually happened opened up like a river flowing into the sea!

It is possible that Alma was Monique's killer, but how does Mike play a part in this?? And the question of why Orson run over Mike at the end of last season still lingers.. So, is Orson innocent?? It may not appear so, but we may be forced to think that... Especially, with him living in a mental institute for a year doesn't paint a very good picture of him...

Things have officially started getting juicier... But why in the world is the next episode airing only in January?!

I am so sick of Bree making stupid decisions and putting other people\'s lives @ risk. She is the most desperate housewife on the show w/out a doubt and she\'s a hypocrite. I used to feel sorry for Bree but she\'s just had too many chances to turn the other way and not take them. I think the show is making Bree more unlikeable and stupid because Marcia Cross is pregnant. So she\'s gonna have to leave the show for a little while anyway and since Mike was just in a coma; I doubt they\'ll put her in one too. She\'ll probably run away to escape her problems or be kidnapped by Orson or Orson will trap her somewhere because she may find something out. Anyway, we won\'t have to see her for awhile and maybe she\'ll return w/common sense. Gabrielle is almost incapable of forthought. The way she underhandedly went about getting that little girl\'s dad... It\'s definitely gonna come back to bite her in the tail. She could\'ve gone about it better so she wouldn\'t have to fear her future. Also Susan shouldn\'t have agreed to Ian\'s proposal, as we all know. Of course her and Mike are gonna get back together and her and Ian\'s relationship is gonna get deeper and when she finally tells Ian how she feels... Uh oh. He\'s gonna be burned and do something really stupid, like Caroline Bigsby. As for Lynette, she shouldn\'t have ever doubted herself. If he was innocent why wouldn\'t he have pictures of the kids in his living room instead of hidden in the basment in what looked like his \"beat off\" corner.

The ending was less chilling than it could have been, and was actually a huge letdown. I wish there had been more development, or more of an element of danger, or some sort of reversal-ANYTHING! I usually LOVE Lynette's storylines, but certain elements of this episode, as far as i'm concerned were DOA. Being resolved in 2 episodes seems a bit limp. Thank god for Bree--her storylines are the only consistently riveting thing about this show, and sometimes even that's predictable! Dixie Carter is fantastic. Though, Gabby's story this week (and that HUNK of a single dad), was entertaining, thanks to her foil, Verne. ps. i can't believe all of you didnt see any of those "plot twists" coming! i can't that 7 users disagree with this review. sometimes, shows are transparent because theyre being ironic, postmodern even. but sometimes, shows are transparent because theyre in a slump--like a "dynasty" third-season slump.

Gabby i understand that you and Carlos are divorced and you feel the need to prey on another man...but geez.....did you have to be so mean to his daughter, just because you want to 'screw his brains out'?!



And Bree...are you that desperate for a man?!

To take back Orson???



Susan...sorry dear, but it looks like Ian is a possessive control freak!!!

Good luck with that!!!



As for you Lynette, don't feel bad...your neighbour is who you think he is....and probably worse!!!



Can the women on "Desperate Housewives" get more desperate?!

Tenth annual Christmas party at Wisteria Lane and everyone is invited but not all are wished to be there.

Susan helps Mike to get out of trouble and she gets an unexpected ally, she fights with Bree over Orson Mike and Monique thing. Lynette makes another bad decision as she started the whole pedophile protest with fatal ending. Gabrielle gets a new love interest and destroys some friendships. Bree discovers more about her husbands past while Edie broke up with Mike after she is pretty sure that he killed Monique.

A fantastic and shocking episode.Everything is not how it looks like. But the most shocking part is when you find out that Gloria is scheming with someone so unexpected.

And they had to cut it now when it became extremely interesting !

I felt really bad about Art. Well, un til the end, his transact dialogue with Lynette. One thing for sure, he is a creep.

And I felt sorry for Lybette. All the guilt. Though all the other residents of Fairview seemed awfully ignorant. Or I'm just too naive. They all are just guest stars, aren't they.



Susan wanted to impress Ian's parents with home-cooked meal. And she got into a nasty fight with Bree. Speaking of which, it seemed a bit weird how they interacted with each other. Like they weren't friends. That was a litle out of chracter, but still - wrapped up excuisitly!



The police arrested Mike for murder of Monique. Too bad we can't actually know who *did* murder her. Not mike, nor us. He had a temporary amnesia and we don't know anything about that chapter. Seems J. J. Abrams had something to do with the third season. A hunch!



Gabrielle did a "felony" of her own. She became attracted to one of her Beauty Pageant entry's father - the single daddy. And she worked on a plan how to make things work out. That was awfully ingenious of her. Cleverly plotted all in all!



And yes, the dramatic end. Art's sister passed away due the ignorance of the neighbours. And Lynette had herself to blame. But in a case like this - it's difficult to take a side. I mean, Lynette was protecting her children. And it's just hard to keep the fact that a neighbour may be a treat inside. And we learned that Alma and Gloria is on the same "side". And then they cut it, in the best part!

This episode has simply reinforced my dislike for Lynette, as she yet again does something wrong, pretends to be sorry, and ends up causing more harm than if she didn\'t do anything at all. Gabrielle has simply proven that nothing will stand in the way of getting what she wants, including little girls. The Edie-Mike split has created an interesting situation now between Susan and Ian. This is one exciting new plot development in the episode. The other is the Bree-Orson fight and reunification over the murder of Monique that leads to Susan discovering something incriminating and Gloria revealing something even more shocking.

This episode was great! Okay! When I first saw the whole Art story, and Lynette found those pictures I thought, "Oh this guy isn't a pedophile! The writers are gonna find some way to turn it around so we think he isn't a pedo."

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Then tonight we find out that he actually is.. that was great! ... Such a twist for me. I actually felt bad when that dude threw the rock at him but now I wish that rock was bigger x)

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I think it's pretty obvious what's going to happen now. Remember in season 2 when they first introduced Orson's character and then he became the mysery for season 3 ... well I think they will bring Art back in season 4 and have the mystery revolve around him ... I think there's more to it. The ending was GREAT! ... But, I kind of had a feeling that "she" was still alive.

Great episode! I was very suprised at the end when I saw that Alma was still alive. Very good more suprises are coming, that's why I love this show!!

And about Art, Oh my God! He's so creepy! I thought 1st that Lynette was wrong but then, in the final scene with Art, he showed his trus colours! Oh my goodness!!

I really like Ian, he's so cute, him & Susan make a great couple! But I was very dissapointed with the condition he gave her, not to see Mike anymore! I think that was very selfish.

And Gabrielle, it was so funny when she ruined the relationship of the two little girls so she can be with one of the girls's dad. He's very very handsome.

And finally Bree, I feel pity for her, because she just meet the wrong guys, except for Rex, he was great! I hate Orson!!!

This episode was the richest peice of pie i had all weekend. It started very well with the whole spread of the word, and Art as Santa. Who comes up with something so sweet. I nearly died of enjoyment seeing Art as Santa, and everyone just looking at him as if he was oozing with lust in his eyes. You did feel bad for the sister tho. The whole Edie breaking up with Mike thing was pretty low. As was Gabrielle. SHe is so evil; i love it. Seriously, our ladied outdid themeselves tonight. Each one gave a marvelous performance. I totally saw the whole Olma being alive thing from the moment they showed the home video, and it does add to the mystery. When will susan learn to let go, and not ruin a good things. whats worse is she just made a promise we all kno she wont keep. Lynette and Art was perfect. from the way they made you feel for him, to the way he made Lynette feel knowing she set the beast free. You cant get better television. O how i do love the holidays (or the holiday specials at the most)

I loved tonights episode. There's still a few things about it that bug me, like for example it rarely takes place in Wisteria Lane anymore, and Gabrielle's storylines have been one dissapointment after another. After the LAME baby revolation in epside 302, she's now becoming Ms. Pageant Director, which is not a bad storyline, but it's so off. Her with Bill Perice (I can't remember his charactors name) is fine with me, but I would love to see their daughter sabotage things. Lynette and Art were great tonight. Unlike most of the people on IMDb, I am glad that Lynette saw how things got out of hand, and tried to correct them. I'm still a little confused about what Art meant at the end, but after I rewatch the episode, I'm sure it will all make sense. Susan and Bree tonight were AMAZING! I was so pleased to see those two interact over the mystery, and how they both wanted to save their men was impecible! Susan has made a vast improvement storyline wise, and her tie in to the mystery is even better. Her with Ian as well as trying to help Mike out were very entertaining. Bree this time around was completely just... perfect. The mystery progressed very, very well tonight. I have to hand it to Cherry, he kept his promise. Especially at the end... with Alma appearing, I was completely shocked. However, I'm a little concerned on what's left to find out except for who killed Monique. Overall, fantastic episode, amazing writing! I am totally excited for the next one, and so far the season has been good enough to where I will buy the DVD release.

As I was watching this episode, I actually began wondering to myself if maybe the sister was right. If maybe Lynette was wrong and he wasn't a molester, but my mind kept going back to the fact that everything the pictures the toys the entire set up was missing the next day. All those pictures... there were too many of them for it to have just been nothing. So I stuck with the idea that he was lying and that he really was the pedophile they said he was. I felt bad for the sister because I didn't feel she had any part in it, but apart of me just knew that he was exactly what they'd accused him off. So for the ending scene to show him telling her that she set him free by telling the truth was so disturbing and made me sick to my stomach, because even if he left that town, there are so many others out there. I hope in the next episode she and the others try to do something to stop him! As far as the other story lines in this episode. Gabrielle is too good at manipulation! Its really great watching any of them get what they want! I hope Susan is able to prove Orson is a suspect to the police, and I truely cant believe his wife is still alive! Omg! CRAZY TWIST!!! This was a good episode, but in the end your still left feeling sick.

I know I said this before. I never liked Bree. This episode only makes me hate her more. I don't care about people that like her. She is a total b*tch, a stupid and evil one, too. I absolutely hate Bree for fighting with Susan for her own self-interest. I hope Orsan kills her. She deserves it. I really liked Susan in this episode. It seems that the rest of the women have all shown their ugly sides, but Susan, on the contrary, is self-sacrificing and big-hearted. She knows she would love to visit Mike and keep in touch with him. However, she knows putting aside her wants is the only way to ensure that Mike gets a good lawyer for free since Ian offers to pay. I have to say, at the same time, Ian is a very big-hearted man, too. What are the odds that some stranger comes along, willing to pay so much money for an arrested man, who happens to be his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend? Such things do not happen. Ian, however, makes it happen. I see similarities between Ian and Susan. They actually make a decent couple in some ways. What's Lynette gonna do now, I wonder? Chase the guy across the country? Wow! Gabby is such a terrible person for using children to fulfill her own needs...... It's really funny, though, in a way, that she is able to pull this little evil deed off. Good old Gabby, she hasn't changed much!

At first, I didn't think that this episode was going to be all that great. This just goes to show that the ending to desperate housewives can be the best. Basically, at the end Lynette still thinks that Art is a paedophile after the things he says to her, which I think was just his way of being mean to her. Mother Hodge is in connection with someone we never though: Alma. She is still alive and is obviously planning some kind of revenge or plot against Orson. Gabrielle is moving in on one of her girl's dads, and Mike was arrested for the murder of Monique. Edie dumps him and then Ian tells Susan that he will pay for his lawyer and everything. Great episode!