Desperate Housewives

i liked this episode of desperate housewives i felt so sorry for gaby when she let go of the bloon my heart broke for her, the bree stuff was also good this week george is so scary and the actor that plays him is great, the susan stuff wasnt that great but it was nice to see sophie and morty back on the screen, the lynette was was also pretty ok but not spectacular overall a good episode of housewives

Primero: es absolutamente triste saber que Gabrielle perdió al bebe, ya que estoy seguro hubiera sido una mamá muy buena, y muy interesante mostrar la reacción de Carlos que fué el que más quiso que el bebe se concibiera. Bree termina rompiendo su prematuro y arriesgado compromiso con George, no puedo esperar hasta que se dé cuenta de que George mató a Rex y al consejero matrimonial de los van de Kamp. La mamá de Susan cada vez que aparece en escena nos muestra el porqué Susan es así de disparatada y perdida muchas veces, pero lamento mucho ver tood el desprecio que le hace Mike a ella cada vez que tiene la oportunidad. Y Lynette cumple su objetivo de mostrarle a Tom que más sabe el diablo por viejo, que por diablo.

This episode has got to be another one of the best so far this season, it totally was as juicy as the season one material. The residents of Wisteria Lane form a neighbourhood watch committee after being frightened because of the recent burglary. Bree is visited by George's former fiancée, who tells her how crazy George is, but Bree refuses to believe it and asks her to leave. Gabrielle has a man Carlos sent from prison, who she thinks is there to protect her, sitting on her porch and he won’t leave. She offers him $1000, which he accepts and asks if they could go to the bank to cash it. She gets in his car, with no door handles or window buttons and he tells her that Carlos didn't send him to protect her. Sophie and Morty get married and at the wedding, Sophie reveals to Susan the truth about her real father and Susan runs out determined to find him. Bree and George are having dinner, and they argue about Bree wearing the engagement ring. An old male friend of Bree's comes over and they begin to chat, much jealousy flares in George, an when he and Bree dance, George yells at her to put on the ring, then tries to force it on her hand, the tries to hit Bree's friend. The ring falls on the floor and Bree says she doesn't think they're engaged anymore. Gabrielle gets out of the car, and as the man gets something from the trunk, she kicks off her heels and tries to run for it. When the man calls out to her, she turns to see him holding a red balloon. Carlos had sent him to help her with her grief. This episode was fantastic, they keep getting better and better.

“Invisible before birth are all beings and after death, invisible again. They are seen between two unseens. Why in this truth do we find sorrow?” – The Bhagavad-Gita.



Something of a painfully true statement, miscarriage is one of the greatest heartaches that many women have gone through, including two people close to me. Grief is something we all deal with in a different manner. While some people are open with theirs, others are not.



Given the kind of person Gabrielle is, her denial over feelings of loss are believable, even if the writing on this episode feels a little strained. Her first reaction is to blow off her friends when they try to offer their support and strangely enough, they actually keep their distance for the rest of the episode, which is a shame because this episode really could’ve benefited from their support and it seems they gave up too easily on helping Gabrielle dealing with her loss.



Despite her caustic comments even I knew that Gabrielle was grieving privately. She may be manipulative and a complete bitch at times, but even I know that she’s not entirely made of stone. Carlos’ method of grieving however made for a fun exchange between him and his wife but given the fact he’s still banged up in the tame version of Oz, we needed another way of having Gabrielle let rip.



Enter Hector, a completely muscular and rather tattooed up, ex-convict pal of Carlos’ sent to mind Gabrielle, who does her best to get rid of him, including the obligatory bribery attempt which backfires. Even before we learned of his real purpose on Wisteria Lane, I liked the guy, although his comments about Carlos being perceptive were way off the mark. There’s also an amusing scene where Hector notes Gaby’s love of shopping that’s rather to what Mama Solis pointed in “Come In, Stranger”.



The scene in the car with Gabrielle seemingly in peril was an okay fake-out. We don’t necessarily know that much about Hector, though obviously he’s suffered his own share of grief in order to help Gaby come to terms with her own. At first this scene felt rather cheesy but a second viewing takes the cringe factor off.



Not only did Gabrielle to admit her grief for her unborn baby but she also managed to identify Caleb after Mike catches and police arrest him. Caleb aside, Betty isn’t really doing herself any favours by denying her son didn’t play a part in Gaby losing her baby to Matthew. Although I like Alfre Woodard, this wasn’t Betty’s best outing and even Matthew didn’t have much of interest to do besides secretly meeting Danielle.



Besides his heroics, Mike spends most his time trying to blow Susan off as well. He refuses to go to Sophie’s wedding with her and does his best to be abrasive around her, although he does give her vital information that Susan questioning her lineage. After two great episodes, Teri Hatcher is again relegated to hammy overacting as Susan’s quest to learn more about her father does little to endear her or Sophie.



To be honest, I wasn’t exactly bursting the seems to learns about Susan’s parentage so the revelation of Sophie lying about Susan’s dad being a marine and the truth of him being Sophie’s former boss didn’t excite even if it was better to listen to than Morty’s half baked analogy. So Sophie nearly wrecked someone else’s marriage and didn’t want Susan to ruin her wedding day but told her the truth for all to hear? Yeah, smart move there. Susan’s reaction was childish and tiresome to watch but it was hardly far fetched either though. That being said, this is one personal drama we could’ve done without for the time being.



More personal drama in this episode, we have Tom and Lynette engaged in battle of how to look after terror twins Porter and Preston as well teaching them not to talk to strangers. I felt bad for Tom, he really trying his best to be a good stay at home parent and to be honest, he’s a little better at it than Lynette was last season. He taught the boys the vital protocol for dealing with strangers and they recited back to him like experts in training. How was he supposed to know that Lynette would be right and it would go in one ear and out the other? Also who would be stupid enough to want to snatch those kids?



Well apparently Lynette’s co-worker Stu is when he insanely decides to aid Lynette in her quest to prove Tom wrong and ends up at the receiving end of a taser wielding Karen McClusky, whose return is a highlight in a surprisingly not as involving episode and while this plot outdid Susan’s, we’ve had better ones with the Scavo clan this season.



Thankfully at least one arc came to be as good as Gaby’s this hour and it was of course Bree’s as George’s hold on her is continuing to loosen and it’s not before time too. His attitude over her not wearing his engagement ring irks Bree as does a visit from an ex-girlfriend of George’s who warns Bree of his possessive. Bree stupidly buys into his lie of his former fiancée being mentally unstable, even though you can see her questioning her feelings for the psychotic pharmacist.



It isn’t until a nasty run in with Bree’s ex boyfriend Ty does she finally see George’s true colours and calls off the engagement. George doesn’t take this well and reacts by burning Ty’s car but being optimistic, George’s stay on Wisteria Lane is about to become a lot shorter.



Also in “The Sun Won’t Set”



Housewife of the week: This time around it’s Betty as we get some fine examples of her piano skills which she puts to good use during a neighbourhood watch meeting, which is the second reminder of 1x05’s “Come In, Stranger”.



Karen: “We were taking a vote”

Matthew (re Betty): “She was a concert pianist”.



We got the apple logo again for opening credits. That’s two episodes in a row this season that this has happened.



Carlos: “You just lost a baby”

Gabrielle: “I grieve differently”.



Tom (re eyes): “The two in the front work just fine”

Lynette: “Really, where’s Penny?”



Bree said the cover of the newspaper where George announced their engagement had a story of floods in Sri Lanka. A little strange for a local paper, wouldn’t it be?



Sophie: “Do we have to do this now? You are ruining my wedding rehearsal”

Susan: “You’ve been married four times; I think you got it down”.



Morty (re Sophie): “Yes I know what I’m getting myself into”.



Susan thought her father was Harrison Ross, a marine. Her real dad is Addison Prudy. She also mentioned to Mike about her memoirs from last episode. Will we see that?



Hector (re Carlos): “He’s a perceptive man”

Gabrielle: “He thought I was having an affair with two gay guys”.



We saw the new Caleb in this episode played by Nashawn Kearse.



Gabrielle: “You’re not gonna kill me?”

Hector: “Hadn’t planned on it”.



Gabby was going to name her child Charlie if it was a boy and Aurora if it was a girl. Nice enough names.



No Andrew, Zach, Paul, Edie or Karl this week. Julie had no dialogue as well.



The episode’s title is rather appropriate as it begins and ends during the night.



George: “I’m sorry, I just, we’re engaged”

Bree: “See the thing is, I don’t think we are anymore”.



Its seven weeks since “One Wonderful Day”. Surely more time would’ve passed since then.



What should have been a reasonably competent episode following last week’s unforgettable instalment is a little too anticlimactic and disappointing. Although “The Sun Won’t Set” has some nice moments, it lacks the sparks of previous instalments and is possibly the first disappointing hour of Season Two so far.

"People grieve in different ways. I go shopping and you rip out toilets."--Gabrielle



While it wasn't the best episode I have seen compared to some of the other thrilling episodes of Desperate Housewives, "The Sun Won't Set" is still a decent hour although it could have been slightly better but look at me being the big TV critic, meanwhile I couldn't probably write half a page let alone a whole episode so who am I to judge.



Betty Applewhite obviously wants to win the neighborhood over so she agrees to host the "annual" neighborhood watch meeting--wait a minute...there has been no mention of the committee since Episode 5, "Come In, Stranger". That was such a long time ago and now they decide to bring it back. The neighbors comment on how there are hardly any police patrolling around but it seems to me (and others) that the police are constantly in that area. Karen McCluskey rambles on about how the neighborhood needs private security and Betty tries to break the ongoing argument by entertaining the guests with a little music. Betty plays flawlessly on the piano causing praise from Tom and the others. Betty smiles as her effort to stop the fight between the quarrelling neighbors has now been dissolved.



Well there's good news and then there's bad news for the Gabrielle Solis storyline. The bad news is that Gabby suffered a miscarriage after falling prey to Caleb and falling down the stairs. The good news is that there isn't any good news except for the fact that Gabrielle doesn't really seem to care that she lost the baby. She didn't really want it to begin with. The real people who wanted it were Carlos and Mama Solis. Gabby gets ready for the next day by going to visit Carlos. As she walks to her car, she is stopped by Bree, Susan and Lynette. Bree offers for the four of them to catch up and have some banana bread but Gabby has some errands to do. The wives assure Gabby that everything will be OK but that grief takes a while to overcome. Gabby says she is fine and goes her way. When she catches up with Carlos she finds him on anti-depressants after having episodes of rage involving opening his matress opened and crying hysterically. When he sees Gabrielle though, she looks as if nothing even happened which would piss him off. When Carlos becomes emotional once again, Gabrielle tells the guards that their visit is over and he needs another dosage. Gabby is soon visited by Hector, an ex-con who was hired to look after her by Carlos. Gabby tries to shoo him away but he sticks around for several days. Gabrielle finally gets tired of him and tries to bribe him off. When they go to cash the check, he locks the doors and tells Gabby he was not hired by Carlos to look after her. Gabby panics and asks to be taken home. Hector refuses and continues to drive.



The two arrive at a deserted park where Hector pulls out a shovel. Gabby quickly runs for her life but Hector asks where she is going. Gabby reminds him that he was about to kill her. And Hector asks why. Hector tells Gabby that Carlos hired him to help her get over her grief. Gabby gives a sigh of relief and moves towards Hector. Hector gives her a balloon which represents the deceased unborn baby. Gabby takes the balloon and starts to become emotional showing feelings that maybe she wanted it after all. Hector then instructs her to let go of the balloon which flies high into the air. Gabby then sobs quietly.



Meanwhile Bree reads the morning paper as she comes across an article in the Wedding Annoucement section about George and herself. Immeadiately after seeing this, Bree runs to the pharmacy where George tells her that he was going to ask her. Face it Bree, he was too damn proud. George then asks why she isn't wearing her wedding ring. Bree says that she felt uncomfortable but George reminds her that they are engaged and demands that she put it on. She does but quickly takes it off once leaving. Shortly after Bree is visited by George's ex-fiancee Leila Mitzman who warns Bree that George is dangerous and a little loony. Bree denies that what she is saying is true. However she has a change of heart when she visits George once again. George then gives Bree a list of meds, Leila is taking and assures Bree that Leila is the one that is crazy. George then deletes Leila's name and puts the correct name. Oh, George you're evil.



At dinner the evening after, George notices Bree once again without her engagement ring on. The two argue until they are interrupted by Bree's former boyfriend, Ty Grant who invites her to dance. George gets very envious and cuts in and demand that she put her ring on. Bree refuses and decides to end the engagement. George quickly leaves but steals Ty's valet key. He drives off in his car, takes it to a deserted place and sets it on fire as he did with Leila's ex-boyfriend's car. Praise the lord that Bree has finally come to her senses.



Shortly after the neighborhood watch meeting Lynette worries about her children when she discovers them playing in the street after dark. She blames Tom who is busy doing other chores and accuses him of being negligent. Tom decides to prove to Lynette that the twins can be trusted. But when Lynette learns that while she is asking them questions, Tom is giving them the answers Lynette plans a different alternative. The following day she asks her young secretary Stu if he will participate in a mock kidnapping. Stu reluctantly agrees and the following afternoon arrives on Wisteria Lane with candy. The twins quickly buy it and jump into the car. However someone has been watching all along, Mrs. McCluskey. Mrs. McCluskey begins to taser Stu causing Lynette to run out of the house to stop her. The plan goes unsuccessful but now the twins know that McCluskey will always have their back...and everybody else's for now.



Finally, Susan asks Mike if he will still be her date to Sophie's wedding which is in a couple of days. Mike reminds Susan that because they are broken up, he is not really the right person to be going to a wedding with. Susan agrees but continues to fill Mike in on the boring details of her life. When she tells Mike she is writing a book on her life...so far, she tells him how her father was a merchant marine who was killed in the Battle of Hanoi. Mike fills Susan in that merchant marines don't fight and that Hanoi was in an enemy territory. Susan looks confused as maybe Susan's mother was hiding the truth. At the wedding rehearsal, Susan asks her mother what really became of her father but Sophie hesitates and leaves shortly after. Morty gives Susan a ride home and tells her that Sophie had a one night stand and got pregnant after. Susan feels a little shocked at this revelation but this shock is short lived when her mother reveals the truth. It can be argued that a lot of awkward things occur at weddings but certainly it isn't the place or time to reveal that you were having an affair with your married boss which produced a child. Susan learns this and feels betrayed. With the information given to her, Susan visits the place where her father works and slowly waits till he leaves.



Mike discovers something suspicious happening outisde. Caleb is trying to break in to a car which Mike quickly puts a stop to. McCluskey discovers the culprit and offers to tase him. The police soon arrive and take Caleb away. The neighbors watch in silence as Betty raises her hand to her mouth telling Caleb to be quiet. Caleb nods and is driven away.



Other important events in "The Sun Won't Set"...

*Certainly it can be said that miscarriages happen a lot. But Six Feet Under's Brenda probably had the most real portrayal of a woman who miscarried but that's another story. Not that Gabrielle had her own way of grieving but she seemed so fake at the beginning. I think Hector's purpose was to get Gabby to reveal her inner thoughts to a stranger which helped and I really felt bad for her.

*Susan seems to be the victim this year. No one can ever give her a break but part of the blame is definitely on her. I guess the writers don't really like her this year since Susan really having bad luck. Maybe her father will be open but you never know with Susan.

*I'm officially convinced that George is insane. After he intentionally killed Rex, I hated him but now he is becoming so envious and jealous that you have to pity him but at the same time hate his guts. I'm glad Bree finally saw something was up.

*In other news, Matthew has a secret first date with Danielle. Andrew is still at deprogramming camp and nobody seems to care about Dr. Goldfine, what else is new?



"The Sun Won't Set" is a decent episode with a few entertaining pieces but was still well acted and stories enjoyable. It may not have been as good as the previous two but it was still good.

I don't know what happened to this show.... the storylines just don't work with in my opinion Susan being the worst one...!! The story with Mike has got to the place where I just don't care... the father... I've seen that to many times... the could have made something more original...!

Gabrielle the lost of the baby for me was the bad way to go... but at least the showing of Carlos friend was good!!!

Bree finally sees that George is a peace of work (Duhhhhhhhhhhhh!)....!

And still Lynette and Tom saving the show... for me the reaction with family, friends and the two of them.... are very good!

Finally Bree is seeing what a freak George is and dumps him!! It took her awhile but who cares. I hope that she´ll think about George killing Rex and that he will get caught. I didn´t like him from the beginning. I hope he leaves Wisteria Lane and never returns.



I thought something was going to happen with the kid of Gabrielle. She is just not a mother type so why give her a baby? It was sweat to see how much trouble she was having letting go of the balloon. But I think it´s fine now and she´s got peace with it. It was fun seeing her do all that shopping. That´s exactly what´s her character is supposed to do.



Well I don´t think Mike and Susan will ever be together again. No matter how hard Susan tries Mike just keeps trowing dirt at her. haha.



Why didn´t Caleb run and leave Wisteria Lane? Now he´s arrested because of Gabrielle. But nobody knows about the brutal murder he comitted. A bit weird. Well maybe we´ll find out more in the next episodes.



But there happend a lot but we just don´t know what yet. But we´ll find out soon...

Overall this show is still great and, for me at least, it still delivers every week. To say that the show is going rapidly downhill is taking it a step too far and give Felicity Huffman a break, she deserved the Emmy as she is brilliant as Lynette. How can you not love the storylines with her and her crazy kids?! Come on, having them kidnapped, I was holding my sides laughing. It is on a par with the episode where she left them at the side of the road in the first series.



Even Susan's storylines are starting to get good, thank god she has moved away from the I'm so ditzy, I love Mike saga. I spent the whole first series sighing when she came on the screen and desperately wondering why the media thought she was so great. Now that she is emerging as a much stronger woman I am actually interested in what is happening to her.



As for Gabrielle and Carlos though, oh dear, not again! I say that because in the first series the writers couldn't decide whether they loved each other or they hated each other and despite the characters being my personal favourites it got tedious. Gabrielle's storyline was getting very interesting and I really wanted to see how she coped as a mother and how her and Carlos worked as a family, but now we are back to square one her running around shopping and being shallow and before you know it John will be back in the bed. As a result she is the only character that has not seen any development since series one. Lynette has done the stressed out, stay at home mom, now we see her in the workplace. The ditzy, Mike obsessed Susan is developing into a stronger woman and finally gaining a storyline that is not attached to a man and we see Bree live life without Rex. Without the baby, however, Gabrielle is just the 1st series character all over again. It would have been nice to see some development, but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen and as a result this episode was very disappointing.

This was a basic Desperate Housewives episode, and mothing really important happened. George is such a freak, it is finally time that Bree was able to see him for who he really is. And I hate that Gabrielle lost her child, that was such a sad story line, but I like how Carlos sent the guy to help her with her pain. Susan finds out the truth about her father, and Lynette shows up Tom. She has her kids kidnapped to prove her point. This was like I said an average episode, I still enjoyed it and I still think that the show is doing good.

In one word: bad.



Where is the exciting Desperate Housewives, oh my god this can't be the enjoyable serie of the year.

This episode was crappy, Susan discovered that she had a father (oh really it's a new thing!), her mother misfired her wedding, Lynette played a crazy mom with a boring storyline (as usual, How could she get the emmy???!!!), Gabrielle is a selfish person who finds a strange guy and plays with a red balloon (lalalalla.....) and Georges is Marica Cross from Melrose Place. (absolutely not reliable)



Frankly, I have enough... please, get something better! or I won't be here next year!

How could they make Gabrielle lose her baby? All of the events before this were for nothing. Just because she's the youngest and the only housewife without kids doesn't mean they have to kill this whole storyline. I was just starting to like Gabrielle with baby. And the whole thing with Caleb getting caught? Firstly, the recast was not the best. But mainly, the storyline... Whatever happened to the letter Betty sent to the police. I think that it's good that Caleb's story is moving on but I don't understand how long are they going to be able to keep this up. Matthew seeing Danielle is fresh, hot and good. I just hope their story will start developing, because watching them sneaking aroud between scenes will get boring. They story could really grow into an exciting and interesting storyline. Susan, I was a little dissapointed at how the writers were taking the stereotypical "Who's my daddy?" and making it so boring. Lynette- man, that girl will go to any lengths to prove her point. Fun. And last but definitely not least- Bree! Finally she figured out what a freak George is and dumped him. That's incredible! This episode needed some of Edie's hillarious lines. But, most surprisingly, those lines were delivered by Bob Newhart (Morty), and I loved 'em! But this show needs it's black humor back, and I'm hoping for Ms. Tilman to get back from Utah soon! The preview for the next episode looks great, and I can't wait for the next episode.

This show was not that good of one. The only thing that saved it was Danny Trejo who played Hector, who is such a goo actor. Other than that the story about how george is crazy, was pretty ovious but they took it too far.



Very few of the main cast were on this episde, and when they were in it, they did not have a very good part.



I did like that George, and Bree are no longer together because it leaves such a better story open.



Also the Story about Caleb was not done well this episode.



"Quote Nevermore"

Last week, when Gabby fell down the stairs the warning bells went off in my head. "Oh No! Don't tell me they are going to try that hoary old soap opera cliche that was done to death decades ago (woman falls down and gets rid of unwanted pregancy). Well guess what? The show started out with that very scene and went downhill from there! Gabby is back to her old selfish persona. She and Carlos have both repulsed me this season. Even Gaby's later realization left me cold. Lynette stages a fake kidnapping of her kids (absurd and not funny). George and Bree went beyond silly, and the wedding scene? Ugh! I cringed (but did find Bob Newhart's last line utterly hilarious). And as for the "Alfre Woodard/The Prisoner" storyline? I have hated this one from day one. I think it is one of the most ridiculous situations I have ever seen in a supposedly mature and intellectual drama/comedy! I have felt that the show was "missing something" this year without the overarching storyline of Mary Alice's suicide and the mystery of Dana. The writers have been throwing darts at a storyboard and hoping something sticks. The cast is doing its best, but the show is all over the place. DH is probably going to go the way of "Twin Peaks." The ratings will start to fall by the end of the year and it will be gone after next. Its a shame. DH Year One was one of the finest years of televsion I have ever enjoyed. Deserved better than this!

Wow, what an ep. Lots of cool stuff abounding in ways not expected.



First the Gabby plot, where she seems even more relucatant to face her feelings than Bree regarding her miscarriage. It's always good to see Danny Tejero and he was a great choice here for the slightly sinister man who helped Gabby cope with her feelings. The sight of her crying was a great scene by Eva Longario, and should get her that Emmy nod next year.



Well, Bree FINALLY sees George for what he is and it's about time. It's great to see Bree's reaction, not wanting to admit she's been with someone so twisted but unable to ignore the truth anymore. Unfortunetly, this only seems to make George more desperate and dangerous and Bree may be in for trouble soon.



The Susan plot was quite intriguing. Having her dad be alive and living so close was quite the twist and should have major reprecussions for Susan and Julie. Lesley Ann Warren was good with her breakdown at the wedding and it's interesting to see Bob Newhart playing even more straight than usual.



Once again, a lame plot for Lynette but nice to see Tom showing some care. And always great to see that bitchy neighbor clashing with Lynette once more.



So we get some twists with the Applewhites. I didn't expect the basement guy to be caught so soon and wonder how this is going to play with Betty's plans for keeping quiet. And the idea of her son and Bree's daughter promises one hell of a dual meltdown when it eventually comes out.



So another good installment as the show hits its creative stride once more and promises to keep the fun going all year long.

I'm not even going to try to summarize tonight's episode, because it wouldn't do it justice. I just wanna say, aside from Nip/Tuck, there is NO show that comes close to comparing to Desperate H, and that is clearly evident from tonight's episode.



Everything from the very cleverly plotted storyline branching out from the break-in, with the neighborhood watch to the shocking revelation involving Susan's parents and the truth about her father was just unbelievable.



In between, we had Bree finally coming the the truth about George after he attacked her in rage and destroyed her friend's car. Also Lynette proved her point to Tom about her boys when they left with the stranger after being offered candy. And Gabrielle coped with the loss of her baby with a little help from the ex-convict friend of Carlos.



Finally, the mysterious new neighbors losing control of their prisoner ... and Mike finally catching him and bringing him to justice ... simply opens up more doors.









Awesome episode. Awesome show. Don't know what else to say.