Desperate Housewives

i ddidnt love this episode of desperate housewives but it was enjoyable the stuff with susan wasnt juicy but it was pretty fun to watch the lynette stuff was really good watching her dance on the bar was really entertaining the bree storyline was the best tho the seen at the end when she dumps re was really welll acted by marcia cross and also pretty funny

Es increible que después de muerto, Rex aún pueda afectar tanto la vida de Bree, es absolutamente desconcertante la forma en que Bree actua cuando se da cuenta de la manera en que Rex pensaba antes de morir. Lynette tiene que enfrentarse a su jefa para poder separar el tiempo entre el trabajo y su familia, porque ya sabemos que ella no quiere caer en el cliché de ser una ejecutiva exitosa pero con el costo de dejar a su familia a un lado. Gabrielle se empeña de muchas maneras para lograr que la relación con Carlos salga adelante y que no enfrente demasiado tiempo en la carcel, pero Carlos se las ingenia para hacerlo más complicado. Y Susan le toca que alejarse de un gran amigo porque la confianza se acabó.

I am correcting two mistakes in one of the quotes, which I cannot edit myself. Firstly, Carlos's lawyer's chateau is in Chamonix in the alpine region of France, not Germany as written, and the food served at the little bistro is Raclette, which is a type of cheese.

Just watched this episode in Australia but I missed the first 10 minutes. It had some interesting revelations, setting up various plot directions.

Well this episode was nothing but great. Susan's book agent gets in trouble for embezzling, and wants her to go with him to start his own company. Of course she eventually declines because he is in major debt. Poor Lynette had to put up with her stupid boss Nina, but then eventually ended with Lynette showing her up at the bar. The dancing on the table tops was hilarious, but very good. Bree learnt the truth, that Rex thought she poisoned him. She decided to cut her loses and let out her grief for the first time, but ended up throwing her wedding ring in with Rex's body before she walked away. Gabby and her idiot lawyer made a bit a scene, but it was nothing terribly riveting. And finally, the return of Paul Young, finally opening some of that piled up mail. Poor Susan, by the looks of things, the truth may be coming out next week. I can't wait until then.

Remember when in Sex & The City all the girls would meet up for lunch once every episode and discuss all of their own personal dilemmas, triumphs and gossip? It was great wasn't it? Last Season Desperate Housewives tried something similar by having all the housewives play a friendly game of poker, and thankfully it's a scenario that returns in tonight's episode.



Scenes featuring all fvie housewives this year have been few and far between, so it is so exciting seeing them all together again and all on screen. What's more is that we get it twice, once at the poker game and then again at Rex's re-burial.



Rex is finally buried again in this episode after what seems months of being above the surface. Bree is clear to go despite the PD still suspecting her for Rex's murder, and in perhaps the best scene this season so far she completely loses it, angry at Rex she buries him somewhere else next to "people he doesn't know". It's great stuff, and it's fantastic seeing angry-Bree.



Lynette's boss Nina is also fleshed out a little in this episode. Her and Lynette start going out to bars after work and we do learn a little more about her, albeit not much. The story ends with a rivalry, or rather, Lynette dancing her ass off and getting nina all sulky. It's pointless, but Felicity Huffman and Joely Fisher were both "interesting" to say the least. The Applewhite season-plot also moves forward a couple of paces, but it could still go anywhere at this stage.



And as much as I don't like saying this, the highlight of the episode this week is the ending, that 10 second closing scene that completely blows the past 50 minutes away. Paul Young. Back.



Need I say more?

Okay, so I quite enjoyed this episode, within the season 1 scheme, it's a typical episode, therefore a great one, which makes it particularly good for a season 2 episode.



I LOVED Lynette's part. I was finding the story-line fairly boring and repetitive to start with, but her revenge was just AMAZING! It was great to see Felicity finally get a chance to be sexy and gorgeous when normally she gets dumped with the frumpy housewife role.



The Susan story-line was bareable, a little predictable though. Basic physical comedy that we're used to getting from her in the form of a roll-on-the-floor-whilst-saddling-an-old-bald-man.



Obviously not a main story-line, but seeing Edie hobble along after all the other housewives was quite funny. I'm talking about at Rex's 'funeral' when Bree marched off and Edie was left trailing. Just some lovely subtle humour there.



Bree, was on top form! I loved her, really I did. Was it just me who expected Edie to try and retrieve the ring for herself? Bree just rocked when she was rude to the detective!



It's a shame Andrew is permanently removed...(surely not for many episodes though!)



I quite liked Gabrielle and Carlos' plot, though again, a little bored of seeing a prison visit every week though I guess it's necessary. A great move by the lawyer, I must say, and a typical male response.



The new family's secret seems to have been revealed...not that exciting, but things could always change...



Anyway, an optimistic episode for the rest of the series...

Bree (re Rex): “For the love of God I used to check his back for acne and that miserable son of a bitch has the nerve to understand and forgive me? Well the joke’s on him because I do not understand and I do not forgive!”



Quoting a certain bad girl slayer, I’m going to say “there’s my girl”. For the past four episodes in Season Two we’ve had Bree doing the best she can adjusting to Rex’s death and having this made gravely difficult for her at every turn. There’s her fractured relationship with her children, the mother in law from hell, George doggedly pursuing her (though thankfully he’s absent tonight) and of course, the authorities more than convinced that she’s a murderer without any direct evidence. The poor woman hasn’t caught a break.



Bree and her lawyer may have made it impossible for Detective Barton to hold onto Rex’s body but the detective certainly didn’t give up on his “crime of passion” theory in regards Bree. It was no coincidence him being at the morgue when Bree went to collect Rex, that I saw coming a mile off as did anyone who watched but his act of false sympathy with Bree while determined to nail her for a crime she didn’t commit wasn’t dissimilar from the tack Kit used on Nip/Tuck but it was effective, even here.



I actually thought for a moment Barton was displaying real sympathy for Bree until he came out with the cheating wife story and the jig was up. In other words, that’s what gave away his blatant manipulation method. Bree kept her inner steel throughout the various interrogations and raised eyebrows for the most part but you could see the anger bubbling underneath and it lead to the mother of all explosions that would even make Frances Conroy proud. Yep, Bree found out about Rex’s parting letter and pissed doesn’t even begin to cover her feelings this time.



At the graveside with her friends, her erratic behaviour soon had Bree revealing what Rex really thought of her to her pals and despite best efforts to calm her (in fairness Gabrielle of all people was the only one who made a real effort), the last straw had been broken and Bree let rip spectacularly. Like many people I wanted to see Bree lose it and her incandescent anger over what she considers a betrayal from her dead husband was amazing.



Marcia Cross’ performances this season have been great but this was truly outstanding stuff and the fact Bree decided to bury Rex with complete strangers and tossed her wedding ring into his new resting place is one of those things that will have serious repercussions. Bree’s grief and being under scrutiny is unlikely to be going away anytime soon and it will be interesting to see her come undone in future episodes.



Speaking of scrutiny, it looks like theories may no longer be needed for the Applewhite mystery as we learn more than our fair share about their basement prisoner and I for one am delighted. I was right about him being the “dead” brother and his name is Caleb and if the numerous reports are anything to go by, then Caleb is responsible for the death of a girl named Melanie Foster. This explains in a weird way why Betty and Matthew have him locked up and mainly don’t talk to him – to punish him. In the show’s fashion for everything not being as it seems, it’s almost rather quickly revealed that Caleb is also a bit slow and did not intentionally set out to kill Melanie. A tool to draw sympathy for the character, it does but only to an extent.



Page Kennedy who briefly played Caleb displays a nice level of sympathy as Caleb was presented with an opportunity to escape but chose not to take. This action backs up Matthew’s belief that Caleb may know more than he lets on but again early days to determine anything. As for Betty sending a letter to the Chicago cops to get a wrongly convicted man for Melanie’s murder off the hook – noble but reckless considering she’s desperate to keep Caleb off the death penalty. It’s great this plot is heating up and I’m excited to see what other twists and turns are in store.



With two incredibly dark plots this week, the use of lighter ones to balance things was beneficial but the only one really impacting was Lynette’s whose relationship with Nina takes a new turn. Weeks of bickering and sarcastic comments, Lynette finally endeared herself to her boss the old fashioned – getting her drunk and getting her laid. Except the draw back was Nina developed something of a hedonistic love for a certain bar and Lynette had to make herself appear as a threat in order to get out of going clubbing with Nina. Lynette’s method is simple – rip off the famous Coyote Ugly bar dance that countless other shows have done before the only difference is that for a woman of 40 years, Felicity Huffman oozed a certain level of sex appeal that would put women half her age to shame. Not only was it sexy and funny but also the hour’s most unforgettable moment, aside from Bree’s colourful outburst. Even the most determined of Lynette haters can’t fault this action.



Slightly less interesting but amusing enough, a new triangle seems to be merging as Carlos is threatened by David and his intentions. Normally Carlos can be an idiot but he’s on the money for once as David continues to be totally lecherous with Gabrielle, who does her best to pretend she’s not flattered and fails miserably. David then ensures Carlos uses his services by threatening to sleep with Gabrielle if he fires him. Fat lot of good that’s going to do, David’s still going to try and get his wicked way with her but Carlos folds and accepts his deal. As for the Solis’ in general, we got a hilarious marriage counselling session at the prison with inmates with wives just as head wrecking as Gabrielle can be.



As for Susan’s plot, I really don’t want to go into the part with her agent Lonny because I found that part convoluted at best and mind-numbingly bad at worst. Keeping it simple Lonny’s a bit of loser with debt problems and Susan’s naivety is upped a bit. Their scenes are also scarily reminiscent of some really bad and clichéd moments from Will And Grace. Thankfully though we had an attack of conscious for Susan as she told Julie how she paid Zach off but now fears Mike will split from her when he finds out. Which means he totally will and he’s going to find out pretty soon and the fact a scruffy Paul Young has returned to Wisteria Lane and Edie can’t help noting Susan’s desperation to hold on to Mike, it’s looking bad for Mayer.



Also in “They Ask Me Why I Believe In You”



Housewife of the week: We saw Lynette’s various holistic attempts of getting Nina to relax before the bar hopping method took place.



Lynette: “Are those the same clothes you wore last night?”

Nina: “Yep”.



Gabrielle (to Carlos): “That settles it, when this baby is born I’m putting on the socks”.



Bit about Melanie: So far all we know is that she was a high school student. Her reports played during Susan/Lynette/Edie scenes so why housewife gets to solve this mystery?



Mike (re Lonny): “Susan, he committed a felony”

Susan: “Okay who in this room has not committed a felony, raise your hand. Ah, ah, ah, not so fast”.



Julie (to Susan): “This kind of thing would never happen to me, it would only happen to you”.



Carlos’ marriage counselling session was fun. Of the couples there we’ve got a closeted gay man (Mona/her husband) and domestic violence (Bob/Lisa).



Gabrielle: “I’m disgusting and sweaty”

David: “I’m a criminal lawyer, I’ve seen worse”.



This is actually the first time we’ve seen the Solis’ kitchen. I remember Marc Cherry joking about that on one of the features of the Season 1 DVD.



Lynette: “Chuck, get your hand off my thigh, not up my thigh”.



No Andrew, Zach or Karl this week. We got no chronological reference either.



Bree (re Rex): “I spent eighteen years of my life with this man. How could he not know me?”

Edie: “Maybe he was forgiving you for something else”.



Standout music: “Boogie Shoes” by KC and the Sunshine Band. Funnily there was a similar scene in the series Sports Night with Huffman’s character on that show. I’ve been watching reruns.



After four but standard episodes, Season Two ups the ante with an hour that’s dark and delicious one moment, then silly and slapstick the next. “They Ask Me Why I Believe In You” raises the question of having faith in others, while affirming my own faith in the series itself.

Oh My God. That has got to be the best scene of Lynette so far. Actually that's the best scene of the entire show. I can't even imagine the fun it must have been to record it.



By the way, writing about scenes, WHAT is up with Bree? I know she's freakish but that scene she made on the grave yard? Jesus...

I like her, I really do, and therefore the writers can't take her to such a level ever again. She's at her best when she is, you know, kreepy and hysterical, but that was just too much.



I like Edie's pink leg.

The storylines with Susan, Mike and Zack were so-so... Lonnie was an ok touch, though why he was inserted, I do not understand - filler, I guess. Edie's part was finally fleshed out some more playing poker (less Lynette) and attending the re-burial with the "main four" housewives. Lynette's "bringing out the big guns" performance to compete for male attention in order to stop being used by her insecure, shy boss as a "wingman" for picking up guys... was absolutely priceless and an instant DH classic moment. We FINALLY got to see her full of self-confidence and sexy as hell. Lynette now fits in as a fellow hottie housewife... yahooo! Took long enough, but it was worth the wait. We men love self-confident women, FYI.



The real downside to this eppy was Bree's reaction to the note written by her deceased husband, Rex regarding his "theoretical" poisoning from his faithful wife. I understand her being upset, but without fully knowing all the facts just yet... her MOVING the casket to an unmarked plot and tossing her wedding ring on top was just too much for belivability. As she repeated, "17 and a half years of marriage" would not be so casually tossed aside for a "staged" overreaction in front of her best friends. The wonderful Marcia Cross did her best with the silly writing, but even she looked less than convinced herself. It was so incongruous to Bree's character and what we had all seen deep down inside as layer by layer had been delicately, sensitively and realistically peeled away from the series start. I am sure Marcia struggled with that scene, because it took all the sympathy and empathy for her character and turned her into a raving weirdo - even her friends seemed to think she had gone too far. WHY, Mr. Cherry? You practically assinated all of Bree's goodness and inner qualities in one quick shock-value scene. It will be hard for us as viewers (knowing the REAL truth) to feel for Bree the same way we did prior to this meltdown, ever again. It was totally unnecessary and poorly thought out writing not to preconceive the audience's reaction to her wigging out bar none. To move his casket to an UNMARKED grave AWAY from the FAMILY plot and TOSS her WEDDING RING into the dirt to have it BURIED PERMANENTLY? C'mon... let's get at least slightly real.



Ted in Gilbert, AZ

"He is not a corpse. He was a man named Rex Van de Kamp. He was a loving husband, devoted father, and a successful doctor. So successful, in fact, that he left me enough money to sue the city, this precinct, and you two gentlemen personally just for the fun of it."--Bree



Perhaps the question that is on everyone's mind or at least mine was: who the hell is Melanie Foster? In case you're wondering, Melanie Foster was a 17 year girl who was murdered in Chicago a while ago and an arrest has been made on the alleged killer. I think the way it was played out was rather surprising, everyone's watching and while they're not exactly paying attention what they don't know is that one of their neighbors knows a little too much about Melanie Foster.



If you guessed Betty Applewhite, you have guessed well. It seems little by little pieces of the puzzle are being filled in about the Applewhite's reason for moving to quiet Wisteria Lane. The following evening Betty sends down the prisoner's dinner whose name turns out to be Caleb and tells him that it is important to face things even if they are difficult. Soon after, Matthew sees his mother writing a note to the Chicago police department that she knows Melanie's real killer. Matthew warns her to reconsider since Caleb is not fit to be punished and would be automatically sentenced to death. Betty ponders the thought for a moment but sends the envelope in the mail. When the Chicago police department receives the letter, they think that they may have made a wrong arrest since their writer obviously knows of something relevant to the murder.



Meanwhile, Susan Mayer is visited by her short but always optimistic book agent Lonny Moon, (played by the wonderful Wallace Shawn of course) who comes to Susan for help. Susan knows that Lonny has helped her in the past but she feels that helping Lonny with his financial problems would only worsen their friendship. Mike advises her not to trust Lonny but she really can't say no to an old friend. When Susan delivers the papers to Lonny's home, she discovers he is living alone without his family, with no electricity and little food. Susan joins Lonny on the floor where the two talk and Susan decides that she would rather not join Lonny's new firm. Lonny then grabs the paper out of her hand and a fight ensues. Susan wins of course and puts Lonny in his place. Susan apologizes but cannot trust Lonny with business any longer. When Lonny tries to get everything clear and in the open, he tries to kiss her even pushing Susan further away.



Lynette is really beginning to see the rather controlling side of her boss, Nina Fletcher. When Nina rejects a campaign Lynette has been working on, Lynette decides to soften her up by taking her to a bar to pick up a guy. While there, Nina lacks the confidence but when Lynette talks to a man at the bar he offers to buy Nina a drink. The following day, Nina comes in refreshed and actually nice to her fellow co-workers. Lynette sees this as an advantage to get on Nina's good side but it comes with a price. For the next few days, Lynette is forced to tag along with Nina to the local pub which is cutting into her family time but she knows that if she gives up on Nina that she will most definitely reject all of her future campaign ideas. Lynette goes with the flow but soon after erupts when she finally gives Nina the payback she deserves. Lynette soon reemerges from the restroom where she becomes all-party and puts Nina to the test. Nina backs off and Lynette goes home satisfied of her victory.



Gabrielle finds Carlos an excellent lawyer who is guaranteed to get Carlos out of jail. However when Carlos takes a look at the man who will be representing him, he decides that David is just another pretty face and that Gabby will definitely try to sleep with her. Gabby tries to persuade David to take action which he does but with a mix of good but disastrous results. David promises that if Carlos hires him as his lawyer that Gabrielle is off-limits but if he does not comply he will continue to pursue Gabby, wine and dine her and then sleep with her. Carlos agrees to David's stipulations but it doesn't mean that David will not try to win Gabby over. I really don't think we have seen the last of David...and his relationship with Gabrielle.



Bree finally gets the respect that she deserves when the detective who had originally thought that Bree had something to do with Rex's death actually sides with her and decides to release Rex's body. Bree celebrates her victory but when she arrives to pick up the body, the detective gives Bree the note Rex had written to her on his deathbed. Bree takes this as a total blow and leaves the hospital in a huff. At the gravesite with the company of Susan, Gabrielle, Lynette and Edie, Bree reburies Rex's remains in a different place after learning that Rex believed she had killed him. Bree gives her reason to the other wives why she is so angry and goes on to scream about how she was always there for Rex. The other wives understand and accompany her to Rex's new grave which is adjacent to the gate opening where Rex's body is slowly lowered into the ground.



Maybe Edie's right, maybe the Super-Mom's are always the first to quack.



Other important events in "They Asked Me Why I Believe In You"...

*Title reference: The title obviously refers to Susan believing in Lonny with her problems but when you look hard enough you see it relates to other plots in the episode. Rex had faith in the doctor that Bree had poisoned him. Nina believed that Lynette would be there every step of the way when she tried to pick up guys. And David knew that Carlos would agree to his ultimatum even though we all know David is going to sleep with Gabby regardless.

*No Andrew, Zach, Danielle or George this week but not so fast, in the final moments of the episode we are treated to watching an awful stubbly Paul Young opening his mail returning to find his son missing and everyone near to him gone.

*I really enjoyed all of the plot lines this week, they were all fantastically done and were all very enjoyable to watch. Lynette's plot was amusing, Bree's was always enjoyable with that mix of drama/satire. Gabby's story was interesting since her plot future is clearly out there and Susan's well...she's Susan, everyone's favorite klutz. Not that there's anything wrong with that...



"They Asked Me Why I Believe In You" was another great episode of "Desperate Housewives" which really brought back the uniqueness of the show with its ongoing theme of mystery, something missing from the first four episodes. Brilliant acting by all especially Marcia Cross and a superb job from writer Alan Cross and director David Grossman. Absolutely fantastic all around!

Well, now watching my weekly Desperate Housewives on Saturday nights, as my Sunday nights are spent watching Supernatural encores after Charmed ... because now I have to watch My Name Is Earl on Tuesday nights instead of Supernatural. Oy vey. *sigh*



Anyway, another great episode of the only show right now that matches Nip/Tuck in pure quality. The "new neighbors" storyline is really starting to unravel now. We got our first look at the "slow" Caleb locked in the basement, and now we know he murdered somebody and for some reason the mother and son have him. Apparently the police have arrested someone who looks like him ... still not enough information to go on though.



Lynette ... wow ... her boss ... what a friggin' biatch. Borderline worst person you could imagine. So first of all she's a total office b**** and then she's socially inept, and Lynette tries to do a nice thing and now she's blackmailing her into putting her family second and "getting her men" for her first? Wow ... some ppl just have no shame. But wow .. I REALLY enjoyed Lynette in Coyote-Ugly Mode ... damn ... some hot stuff right there.



Anyway, Zach has obviously been sent away by Susan now, and due to her recent actions involving forgiving a certain friend named Lonny, she has found out that Mike will never forgive her. She also finds out that Lonny has been lying to her and has fallen into deep financial trouble, and she can no longer continue as his client. After he makes a move on her, she ends their friendship as well.



Meanwhile, Carlos (as if you can blame him) becomes immediately suspicious of Gabrielle after meeting the new lawyer and refuses to hire him. The scene with the marriage counseling was so f-ing hilarious .... but damn ... pretty smart attorney if you ask me ... using reverse psychology like that ... getting Carlos to agree to using him by telling him what would happen if he let him go - that he would be free to have his way with Gabrielle ... not exactly orthodox, but it got the job done.



Also Bree finally gets a chance to bury Rex's body ... but complications arise when she finally finds out what we've known since last season .... Rex killed himself because he believed Bree was secretly poisoning him. Neither Bree nor the detective knows that it was actually George, and now that he has somehow passed the lie detector test, who knows when and if the truth will be discovered.



After Bree's insane yet called for uproar in the cemetery, we saw a final scene in which Paul Young is shown in an unknown location ... opening a letter.

The plotlines I enjoyed:

1.) Bree re-burying her husband and finding out that he believed she had poisoned him.

2.) Lynette bar-hopping with her boss so she can pick up dates, only for Lynette to turn around and out-slutify her boss. How eeevil!

3.) Gabby continues to persuade her husband of how good the new lawyer would be. And then the lawyer convincing Carlos that if he doesn't hire him he will be allowed to sleep with his wife.

4.) The man in the basement is probably Betty's 'special' son who murdered someone.



Which leaves one unenjoyable plotline for a character that deserves better:

1.) Susan's book agent in financial trouble, two words: Who cares?



So not to shabby for a mostly enjoyable episode.

This episode was a lot better than what we have seen lately. We had a poker game without Lynette and with Edie. And we finally had a scene with all five main housewives together! It was great! The episode was actually pretty funny! Marcia Cross did a fabulous job at the end of the episode when she vented her frustration over Rex believing that she poisoned him. Also, we learned more about the mysterious Applewhites. Now the show will work again if Susan gets wind to their secret, and discusses it with the other housewives, as they try and figure out what is going on. That is what made the show work last season, and it can easily be fixed. Gabrielle and Carlos were great as always! Can't wait to see what is in store for them and the new lawyer David! For the most part, I really enjoyed this one!

I was really surprised to discover that Lynette was a really roisterer girl without complex! with Nina she dances into tables like if she was a coyote girl ans shows to men that she is a really attractive woman.

I was also surprised by the incredible reaction of Bree but so characteristic, this actress is amazing and I truly love her.

Susan and Mike are always boring and I hope that will be better soon because this second season is really not good for them.



The final plot was extraordinary with Paul return... the next episode will be great, I am sure of it!

After a very slow start things look like they could be starting to pick up. It was nice to see the ladies together again. Bree\'s breakdown was a shock, to say the least, but was a nice change from supermom. I loved the way Lynette got back at her boss and I bet she won\'t be asked to go for a drink again. But I have to say, for this being nothing more than a filler episode it was better than the first few episodes that we have seen. Hopefully next week things will be back on track from last season and more of the secrets of Wisteria Lane will be revealed.

I didn't know how I felt about the exploration of Lynette's work life exclusive of her home life. Of course, no mother can completely separate them, but Lynette's storyline feels a little too disconnected. I love that she's still on the show -- I do love Lynette's character -- but with her interactions exclusively with Nina, her storyline is losing some of the jazz that made this show a great soap.



That shouldn't be taken as saying she shouldn't go back to work, or that she's only interesting when she's piled over with kids. I'm just saying Nina was far too prominent in this episode.



That being said, I did enjoy the idea of Lynette procuring for Nina and her arc was just fun -- especially at the end. Swing it, Felicity! w00T!



The Gabi's new lawyer thing should've progressed a lot more quickly. Gabi isn't a complete fool and she knows full well when a man is leering at her. Her feigned surprise in the visiting room was disingenuous, and more than a bit silly. Bradley doesn't look like that and Gabi doesn't look like she does without there being lascivious intent somewhere. That being said, loved his laying out the reasons why he couldn't sleep with Gabi -- and Carlos buying them.



That girl will need to discover what makes her happy and soon.



Susan's storyline was just dry. I guess Susan the writer is just never as interesting a story to me as Susan the lovesick puppy, but it was a reasonably interesting exploration of her character.



Lonnie is, obviously, a complete yutz.



Betty has a huge and sometimes violent mentally-ill son. Who she's managed to hide. For the most part. I'm guessing that he was abused by his father and that's why he's slow and his father is ... gone. It lends some more compassion to her storyline, but it's not nearly as exciting as it might have been.



And Bree was, as always, wonderful. The story was mostly about Bree, but in a really oblique sort of way, which is why it seemed a little unsatisfying. At first I was wondering if they'd really released Rex or if it was someone else, and then when the investigator told her about the note, she got so furious.



Rex forgives [i]her[/i]? She's already had to "understand and forgive" about that whole Maisie thing, and she never completely has.



To me, it seems like an investigation like this would absolutely have checked the heart meds he was taking. Lab analysis would naturally show they weren't the prescription, that's why Rex was getting worse instead of better and instead of "understanding and forgiving" Bree, he should've been more suspicious of his stalker, who had complete access to them -- and a motive.



I loved seeing Bree in something that wasn't black again. She was very demure -- that dark grey-green thing -- but it was a step beyond mourning.



And I'm glad the girls were so supportive of her.



Her reaction to Rex's note was priceless. She so completely lost it in the cemetary and I'm sorry, but I just loved seeing her lose it. Her little historical narrative while they were moving to the next gravesite was just delicious.



The imperfectly remembered quote -- "I don't want to lie next to someone who thinks I'm a murderer for all eternity. Let him spend eternity with strangers!" -- was priceless.



But I guess I'd love to have heard the poem she was going to read back when she wasn't seriously P.O.'d at him.



So yes, last night's eppy had some moments, but it was mostly dry, and a little -- not [i]boring[/i], exactly, but not completely up to code, if you're hearing me.



All the same, guys -- some entertaining stuff. And cool to see Paul right at the end. Go 'Wives! :)

In this Sunday installment of Desperate Housewives we discover that Susan's book agent Lonny is in financial trouble. There is now a decision for Susan on whether she should stay with him or with the book company. In the meanwhile Brie is out and about trying to get her husbands body put back in the ground, and Betty tries to alert the police that they have arrested a man for a crime he didn't commit. This episode was a slow one for Desperate Housewives and didn't really pick up the pace till the end of the show. Still the best actresses in here are Felicity Huffman, and Teri Hatcher, but their characters weren't involved in problems similar to Season 1. The problem with the show this season may be due to the new writing style of Julia Sweeney who was brought in as a writer.

Better than last week. My favorite moment was when Edie was hopping along in her crutches at the graveyard trying to keep up with Bree and the other desperate housewives. (Edie, that pink leg cast is fabulous - keep it among your accessories!) The Solis story line with Carlos's jealously and suspicion of Gabrielle is getting old fast. I'd like to see more of the other Desperate guys, like Tom Scavo and John, the gardener, in future episodes.

Another cool episode. The mystery of Alice's basement mate continues and is even more intriguing this week. I had thought it was her abusive husband but now it looks even more complicated. The fact this man seemed not only lucid but willing to stay in the basement just makes the mystery of who the hell he is even more intriguing.



Always loved Wallace Shawn and he looked good here. Glad Susan wasn't totally stupid enough to buy his stories and saw the truth. Also good that she had enough backbone to know sticking with him was a bad idea. Also interesting how Julie now knows about Zach which could be something to play with in the future.



About damn time Adrian Pasdar got on a new show and he's a great fit here. The fact he's utterly open to wanting Gabby is good as is that Carlos also knows he wants her and that Gabby wants him, even if she denies it. The Gabby/Carlos arc has been the best thing about this season and I look forward to this new twist on things.



Once again, Lynette seems stuck with a plot beneath her although having her boss ease up on the bitchiness was good. And I can't believe how hot Felicty Huffman was in the halter dancing on the bar. Funny, sexy and has an Emmy, people!



And then we get to Bree. The trick of the cop trying to get her to confess might have worked with most anyone. Of course, the fact Bree is honestly not guilty was a complication. But it builds up to the moment we all knew was coming, as Bree finally loses it and screams and howls about Rex and his treatment of her and Marcia Cross goes full out nutso in a way that makes Kimberly Shaw look the model of restraint. The shock of the other ladies was something to watch (I loved how, as they paced behind Bree, Edie was trying her best to keep up on crutches). Dumping Rex in another grave will be hard to explain to the kids but then, this is Bree.



So some furthering of the Alice and Gabby plots and a great Bree moment make this one of the best of the year so far. Hope it continues.

This episode just wasn't all it was advertised to be. And commericals with ABC announcing themseleves as "A-Boo-C" in the middle didn't help either. Favorite parts included the dirty look Mrs. Rex gave the police officer extra and the way the men choose to bicker over Gabriella. And would Gabriella really get involved in another affair? And would the laywer really change his mind back so fast after dropping off the radar at finding out she was pregnant? Or is he just having fun with the Solises and us? I've seen Lonny in a lot of roles but he wasn't as star-spangled as I wished he would've been. Maybe it was the character type and not the actor that didn't work for me. But in the end... poor Lonny. Poor "pity card" Lonny. Why can Susan be honest with strangers but not with Mike and his kid? And what Lynette's boss did came off somewhere between sexual harrassment and blackmail. Beautifully played. Eventually annoying. A irksome annoying turnoff. Of course Bree would rebury Rex. So in character. And whenever the ladies meet to converse Lynette isn't there anymore. I always feel like there's a face missing. So that's what that Detective was up to.... Well even if it was clever we all know that Bree, capable or not of murder, (she IS wound pretty tight) is too much of a neat-freak to ever leave behind evidence. I'll just wait for another episode. It's never horrible, just sometimes not fabulous.