Desperate Housewives

i was a bit disopointed in this episode of desperate housewives the storylines just ddint seem that greratt of juicy like they did last year, the return of john rowland was that great that storyline is abit boring now hopefully thats the last we see of him for now, the lynette stuff was pretty fun but not that juicy the susan stuff was ok as was the bree stuff as i was glad to see the back of rex's mum, the applewhites continue to be abit boring, overall the season has been abit of a letdown hopefull next week it abit better

Mientras que Lynette se empeña en decirse que su relación laboral no afectará su vida personal este episodio es una muestra que ella cada vez se equivoca más. Gabrielle se da cuenta del grande error que fué haberse metido con John y pues se muestra sincera y vulnerable frente a Carlos, lo que en mi opinión le da nuevo aire a su matrimonio y hará más fácil que siga vivo mientras este sigue en la carcel. Mientras que la relación con Mike de Susan sigue en el limbo, el personaje de el esposo de Susan se vuelve más importante en la serie ya que empieza a salir con Edie, me parece que es un personaje que se puede explotar mucho y del cual sabemos muy poco, a diferencia de los demás esposos que vemos con más frecuencia.

Another great episode with our favourite housewives. So, we finally get to see who is in the Applewhite's basement, but we still don't know who he is or why he's in there. I didn't know whether to laugh or look in shock when I saw Betty open the door and the tray came flying out of her hand. I thought the scene was very well done. And we also finally get to see Gabrielle show some emotion, so now we know that the character has some depth and that she is not a completely cold bitch. It was good to see Bree send Phyllis on her way, I was getting a bit sick of her. But the return of George was a bit disappointing. The whole Edie, Susan and Julie thing was a bit over the top. Susan was the typical jealous mother, while Edie was very defensive about her new role in Julie’s life. And finally Lynette knocking over the coffee cup so she could see her son’s first day at school was hilarious. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, and I can only hope they keep getting better.

When Phyllis Van de Kamp arrived and debuted at the start of the season her character felt like a breath of fresh air, a new woman open up to any possibilities, someone who would be right at home in the 'Housewives roster. She was funny, complex, dramatic, in that first episode she had it all, and the rivalry with Bree that quickly established soon proved entertaining. Tonight though, we say goodbye to her.



In the previous episode she spent most of her time wailing and crying like a hyenna over the death of her son, and from there she pretty much lost any hope of being anywhere near "credible". That disgust and hate Bree had for her was soon transferred to the viewing audience, and just below Susan, she was the housewife I most wanted killed off. She leaves tonight after Bree having enough of her, and interestingly, she leaves exactly the same way she arrived- in a taxi wailing randomly. The damage is done however, as Rex's body has been dug up as a result of talk, and most satisfyingly, Psyco-pharmer George is back.



To add to her worries though, both Van de Kamp kids think she could have actually murdered Rex, and on this she takes a lie-detector test while they watch. George's name is mentioned in the passing and wahey, her kids suddenly know about her "bit on the side". Danielle and Andrew were both pretty much wasted for the third time this season, but if what i've heard is right, this wont be the case in the coming weeks...



Elsewhere one of the other few highlights this week is Susan and her "wackiness". With Karl now living with Edie down the road young Julie Mayer doesn't have to go far to visit her dad. Not that big a problem, but Susan is soon annoyed by how much time her daughter is spending with Edie. The whole plot is pretty disposable and unnecessary but it was fun to watch, even if do hate myself for admitting it.



Gabrielle- pink top, a scene or two with Gardener John, another prison scene, her driving a fast car, yeah you've seen it all before, it doesn't need explaining. More to the point, it doesn't need SHOWN, but regardless it's all we get week in week out. More Gabrielle-related nonsense next week? I think it's safe to say (dissapointingly) yes.



Also this week? Lynette continues to charm and entertain with another fun work-plot and Felicia Tilman finally returns, complete with neck brace. A lot of the past season's finale is brought back to our minds too, and after such dialogue between her and Delfino, I wouldn't be too surprised if Mr Young returned sometime soon. We can but hope.



This season so far has clearly been geared heavily towards Bree, and I think it's great she's finally getting more screen time and scenes than the "wacky one". With a cliffhanger like tonight's episode too- George admitting he didn't kill Rex- her future as a lead actress and character is pretty much cemented.

This has to be my favourite episode of season 2 of Desperate Housewives.



Firstly, Mary-Alice was back and commenting with a vengence! Or at least, with much insight and wit.



Lynette's story-line, and she seems to be getting the best ones this season, which isn't saying much, provided some actual humour in a 'what will she do next?' manner. Meanwhile, Susan was petty and jealous - but wouldn't any mother be? Just as it seemed they were redeeming Edie, she went and ruined the day for Julie, which was hardly surprising, but please, note to writers: We don't like plainly black and white characters! Allow Edie to do well sometimes, please?



Bree, aha, what I'd been waiting for! Her character seemed to have lost a little of what made her special this season. But finally, there's some chance of hope! Plus George is fully back in the picture, which is fantastic news for the season!



It was nice to see Gabrielle make-up with Carlos, even if her realisation seemed slightly out of character for her. Note to make-up: Don't tie up her hair, and don't put her in a fully baby-pink outfit! Thanks!



So, all in all, a definite improvement. I find I'm actually looking forward to next week!



Oh, and I liked the hip-hop music concealing the nasty secret...

If Desperate Housewives ever named their episodes after 80’s songs instead of Stephen Sondheim musicals, you could bet this instalment would be titled “Tell Me Sweet Little Lies”. Of course, seeing as that’s Grey Anatomy’s mantra, we’ll just have to make do.



Quick question – am I alone in my undying hatred for Phyllis? I really hope not and so nearly everything is right in the world when Bree finally sends that dreadful woman packing in a scene I will undoubtedly savour. Shirley Knight, you’ve been a nuisance – learn to bloody act or better yet Marc Cherry, never allow this irritating character to grace our screens again.



Of course just because we got rid of the wicked old witch, it doesn’t mean Phyllis didn’t leave without causing trouble. Thanks to the meddling bat, Rex’s body has been exhumed and Bree is now officially a suspect in her own husband’s death and while the police are happy to think the worst, she’s horrified at the suggestion. Even more horrifying is Andrew’s off hand remark about his mother being too much of a coward to be capable of murder. The little hypocrite should as he certainly had no problem leaving a woman for dead last year. Nice one, Andrew, although the fact that him and Danielle would even consider their mother capable of murder is hardly the shock of the century.



More effective than Andrew’s remarks was Danielle calling her mother out on being more concerned with making the bed before calling for an ambulance for Rex in “Goodbye For Now”. Danielle has always been the least interesting and underdeveloped out of the teens on Wisteria Lane but the girl was totally within her rights with that attack. Bree should have thought of the ambulance first and ignored an unmade bed. Maybe then the doctors would’ve had a better chance to have diagnosed him properly. This show seems to follow a tradition of ineffectual and incompetent medical staff who are now trying to piece together the reasons behind Rex’s death. They still may not have done their jobs if Phyllis and the insurance company didn’t give them that extra push.



Bree’s stand on proving her innocence provided some brilliant moments. It was great she voluntarily insisted upon taking a polygraph test, which even for her sceptics should’ve raised the notion of her being innocent. Only a guilty person would be reticent to do so. Of course the biggest surprise of the test was Bree being in love with George, which felt a little false. Although they have common interests and passions, I’m not sure I buy into her loving George though. Not that he cares all that much as the sly little sod manages to outwit the lie detector and get away with killing Rex. This officially kills my Mum’s theory about polygraphs being 100% reliable.



Something that always seems to be reliable is Susan and Edie’s hatred for one another as this week, Julie is now caught in the middle of the warring women when she’s forced to pick between her mother and her new aunt to accompany her during a church recital. Julie relents and picks her mother, although not before telling both of them that they suck and let’s face it, Julie’s got the kind of self awareness that’s a low commodity in this neighbourhood, especially when it comes to Edie and music. As a singer she’s brutal and she’s just as lousy on piano as well as Susan’s good deed backfires for poor Julie when Edie accompanies. Susan and Karl weren’t the only ones who felt for Julie, I can tell you that.



Thankfully though, not all of Susan’s interactions were childish (bar her very public row with Karl) as her interest in Betty continues to sprout. This week she manages to get piano lessons from her new neighbour. I like the fact that Betty is slowly being integrated with the other women on the show but Matthew was right about her antisocial behaviour drawing suspicion rather than deflecting it. I also like Matthew quite a lot too and his desire to get to know the people in his new neighbourhood is understandable. However the almost escape from the basement hostage (who now I’m guessing is alleged dead son instead of Mr Applewhite) lacked drama but if he can try to escape once, he’ll probably succeed the next time he does it.



When it comes to success being a business lady has it’s drawbacks as Lynette is now getting used to. A boss like Nina is the kind of employer most people would rather do without and although she’s openly hostile about kids, did anyone else think she may have had a point with banning Lynette from taking the hour off for Parker’s first day at school? In a way, I think she kind of did. Lynette is there to work and if she had been a single parent I would totally back her up but Tom is now being the parent for paediatrician appointments and school days and Lynette needs to let him get on with it. Parker did manipulate the situation and Tom knew that and while Nina being scalded with coffee was comically done, Lynette needs to leave her family life at home and be a professional in the workplace. That being said, I’m still enjoying her plots this season.



And I’m still enjoying Gabrielle’s as well as this week there was another interesting turn of events. Which was better to watch – her realisation at long last that her relationship with John was as hollow as his personality has become or her incredibly heartfelt and sincere apology to Carlos? I would actually go for both and although she’s still got a way to go, Eva Longoria’s performances are increasingly improving. That being said Carlos has an even long way to go than Gabrielle does and as for John and his forty-something new girlfriend – what the hell? Gabrielle’s repulsion at her new gardener was also a nice touch.



Last but not least, after a brief absence, it’s reassuring to know that Felicia is still alive if not altogether well. You can hardly blame her disappointment in Mike for Paul (wherever he is) still being alive or her lack of concern for Zach’s whereabouts. Her scenes with Mike were brief but let’s hope that she will have more to do soon.



Also in “You’ll Never Get Away From Me”



Housewife of the week: Flashbacks showing what a vindictive old chrome Phyllis really is as her “forgetfulness” had Bree stuck with needles, her best clothes smeared in paint and of course tripping on her waxed floors.



Mike: “You could be nice”

Susan (re Karl): “I am being nice. I haven’t had him arrested”.



Tom (re Parker): “Don’t wanna rain on your parade but the kid totally manipulated you”

Lynette: “If the kid is that good, you gotta give him his dues”.



Was it me or did this episode seemed to try and make a point about the type of car Gabrielle got as an anniversary gift. Also did anyone notice Matthew eying up Gabrielle?



Gabrielle (re John): “Let me count the ways, gently, savagely, frequently, upside down”.



Nina (re Parker): “How is this my problem?”

Lynette: “Because we can’t escape the fact that I have kids. I love my job but to be fair, there’s gotta be some balance”.



Character bits: Edie’s family have a musical background, despite her being tone deaf. Julie also said her brother OD’d. At least I think that’s what she said.



Susan: “I hate to be technical but this show, I mean it’s really a family thing and I hate to point but you’re not family”

Edie: “No but I have talent and to most audiences, talent trumps family”.



No Paul and Zach this week. Every other regular was present and accounted for.



John: “So this is the end for us because I though we could’ve had a better ending”

Gabrielle: “Given how stupid we’ve both been, I think this is appropriate”.



Andrew: “I don’t think you’re capable of killing anyone”

Bree: “Thank you”

Andrew: “It wasn’t a compliment. It takes guts to kill somebody”.



If they don’t want their neighbours to know someone’s in their basement, why doesn’t the Applewhites hostage just be gagged already?



Susan: “I hope it wasn’t as ugly as me and Karl”

Betty: “You’d be surprised”.



Lynette: “Nature’s calling”

Nina: “Hold it for ten minutes, we gotta get through this”.



The tea party girls at the start and end of this episode was a strange twist.



George (re polygraph test): “What did you say?”

Bree: “I said no”.



No chronology or standout music in this episode.



I liked “You’ll Never Get Away From Me” better than last week’s episode and although it contained some truly exceptional moments, I still found it a little average. As I’ve stated in other reviews, I’m loving the shaking up of dynamics but I still feel that we’re only waiting for the unmissable stuff, which I will wait for.

"Funny thing: since he beat me and threw me down the stairs, we don't just stay in touch like we should."--Felicia



It seems that everyday in reality or even television we are accustomed to lying, betrayals and cheating. This week's Desperate Housewives perfectly shows how sometimes lying works. We lie sometimes because we want to cover up something, other times we lie so that we don't hurt someone else's feelings and other times lying can be used as an escape. Everyone seems to be a victim of lying this week: Susan, lying that she is a good musician. Bree, lying of loving pharmacist George. Lynette lying to her boss to try to get out of a meeting, which isn't absolutely false. And Gabby not exactly lying but for being betrayed by John when he has clearly "moved on".



Bree's story arc is quite important to this episode's plot since it's what carries the episode. On a routine visit to Rex's grave at the nearby cemetery, Bree and Phyllis discover that Rex's body has been dug up. Bree is shocked at first but soon after her mother-in-law slowly lets out that she had been notified by the police that Rex's death may have had foul play. They soon leave and the following morning Phyllis awakes to the sight of Bree packing her bags. Phyllis is then dragged out of the house and into a taxi cab which sends Bree into sighs of relief-- for now. Bree later visits a detective where they accuse her of a suspect for poisoning Rex. When she tells her children of this, they become curious since Danielle had witnessed Bree making the bed during Rex's second heart attack. Andrew and Danielle then accompany Bree to a lie detector test where she answers most of the questions correct. However when the question pops up out of nowhere: "Do you love George Williams?" Bree answers no, but signs from the polygraph state the oppposite. The children look on hurt and Andrew soon leaves the room.



Susan becomes worried when Julie has not arrived home yet. She patiently waits outside of Edie and Karl's home when Mike approaches her. The two talk and slowly walk towards Edie's home where surprisingly she and Julie are sharing a song with Julie providing the vocals and Edie on guitar. Julie later announces that she and Edie will be doing a performance at the church's talent show. Susan soon after objects and begins practicing piano with Betty Applewhite. When Susan tells Julie she has been practicing, Julie is forced to choose between Edie and her mother. Julie picks Susan, since she is the mom but Susan soon gets the guilt from Karl. At the performance, Susan cannot play, she then goes out into the crowd and approaches Edie and apologizes. Susan then walks back to the piano when Edie tells her that she plays piano. A few minutes later, the host announces that Julie will be performing with her "Aunt Edie". Much to Susan's pleasure, Edie plays piano horrible and embarrasses herself causing Julie to lose.



Lynette arrives home with a new backpack for little Parker Scavo who starts Kindergarten in two days. When Parker asks if Lynette will be accompanying him the first day, she tells him that his dad will be taking him which causes Parker to become upset and give her the backback back. Tom then tells her it was definitely part of Parker's manipulation. The following day she asks Nina, her boss who totally objects since she is single and can never leave work. Lynette finds a somewhat satisfying solution for all parties involved: Tom will bring a video cam cell phone to school and Lynette will watch from her office. The day arrives and Nina demands Lynette to be present at the staff meeting. Lynette then tries to get out several times during the meeting: once to get copies, the second time: to go the bathroom and the third ends where Lynette spills coffee on Nina when she shakes the table with her leg. Lynette happily talks to Parker afterward ending successfully. However Lynette wonders what will happen in the future since she does not want to miss out on her children growing up.



Gabrielle continues to fantasize about gardener John but he is no longer working for them. She follows John one afternoon where she witnesses John being seduced by a much older woman. Gabby becomes angry and destroys the woman's garden. John soon after confronts her and Gabby comments on his love life. Gabby decides it best that the two stay away from each other. When Gabby goes to see Carlos in jail she angrily reminds him that that day had been their anniversary. To make up for it Carlos buys Gabby a red Aston Martin (her third car on the series). The following day, Gabby gives a heartfelt apology to Carlos about her affair which Carlos belives is the best anniversary gift Gabby can give him.



Over breakfast, Matthew Applewhite tells his mother that he needs to get out of the house to play basketball because he is going "stir crazy". His mother advises him that they must remain a low profile because of the basement prisoner. Right at that moment the prisoner makes a run for it causing Matthew to pistol whip him. Susan Mayer then runs over not because of the noise but to ask for piano lessons. Betty tells her she does not give lessons and quietly shuts the door. Betty reconsiders and says "that we should try and fit in". The next day, Betty gives Susan her lesson but they soon hear a drone of rap music coming from the basement which Susan gives the whitest comment about. We then see Matthew drilling a new lock onto the dungeon door.



Bree then asks George to take the polygraph for him so that the police know that they did not conspire. When George takes the test he confidently answers the questions and when the question "Did you poison Rex Van De Kamp?" arrives he answers "No" which is taken as the truth but is really a lie. Bree happily looks back as she knows they will both be cleared.



Other important events in "You'll Never Get Away from Me"...

*I'm happy to announce that Felicia Tilman is out of the hospital and is recovering at Mrs. Huber's home. When Mike brings her a bouquet of flowers, Felicia knows that it comes with a price. He asks where Zach is but she does not remember but she supposes he is looking for his father which she proceeds to think Mike made it impossible. Mike then tells Felicia he freed Paul which she believes is a big mistake.

*Edie surely recovered fast as she is first seen with her cast on but when she goes to play the piano her cast is off.

*Bree's storyline was my favorite this week as she and George escaped what had could have been worse. George must have been heavily sedated during his interrogation because there is no way the polygraph could have not detected it (or maybe he is just a good liar).

*I loved Gabrielle's little apology to Carlos. It was so genuine and touching. I think the score in the backround really added to the emotion in the scene.

*We find out a little bit about the prisoner in the Applewhite's basement. He is a young black male named Caleb who must be her other son. It cannot be Virgil, her husband since he would probably be a lot older.

*I enjoyed the opening montage with the little girls having a tea party, they remind me of minature housewives. Speaking of which when are they going to have a scene where they are all together?



"You'll Never Get Away from Me" is a very satisfying episode with a few defining moments, continued mystery and of course humor. It seems that next week only gets juicier according to the preview.

The best part was Lynett at her boss meeting.. she wants to see her sun at school first day.. very good...

and the polygraph test .. the best.. first Bree submitted to that with her sons attention... then her lover...

and Gabrielle apologizes with Carlos..

Susan was supposed to play piano with her daughter, but...

This show is awesome, and I always laugh so hard during every episode. But I did not find it funny when Edie was called Julie's "Aunt Edie." I mean, I know it was a family talent show, but it just sounded wierd. Also, I'm getting really sick of George the Pharmacist. He's creepy, and I don't really think he's a great asset to the show.

Alot has changed.



Well. But not that much has changed for "me" in westiria lain. I'll explan. Lynnet is still my favorit carehcter, and here halerios tom:). I still feel very sorry for everyone all the time (waw, amazing seen batwin gabi and carlos, didin't see that coming, didin't know she had it in here, poor thing...) amm. I stil can't wait for susan and maik to be a normal couple.



enyway.

Another grat succes for sesun 2!



well, abut this eps.

bree: I am reely starting to like here. there was not one I hated more then here in sesun 1 but now she is very licable. Love the seens between here and philis.. :)) goo bree!



Lynnet:, well, I always love Lynnet. she is soo funny ("way are you faiting so hard to sleep on baby-vomeit?") and the coffee this eps., hoo she is briliant...



Susan: I was prude of here. she did a grat jub of manibyelating eidi. but to bad Juli had to suffer from it. atlist she wasent the biggist silly girl in toun as she usually is.. And I relly need to know, what are Susan and mike now? what dose cashouel mein? cous thay loked pretty clous this time..



Gabriel: well I rout what I thout abut here. that she was amazing in that seen with carlos and for the firt time wasent absurved in hrselfe and relaized here mistake.

bigist shouk I had in a while.



Thats all, ho and when Susan anderstands thing, she has a funny face. wounder how she'l unfold Betty's famaly...



Good episod.

Overall this episode was far from excellent. It was AVERAGE- not a very good episode.



Why is DH focusing on comedy this season? It needs more drama, in my opinion. The only drama in this eppy was when Betty's prisoner nearly escaped.



The only funny thing was Lynette and the seizure comment by her boss.



Susan, Im getting tired of her! She has to interfere with Edie and Julie... Aaaghh!



Bree's storylines were OK this week, glad to see Phyllis departing! Gabrielle's storyline was by far the best in this episode... Her speech in the end was touching!

In this episode, I thought that it was great to see the look on Bree and Mrs. Van De Kamp shocked faces when they found Rex's coffin exhumed, thanks to Phyllis calling the investigator and informing him that Bree had a boyfriend at the time of Rex’s death, making her a suspect. One thing that I thought was humorous about her kids finding out about that were their responses, Danielle shocked at the thought, and Andrew knowing his mother too well to think that she could be a murderer. I thought that it was very classy of Bree to put her kids’ worries to rest by being willing to take a polygraph test to prove she is innocent. In this part, one thing that I didn’t find surprising was that Bree was surprised that she had feelings for George that went beyond friendship. One thing that I found rather disappointing during this part of the story was when George went and took the test and was able to pass with flying colors when asked if he poisoned Rex.



With Susan, Julie and Edie, I was very impressed with Susan in the way that she overcame her jealousy of Edie to let Julie sing with her at the Church function, I even overlooked the fact that she was enjoying Edie not being able to play the piano as well as Edie said she could



Now on to Gabrielle, I found that she had the best character development in this episode. Instead of making up an excuse after she apologized for having an affair to Carlos, she finally became a big person and accepted her part of the affair, mainly after her talk with John when she found him sleeping with another woman. I find it great that is finally thinking the consequences her actions bring.



Finally it seems that even though she really wanted to go back to work, even if Tom didn’t quit, Lynette appears to be missing the time she spends with her kids, just look at the extreme measure she went to be able to talk to her son on the morning of his first day of kindergarten. Hopefully, she will be able to find a good balance between work and home life.



In all, I found this episode to be very entertaining to watch. I can’t wait until next week’s installment of the show.

This episode sparkled my admiration for this series like few have done before. It's fun, entertaining and I once more found the character-developement just the way I love it so much in this series: there are turnarounds and hidden feelings surface.



Maybe to some people the realisations, some characters make in this episode may seem a little pathetic. Like Susan changing (seemingly - I'm not 100% sure about this actually) her mind about what's best for her daughter and forgetting her selfish jealousness and Gabriele experiencing about the one man, that really cares for her: her husband.



What I did not like was, how Lynette did let herself this easily overwhelm herself over the start of kindergarden of her son. I found it hard to believe she would burn her boss with coffee for not letting her to this first day of kindergarden and thus risk her success in her business. It doesn't seem plausible to me, although human behavior often is not plausible, in this case I would have appreciated a less more animated point of view from her side.



Bree's lie-detector-reaction to the question, whether she loves George really surprised me, because I did not really saw it coming, from what the audience has learned about this relationship from the previous episodes. May she really be in love with this man? I don't believe it - so why this reaction? I am anxious to know, how this turns out to be in the next episodes...



Perfect episode as I am concerned. Watch it!

Let's just start with Betty Applewhite's cherry pie in the basement.



With this glimpse of him as a psychotic raving lunatic the storyline can go in a couple of ways. Either he's her husband and he's gone stir crazy from being locked up for a couple of weeks in the basement, or he's [i]actually[/i] crazy and should really be getting help. Either way, it's hard to figure out a sympathetic storyline for him.



At least he's gonna have a harder time getting out next time.



Betty needs to learn to lie better. She's attributed the noises in the basement to Matthew when Matthew wasn't even in the house, and she's attributed the red on her white blouse to a minor baking accident when there's no cherry pie on the premises. Quick thinking, but she's gotta be quicker. This is the kind of secret that gets out, and suburbia is a [i]terrible[/i] place to hide.



Susan's involvement in her storyline makes a certain amount of sense, but only if you buy the idea that Edie is a musician and is getting along with Julie, and not deeply suspicious of Julie as basically Susan's spy, which would make a little more sense -- although Julie kept her dad's little secret for six months before spilling to Susan that Edie and Carl are an item, so that's about six months of "you sing, I'll strum" for "Aunt Edie" (oy!)



Susan played pretty well for being as out of practice as she clearly is. I think she sounded better with the pedal, personally. It made her errors more forgivable.



Lynette was a love, but the coffee thing was too out in the open, even for her. And sending that expensive piece of equipment to kindergarten with Preston (who's aged quite a bit in two weeks, hasn't he?) is gonna turn around and bite her in the butt, I have no doubt.



Preston is gonna have to accept his dad in some of these important moments of his life. It's exactly the same situation. Tom had to miss lots of first days while he was at work, and Lynette's gonna have to now, too.



I am so torn up about Gabi. I like her with John because John makes her happy, but I also like her growing up and taking some responsibility. It took her anger at seeing John with someone else as something of a wake up call, but I wondered if she wasn't just a little bit taken aback by how ridiculous John and Joan looked together -- especially Joan.



Oh well -- at least she got to take out some of her revenge upon the flowers. And her reconciliation with Carlos seemed heartfelt and very touching.



I wonder what his anniversary present was that she thanked him for? Was it forgiveness? Or was it something more tangible he didn't realize he'd gotten for her. Gabi is sneaky sometimes.



Ah. Bree.



Well, let's start out with the fact that we're [i]all[/i] pretty sick of Phyllis' memory lapses, including the one where she told someone it was fine to dig up her son's body for an autopsy.



Bree's tossing her into a cab was a most liberating scene, I have to believe, for many wives.



She's so incredibly cool. And I love how so much of what she did last season is coming back as being suspicious if you're not reacting in [i]exactly[/i] the way Bree is.



I think Andrew's selling her short. I think she has no shortage of guts.



I can't wait 'til she finishes mourning, tho (I'm guessing it's going to be exactly one month to the hour). Don't get me wrong, I love Bree in black, but part of the joy of that character is the kinds of clothes she shows up in and they're all so incredibly Bree.



I ... really don't think she's in love with George, tho, and it was a mistake to force the polygraph to say so.



But it malfunctioned a couple of times, then, because George [i]absolutely[/i] poisoned Rex.



The guy's a pharmacist, tho. It's not unreasonable to assume he swallowed something to trick the machine.



It's -- actually, now that I think of it -- [i]amazing[/i] how much [i]access[/i] a neighborhood pharmacist can have.



I truly enjoyed tonight's episode. Well done, ladies! :)

Two words: move on



While the return of the sister of the woman killed by Paul Young (I'm spacing on both the actress and the character names) was great, the rest of the show was just blah blah blah for me.



The jailed guy and his wife are going nowhere. (like a self absorbed sex kitten will suddenly rush back to her bad husband)



The "work won't change my family" thread is thin.



Edy and Susan are turning into Stupid and I'm with Stupid



The new family with the guy in the basement are simply too ridiculous to exist.



Blockbuster ratings or not, this one's about done for me.

Susan:

Last week I was highly disappointed in Susan's portrayal. This week was a welcome relief from the ditziness she had been displaying way too often. When she got up on stage to perform, I feared they'd make her do something stupid, but luckily they didn't (although it can be argued that letting

Edie play instead wound up being a stupid move).



Lynette:

Lynette's storyline continues to be the best of the season thus far. It's not a particularly strong or important storyline compared to some others, but I think it's doing a great job of highlighting and developing her character. A working mom who's clearly determined to do well in her job but also clearly loves and will do anything for her family; last week it was the rat, this week the coffee.



Gabrielle:

Gabrielle had the most character development in this episode than she has in a long time. She gets closure with John and realizes her mistakes and for the first time thinks about the larger picture rather than just herself.



Bree:

Her storyline started out well until the polygraph when she "failed" answering "No" to loving George. George is infatuated with Bree and it was clear last season those feelings weren't reciprocated, so I felt the writers were grasping at straws to move Bree forward into a new storyline since her current one was dying out. George "tricking" the lie detector in the end, however, was not surprising, as he's just the type of intellectual nutjob that could manipulate his mind (and others) into believing anything.



The Applewhites:

We finally get a glimpse of the imprisoned person in their basement. I'm slightly confused though because it's a black guy, and I'm fairly certain we saw a white hand in previous episodes. Nevertheless, we're still left in the dark about who he is or why he's locked up. I have my own ideas, but a review is not the place for theories and predictions.



Overall a great episode.