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Tonight on "Desperate Housewives," Katherine goes farther and farther 'round the bend.Check out our "12 Steps for Rehabbing 'Desperate Housewives." We don't love Katherine being all looney tunes... unless she's the one who strangled Julie. That would be awesome.
Krazy Katherine & Bree
Katherine tells Bree that she's in love with Mike, hence the chipper mood. Apparently she's been doing surveillance on their house at all hours of the night and thinks he's going to leave Susan as soon as Julie's better. Oh Katherine. Later, Bree actually spies Katherine lurking in the bushes outside Mike and Susan's house and confronts her. She insists that Katherine leave work and get some help.
When Katherine comes back, she says her job and Bree's friendship is all she has left. She insists that she's better now but then Katherine sees a cake Bree had made based on Katherine's design for her wedding to Mike (Bree didn't know). Katherine snaps, saying if she can't have her cake, nobody will. So Bree starts frantically wheeling the cake away from Katherine, a chase ensues and this all happens in the background of the wedding. It's vintage "Desperate Housewives" hijinks and visual humor, I love it.
The next day, Bree fires Katherine and tells her to get counseling. When Bree asks for Katherine's keys, Katherine keys Bree's car and flips them to her. Yikes.
Green-eyed Gabby
Gabby is NOT happy about the burgeoning romance between John and Ana. When Juanita and Celia find Ana's condoms, Gabby goes ballistic. When confronted, Ana says she loves John and Gabby wigs eve further. Of course, Ana only thinks John was "the gardener." He may have pruned Gabby's garden but not in the way Ana is thinking.
Gabby goes to see John about it and he says that he was only flirting with Ana to see if Gabby still cared and that she obviously does care. Gabby insists that she doesn't still care but John says that he can now offer he money and a way out of her yucky life with two kids. He moves in and kisses her just as Ana arrives at the restaurant. Gabby chases after her.
She tries to explain to Ana about the affair. Ana asks her about staring at the photostrip and Gabby says they are just memories. She asks Ana not to tell Carlos. When he comes home, Ana says she's going to quit her job at John's restaurant.
Later, with a voiceover of Gabby telling Carlos how she's actually really happy with her life of taking care of their children, John finds an envelope at the restaurant with the photostrip inside, ripped down the middle.
Lynette's Love Muffins
Lynette's second-trimester boobs are back. Tom is thrilled, Lynette is worried. Carlos notices the boobs and talks to Lynette and wacky boobs-as-children conversation ensues. When Lynette realizes Carlos thinks she got implants (and doesn't know she's pregnant), she plays right along.
Of course, she's happy to play along... right up until Carlos wants to use her new boobs to attract two male clients who have a lot of money to spend. She doesn't really have a leg to stand on when he asks her why she'd get implants if she didn't want people to look at them. He then gives her a credit card to buy herself a new dress.
Everything goes swimmingly for Lynette's dinner and she wonders aloud to Tom why men are so obsessed with boobs. She's worried that he compromised by marrying a girl with small boobs. He says that he did compromise... because he needs Lynette to not be perfect because HE'S not perfect. Man, they write good stuff for Lynette and Tom. Excellent scene.
Susan's Snooping
Andrew comes by to see Julie in the hospital and he is sporting some POOFY hair. Yikes. Anyway, he spills the beans that Julie quit med school to be a waitress and figure out what to do with her life. Oops. He then spills that the fella Julie was seeing is married. Oh, Nick Bolen. I KNEW IT!
Susan hunts down Julie's journal (natch) and tells Mike she doesn't even know her daughter anymore. Just then, Julie awakens. The doctor tells Susan "no questions." I'm sure we all expected her to listen, right? First she tells Julie that she's not pregnant. Julie looks annoyed that Lynette blabbed. Susan then uses this as an in to ask about the boyfriend. Oh Susan. SHUT UP.
She comes back the next day to badger Julie some more. I know it's bad, but perhaps it could wait until a FEW days after she comes out of a coma? Julie snots to her mom that she's not perfect anymore and Susan whips out that Julie should know better (since her dad had an affair on them). Ouch.
The Bolens' Bash
Angie bribes Porter Scavo to throw a party for Danny because Danny is feeling sad about not having any friends. We dont' see Angie again for awhile but then she's changing her shirt in front of Danny (yeah, that's weird) and he asks her if she's ever going to get her scar fixed. She reveals (to us) that it happened in an explosion.
At the party, Nick is totally chatting up two young girls. Ew. Danny calls him on it and says darkly, "Because I know." Smart money is that he knows about Nick and Julie.
And of course, right at the end of the episode Nick Bolen comes to visit Julie in the hospital, saying, "Hey Julie. It's Dominick. I miss you." DUN DUN DUN.
Thoughts & Tidbits
- I don't care that Angie had a pseudo-tank top on, it was still weird that she just changed her shirt in front of Danny.
- Susan's reaction to Julie being awake didn't play with me. Sure, we'd all like to see Wacky Susan come back. But there is a time and a place and after her being SO WORRIED about Julie, it didn't feel right that she wasn't more grateful or thankful and just burst right in with the third degree about Julie's private life.
- [Lynette has pregnancy boobs]
Tom: The Supremes are back.
Lynette: What did I tell you about naming them after musical groups?
Tom: I know, it's just that Benny & the Jets are so happy to see them
[Ed's note: Do they have electric boots and mohair suits?]
- Gabby: I have taken care of your demon spawn children for 12 hours. My shift is over!
- Eric: Look at those puppies.
Carlos: Wait a minute, aren't you gay?
Eric: You can't ask me that!
Carlos: Well, if you're not... I'm gonna have to punch you in the face for checking out my married friend.
Eric: So gay! Judy-Liza-Barbra gay. Proud member since '89!
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Good review, nice episode.
"I don't care that Angie had a pseudo-tank top on, it was still weird that she just changed her shirt in front of Danny." It may be a little weird for you cause that type of stuff did not happen in your household but it did in mine. Not in a twisted sick way but in such a way that if i need to have a conversation with my mom or dad and they needed to change cloths to get ready for work they would not tell me to leave the room, they would change as i continued to talk to them, like in the scene. I completely understand your feelings about it though since perhaps your family did not do stuff like that but just to let you know other families or at least my family still does that stuff.
I liked this episode alot, season so far good. Katherine is psycho and i wish the writers would find her someone nice to date rather than have her go crazy.
That would be so crazy and AWSOME if Katherine strangled Julie lets hope the writers choose that route instead of the WAY TO OBVIOUS ONE with Mr. Bolen doing the strangling.
Speaking of the Bolen's, i really wish that Angie would get some time to socialize with the other Desperate Housewives. I know right now they are all busy with their daughters getting strangled and work but I want her and the entire family interact with the other residents more.
Lynette and her boobs look great. i loved all of her scenes especially the scene at the end with her and Tom. I love that they are the only couple on the street that has not filed for divorce yet.
Susan was way to hard on Julie, she just got out of a coma, i would have given her at least a day. Susan was harsh on julie but then again, you do not drop out of college without at least mentioning it at some point and Julie has been back home for two months. I can understand the relationship with the marriad man secret but dropping out of college. Whatever happen to kids talking to her parents. I am in college right now and before dropping out of med school, i would at least come up with a back up plan and it owould not involve being a waiter.
Gabby, John, and Ana only spell trouble. John's exit clearly does not look like this is his last guest star appearence this season. I do not know why but I loved the scene when John asked Gabby if she was happy. Him coming closer to her and moving in for a kiss. I do believe still that Gabby loves Carlos, that kiss looked like John 80%.
Favorite scene: none really stood out too much but i did like John coming onto Gabby and tom talk with lynette at the end of the episode.
Bree again had the best line.
Katherine: "Susan went upstairs to bed and Mike stayed up late to watch a ball game. Does that sound like marriage?"
Bree: "That sound exactly like marriage."
Dana Delaney really does do crazy very well - but the story is terrible. As is the whole Julie story. Her married ex-lover buys the house across the street ! Ugh!
MJ, I don't think she knew him until he moved in. Remember in the first episode she went over to tutor Danny and Nick asked her not to shoot Danny down and how he (Nick) could see why Danny would like her so much?
The first episode covered a few months, I was under the impression the Julie/Nick thing happened in that timespan.
Def think Ana will blackmail Gabby eventually and def dont think we saw the last of John(thats okay though ;)) Katherine is pathetic and then when she keyed Bree's car. :o Wow! Still kinda confused w/ the Julie storyline. I vaguely remember in the season premiere about Julie dating a married man...didnt that involve her getting out of the car in the scene? Im curious too on how did some of you picked up on who it was....and how does his son know about the affair?
I don't get the timeline regarding Julie. She wasn't living at home in the season finale. The show picked up three months later, at the wedding. Not much time has passed.
How could Susan be unaware that her daughter had dropped out of medical school (who is paying Julie's tuition?). Also, I thought the new neighbors had just moved in at the season premiere. Lynette knew she was pregnant in the season finale but still isn't showing WITH TWINS. None of this makes sense.
Very sloppy.
I figured Nick was the one who Julie was seeing, but I'm pretty sure he is NOT the one who strangled her. My guess is its Angie or Katherine. Angie would make sense since they tend to keep the mysteries associated with the new family so they can move away for next year. But Katherine would be a great twist. Overall this season is starting off very well.
I was hoping this season would see a return to better writing, but that's not the case. It seems like every scene you can figure out what's coming 5 minutes before it happens. And as usual the timelines don't add up on this show. Pregnant all those months and not really showing? Daughter at home months and no questioning about her missing med school classes? Bree and Katherine never seem to work much yet they sure have $$.
The Katherine going crazy story is the worst. We're done with this show....
Desperate Housewives is a powerhouse again. I can't wait to see what happens next week. The trailer for next week was awesome.
It's not that many months. In the season premiere, we went from Susan/MJ's accident to the wedding in 8 weeks. Lynette just got her second-trimester boobs. So the timeline makes sense.