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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

SEASON 6; EPISODE 2

“ONLY THE LONELY”

When we left Wisteria Lane last week we were left wondering what would become of Julie Mayer. Who would want to do something like that to such a nice girl? And of course we have the neighbors all gathered around shaking their heads at yet another tragedy. Why hasn’t anyone moved off this street yet is my question.  Luckily Julie is still alive, but not out of the woods, medically speaking, just yet. The new family on the block, The Bolens are suspiciously missing from the street. They decide, instead, to hide from the rest of the neighbors. Why is this? Do they know something we don’t? What (if any) role has their son Danny played in Julie’s attack?  The Husband of Wisteria Lane have their suspicions.  And so do I.

We know Danny was out on a drinking binge the night Julie was attacked, and now can’t seem to remember the events of that night.  We also find out he asked Ana to give him an alibi for his whereabouts by saying that he was with her.

Now when it comes to the Bolens, more information is needed here. Why do they feel they need to create an alibi for their son? Does he have a past? Is that why they have moved to Wisteria Lane to start with? What do Nick and Angie Bolen do for a living? Why does Angie have those nasty scars on her back?

Finally good to see Katherine getting a good story line this season, even if it is as a nutso who thinks there’s a chance Mike will come back to her.  Lynette is finally coming to terms (no pun intended) with having more kids, thanks to Susan.  Mrs. McCluskey has a new love interest (special guest Orson Bean), who finally got him to tell her he loves her.  She needs a good story line now that Dave Williams is out of the picture. And will we see more of Lily Tomlin as her sister in episodes to come?

It seems that Bree will continue her fling with Karl (for now), even though Susan said that any friend of hers who would sleep with her ex, after all he put her through, would no longer be a friend of hers.  Time will tell how long that relationship will last.  And what becomes of Orson?

Anyway, after it is found out that Ana lied to the police to cover for Danny’s whereabouts the night Julie was strangled, he becomes the prime suspect, and is hauled off to jail.

All-in-all, I would have to say it looks like Desperate Housewives is back from the dead after last season.  Keep up the great work!!

Until Next Time!

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Michael Queenstown

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WILL IT BE A DESPERATE NEW SEASON??

SEASON 6 ; EPISODE 1

“NICE IS DIFFERENT THAN GOOD”

Well, here we are again.   Season 6 of Desperate Housewives has begun. Will it be a snoozer like Season 5, or will new life be breathed into it, now that we have a new housewife on the block?  I’m getting ahead of myself here, so let’s move on, shall we??

Anyway, season 6 starts off where season 5 left us: at the church and the wedding of Mike and the mystery woman. Was it Susan or Katherine?  Well, I’m happy to say it was Susan (for the second time). I guess Mike and Susan never really stopped loving one another and that the whole Dave Williams mess just brought them closer together.  But, just as the happy couple are walking down the aisle after their “I Do’s” they are stopped by Katherine who asks if she missed anything.

Of course, now we have to have another flashback. This time we go back in time to 8 weeks before the wedding.  I’m hoping this is the last time, because all this time traveling makes me want to take a Dramamine before each episode.

OK, we’re 8 weeks prior to Mike and Susan’s wedding, and Bree and Karl are still having their affair. Karl figures what better way to get back at Orson for trying to blackmail Bree.  Tom and Lynette discuss having twins. Lynette is fearful of the idea and Tom thinks it’ll be fun to have babies around the house again.  Mike breaks the news to Katherine, who appears to be taking it well. Or is she?  Gabby and Carlos’ niece Ana is up to her old bratty ways. She tries to go to school in skimpy clothes (concealed by a big baggy sweatshirt) which Gabby sees right through. Carlos wants Gabby to sign papers to become Ana’s legal guardians, but first Gabby needs to see an improvement in her behavior. A new family moves onto Wisteria Lane and into Edie and Dave’s old house which was also Mary Alice’s house. They seem to be running from someone or something, but we welcome newcomer Drea DeMatteo to the cast of Desperate Housewives, as Angie Bolen with her husband Nick and son Danny. I got the impression that Danny is the reason the Bolen’s are there in the first place.  Danny gets his first look at Julie as she arrives home from school for her mom’s wedding to Mike.

Now it’s 6 weeks before the wedding and Angie has already made friends with the rest of the housewives, except maybe for Bree. Susan is trying to avoid contact with katherine and Julie has agreed to tutor Danny in math as he is going to start college very soon.  Gabby finds Ana washing the car, because she wants permission to go to a party. Gabby tells her to be home by 10, but the party doesn’t begin until 11 and Gabby says no, so Ana sneaks out anyway and Gabby has to go and drag her back home. Ana tells Gabby she figures she will be thrown out of the house anyway, since she overheard Gabby telling Carlos she wanted to keep her options open and not sign the guardian papers. Gabby signs them, making Ana fully aware that she will be on Ana like a hawk.

Danny asks Julie to go to a movie sometime, but not as a date, but as a friend. Danny’s dad tells Julie she’s too good for him. Danny and Julie have and argument later with Danny telling her she only cares about herself.  Lynette goes to the doctor with Tom for a sonogram. The twins are fine. Lynette tells Tom she feels no love at all for them, and he tells her those feelings will change once she holds them in her arms.  A delivery man leaves Susan’s dress with Katherine, who decides to be wearing it when Susan comes looking for it. Katherine has a pot of spaghetti sauce on the stove and Susan makes her remove the dress, and she needs to get over the fact that her and Mike are getting remarried. Susan tells Mike about it, and she’s mad at the fact that everyone is more concerned with how Katherine is coping with it, and Susan feels like “the other woman”.  At the church Katherine drops by to talk to Susan and wants Susan to apologize to her in front of the whole church during the ceremony. Susan refuses until Katherine threatens to make a scene.  Susan locks Katherine in a closet in the bridal chamber and gets married. As Mike and Susan prepare to leave the church they are confronted by Katherine who managed to break her way out of the closet. Mike threatens to have her physically removed. She turns to go in tears until Susan finally apologizes for not talking to her through this whole ordeal and hopes they can still be friends.  I don’t think that will happen.  But then again, what do I know?

Later that evening as Julie is taking out the trash, she is attacked from behind, choked and left for dead as a figure takes off running down the street.

What will become of Julie??

Was Danny Bolen her attacker??  And if so, why??

And what is up with the rest of the Bolen Family??  Why did they move from wherever they were??  Did they move because of Danny as was the impression I’m sure we all got from the episode??  I think the Bolens are mob connected, but then again, what do I know??

What will become of Bree and Karl’s affair??  What will become of Orson and Bree’s marriage??  Where was Andrew??  Will Katherine ever recover??  And why was one of Carlos and Gabby’s daughters missing from this episode??

I have to watch and find out just like the rest of you!!

All I will say is that this was a great episode, and it looks like Desperate Housewives is back to being the show I know I fell in love with. But, then again, what do I know??

Until Next Time…

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Michael Queenstown

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After seeing  Sunday’s season 5 finale of Desperate Housewives, I would be lying if I said I was not worried about this show’s future.

Don’t get me wrong by any means.  I will be right in front of my television set for the Season 6 premier,  and even though I thought this season held its own compared to the previous four seasons, it still left somewhat of a bitter aftertaste in my mouth (not unlike drinking “TAB”) when it was all over.   I am glad to see the Dave Williams (David Dash, if you prefer) “seeking revenge for the death of his wife and daughter”  storyline come to an end.  Though I thought it to be anti-climatic, the  fact he is alive and back in a mental health facility where he belongs, leaves the door open to return in future episodes.  The appearance of Edie’s ghost appearing to Dave,  ball-busting him even from the grave, made me realize I already miss her.  Though the character was going nowhere, she still added a bit of spice to the show.   We have Tom going back to college to major in Mandarin Chinese so he’ll be more desirable when and if he goes back to work.   Lynette, going back to the doctor thinking her cancer is back, only to find out she is pregnant.  Again.  With Twins.  AGAIN!  “Are you sure it’s not cancer?” she asks the doctor.  Then there’s Bree, Orson and Carl.  Can you say “dysfunctional”?  Why did the show stop at killing off Edie?   Would anyone have missed Orson?  A Carl and Bree affair?  It could be interesting, except for Carl’s track record. We’ll see.  A family reunion/picnic with Carlos’ family winds up with Carlos and Gabby becoming foster parents to the granddaughter of Carlos’ dying Aunt Anna.  The same Aunt who took Carlos and his mother in when Carlos’ Dad ran off.  So, Carlos feels it would only be right, since he and Gabby have been so blessed (this season).  The granddaughter has the ability to wrap men, and as we saw, all three Scavo Boys, around her little finger.  We also learn the granddaughter has a “secret” which Aunt Anna says Carlos and Gabby will find out “soon enough”.   Has Gabby finally met her match? What ever happened to Karen and her sister Roberta (guest star Lily Tomlin, who, in my opinion, should have had more air time this season)? Did they help the idiot cops finally make their case concrete against Dave?

Finally, what can be said about Mike,  Katherine, Susan and Jackson?   Mike proposes to Katherine  after learning Jackson and Susan were getting married.  Mike was not in on Jackson and Susan’s reasons for getting married, but Katherine was.  We know Mike still loves Susan, and vice-versa.  And so does Katherine.  We know Mike leaves Katherine alone at the airport waiting for their flight to elope in Vegas when he sees Dave’s video.  We already know where Dave ends up.   Fast forward 2 months, in church. Who is  the mystery bride, face covered by a veil, that Mike is about to marry in a church  in the final scene?  Was it Katherine?  Was it Susan?  I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Jackson.  Or was it?  If  the mystery bride was Susan, where was MJ?  If it was Katherine, why was Carl at the church, and if  Mike and Katherine were eloping to Vegas, why get married in church? Why were Bob and Lee not there?  Where was Andrew and Justin?  Why was Mike unsure if he made the right choice, as Mary Alice said before the screen goes black?   Which “charatcters from seasons past”  (if any) will return to Wisteria Lane next season?  Will we find out season 5 was all a dream?

These and other questions will be answered on the thrilling season 6 premier.

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Michael Queenstown