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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Happy viewing!!!

Michael Queenstown