Desperate Housewives

[belboid]

what?

where did you fuckin hear that?

that is NOT so!!

dunno - here, there, somewhere or other. Possibly that radio interview, possibly somewhere else, possibly in a drunken dream!

It'll be interestin to see how all the characters come across next season as they all lost the raisin d'etre - Bree lost her husband, Lynette is leaving the kids at home to go to work, Gabrielle's huband went to jail and this is where the comedy was framed around.

Nah that's a good thing - they have, as you say, ALL lost their initial 'drive', so it will make for an interesting turn around - a return to the drama in place of the melodrama. Good stuff (potentially).

I do wonder tho - how the hell could Mike have NOT known about the baby - why the hell would Deidre have been visiting Angela/Mary Alice otherwise? And why believe whatsisnames story anyway - the pathetic creep would obviously try and blame Mary Alice anyway.

 

[Louloubelle]

I'll take that bet!

yer on!
I not really a gambling person but I'll betcha a fiver that he's less louis theroux and more 'oooh oooh ooooh' by the end of the final series

 

[CyberRose]

I do wonder tho - how the hell could Mike have NOT known about the baby - why the hell would Deidre have been visiting Angela/Mary Alice otherwise? And why believe whatsisnames story anyway - the pathetic creep would obviously try and blame Mary Alice anyway.

Depends who the father of the baby is................

(Which could explain both your questions )

 

[newbie]

I kept hearing it as Mary Ellis, but Alice makes a lot more sense.

Isn't the point about the change in circumstances of all the housewives that the only one whose life will not change massively (assuming she doesn't get shot that is) is Susan, the only one who earnt her own living and wasn't largely defined by her man. The others will all have their lives changed, not really by something they did themselves (ok, getting pregnant) but by what their menfolk determined.

 

[belboid]

I kept hearing it as Mary Ellis, but Alice makes a lot more sense.

bloody americans and there pronunciatons! It's like Deidre being pronounced deidra - tho I think her sister said it the right way, perhaps objecting to the silly (pretentious?) way everyone else used.

Isn't the point about the change in circumstances of all the housewives that the only one whose life will not change massively (assuming she doesn't get shot that is) is Susan, the only one who earnt her own living and wasn't largely defined by her man. The others will all have their lives changed, not really by something they did themselves (ok, getting pregnant) but by what their menfolk determined.

apart from now (assuming they both live) she'll be with Mike - whereas Bree will be the one on her own this time (assuming she doesn't kill herself from guilt)

 

[newbie]

Susans love life will continue to be chaotic, but I don't see her surrendering her independence.... and the point is that she's chosen to shack up with our hero, not had the change foist upon her.

Bree (do they really name people after cheese, and then spell it wrong?) didn't make the choice, and whether she actually works for a living, or picks up the insurance and rejoins the country club (which assumes she doesn't wrongly do time, of course) her future has been wrenched out of her own hands and changed by one or both of her men.

 

[brixtonvilla]

A fiver it is... *spits in virtual palm & proffers it manfully*

(Non-saliva based wager confirmations are available upon request)

Once a gimp, always a gimp.

 

[E.J.]

Was that Alfre Woodward? She's put on a bit of weight since I last saw her.

I thought the woman who played Bree was especially good in those last two episodes, having known people like that (male and female), who are so messed up inside they're compelled to make everything around themselves neat and ordered. I reckon she'll go off the rails a bit next series, maybe take to the sauce or something.

Yes Stigmata - It's acclaimed black actress Alfre Woodward who plays the new neighbour who's domineering her son in Wisteria Lane. I'm sure that when the second series is shown i bet that one of the main plots in the second series will be based on her and her son i.e. the relationship between the two. Plus how will they get on with the likes of Bree (played by Marcia Cross - who played the "slightly" nutty and possesive doc Kimberley in Melrose Place), Gabreielle, Lynette, Susan etc.

I'll admit i'm quite impressed with the first series of Desperate Housewifes. And as CyberRose said it will be very interesting, especially if the scriptwriters can develop even more sensational storylines for e.g. Bree - especially on how she copes after Rex dying because of that sinster pharmacist. I bet the police will point the suspicion of his poisioning to her!

Looking foward to the next series - let's hope that it will be as good as the first series

 

[tastebud]

yeah but surely they'll be able to tell that he'd been taking dodgy pills. but yeah, they'll probably blam bree. that was freaky! i hate that pharmacist.

carlos & gabrielle crack me up though. the final episode was pretty depressing, but those two are quite funny.

 

[E.J.]

Too true Vixen - But as you and i know Bree will be the prime suspect for Rex's death. About Gabreielle will she continue her affair with the young fella John whilst Carlito is in jail? The final espisode of the series was good and it sets the tone for the second series.

 

[tastebud]

bloody hell. i would- he's delicious!

felt really sorry for bree & rex

 

[tastebud]

i'm gonna purchase a freeview box tomorrow.
wanna re-watch dh and watch the ones i missed (starts again 13th july).

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

that investment in freeview purely for e4 is paying off now, looking forward to seeing this again. always the sign of something good when even though you know how it goes/ends you want to see it again!

 

[tastebud]

yep!

 

[Louloubelle]

predictions for the next series


Bree will end up in prison with Maisy (charged with murder) where they will, after much animosity, end up as friends possibly even lovers.

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

edie becomes more of a main character as lynette is off working?

 

[MightyAphrodite]

!!!!!!!!

The new season starts sunday!!

When Mike arrives home, he finds Zach holding Susan hostage and has to find a way to rescue them both. Meanwhile Lynette interviews for an account executive position at a top ad agency, now that Tom has agreed to stay home with the kids. Her boss, Nina (guest star Joely Fisher), is skeptical about hiring a mother of four, so Lynette makes a big effort to impress her. Rex's mother, Phyllis (guest star Shirley Knight), comes in for his funeral -- and to drive Bree crazy. And Gabrielle, feeling guilty about her unfaithfulness, dutifully begins visiting Carlos in jail, on the season premiere of Desperate Housewives.

(which me and vixen only care about probably ...)

but it does .....

 

[tastebud]

The new season starts sunday!!




(which me and vixen only care about probably ...)

but it does .....

i don't know if it starts here.. maybe on multi-channel television, dunno, afaik not on terrestrial, but then, i haven't actually turned on the tv for over two months so i could be wrong.

in any case, i look forward to it immensely!!

YAY!

 

[tastebud]

does anyone know when the new season starts in the uk?

i just thought of it.

 

[T & P]

When the first series finished they said 'Spring 2006'.

So it should be about 3 or 4 more months.

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

I saw an advert for this over christmas so i'm tempted to say january cause i stupidly forgot to notice when it said, if at all knowing how sometimes they say 'soon', i'll keep an eye out for it again though

 

[Wide Eyed Angel]

January 18th, and I want to think that's for channel 4 not E4 but I could be wrong

 

[rennie]

yes C4. i think.