Desperate Housewives ‘Rose’s Turn’
Air Date: April 26, 2009
Liveblog/recap

OK, so things are a little bit different this week. Neighbor Peggy’s on vacation at a destination bachelorette party in Miami, so I’m joined by two new people: Friend Erin, who’s not super into Desperate Housewives but watches for moral support, and Cute Boy Ryan, who also doesn’t watch the show but is a pretty big TV nerd.

So this should be fun, yes? Let’s go!

9:03: I had some hope that Rose would let everyone know that she saw Orson, but no, she’s on the same crazy train (aaaaaallllll aboooard!) with Crazy Dave and is telling Katherine that she thinks Death came for her ….and stole her knick-knacks.

9:04: You know, as I’m watching this scene between Orson and Bree, I’m realizing it’s been a long time since we’ve had a good divorce. I could use one of those right now, but I don’t think should be Brorson (why has it taken me so long to start calling them that?? It just rolls right off the tongue), at least not yet. I love his crazy pilfering and want more of it!

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Desperate Housewives “In a World Where Kings Are Employers”
Air date: Feb. 15, 2009
Live blog / recap

Aight, so here’s the deal: I usually watch with Neighbor Peggy and we toss some witty banter back and forth about the show. She can’t make it tonight, so I’m just going to have to tell Susan jokes to myself!

Check back tomorrow (Monday) for the winners and losers of tonight’s show! (And suggest some of your own if you have ‘em!)

Shall we begin?

9:00 The “previously on” showed Crazy Dave’s therapist realizing that Mike was in the band. That means we’ll get to see an altercation between them!
9:02: Uh, did Susan just tell Mike to step up and help out? Who is this woman, and what has she done with Susan?
9:03: MJ’s at Katherine’s. I sense a battle over who’s the better mom: Katherine vs, Susan. I think Katherine wins round number one. Two words: blackjack lesson.
9:06: I love how Bree’s family continues getting wealthier and wealthier as her neighbors (Lynette/Tom’s slow business and Carlos not getting a bonus) are feeling the economy. I also wish this was a made-up recession for a TV show, instead of a TV show pulling from reality.
9:09: Tom’s putting his foot down and saying he won’t close the pizza shop. We all know how THAT one’ll end: He’ll apologize to Lynette for being a jerk and they’ll close down the shop. What’re they going to do? Go back to the ad biz?
9:12: “Life is brief and mostly sucks.” Awww, it’s Edie. Foreshadowing, there? I don’t think I can watch her without thinking about what’s going to happen to her
9:13: Edie hears buzzing. Is Crazy Dave hiding a crazy vibrator?
9:14: Or a cell phone. That was my next guess.

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Desperate Housewives 5.11 “Home is the Place”
Air date: Jan. 11, 2009
Live blog / recap [preview]

Aight, so here’s the deal: Neighbor Peggy and I are watching the ‘wives tonight and commenting about all the events of the show. Some of them might be even witty comments. Check back tomorrow (Monday) for the winners and losers of tonight’s show! (And suggest some of your own if you have ‘em!)

Shall we begin?

9:00: Oh man, we’re starting right off with Crazy Dave bein’ all crazy. I especially love how Mary Alice is talking so nonchalantly about his crazy, too. “And then he went crazy. Oh, and then, and then…”
9:01: How GOOD does Edie look when Dave “bumped” into her?
9:02: Ah, here’s the beginning of the end for Mike. It just seems like he’s been out of the picture for so long, and I’ve kinda forgotten about him.
“And just like that, Dave’s dream of revenge was salvaged.” Yeessss….
9:04: Susan changes the subject from Edie and asks, “Think you can rent my house out?” translation: “Me me me, me me me, me me me.”
9:05: Katherine walked up to Mike’s house as Dave’s mowin’ the lawn. Doesn’t she look like she’s about to whip open the trench coat and flash him?
9:06: Peggy says she’s totally making the moving-to-Baltimore thing up to see what Mike says. Obviously, Mike failed that little mind-reading test.
9:06: Bree looks good! In glasses, and more relaxed? What is it about her? Is it because Melina isn’t in this episode yet?
9:07: Woah! Future son-in-law Alex took an AWESOME character turn and started yelling at Bree not to emasculate Orson because that’s how his mom used to talk his dad. Looks like someone’s script got beefed up.
9:10: Does anyone else want to see what Baby Matt Damon 1’s life is like in the nursing home? Running through the cafeteria and stealin’ all the lime Jell-O and smearing it all over the bingo boards.
9:11: Peggy and I both, at the same time, comment on Edie’s boobs. Is she wearing a bra, and if so, why is it so ineffective? She’s got a bad case of what I like to call the whale boob…you know, like how whales’ eyes are all far apart and on the sides of their heads?

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Read last episode’s winners and losers

Desperate Housewives are done with their little winter hiatus, which means it’s time for our weekly game of winners and losers! Please remember these are up to you, too, so if you see someone you think should be a winner/loser in Sundays episode, e-mail or comment it to me!

Shall we begin?

WINNERS

1. Gaby: Oh man, I wish I had made an entire category about Gaby’s laugh so I could grade it in each episode. Not that it would matter, though, because the evil cackle that girl had going when Bob walked into Susan’s house would win every time. Can’t wait to get this on DVD and rewatch it — over and over again. But in other Gaby-winning news, she swindled her husband into taking a job he didn’t want so she can buy pretty gold shoes (and MAN were those pretty…). I’m not sure how she managed to make him feel bad for needing her care while he was BLIND, but she did. Yes, getting what you want isn’t necessarily a good thing…unless it’s within the confines of this show!

2. Bree Hodge: I thought she’d be a loser at first. The future in-law/trashy-pants Melina seemed to be winning with her version of red hair, with all this “I called it first” business. We knew that couldn’t last long. We knew Bree would be back, and again, any woman who calls someone a troglodyte is a winner. Forever.

3. Edie Britch: Finally, finally, FINALLY we get to see more dimension to her character. Instead of being the woman who’s just the neighborhood Edie Britch Williams, she’s become a woman married to a crazypants — who grows enough of a backbone to send Dave out. I think it’s time she was on the opening credits of the show, which, I might add, haven’t been updated pictorially since ‘nam/the beginning of the show.

LOSERS

1. Dave Williams: For entertainment purposes, Dave isn’t a loser. In fact, there’s nothing more that I love than watching a man go crazy. I’ll be dreaming about the scene with him sitting at the table, all whispering like a crazeee to his wife and child. But, let’s be real: in the grand scheme of the show, it’s not awesome to be crazy. It (probably) lost him his wife, and we all know he’s about an episode away from snapping and seeking his revenge on Mike… speaking of, will you miss Mike if he’s killed off the show?

2. Tie: Porter Scavo, AKA Baby Matt Damon 1, and Susan Mayer: Porter gets this award because he was too stupid to find a better place to hide than Grandma’s nursing home room. The Desperate HouseKid obviously hasn’t run away long-term before, and should’ve taken some tips from Andrew on how to survive on the street. On the bright side, we’ll get her back in Lynette’s life. Susan gets this because she told Lee she’s not happy without a man. What kind of message are you sending to your daughter AND baby son, Susan? Come ON!

3. Carlos Solis: Carlos loses for the obvious reasons. The man spent five years blind, then miraculously regains his sight, and then has to feel guilty for needing help during that time AND for wanting to help the blind…and the kicker? He’s convinced by his greedy wife to take a job he’s got no interest in. I really, really hope we see this in future episodes and it’s not just passed off as “oh, Carlos has a job now, things are back to the way they were in Season 1….”

Whattayoo think? Any other people should be on this list?

Photo source: CTV

Here is the video clip of the shocking (and somewhat disliked by some) season conclusion to Desperate Housewives. There are definitely mixed emotions about the 5 year flash forward. Some thought it was done well and some didn’t like it at all and are guessing and hoping that someone was just dreaming all of that.

I am hoping it was a dream. I didn’t like the fact that Mike wasn’t in the picture at all. I did like seeing Gabby as a mom of twins, but I honestly can’t see her glamed down look flying on the show. The clip with Lynette and Preston stealing the car was funny and believable. As far as Bree being a successful cookbook author…I still have mixed feeling seeing her that way. I was glad that her and Orson were together though.

Any more thoughts on the 5 year flash forward from you?

(On a side note…I was almost done with my season finale recap and my computer crashed. It likes to do that from time to time. I have some of it that was saved, but the rest…well I have to do it ALL over again. Needless to say I was not a happy person last night. The recap will be on its way soon. :D)

Shawn Pyfrom talked to Hollywood 411 about returning to Desperate Housewives and about his character Andrew. He mentions how Andrew has changed and grown and how his relationship with his mom, Bree, is growing. He also talks about an independent film called “Tanner Hall” that he filmed over the break.