I'll tell you honestly, I just don't know how I feel about last night's Desperate Housewives premiere. Despite my skewering the show repeatedly last season I was excited for it to return last night. I do tend to enjoy the show even if it is a shadow of what it was during the first season.
This is going to sound horribly cruel and callous, but I was looking forward to Edie Britt no longer being around (due to her apparently committing suicide) and feel cheated that she is coming back. I didn't need her to commit suicide, as was implied in the cliffhanger finale from last season, but it would have been nice to have her off the show permanently. (I know the character has fans in this world, but I simply can't fathom why; seriously, if you like her please comment down below as to why exactly that is.) But no, sadly, Edie Britt is going nowhere, fast. And, what's worse, she's sucking Carlos down the rabbit hole with her and her horrible pathetic neediness.
Let's think about him for a moment, shall we? Carlos is now all for having a full-on affair with his ex-wife, Gaby, and has completely taken the clichéd "but I can't leave her right now, she's fragile" stance towards Edie. It's weird. This is a guy who was supremely angry at his wife for cheating, who horribly regretted his own affair, and now seems perfectly happy to be carrying on with a married woman when he himself is also in a relationship.
I love the addition of Nathan Fillion (Firefly) to the cast, and Dana Delany (Kidnapped) certainly is no slouch, but what about their storyline, this whole history of Katherine Mayfair (Delany) and her daughter thing? I don't know that I like the notion that the show is again going to be bringing in another family for a season, explore a mystery with them, and then quite possibly jettison the characters. It didn't work with the Applewhites, and hopefully outside of Orson we have seen the last of the Hodges; why do that again? Do the current stock of characters have no more hidden secrets?
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1 - Robert Laventure
I very much miss Gwendoline Yeo and her character
Xiao Mei.I thought it was stupid to just drop her
after the surprise baby shocker without a further
explaination. Her playing of the innocent maid was exciting to me and I'm sure she could stir up
Wisteria Lane without too much effort. Please bring her back for me!
Bob Laventure
2 - Maxine
I think the delivery of punchlines is off. Marcia had some funny lines, but you blink....and it's over. If you are gonna say something funny, there needs to be a pause...remember Bea Arthur and her deadpan pauses after each funny line ???
I never really liked the frenetic "Frasier" type pacing of comedic delivery. I'm more from the Archie Bunker/Bea Arthur school. I realize they don't have a laugh track, but a few more deadpan looks and pauses would give the audience time to digest what's been said.
I also feel both Edie and Susan haven't evolved very much.
3 - JMDiaz718
I love Dana Delaney and I hope she is on the show for the long haul.
I actually like Edie's character alot more than the Susan one. I just hope the Edie and Carlos affair is over soon.
I actually heard a rumor that Gaby was gonna be written off the show.
Susan is annoying and pretty stupid as a person.