TV Review: Desperate Housewives Season Finale Goes Out With a Bang

Two weeks ago, I said that Desperate Housewives had returned.

After months of lagging story lines and a mystery that put us all to sleep, the writing team over at Desperate Housewives gave us back that snappy dialogue and nail-biting drama that we so hungered for most of the season.

It's no secret that the show's writing has been nearly a disaster this season — even the cast have chimed in on their characters' lackluster stories. James Denton says "Our cast grew too much this year and some of the characters got lost in the shuffle." Which is true. We've hardly seen any of Mike Delfino this season which doesn't make much sense. Susan and Mike are the Meredith and McDreamy of this show. Instead we get some crappy (and may I add, not as attractive) doctor who's wet behind the ears.

And with Edie Britt, quite possibly the juiciest villain you love to hate, got limited screen time this year, especially when we were promised a story about her 6-year-old son we've yet to meet, and her alleged sister played by Sex & The City's Kim Cattrall.

Marcia Cross, meanwhile complains about the sensational story lines for her character that have sent Mrs. Van De Kamp (my favorite Housewife) to the nuthouse. She says "I've been at Marc Cherry's door going, 'You've got to be kidding'."

And then there's the infamous Applewhites, who I would argue, have nearly singlehandedly ruined Season Two. Mehcad Brooks, who played Matthew Applewhite up until this past Sunday, seems to agree. Brooks says his onscreen family have been "marginalised and segregated from everyone but the Van De Kamps."

But luckily the show has come full circle and revamped its limp mojo, which was flawlessly displayed in Sunday's two-hour season finale (Full video can be found at Breath of Fresh Ink.com). We got to revisit some of our favorite past characters on the series such as John the gardener (Jesse Metcalfe), Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp), and even our beloved narrator Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong).

In a mix of flashbacks and unfolding of current impending dramatic story lines, we were given a fantastic two hours of television that I almost didn't want to end.

Article Author: Chris Evans

Chris Evans is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, with a B.A. in Communications. He is working on several screenplays and hunting for a media job in this hot mess of an economy.

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