Desperate Housewives season 3 ongoing thread (1 Viewer)

[Sean Bryan]

????? No one's complaining about the show. Folks were commenting on the actions of characters in the show. Characters who are evil and creepy. Where does the "please" come from?

 

[Patrick Sun]

A so-so episode with some advancement in ongoing arcs (Delfino's memory loss bringing about a confrontation with Orson, Orson's mom embracing Flowers in the Attic). Zach is really hooked on Gabby, eh? Nice for Tom to get his balls back at the pizza parlor. Didn't care much about Susan and Ian's subplot resulting in a declarative question. Looks like Bree is close to be put on the shelf during the home stretch for Marcia Cross's pregnancy.

 

[Patrick_S]

I bet Orson didn’t kill his lover but cleaned up and disposed of the body for either his wife or mother.

 

[Hanson]

I sort of get the feeling that Kyle Maclachan's character was intended to be a creepy psycho but the writers found it more interesting to make him a sympathetic character and explain away all the bad stuff. However, I'm sure the writers wish they could turn back time and not have him run over Delfino, as it really paints him as a psycho regardless. They kind of had him gloss over it with a wink, but unless it turns out he is a real psycho, it's going to be the white elephant in the room for me. Although, I guess it doesn't matter as much if he's dead.

I liked the explanation of why Monique had Mike's telephone number on her hand, but how did Mike not recognize Orson immediately at the dentist's office?

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

They could write themselves out of this corner by having Orson think that Delfino killed Monique at the time he ran him over.

Regards,

 

[Hanson]

But why did it take a chance encounter in his office before he followed through?

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

..hey! Don't make me retcon the whole show. That's the writers' job this season.

In other words, good point.

Regards,

 

[Patrick Sun]

I was shocked at how the entire Orson storyline got wrapped up in one episode. At least Mike is now a free man, just in time to attend Susan and Ian's wedding, I guess...

Zach Young's got a new porn name "Zach Hung" (besides "Seabisquit"). I let out a giggle when Carlos made the prop swing back and forth.

 

[Rakesh.S]

i still think orson has it coming..mike still doesn't know that it was orson who put him in the hospital right?

 

[ScottH]

Can someone refresh my memory...wasn't there some kind of other connection between Orson and Mike when Mike was in prison. Orson was his dentist or something? What was the deal with that? Or am I imagining this?

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Last night's episode was pretty hysterical. I feel like the Gabby/ Zach storyline shouldn't be funny, but it always makes me laugh anyway.

Orson's mind is clearly a bit twisted from taking all that sandworm spice and reclaiming his own fluids. (I'm sorry; I can't watch Kyle Maclachlan in anything, including Sex And The City, without thinking that!)

 

[Patrick Sun]

I was smiling during Rex's narration. How many other dead people could show up and do the narration for DH?

Pretty solid episode, lots of subplots going on, but none of them felt all that short-changed either. Had I been Carlos, I'd just call the cops about some kid playing in the street, and them got busy with the freak. Gabby and the politician turned out to be more fun than I had imagined. Tom's forgetfulness leading to Lynette freezing her tail off was a good punch-line to her crabbiness over the anniversary celebration. Looks like Danielle is going away for quite a while. Mike has 2 subplots on his plate (Ian and Orson).

 

[JediFonger]

i think they're tired of having the original narrator.

i agree theys hould try somn new... but perhaps for the 4th season. i think it's a bit abrupt. it seems like they're trying to wrap up season3 with previous episode (the one before yesteryday's) and this new one almost feels like season4, get my meaning? i think they're trying 2hard.

 

[Patrick Sun]

This episode was all over the map, and beside the multiple instance of disrobement by Gabby, and once by Edie, the episode was languishing and dull.

 

[JediFonger]

lol, i think the original audience of this show have fled =). mainly just dirty old men (DOM) trying to get a glimpse of middle age women...:frowning:

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Yeah, lots of women are posting in this thread.

Personally, I prefer that Gaby keep her clothes on -- Eva Longoria has a cute face, but the body of a child.

Looks like the focus is going to be on Tom and Lynette for a while. I don't see too much interesting material to mine in the Carlos-Edie hookup (Gaby and that politician dude are only slightly more promising, although there's plenty of room for shenanigans coming from his line of work).

 

[JediFonger]

lol, i agree aaron.

who saw mike+susan re-hookup from a mile away>?

 

[Chris]

I'm trying to think of a show that has managed to jump the shark multiple times. It's kind of like, in Season 2 they lost an arm but climbed back out of the pool, and so far in Season 3, they just decided to go water skiing over the piranha.

The 'twists' tonight were so bad that they go beyond cringe worthy, they are just humiliating. Embarrassing writing that completely forgets everything known from previous seasons. It inserts idiotic branches and seems to mock the audience for watching.

I admit, I like the Scavvo bit, enough where I kind of tuned in, but they've gone so far in portraying Tom as a complete lunkhead that I can't find anything really redeeming about his character now, so who cares if he falls off a cliff.

This season should be the last. Unfortunately, I doubt that will happen.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I missed most of it, but I think I have a pretty good idea of what happened from the ending montage and the scenes from next week.

Weird, weird, weird.

 

[JediFonger]

chris, actually marc cherry, cast+crew have signed with ABC to to continue on for 4 more years for a TOTAL # of 7 seasons for this series.

PS do you think marcia cross brought THAT much to the table and the story arcs hinged so much on her that this last scramble to work around her pregnancy+maternity leave is affecting the "quality" of the show?