Desperate Housewives (TV Series) Come Play Wiz Me (2007) User Reviews

Good stuff!!

[sarastro7 · 8/10 · 7 February 2007]

There are moments when Desperate Housewives approach soap opera, esp. when it all becomes about unhappy love lives and dull domestic or work-related problems that might as well be found in any other drama series and don't really have anything specific to say about these particular characters and situations. A lot of Susan and Lynette's lives seem to be about these things, although I'm all for Lynette having quit her job to enter a family business instead. In fact I'm generally all for telling sleazy, bossy C.E.O.s that they can go screw themselves.

Anyway! This show is a comedy, and usually a well-told one, and let's hope it remembers its roots before the soap opera bits begin to stifle it. What makes this show worth watching for me is the wildly entertaining lives of Bree and Gabrielle! Some elements may be absurd, but it's a hoot! Marcia Cross is so classy, and absolutely gives the best performance of the cast - and I'm sorry, but I can't help mentioning that her cleavage has been really eye-catching these last couple of episodes. Oh, the changes that motherhood brings on...

Anyway! Gabrielle's life is almost as entertaining to follow. Stalked by an 18-year-old borderline psychotic billionaire? Man, comedy is *epitomized* in concepts like that! Amazing fun! :-)

Good episode. This show is still going strong.

Show has jumped the shark!

[Sylviastel · 6/10 · 25 January 2007]

I thought I was watching bloopers from Rosemary's Baby on Sunday night when I saw Mother Hodge and Alma set Orson up. It was ridiculous. If you watch soaps, they could have sent Bree to visit her ailing father in Rhode Island rather than causing more trouble. Anyway, Lynette quits her office job to work for her husband's restaurant. I will miss Currie Graham who played her boss Ed. Of course, Jane dies letting Ian free to be with Susan. Mike is free but Paul is in jail for a murder that he didn't commit but committed another. I don't know why they brought back Paul Young's character to have him fall in love with Gaby. It's ridiculous and silly to watch the show now. I never thought of it as a dark comedy. I thought it was a melodrama and still think it is. An hour is too long for a comedy. I hope Marc Cherry reads these reviews, maybe he could do something. I wish Marcia the best with her new arrivals. After all, Marcia didn't have to be in the scene. Orson could have just announced Bree went to visit her sick father and everybody would think otherwise or have Alma on the loose.