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Desperate Housewives
S3.E7
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Bang

  • Episode aired Nov 5, 2006
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
9.5/10
1.7K
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Andrea Bowen and Josh Henderson in Desperate Housewives (2004)
ComedyDramaMystery
The day begins just as every other... Except today, there will be a deadly hostage situation in a local supermarket.The day begins just as every other... Except today, there will be a deadly hostage situation in a local supermarket.The day begins just as every other... Except today, there will be a deadly hostage situation in a local supermarket.
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    • Director
      • Larry Shaw
    • Writers
      • Marc Cherry
      • Joe Keenan
      • Jenna Bans(executive story editor)
    • Stars
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Marcia Cross
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Larry Shaw
    • Writers
      • Marc Cherry
      • Joe Keenan
      • Jenna Bans(executive story editor)
    • Stars
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Marcia Cross
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    • 12User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Laurie Metcalf in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Andrea Bowen and Josh Henderson in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Felicity Huffman in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Felicity Huffman in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Kiersten Warren in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Felicity Huffman in Desperate Housewives (2004)
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    Felicity Huffman and Kiersten Warren in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Teri Hatcher and Doug Savant in Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Teri Hatcher and Doug Savant in Desperate Housewives (2004)
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    Top cast

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    Teri Hatcher
    Teri Hatcher
    • Susan Mayer
    Felicity Huffman
    Felicity Huffman
    • Lynette Scavo
    Marcia Cross
    Marcia Cross
    • Bree Hodge
    Eva Longoria
    Eva Longoria
    • Gabrielle Solis
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Edie Britt
    Ricardo Chavira
    Ricardo Chavira
    • Carlos Solis
    • (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
    Andrea Bowen
    Andrea Bowen
    • Julie Mayer
    Doug Savant
    Doug Savant
    • Tom Scavo
    Kyle MacLachlan
    Kyle MacLachlan
    • Orson Hodge
    Brenda Strong
    Brenda Strong
    • Mary Alice Young
    James Denton
    James Denton
    • Mike Delfino
    • (credit only)
    Shawn Pyfrom
    Shawn Pyfrom
    • Andrew Van De Kamp
    Joy Jorgensen
    Joy Jorgensen
    • Danielle Van De Kamp
    • (as Joy Lauren)
    Josh Henderson
    Josh Henderson
    • Austin McCann
    Brent Kinsman
    Brent Kinsman
    • Preston Scavo
    Shane Kinsman
    Shane Kinsman
    • Porter Scavo
    Zane Huett
    Zane Huett
    • Parker Scavo
    Dougray Scott
    Dougray Scott
    • Ian Hainsworth
    • Director
      • Larry Shaw
    • Writers
      • Marc Cherry
      • Joe Keenan
      • Jenna Bans(executive story editor)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Laurie Metcalf who plays Mrs. Bigsby is reunited with two of her boyfriends from Roseanne in this episode. Mr. Bigsby played by Brian Kerwin was Gary on Roseanne and Matt Roth who plays Art Shephard was Fisher, Jackie's abusive boyfriend.
    • Goofs
      When Carolyn comes to supermarket she tells to Harvey that "he should be with Monique" and she aims her gun towards him and starts shooting. Later we see that Lynette and Nora were standing behind Carolyn when Carolyn came to supermarket in an attempt to kill Harvey. The argument between Lynette and Nora was interrupted by a gunshot fired by Carolyn but their argument lasted far more longer than Carolyn needed time to start shooting.
    • Quotes

      Carolyn Bigsby: Don't look at me that way you know you wanted her dead.

      Lynette Scavo: How can you say that?

      Carolyn Bigsby: Well you told me about her and your husband after and I made it pretty clear where I stand on whores.

      Lynette Scavo: I did not want this. Don't you dare say that I wanted this.

      Carolyn Bigsby: Shut up!

      Lynette Scavo: No I will not shup up! What's the matter with you?

      Carolyn Bigsby: Have you not been paying attention, my husband cheated on me!

      Lynette Scavo: Who cares! Who cares, we all have pain! Everyone in here has pain but we deal with it! We swallow it and get going with our lives. What we don't do is go around shooting strangers!

      Carolyn Bigsby: She deserved it!

      Lynette Scavo: Well maybe you deserved to be cheated on!

    • Connections
      Featured in The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Desperate Housewives Theme
      Written by Danny Elfman

    User reviews12

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    In short, the best episode of television I think I've ever seen.
    In short, the best episode of television I think I've ever seen. This episode, like most of the episodes of Desperate Housewives, does not require previous knowledge of the characters for it to work, although it certainly helps. What's so marvelous about this series is how well each episode works with the one before it and still manages to have its own story arc. This episode is no exception, but here, it just so happens to be the best written one provided by the series so far. The episode starts by giving viewers a taste of things to come, but then backs up one day to start a typical action to action quickly paced comedic episode of Housewives. However, when things catch up to what we saw at the beginning, time slows down. The audience is then given the greatest expose on the characters in front of us we could possibly ask for. Without spoiling the content of the show, I'll go on to say this. This episode jerks at you because nothing about it is disposable. Unlike shows where your supporting characters are merely background music and kill fodder, this show uses nothing but characters you know on both good sides and bad. Buy the entire season on DVD if you have to, it's one of the few gems that television ever sees.
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    • Nov 6, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 3, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cherry Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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