Bang 

The day begins just as every other... Except today, there will be a deadly hostage situation in a local supermarket.

Director:

Larry Shaw

Writers:

Marc Cherry (created by), Joe Keenan

Stars:

Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Teri Hatcher	...	Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman	...	Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross	...	Bree Hodge
Eva Longoria	...	Gabrielle Solis
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Edie Britt
Ricardo Chavira	...	Carlos Solis (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
Andrea Bowen	...	Julie Mayer
Doug Savant	...	Tom Scavo
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Orson Hodge
Brenda Strong	...	Mary Alice Young
James Denton	...	Mike Delfino (credit only)
Shawn Pyfrom	...	Andrew Van De Kamp
Joy Jorgensen	...	Danielle Van De Kamp (as Joy Lauren)
Josh Henderson	...	Austin McCann
Brent Kinsman	...	Preston Scavo

Storyline

Everyone's lives on Wisteria Lane are forever changed when Carolyn Bigsby holds shoppers hostage at a local supermarket after finding out that her husband, the store manager, was involved with the mystery dead woman. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Carlos finish dividing their assets: Gabrielle gets the house, and Carlos gets everything in it. Susan is preparing to go to Paris with Ian, but cancels when when learns that Julie is one of the hostages along with Austin who was caught shoplifting, as well as the cynical Edie, and Lynette and Nora whom are still feuding over Tom. Also a new guy move into Whisteria Lane into Paul Young's old house; a middle-aged man named Art Shepherd who also ends up being one of the hostages at the mercy of he psycho Carolyn Bigsby.

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Plot Keywords:

fight | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 3, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cherry Productions, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

When Lynette is arguing with Carolyn and Carolyn is about to shoot her, the blood on Lynette's face and position of hair above her left ear, changes between shots.

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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 ...
[...]

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Connections

References Roseanne (1988)

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Soundtracks

Desperate Housewives Theme
Written by Danny Elfman

User Reviews

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.