Desperate Times

All the critics are harping on Desperate Housewives, complaining that it’s not as good as it was.  The gossip world says that Teri Hatcher is a big part of the problem, that the women aren’t getting along at all, and that the set is such a horrible place to be that the show’s creator, Marc Cherry, won’t even show up!  Who knows.  I agree that it’s a shame that the women don’t interact with each other more.  The fact that there was not a scene with all four of the main characters (or even Edie too), sitting together with Bree after Rex’s funeral, was mind-boggling.  Indeed, since the funeral, all the women have not been together in the same place once, and some of them have hardly interacted with each other at all.  It’s too bad.

Some aspects of the show are better than ever, though, like Lynette’s use of a rat to trick her husband into cleaning the house.  When she went out back and talked to the dead rat that Gay Matt had tossed into the garbage, the reason for her Emmy win was clear.  

The mystery of what Alfre Woodard has in her basement is good too, although for some reason she didn’t appear in last Sunday’s episode at all.  I hope they get some energy and momentum going with that story.

The question of how long it will be before Bree finds out that creepy George was the one poisoning Rex is definitely of interest.  Hopefully it’ll be before she sleeps with him!  He was pretty diabolical in tricking her son so that the poor gay kid would get sent away again.  I think Bree needs to take that painfully tight bun out of her hair and get a clue.

So – is the show perfect?  No.  But it’s still better than most of the new fall shows, and it still has genius moments, so I’m sticking with it.