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Libs
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48677 Location: Arlington, VA
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 The 'Desperate Housewives' Thread (Season 1)
Discuss Susan, Bree, Lynette, Gabrielle and the rest of Wisteria Lane!
Mod note: Please discuss this show heartily if you feel the need to!
Last edited by Libs on Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:01 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:57 pm |
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rusty
rustiphica
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:59 pm Posts: 8687
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My mom is so into this show but I just don't understand it. She even got my sister to start watching it.
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Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:09 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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This show is great!...very well done and nice to see its doing very good on the rating!
BTW libs whats the second best show on TV? 
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Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:56 pm |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28301 Location: ... siiiigh...
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I LOVE this show. ABC has created two awesome shows in Desperate Housewives and Lost, that have continuing storylines each week.
_________________ Ecks Factor: Cancelled too soon
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Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:53 pm |
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Amer
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:35 pm Posts: 1912 Location: Texas
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Mr. X wrote: I LOVE this show. ABC has created two awesome shows in Desperate Housewives and Lost, that have continuing storylines each week.
Everyone keeps talking about Lost, but im always busy, but i will try and watch it this weekend.
Also to Mr.X, could you make your sig a little smaller and how do you put a pic in it?
_________________ The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.....
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Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:25 am |
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dolcevita
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Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:41 am |
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rusty
rustiphica
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:59 pm Posts: 8687
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Hehe James Spader the manwhore  He looks like such a geek.
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Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:17 pm |
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Maximus
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:46 am Posts: 8427 Location: floridaaa
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I love DH... cant wait for the next eppi... its like a family-rated Dark comedy, lol.
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Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:29 pm |
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48677 Location: Arlington, VA
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Great episode tonight
"Rex cries when he ejaculates."
Brilliant.
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Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:25 pm |
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sako
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:07 pm Posts: 1684
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I watched the first ep. but didn't see the second.
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Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:04 am |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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Libs wrote: Great episode tonight "Rex cries when he ejaculates." Brilliant.
lol that was funny!!!!
...what the hell is wrong with that woman!! crazy b!tch 
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Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:50 am |
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sako
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:07 pm Posts: 1684
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I only saw the first half of it, I have to catch a rerun.
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Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:05 am |
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xXVincentxX
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Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 9146
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Libs wrote: Great episode tonight "Rex cries when he ejaculates." Brilliant.
That part was hilarious, and I loved tonight's episode. I cannot wait for next week. It's such a great show, and I'm glad its holding up well in the ratings. 
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Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:40 am |
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Maximus
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:46 am Posts: 8427 Location: floridaaa
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Libs wrote: Great episode tonight "Rex cries when he ejaculates." Brilliant.
God Brea freaks me out!! I cant believe it! The dude killed his wife! eh!
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Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:49 pm |
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A. G.
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 13347
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OK...
I watched this show for the first time last Sunday. It sure looked to me as if the man who has a son and a dead wife is a murderer, the show did everything but scream it out. "That's assuming you outlive me" - chilling line.
But then I talked the next day to a friend who is a fan of the series from the start, and she says I have it all wrong, no way the guy killed his wife. In fact, she says, the series opened by showing the wife commit suicide.
So what is going on here? Is the guy guilty and dangerous like it looked to me, or am I misunderstanding that plot thread?
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:19 pm |
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:07 pm Posts: 28301 Location: ... siiiigh...
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Archie Gates wrote: OK...
I watched this show for the first time last Sunday. It sure looked to me as if the man who has a son and a dead wife is a murderer, the show did everything but scream it out. "That's assuming you outlive me" - chilling line.
But then I talked the next day to a friend who is a fan of the series from the start, and she says I have it all wrong, no way the guy killed his wife. In fact, she says, the series opened by showing the wife commit suicide.
So what is going on here? Is the guy guilty and dangerous like it looked to me, or am I misunderstanding that plot thread?
I think your misunderstanding the concept of Desperate Housewives. You see, it's not a show where events happen each week, and are all resolved in an hour. Instead, this show has an ongoing continuity, such as the husband seems to have a mysterious life, but we only get a small glimpse each week. The wife did kill herself. Why? We don't know. Why is the husband such a shady character? We don't know. Questions will be answered, but the beauty of Housewives is that you need to tune in each week.
_________________ Ecks Factor: Cancelled too soon
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:20 pm |
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A. G.
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Mr. X wrote: Archie Gates wrote: OK...
I watched this show for the first time last Sunday. It sure looked to me as if the man who has a son and a dead wife is a murderer, the show did everything but scream it out. "That's assuming you outlive me" - chilling line.
But then I talked the next day to a friend who is a fan of the series from the start, and she says I have it all wrong, no way the guy killed his wife. In fact, she says, the series opened by showing the wife commit suicide.
So what is going on here? Is the guy guilty and dangerous like it looked to me, or am I misunderstanding that plot thread? I think your misunderstanding the concept of Desperate Housewives. You see, it's not a show where events happen each week, and are all resolved in an hour. Instead, this show has an ongoing continuity, such as the husband seems to have a mysterious life, but we only get a small glimpse each week. The wife did kill herself. Why? We don't know. Why is the husband such a shady character? We don't know. Questions will be answered, but the beauty of Housewives is that you need to tune in each week.
Nopers I didn't misunderstand the concept at all, I simply asked for an explanation of the anomaly where it seems they were suggesting the husband killed her (not just has a shady past) yet that doesn't seem possible. I know more will come out in coming weeks, I just wondered about that one logic aspect.
Anyhow, I'm glad to see shows with real actors and writing popular again, and not just all reality programs.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:06 pm |
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Mister Ecks
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Good enough, Archie. Just making sure. :wink:
_________________ Ecks Factor: Cancelled too soon
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Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:25 pm |
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Neostorm
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:48 pm Posts: 4684 Location: Toronto
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Anyone watch today's episode. The red-haired character is amazing. Too funny  They should have someone like her in all strip joints to make it funnier.
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:14 pm |
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Korrgan
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Brie is definitely the quirkiest character of the whole bunch, but I find myself really liking Gabrielle the most. I just like the whole storyline with her cheating on her husband with her underage gardener. I can't wait until her husband finds out, which he eventually will. I think it'll be within the next few episodes, at that.
This show is definitely my favorite show of the season. 
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:47 pm |
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publicenemy#1
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 19373 Location: San Diego
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I saw the show for the first time last night when they showed a rerun, really liked it. *Quietly awaits tonight's episode*
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:50 pm |
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Libs
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48677 Location: Arlington, VA
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Really good episode, as always.
I so love the relationship Susan has with her daughter.
Also, does anyone else find Teri Hatcher surprisingly likeable on this show? I was never a fan of hers, but Susan is by far the most likeable and easy to identify with character on the show.
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:04 pm |
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A. G.
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Libs wrote: Really good episode, as always.
I so love the relationship Susan has with her daughter.
Also, does anyone else find Teri Hatcher surprisingly likeable on this show? I was never a fan of hers, but Susan is by far the most likeable and easy to identify with character on the show.
Yes this is the most likeable I've seen Hatcher. It's probably because she's aging now and she's handling it well, by dropping her old princess persona a bit and being more real. At least that's how it strikes me.
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:10 pm |
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A. G.
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last night's episode was alright but why does the show take such pains to make the women relatively realistic but the men look like they are out of some ad for soloflex machine. I think the casting of the men is the weakest part of the show, they cast them for their bodies, not their charisma or acting ability.
But I'm obviously not the target audience and others seem to like it a lot so...whatever. 
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:38 pm |
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Mister Ecks
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Archie Gates wrote: last night's episode was alright but why does the show take such pains to make the women relatively realistic but the men look like they are out of some ad for soloflex machine. I think the casting of the men is the weakest part of the show, they cast them for their bodies, not their charisma or acting ability. But I'm obviously not the target audience and others seem to like it a lot so...whatever. 
Very true, Archie. The male casting is horrid, from a male's point of view. The women are all attractive (especially Eva Longoria), but they're not blonde bombshells, with large breasts and a 170 IQ, because men must love that, right? :? They all seem very real, and you can imagine these women in these situations. The men just seem like bait to reel other women in. 21 million viewers a week means they don't need more viewers to be a hit.
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:18 pm |
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