Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
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Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
By djariya at 2011-09-22
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4 straight weeks with 0 commentary from anyone here. Man, this is probably the least cared about final season of any show in this forum, but with 8-10 hours of shows on Sunday night, I guess I can see this taking a major back burner and eventually getting forgotten about.
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
4 straight weeks with 0 commentary from anyone here. Man, this is probably the least cared about final season of any show in this forum, but with 8-10 hours of shows on Sunday night, I guess I can see this taking a major back burner and eventually getting forgotten about.
My question is what happened to Renee and Ben? All of a sudden Bree seems to be jumping into his arms like that never happened.
And where the heck is MJ this season? We saw him at Halloween and that's it. And every second of screen time the Solis kids get is one too many. Any way they can frame those brats for the murder? Ugh. So boring.
Last edited by rfduncan; 11-08-11 at 08:03 AM.
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
4 straight weeks with 0 commentary from anyone here. Man, this is probably the least cared about final season of any show in this forum, but with 8-10 hours of shows on Sunday night, I guess I can see this taking a major back burner and eventually getting forgotten about.
Maybe for your sake, it would be easier to turn this into a season long thread.
By the way, Tom's new girlfriend is great. Huge upgrade from Lynette.
Susan has to be the dumbest person alive. Why would you show anybody that painting?
Gabby's kids need to be beaten by a Judge from Aransas. Well, maybe not Celia. She should probably see a doctor to get tested.
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Ha! Didn't watch last week's until this past Sunday. I only watched this week's because I had time to kill until The Walking Dead.
Maybe for your sake, it would be easier to turn this into a season long thread.
By the way, Tom's new girlfriend is great. Huge upgrade from Lynette.
Susan has to be the dumbest person alive. Why would you show anybody that painting?
Gabby's kids need to be beaten by a Judge from Aransas. Well, maybe not Celia. She should probably see a doctor to get tested.
Maybe for your sake, it would be easier to turn this into a season long thread.
By the way, Tom's new girlfriend is great. Huge upgrade from Lynette.
Susan has to be the dumbest person alive. Why would you show anybody that painting?
Gabby's kids need to be beaten by a Judge from Aransas. Well, maybe not Celia. She should probably see a doctor to get tested.
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I had a big from the painting, just from the absurdity of it. But everything that's been said just about covers it. For myself I only leave this on as background noise when I'm eating or doing something else, because I won't have to worry about missing anything of importance...
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Is there a reason why Celia can't talk? Do they keep her locked in the basement or something (like the Applewhites)? Also, she uses a Barbie doll instead of a fork. Actually, that was pretty funny.
And Lynnette seems to only have one kid living at home now - Penny. What happened to the other boy and the baby? Even the flasbacks only showed Penny.
I think Andre has a bigger part in Susan's life now than Mike. Is she still working now? Is Mike making enough with plumbing and "dirty" jobs to support them after their financial crisis of last season.
I like how the Bob and Lee's daughter was conviently at a sleepover. I guess their budget only allows for so many actors.
Actually, this is one show I would love to read a book about the behind the scenes stuff after it ends. I'd like to know how and why the kids seem to disappear for long stretches of time. Why they had to recast Penny and why Celia is now mute. Also, I'd like to hear what the actors really think of the storylines. I'm sure there would be lots of juicy stuff hopefully from someone who has been there behind the scenes during the entire run. Or maybe Nicollette Sheridan will eventually write something.
And Lynnette seems to only have one kid living at home now - Penny. What happened to the other boy and the baby? Even the flasbacks only showed Penny.
I think Andre has a bigger part in Susan's life now than Mike. Is she still working now? Is Mike making enough with plumbing and "dirty" jobs to support them after their financial crisis of last season.
I like how the Bob and Lee's daughter was conviently at a sleepover. I guess their budget only allows for so many actors.
Actually, this is one show I would love to read a book about the behind the scenes stuff after it ends. I'd like to know how and why the kids seem to disappear for long stretches of time. Why they had to recast Penny and why Celia is now mute. Also, I'd like to hear what the actors really think of the storylines. I'm sure there would be lots of juicy stuff hopefully from someone who has been there behind the scenes during the entire run. Or maybe Nicollette Sheridan will eventually write something.
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
Actually, this is one show I would love to read a book about the behind the scenes stuff after it ends. I'd like to know how and why the kids seem to disappear for long stretches of time. Why they had to recast Penny and why Celia is now mute. Also, I'd like to hear what the actors really think of the storylines. I'm sure there would be lots of juicy stuff hopefully from someone who has been there behind the scenes during the entire run. Or maybe Nicollette Sheridan will eventually write something.
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
Watching the episode over at my mother's house whenever Lynette comes on I'm just going "They really should just get divorced, she has no idea how wrong she's been all this time and how she's deserving of all this."
Both my mother and my niece just go "You know, it is a TV show?"
My response: "Don't care, I've been watching all these years and I have an opinion."
Both my mother and my niece just go "You know, it is a TV show?"
My response: "Don't care, I've been watching all these years and I have an opinion."
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I think Eva Longoria said in a recent interview that they are pretty much left completely in the dark until just before they shoot a scene when they receive their lines. So their thoughts on their storylines might not be worth anything until the filming of this season finally wraps next spring.
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
The bit with the lollipop in the hair was pretty funny to me.
I really wish they would have included Renee in the burying of the guy just so she could be more a part of the show.
The show is just boring now and I am only hanging in because it is the last season. The whole art student plotline feels like it has been going on forever and only brings out the most annoying aspects of the Susan character. I can't imagine Tom and Lynette not getting back together before the series end, but she really doesn't deserve anything but divorce papers at this point.
So Penny is Tom and Lynette's biological daughter? I thought she was the daughter he had with that other woman. What happened to that kid?
I really wish they would have included Renee in the burying of the guy just so she could be more a part of the show.
The show is just boring now and I am only hanging in because it is the last season. The whole art student plotline feels like it has been going on forever and only brings out the most annoying aspects of the Susan character. I can't imagine Tom and Lynette not getting back together before the series end, but she really doesn't deserve anything but divorce papers at this point.
So Penny is Tom and Lynette's biological daughter? I thought she was the daughter he had with that other woman. What happened to that kid?
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The problem with this show, and Grey's Anatomy for that matter, is that they shot their wads way too early in their runs, and have been coasting ever since.
Season 2 took a lot of steam out of this show, but the 5 year time skip was what really killed it on this forum. Kinda like Alias was never the same after the 2 year skip.
Penny is the baby Lynette had at the beginning of the series. Tom's other daughter was sent away in due to her being mentally unstable, and trying to break up Tom and Lynette. This was before the 5 year time jump, so were she to return she'd be in her 20s (Tom did this before he married Lynette).
Season 2 took a lot of steam out of this show, but the 5 year time skip was what really killed it on this forum. Kinda like Alias was never the same after the 2 year skip.
Penny is the baby Lynette had at the beginning of the series. Tom's other daughter was sent away in due to her being mentally unstable, and trying to break up Tom and Lynette. This was before the 5 year time jump, so were she to return she'd be in her 20s (Tom did this before he married Lynette).
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Re: Desperate Housewives -- "Always in Control" -- 11/06/11
4 straight weeks with 0 commentary from anyone here. Man, this is probably the least cared about final season of any show in this forum, but with 8-10 hours of shows on Sunday night, I guess I can see this taking a major back burner and eventually getting forgotten about.