It's funny because Marcia Cross played the same character on Melrose Place. When Kimberly was insane she had an alter ego of Betty I think and it was pretty much the same character.

She looked fantastic. After how she has looked the last seven or eight years I thought we had lost her ;) She definitely is the comeback of the year.

As for the show, it's ok so far. The narration drives me up the wall. I could do with less of Huffman's story line and more of Longoria and Hatcher :D

Yeah. I thought Teri had hit the wall about 5 years ago. I don't know if she had some work done or what, but she has reverse jumped the shark.

As for Huffman, I totally disagree. I love that storyline as much as the others. How many times do we hear in life how great children are and how they make your life better, blah blah blah. Great to see a refreshing take on this subject.

My wife is loving this show and i'll keep watching it since its pretty entertaining.

wait.. did they say that? I thought it was that he was just on the phone and while setting a gun down he goes "I'm getting closer to her" but we don't know yet who he was talk to or who he was talking about (but we can guess)..

Unless I missed where they made it clear he was a "good guy", he could still be some bad guy there for some other reason right? I ask being I was working on the cpu at the same time so did I miss a story line plot point or something?

No, I don't think it's been made clear whether he's a fed or a villain.

Teri Hatcher looked pretty good on the Howard Stern show (on E!) last night.

I read an interview with him and he saie he was neither.

Pickup?

This is the smartest show to come along in a long time.

Pics?

I can see where some might say that this ep wasn't as good as the premiere, but I still really liked it. There was more than one occasion that it had me laughing out loud (the nosy neighbor cracks me up).

I also hope that they do a little more with Felicity's character. I thought her scenes were funny with her kids this ep, but I wouldn't like to see her stretch a bit more. Looks like we might see more of her in the next ep, judging by the previews.

True, they haven't specified, but he is meticulously investigating the neighborhood and they keep mentioning secrets. Plus the German Shepard raised red flags to me. My first guess would be that he's a cop staking out the dead woman's house, but he could be a bad guy just as easily.

yeah but they showed a map he had made of the whole street and I think we all know that maps = evil!!!! :) I mean no one ever keeps a "good" map of an area with peoples names, ages and so on, never mind one hidden near a gun and a stack of money as we saw on that pan up!!!

I don't know.... I'm thinking maybe a bad guy.. Ah but fun to have a return of a soapy like show with an ep to ep story line that makes ya wonder about who is doing what to who. heh

I thought that he was a criminal, with no thoughts that he might be good.

The music when he is on alone is creepy, ergo he is bad.

I figured that he was up to no good. The wad of cash was one red flag and it looked like he had information on everyone in the neighborhood, not just one person that he was targeting for an investigation. I don't know.

And as for the German shepherd thing ... Well, I have a German shepherd and I can assure you that I don't work any law enforcement agency. Can't someone just have a German shepherd because they are good looking dogs and very intelligent.

OK, I think I only really harped on the whole dog thing because I wanted to find an excuse to say that I thought my German shepherd was much better looking than Mike's.

OK, I feel better now that I have bragged about my pooch a little.

I don't think Hatcher's had any work done. For one thing she let her hair grow out, which always looks better on a hot chick. She may deny she was anorexic but for awhile there she was way too thin. She looks very healthy now.

Since I have never been a person who wants kids I actually like that part of the Huffman story line, but I'd rather see more of Longoria and Hatcher ;) And even though she's playing an uptight straight arrow, Marcia Cross still looks very good (liked her ever since she played Kirstie Alley's sister on Cheers).

Here is an interesting stat: according to the Wash Post, this episode was 3rd overall last week in the Men 18-49 demographic. Only MNF and CSI were ahead of it.

ABC has to be absolutely ecstatic about this. I'm sure they figured that they would get the women to watch, but to do so well among men, particularly with football on ESPN at the same time, is remarkable. Plus it is really hurting L&O: CI.

-from USA TODAY

"ABC's Desperate Housewives held up extremely well in its second week, declining just 7% among viewers and 3% among young adults. (New shows typically drop 15% in their second week as early samplers abandon them.) Housewives ranked fourth for the week but remains the top new series this season. Drama Lost also held up in its third week, dropping 3% among viewers, yet gaining among core viewers 18 to 34. Both appear to be solidifying their status as immediate hits, a rarity on networks in recent years."

A nice thread on Eva Longoria, AKA Gabriele in the DVD Talk Adult forum.

Yeah it isn't hard to see why the show does so well among men 18-49. ;)

I hadn't seen those Maxim pics before - were they from a recent issue? Very nice. I am a little behind. I had seen the FHM pics. As I said in last week's thread, Eva is #1 on Red Dog's TV Hottie list.

I missed this ep., but from what I have read I will be tuning in this Sunday as this show sounds pretty dang amusing.

I don't know if it will continue, but there is a "replay" Saturday night of last Sunday's episode.

I thought it turned out that Mike wasn't in the house with Edie? Remember he walked up to the crowd watching the fire, and Susan was glad/surprised to see him?

that's the secret to get lots of viewers, put a hotter than hell model on there and you have 10 million men GIVEN

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