This was the first post-strike episode of “Desperate Housewives” and the ladies were back and as good as ever.
After facing cancer and a tornado, Lynette got the church bug and decided to join Bree at her Presbyterian church. However she embarrassed the heck out of Bree by standing up during the sermon to ask various questions, like why does God let crap happen? Bree later told her that she was out of line, church was not a place to ask questions, you listen to the sermon and are given answers. Too funny, but in many cases shockingly accurate. I am not surprised those words came out of Bree’s mouth at all. She suggested if that was the kind of church she needed, try the Unitarians as anything goes with them. Later though it was Bree’s foot she had in her own mouth when the pastor thanked her for bringing in a new family, a refreshing one that asked questions which he liked. He told her church should be about asking questions! She scrambled to find Lynette, who went to the Catholic church which is what her family are. Bree tried to bribe her back, but Lynette wouldn’t go to please Bree, who really just wanted the brownie points to get elected to the ladies’ auxiliary board. Lynette told Bree because of what she went through, she needed answers to her questions. She went to Bree because of all of them, she seemed to really have a relationship with God and had faith, or so she thought. Lynette thought that perhaps she was wrong about her and her faith, so she’d stick with the Catholics as they don’t look at her funny for having so many kids! Later Bree apologized and let Lynette know her words were right and she had lost sight of things and what faith was about along the way. They made up and hugged.
Over to Gabby who went to the church this week, but for an entirely different reason. She wanted a priest to marry her and Carlos pronto! Meanwhile Edie being Edie poked around at the hospital only to learn Carlos’ blindness wasn’t temporary as he told Gabby, but permanent. Of course he didn’t tell her the truth as she showed up as with the priest to marry them and he chickened out. Well Edie had no qualms about telling Gabby the truth, especially after learning the diamond bracelet Carlos gave her awhile back came from a garage sale and was a fake! Carlos told Gaby that he was afraid to tell her, that she might leave him. Gaby showed a sincere side she rarely seems to show, albeit after torturing him a bit by making him walk into things to get to her. She said she loved him and this was for better or for worse, no matter how hard it would be. Touching, but I’m more ticked at Edie than anything. They seemed to have once again picked right up where they left off, with making her character nastier than ever before. I think now I realize why with all the supposed reports that this may be her final season on the show. Are they just trying to make us loath Edie to the point that we won’t care if she’s gone?
Over to Adam, who left Katherine after reading the note from her aunt and went to a hotel this week. Meanwhile Dylan found the remnants of the note her mom tried to burn and told Julie that it appears her mother killed her father, according the the note her great aunt wrote her. Dylan called Adam and wanted answers, but he of course told Katherine what was going on. Grrrr! I was hoping he would have taken a stand and not stayed her little whipping boy. Katherine then told Adam exactly what to tell Dylan should she show up. She also made a plea to him to try and work things out, but he told her now and it was over. Finally, at least he did take a stand against the new wicked witch of Wisteria Lane. I do like the character so I hope they can keep him around, but nobody but Edie is single and she doesn’t deserve him for sure!
Meanwhile Susan’s nephew Tim showed up to help her with her taxes now that he’s grown and an accountant. He apparently stayed with her the summer he was 16 and remembered little Dylan and her mom Katherine. He seemed to take an interest in Dylan, which Susan really didn’t like and tried to keep him far away from her, given she was still underage. Later Susan went to see Mike in rehab, but rushed out when she called home to check on Tim and heard a woman giggling in the background. She feared it was Dylan, but shockers of shocks it was Katherine! Well hey at least it wasn’t Andrew in the bed! That boys wound up in enough beds as is. Then even more of a shocker, we learned Katherine and Tim had a fling the summer he was in town and she took his virginity! That’s what the “reconnected” over. And right after she tried to get Adam back, for shame! My sympathy for this woman is as non-existent as my sympathy for Edie at this point.
The show ended with Tim explaining to Susan that he only had the one time with Katherine, she seemed ashamed it happen and sent him away. Then later he went back to see her, but saw her fighting with a man. In the flashback we heard the man (Gary Cole) yell that “he was her father!” Katherine then picked up a candle stick and smacked him over the head, he fell down and of course didn’t get up. Tim said he ran after that and never saw Katherine again. Meanwhile Dylan showed up to see Adam, who claimed her aunt was senile and that her mother absolutely did not kill her father. Does Dylan believe him? That is the question.
So once again we are left with questions. It seems Katherine was keeping Dylan’s father from seeing her, but why? Dylan used to have the dream of a man standing over her bed and trying to possibly take her. Was he molesting her as many of us originally thought and is that why Katherine did what she did? Or is something else going on? Is he even dead? The show seemed to hint he was and that Katherine may have even buried the body in the yard (what was with the cross of cobblestones?). Or just like everything else on this show, is he not dead but alive? Gary Cole is set to return for more episodes and everything seems to point to his character being very much alive. Remember one of the neighbors told this to Dylan as well, that her father wasn’t dead like her mother told her he was. Ugh I’m so confused! If he’s not dead . . . . has Katherine killed someone else then?
Next Week’s Previews:
The cops show up at Lynette’s’ house. Uh Oh!
Orson sleep walks nude and runs into Susan!
Gabby uses Carlos handicap parking privileges and gets into a confrontation with a man in a wheel chair. She tells him he wheels around all day while she has to walk in heels!
The Founders Day ball is held and Katherine and Bree decide to try and work together to plan it, with the comment from Edie if they can do so without killing each other.
Lynette is shocked when Rick returns!
This episode saw the return of Justin, the campus tabloid blogger who once stole Professor Payne’s notes on Melinda. Melinda’s store began to be defaced with red paint. First “Witchraft” was written, then some angel like picture was painted. After Delia convinced her to use a camera, they caught Justin doing it. Justin meanwhile was dealing with his own demons. He would wake up at night and do other things he couldn’t remember, such as turning everything in his place upside down.
Justin was convinced he was being haunted by someone from his past. Justin revealed to Melinda he himself was dying of a brain tumor, he’d go any day now, and when he did he wanted Melinda to help him find this person. The person was a girl named Julie that he was dating. He felt they were supposed to die together, maybe that’s why all this was happening. They were out on a boat together, the boat went down and he survived, but doesn’t have to much memory of what happened. Witchcraft was the name of the boat, and the angel picture turned out to be the masthead.
As it turned out, Julie wasn’t a nice girl at all. She was using Justin. She wanted to sink the ship to get the money and blame it on Justin, who she expected to go down with the ship, not the other way around. She wasn’t nice in life, she isn’t nice in death. She’s become one of the dark spirits under Grandview. She lured Justin, who did die in this episode, to the underground to tell him that he belonged with them, and they had a way to go back. Melinda and Payne showed up though and she convinced Justin these spirits were evil, they were using him, feeding off him to get stronger. When Justin turned on Julie, she vanished. He eventually went into the light.
For me this was just another okay episode. The commercials and previews made it seem way more exciting, like the fact that in fact Melinda’s secret was in jeopardy of being exposed. That seemed to be the total opposite of what was going on. Melinda and Delia would show up for work and it was like nobody on the street really cared the store was defaced. Even more than that, nobody in town called the cops to report it either!
We did at least return to some of the mystery from the pre-strike episodes, the underground town/spirits. We learned it seems they have found some way to come back. Whether that means living again or not I don’t know. Julie seemed to be able to posses people, so I wonder if there is going to be a ghostly revolt where everyone underground tries to implant themselves in the bodies of the living above ground?
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Tonight the bottom three were Carly, Syesha and Michael Johns . . . and Michael was sent packing! Wow, he wasn’t my favorite, but I could name others that should have gone before him.
The first half of tonight’s show centered around many people catching onto Natalie’s games, and James’ determination to turn the house against her for the way she’s playing everyone.
Natalie has promised the guys to put the girls up and the girls to put the guys up. Natalie told Ryan she is lying to the girls and saying Sharron is the one telling the girls to stick together. Meanwhile Sheila told Adam what Natalie is planning, that she is his biggest threat.
James attempted to make some deals to try and stay in the house, but later from what I saw on Showtime After-dark it seemed he realized he was going home and planned to sabotage Natalie in the HOH competition by not letting her get any sleep! He also provided Sheila and Adam with a lot of information he had gathered on the others.
The vote approached, and it seemed Sheila and Ryan were having second thoughts about voting James out, as he could be useful in getting Natalie out.
We saw Chelsea show up at the Jury House, and Chelsea let the audience know that she will not be hooking up with Matty. Joshua was the next to show up. Chelsea didn’t want to see him here, she wanted him to win. Josh brought the video of Natalie’s HOH win and other stuff.
The vote was held and James was evicted unanimously.
Unfortunately the HOH is an endurance competition, so we won’t know until later who it is. I’ll post as soon as I find out!
*UPDATE* To learn who won, keep reading if you want to be spoiled!
First up, the “Heroes: Origins” spin-off which was to debut this spring has been cancelled. This was the project where we’d meet six new heroes, each getting their own episode, and we the fans would vote on which one we liked the best. The winner was set to be added in season 3. However because of the writer’s strike, this has been nixed.
When “Heroes” returns in the fall there will be a 1 hour “recap” special, much like “Lost” does, in order to remind fans where we last left off. Let’s just hope they won’t devote too much time to Maya and her brother, as that storyline was boring enough to watch the first time around!
Finally Ausiello is reporting a bit of casting news. The show is casting for two new recurring roles. “Joy” is in her early twenties and described as “quick on her feet, and adept at getting herself into and out of trouble.” Senator Robert Malden, meanwhile, is in his fifties and a political straight shooter.
To me it sounds like Joy is a new hero and is being modeled after DC Comics “The Flash” character.
Kristen at E! has thrown out the spoiler that Gabby and Carlos’ house turns into a crack den, thanks to someone they rent a room out to. They become involved in an undercover sting with cops to bust the drug ring.
While Kristen doesn’t say it, we know from earlier reports that Justine Bateman is the character they rent the room to. Before all we were told was that she was a struggling artist. Looks like Mallory Keaton may have become a drug dealer!
Also Kristen threw out the spoiler that Tom and Lynette seek psychiatric help for Kayla after she convinces the boys to jump off the roof. It took THAT to get that little girl to a psychiatrist? I knew she had the devil in her when I first saw her!
Meanwhile for weeks now there have been rumors that Nichollette Sheridan’s character Edie would be killed off, and these denied by the star. We already went through this once with the end of last season, so it’s a bit of deja-vous. Now it’s being reported that Edie is a goner according to Marc Cherry. The quote circulating from him, which is from a USA Today interview, is as follows . . .
“Edie is going to cross a huge moral boundary that she’s never crossed before on the show and it will have devastating consequences for her and lead to a shocking conclusion to her time on Wisteria Lane.”
So tonight wasn’t a “theme” night (well apparently it was, it was “inspirational song night”) or a “mentor” night, mainly because tomorrow is “Idol Gives Back,” which will have enough star power as is. On Thursday we’ll find out who is going home this week.
Honestly, I don’t know who will go home. I have a feeling Syesha could be in trouble for attempting a Fantasia song, but I didn’t think it was terrible as there were worse. Contrary to the judges, whom I believe were drinking from Paula’s cup tonight, I HATED Jason’s performance of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” Big shock, he once again made it sound “Islandy.” I was waiting for him to tip-toe through the tulips!
Even though the judges felt Carly would be in trouble, David Cook I think was in fact the worst of the night. Just like there are certain artists (Whitney, Mariah) that the women shouldn’t even attempt, the same I feel goes for men. David Cook tried to sing an “Our Lady Peace” song (Innocent), and if you’ve never heard the band, well lets just say the singer has a voice that can’t easily be replicated.
I am a huge “Our Lady Peace” fan though, so I may be a bit biased. No I’m not, he killed the song. You can check out Our Lady Peace’s Innocent on YouTube (you’ll have to search for it, all the videos have embedding disabled)
Meanwhile Susan’s nephew Tim showed up to help her with her taxes now that he’s grown and an accountant. He apparently stayed with her the summer he was 16 and remembered little Dylan and her mom Katherine. He seemed to take an interest in Dylan, which Susan really didn’t like and tried to keep him far away from her, given she was still underage. Later Susan went to see Mike in rehab, but rushed out when she called home to check on Tim and heard a woman giggling in the background. She feared it was Dylan, but shockers of shocks it was Katherine! Well hey at least it wasn’t Andrew in the bed! That boys wound up in enough beds as is. Then even more of a shocker, we learned Katherine and Tim had a fling the summer he was in town and she took his virginity! That’s what the “reconnected” over. And right after she tried to get Adam back, for shame! My sympathy for this woman is as non-existent as my sympathy for Edie at this point. 
This episode saw the return of Justin, the campus tabloid blogger who once stole Professor Payne’s notes on Melinda. Melinda’s store began to be defaced with red paint. First “Witchraft” was written, then some angel like picture was painted. After Delia convinced her to use a camera, they caught Justin doing it. Justin meanwhile was dealing with his own demons. He would wake up at night and do other things he couldn’t remember, such as turning everything in his place upside down.
Meanwhile for weeks now there have been rumors that Nichollette Sheridan’s character Edie would be killed off, and these denied by the star. We already went through this once with the end of last season, so it’s a bit of deja-vous. Now it’s being reported that Edie is a goner according to Marc Cherry. The quote circulating from him, which is from a 
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