January 7, 2007: No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
As
Nicollette Sheridan said to the women on
The View last week: "Finally! A new episode!" I would've preferred more Nicollette tonight, though, besides just the final scene. But what a final scene - Alma is moving to Wisteria Lane, thanks to the real-estate savvy of Edie. The best episodes of
DH are the ones like tonight that introduce new mysteries while further answering old ones. What was Alma giving herself a shot of in her thigh? For a while there, I thought she was killing herself, but I was wrong. I liked the earlier flashback scene where we found out why Alma and Orson got married - she tricked him into getting her pregnant, and he was never in love with her. Loved when she showed up to Bree's door, and Bree fainted.
Valerie Mahaffey is a stellar addition to an already solid cast, so I hope Alma lasts. Her best line was to Orson while sitting next to Bree on the couch: "What is it with you and redheads?" Since Alma and Bree are so similar, it was natural for them to bond via Bree's secret to making a good, moist pound cake: sour cream. So maybe it was Alma who killed Monique? And maybe Orson thought Mike killed Monique, and that's why he ran him over? We shall see....
I enjoyed Gaby and Carlos, especially when they both agreed that they are each a "tough act to follow." You knew Gaby's new beau Bill (
Mark Deklin) was not going to continue tolerating Gaby's obsession with who sent her the flowers. Speaking of the flowers,
Myra Turley was dang hilarious as Peggy the bitter florist who never gets sent flowers herself. It's a pleasure when
Ricardo Antonio Chavira gets to be funny as Carlos, and he had some zingers tonight - like calling the chapeau-wearing Bill a paperboy: "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" and then referring to him as Jimmy Olsen.
How many of you experienced some bad Nora déjà vu tonight? Little Kayla (
Rachel Fox) is carrying on the tradition of her annoying mother, treating Lynette like crap just like Nora did. OK, it makes sense for Kayla to be going through trauma-with-no-mama, but having her put Lynette's heirloom doll in the garbage after literally trashing it was uncalled for. It's fun to watch the Scavo boys work as a posse, and that was a nice scene with Tom telling Kayla that Lynette wasn't the cause of her mother's death. But you know there's trouble brewing, when Kayla told Tom she'll never love Lynette: "And you can't make me."
Two more big "reveals" happened in this episode - one I saw coming, and one I didn't. I wasn't shocked at all when it was revealed that Austin was secretly sleeping with "Little Miss Van De Tramp" Danielle, behind Julie's back. Hey, I was just happy slutty Danielle's hair looked like it was from this decade. Once again, Andrew (
Shawn Pyfrom) had one of the funniest lines, describing how he knew Austin was straight: "Austin's not gay - even after three beers." Oh no he di-int. What I did
not see coming was Paul Young being in the same prison as Mike Delfino. Not a complete shocker, but it was one of those "Why didn't
I think of that?" moments. We all knew Susan would make at least one more visit to Mike, but it seems as though she's convinced Ian that she really does love him and has said her last goodbye to Mike. As I mentioned earlier, we shall see....
So how long will Bree's friendship-breakup with Susan last? Great call-waiting scene between Bree, Susan and Detective Ridley (
Ernie Hudson). Of course Susan was going to try to turn Orson in just to protect Mike. But poor Susan didn't expect Ridley to show up during Bree's "Shame On You For Thinking My Husband Killed Someone" dinner.
Desperate Housewives, indeed.
