Desperate Housewives Last week...

Desperate Housewives Last week I mentioned how excited I was that George was going to be serenading Bree with a karaoke rendition of David Soul's "Don't Give Up on Us," since I've performed the same song in karaoke form. How hilarious to see Bree get out a rifle and shoot in George's direction (reminding me of my friends' reactions to karaoke). I was very glad when Bree finally found out that George caused Rex's death, and it made perfect sense for her to pretend to have called 911, therefore causing George to die (assuming he dies). Lynette, meanwhile, just can't seem to win: She got Nina fired, but now it looks like replacing her as VP of accounts may turn out to be a nightmare. Paul Dooley wasgreat as Susan's real father, and I have loved Joyce Van Patten since St. Elmo's Fire ("I knew it the minute he walked into the door  drugs!!") so I hope we see more of her next week. Nice moment when Susan whispered to her father "I'm not giving up" after telling his wife "I'm your husband's guardian angel." Then there's Gabrielle and the early-paroled Carlos. If you thought the nun looked familiar, that was Melinda Page Hamilton, who was just on Nip/Tuck a few weeks ago as the Kimber wannabe. The last person we ever thought would compete with Gabi for Carlos was a nun  and what a tough nun Sister Mary is! I laughed hysterically when she said, "I grew up on the South Side of Chicago. If you want to threaten me, you're going to have to do a lot better than that." Whenever I show my "tough" side, I completely credit it to my being from where? The South Side of Chicago.   Dave Anderson

Grey's Anatomy
Well, you learn a new word every day now I know what "priapism" means. Interesting that the guy Meredith had a one-night stand with was admitted to the hospital because his erection would not go away, but Alex had the exact opposite problem. Little did Izzie know that Alex's emotional feelings for her were what caused that since he apparently didn't have the same problem with Olivia. Of course, in true soap-opera style, Izzie just had to walk in on them. Even with a condom, what was Olivia thinking? Alex gave her syphilis  he should be off-limits. But back to Meredith, I loved when Derek found out the erection guy had just been with Meredith. The best line was right before that, when Derek entered the room: "Hello, everybody  what's up?" George's moment with Meredith sitting on the stairs was short but sweet ("not every guy's a nightmare"). Cristina freaking out that Burke gave her a key to his place cracked me up ("I am keyed up and cranky!") and Burke's face when he saw Cristina's messy apartment was even funnier. ("You still want to live together?") Speaking of freaking out, will Curtis Armstrong ever play someone who isn't a freak? OK, maybe that's a bit harsh, but he played an annoyingly eccentric man with a tumor and no friends or family who was caught drinking out of a toilet. Not much of a stretch from Miles in Risky Business, Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, Herbert from Moonlighting and Sal the Pig-Boy from Sci Fi Channel's The Chronicle. I enjoyed the main story line about the quintuplet births better. An awesome ending to a mostly great episode.  DA