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Can we pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaase talk about how great this season is?? I won’t lie, this girl was a little skeptical — and I think for good reason. Number one, the fast-forward-five-years thing worked last season, but how would that fit with this one? If it was just a gimmick, then this season probably wouldn’t come close to the awesomeness of last season. And then the first episode didn’t really meet my high hopes. Yet, here we are. Where is here? We’ve got great affairs. We’ve got mystery. We’ve got daughters in comas. We’re back to the story lines that originally made DH as great as it was in its early years: straight soap opera drama.
So you know how it goes. We watch the show, then we pick the winners and losers of the episode. Thanks for all your responses!
WINNERS
Angie: Sure, the Bolens could’ve viciously mass murdered 30 newborns in the middle of the night before they changed their name and moved to Wisteria Lane, but at this point, I’m cool just being in the dark about that. Angie’s a good mother. She’s supporting her son though pretty much anything, as RenatoB says: “That woman will do anything to keep her son from being harmed, including threatening a scorned neighbor with a bat or telling her kid where the loaded Smith ‘n’ Wesson rests.”
The Scavos, sans Lynette: Let’s be real on this one, Tom, Baby Matt Damon, Parker and Penny Scavo get the win because of the writers. Between Baby Matt Damon (1 or 2?) schooling his parents about birth control and making smart decisions, Penny’s great one-liner about not wanting any more brothers and Tom drinking — a lot — to support his wife (finally) and keep her pregnancy secret, these guys won. Big time. @RenatoB picked them, too!!
John: The teenage gardener shtupping the hot, wealthy woman who employs him now has the upper hand. His own restaurant, manipulating Gaby through Carlos, and through it all….Gaby’s still thinking about it. Plus, I know I’ve been keeping this a deep, dark secret, but I lovelovelovelove this story line. Love love love.
LOSERS
Susan: This is her first, but of course not last, appearance as a loser. Susan, we get that you’re upset that Julie’s in a coma. So upset that you decided to attempt to kill someone else’s child, ie, Cheap Knockoff Robert Pattinson. She’s done a lot of stupid things, but never maliciously violent like that. (Not)Neighbor Peggy and I both agreed this was a major out-of-character move for her.
Orson: You guys all picked this one. @LMITCHELL: “Poor, stupid, hateable Orson. He honestly thinks Bree could still love him? Ha.” @RenatoB: “He’s gotta be the dumbest man alive, he needs to get over himself, when is he gonna figure things out?” Couldn’t have said it any better myself, folks. Thanks for the input!!
Carlos: OK. I know a few of you put him on the winner’s list, but here’s why all of the points he gained for putting John into his place were lost: the workplace discrimination. He’s not only doing it, he’s doing it to his friend. Even if she weren’t pregnant, he’s putting her in an awkward position. That said, isn’t this more like the old Carlos…….?
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This week lacked a bit of Katherine but was entertaining on the Gaby and Lynette side. I’m saying, just for the case, we might see some good old cheatin’ Gabrielle sooner than we think.
Who’s gonna call Katherine Crazy Katherine after this week’s bout when Susan almost killed her neighbors son? Really. Mike chose the unstable one.
I love the winners and losers. Also, the Baby Matt Damon that’s still on the show is Porter (the one who slept with Gail O’Grady). Preston is in Europe. I’m saying this because if you had assigned numbers to each of them then now it’s easier for you to refer to the one who is seen onscreen.
What Susan did WAS completely out-of-character for her. But I -love- how what happened to Julie changed her. Susan getting stronger? I’m all for it. Now, how she went about it? Not cool. But she she certainly asserted her strength to the Bolens, who otherwise might have viewed her as a clumsy foot-in-the-mouth kinda gal.
I want a fight between Carlos and John. John has bulked up. I want him to punch Carlos in the face! (Okay. That was violent. That’s not me speaking.)
Somehow, I’m beginning to think that whatever the Bowens did was not bad. This is too easy. Witness relocation? Something else? What do you think?
I love the Scavos. And hey, at least they have ONE cute kid…
I also agree w/all the winners/losers you chose. Susan definitely went too far. How’s Maynard gonna feel about having a mom locked up for murdering a young boy?
I’m LOVING season six! It’s delicious in all areas. I think this is the first time I’m loving everyone’s storyline. I saw on a few blogs that people thought it was a goof that Lynette told her kids she was pregnant over breakfast. However, I went back and viewed the closing narration with Mary Alice. She says, “One mother was about to share some good news with her family, when her son saw a flashing light in the window.” Now, I could be over analyzing, but I think this keeps the continuity in check.
Completely agree with your winners and losers selection. Thanks for doing the Twitter thing. I love reading your tweets during the show.