Episode 01 - Remember Paul? (26/09/2010)
There's a brand new housewife in the neighborhood! Okay, Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams) isn't exactly a housewife since she spends a lot of her time zipping around in a private jet. So when a shiny black limo comes rolling down Wisteria Lane, Lynette knows her old college friend Renee has just arrived.
Renee and Lynette have a bit of a twisted friendship. They constantly hurl vicious insults at each other, though always with a smile. Lynette says, "Renee comes off a little stuck-up when you first meet her, which is a real time-saver." Stuff like that.
The playful teasing takes a turn for the nasty when Renee insinuates that Lynette has not lived up to the potential she showed in college. Renee says, "It's just hard for me to reconcile this suburban housewife with the girl who had a threesome with two of the guys from the rugby team." Our jaws drop right along with Tom's.
"Everybody smile for mom and her strange and twisted friendship."
Lynette's had enough of Renee and tells her old college chum to hit the road. The problem is Renee has nowhere to go. Her superstar pro athlete husband is leaving her for another woman. A devastated Renee had to abandon her once-charmed life without a real game plan. Lynette offers her a place to stay for as long as she wants. We're just wondering if Renee is going to expect Lynette to do her laundry.
Susan, Mike and MJ try to make the most of their new, sparse living conditions. The woman who manages the complex where they now reside runs a website called "Va-Va-Va-Broom.com. Catchy name, right? The site features videos of women doing housework in lingerie. It pays big bucks, but Susan isn't about to be videoed vacuuming in a teddy. She plans to make some cash selling her homemade jewelry. But when earring sales slump, Susan has no choice but do a little "dirty dusting" for a sleazy online audience.
"We're not poor. We're just lower middle class."
After all these years, Bree finally tells Gaby that Andrew is the mystery driver who ran down her mother-in-law. Gaby wishes Bree had never said anything because now she'll have to tell her hubby. Speaking of Carlos, he gets some news he can't possibly share with Gaby, Thanks to a hospital worker's goof years ago, Gaby and Carlos took home the wrong newborn. Juanita is not their real daughter.
Gaby opts to not tell Carlos what really happened to his mother and Carlos opts to not tell Gaby about the Juanita situation. They are both looking out for each other, as they know the news would be devastating. Some things are better left unsaid. But are they truly better left unknown?
Orson's physical therapist, Judy, helps him move the last of his things out of Bree's house. This is all very hard on Bree, so Orson suggests she throw herself into a project. When a flap of wallpaper peels away, Bree rips off the entire sheet. Soon she's tearing every last shred of wallpaper down. Looks like she found herself a project!
Bree realizes that Orson has already struck up a little romance with Judy the physical therapist. This angers her at first, but she quickly realizes that another project could help take her mind off things. She eyes up Keith (Brian Austin Green), the handsome handyman who's helping her decide what to do with all those bare walls. Yes, this particular project could be a lot of fun.
As we know from last season's finale, another unexpected visitor has made his way back to the lane. Well, Paul Young isn't really a visitor. He used to be a staple in suburbia until he went to prison for murder. But Paul was released with a huge cash settlement after the woman he was accused of killing, Felicia Tilman, was found alive. Now Felicia is locked up and Paul is renting out Susan's house.
"That woman lives in a penthouse. We had to give up meat so we could buy a laptop."
Even though everyone now knows Paul didn't kill Felicia, they are all still creeped out by him. That's because the guy's creepy! He pays an "in your face" visit to Felicia in prison. She'll be out in 18 months with good behavior. Felicia vows to get revenge on Paul for killing her sister. We're inclined to take her threat seriously, as she says she still has a few friends left on Wisteria Lane.
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, David Grossman, Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.
The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the fictional American town of Fairview in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor. They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—at the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.
The show features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dreams.
Since its premiere on ABC on October 3, 2004, the show has been well received by viewers and critics alike. The show is a multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner, and in April 2007 it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million.
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