"Desperate Housewives: The More You Know, The Juicier It Gets" Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

"New" recap show this week. Re-learn some stuff you already know and put some other events in context in convenient clip form with Mary Alice as your guide.


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"Desperate Housewives: The More You Know, The Juicier It Gets"
Take a fond look back at the antics of the residents of Wisteria Lane. The special will bring viewers up to date with all the latest goings-on, including Bree and Andrew's escalating war, Susan's love triangle with Mike and Karl, Lynette's new job as her husband's new boss, Gabrielle and Carlos' quest for a child, the Applewhite family's secret life, as well as the ongoing mystery surrounding Paul Young and Felicia Tilman's determination to get to the truth about her sister Martha's murder.

[Tobias]

Well, unless something major happens between the next new episode and the season finale, The war between Bree and Andrew is over., which I hope is true since last week's ending was perfect.

[DisneyBoy]

This was the first full episode of Desperate Housewives I think I've ever seen, and it was a good one.

I also caught the similarly-styled episode of Grey's Anatomy, which was also a good one.

The question is, which of these will I actually watch next week?

I'm leaning towards Desperate Housewives. Anatomy seems too much like ER, only with slower storylines. Housewives seems to be moving at a break-neck pace. And boy oh boy did I get a tear in my eye as the episode ended, and the efforts of parents everywhere were valued. Nice ending.

[TheMecca]

Wow, 2 clip shows in 1 season.
They are hungry for episodes at this point.
EDIT: Oh, and the reason there's no criticism here is because when I saw it was a clip show I changed the channel.

[The Penguin]

Well DB, if you were going to start watching, a clip show would be the week to do it. Even so, I expect you'll have a few questions, but most of our (rather small) group has been watching since day one so I think we can help.

As a clip show goes this episode was fine. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing too great either. So much of the footage felt like it was from last week.

I liked how they had segements split up by stories. They did show some stuff from season one and early this season which made it a little more interesting and if someone decided to get into Desperate Housewives, this was a good week for them.

Saving Bree and Andrew until last worked great for pacing and build. That was a good move and tied all the "parents care for their children" epilogue together.