Susan's lover???!!!

"Queer as Folk" star Gale Harold got only 5 seconds in last May's 4th season finale of ABC's international blockbuster "Desperate Housewives." But they were the final 5 shocking seconds of the episode. Sunday, September 28, he gets a lot more action with Teri Hatcher as an "even juicier" season of "Desperate Housewives" begins.

Those who managed not to confuse Harold with actor Nathan Fillion, who guest starred last season as Dana Delany's cheating but protective husband, realized he played a new character, who romances Susan Mayer (Hatcher) in 2013, the year the show is infamously leaping to in the upcoming season.

Questions were being asked about Mike's (James Denton) fate. Why is Susan kissing an unknown man in her house, having married Mike in 2007 and given birth to their son the following year? Did something awful happen to the loving plumber, who battled addiction to painkillers this year?

***SPOILERS***

According to early spoilers, Susan will try to hide her relationship with Gale Harold's character, whose name is Jackson, but the truth will of course soon come out. Those who are worried about Mike will be happy to know he and Susan are only divorced and James Denton will be back as regular.

The storylines will deal with Jackson's and Susan's relationship and how it affects her raising her son MJ as well as Mike trying to be involved in his son's life. Jackson will have a secret of his own.

As for the divorce, according to unconfirmed rumors (therefore do take this with a grain of salt), Mike may have accidentally killed someone, leading Susan to a painful decision about her marriage.

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Change on the Lane!

It appears the producers of "Desperate Housewives" are going ahead with the 5-year leap into the future as they are currently looking for 3 teenage boys and a 9-year old girl to replace the young actors who have played the children of Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) over the past 4 years and become series regulars.

After the show concluded its 4th season with a cliffhanger flash forward, some had argued "Desperate Housewives" had simply peaked into the future and would return to its normal storytelling come fall, leaving the viewers to wonder how the characters got to their respective futures.

That no longer seems to be the case, as the producers are casting 15-16 year old identical twins with red hair and brown eyes, who are willing to dye their hair if necessary to match the previous actors, a 14-year old boy and a 9-year blond and blue eyed girl.

The producers are also looking for a 5-7 year old boy who will play Maynard, the son of Susan Mayer and Mike Delfino.

In the casting sides currently available for audition, Lynette finds Porter and Preston playing poker and drinking alcohol with their friends at the family pizzeria. After the boys (who recently took a ride in Mrs. McClusky's car) are grounded, Lynette asks her techno geek son Parker to take sister Penny to her soccer practice.

For those who are wondering what the Scavo kids are doing with the Gabby and Carlos, the image is taken from a season 2 episode in which the Solises borrowed Lynette's kids to create a photo album/evidence of their great parenting skills for the benefit of an adoption service.

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"Desperate Housewives" Jumps Time to 2013 (VIDEO)

They did it! As anticipated by spoiler-hunters for weeks, ABC's hit soap "Desperate Housewives" jumped time in the concluding moments of last night's 2-hour 4th season finale (#416-417) revealing a somewhat different Wisteria Lane.

Many of the rumors were true - Bree is now a successful Marta Stewart-type celebrity whose affairs are managed by her gay son Andrew.

I also heard a rumor that either Bob or Lee would be gone, and Andrew would be dating the one who stays (since Bob loves the suburbs I presume it would be him), but we'll have to wait till September to see if that one's true. Bree has however forgiven Orson and she is happy with him.

Lynette may have put an end to Kayla's antics, but her teenage twins have turned into delinquents. We knew those two would always wreak havoc, so it is only logical the show would continue to explore their problematic coming of age.

It'll be fun to see the twins the producers cast over the summer to take over the roles. I would guess the young actors who played them were among those who had to leave the show. At least as series regulars.

Katherine remains on the show and that's a good thing. Dana Delany has been a wonderful addition to 'Desperate Housewives' (has she actually replaced Edie, or is Nicolette Sheridan's hilarious character coming back in the fall?).

Gabrielle's bloated appearance and being a parent to twin girls is just the sort of a comic twist you could imagine befall the self-obsessed material girl. Is Carlos still by her side?

Finally, Gale Harold's ("Queer as Folk") character did (as spoilers claimed) turn out to be Susan's new husband (and no, that wasn't Nathan Fillion as some of those stereotypical magazine-flipping and chips-munching casual viewers may have thought).

The questions remain - what happened to Mike? Is he dead? Who's the new guy? How did Susan meet him? I hear he may be the focus of next year's big mystery. Is he just an obstacle to Susan reuniting with Mike, the love of her life, in the big series finale in 2011 (which I guess would depict events in 2016)?

It's hard to tell by those 3 minutes whether this was a brilliant move on the part of the writers, or the moment which will be remembered as the time when "Desperate Housewives" "jumped the shark."

It will all depend on the execution in the fall and whether the viewers actually care to find out how the ladies got to the point where they are in 2013 (through a series of flashbacks which could still employ some of the actors who left the show).

In any event, I'll be happy to revisit Bree "The Celebrity Mom," Lynette "The Delinquents' Mom," Gabby "The Fatty Mom," and Susan "The Remarried Mom," all living on Wisteria Lane in 2013.

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Gale Harold Joins "Desperate Housewives"

Former "Queer as Folk" star Gale Harold, who most recently guest starred on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and fronted FOX's failed abduction thriller "Vanished" in the fall of 2006, joins "Desperate Housewives" in the May 18 finale. Unfortunately, he won't be playing Andrew Van De Kamp's new sugar daddy. Bummer.

According to a TV Guide report, Harold will play a "quick-witted, charming and buttoned-down suburbanite" along the lines of a young Jack Lemmon who "could return next season in a recurring capacity."

Last week, Kristin of E!Online wrote that "we'll meet a new character by the name of Ken in the finale. He'll initially come off as the perfect, straight-laced husband type. However, he'll have something to do with next year's big mystery."

According to casting sides, in the second half of the May 18 finale (simply titled "Free"), Ken approaches his overprotective wife Linda standing in the schoolyard, leaning against a play structure, watching their son MJ.

Ken was called to the scene by the school principal to calm Linda down and get her to go home. Linda is filled with fear on her son's first day of school, but Ken's loving and confident manner gives her the strength to let her son out of her sight.

Would the mystery have something to do with why Linda became so overprotective? Or, if the show shifts five years into the future - as it has been rumored - will we find this family in a very different situation and wonder how they got there?

In any event, I applaud the casting of Gale Harold who has a very loyal fanbase and may bring additional viewers to Wisteria Lane, but I also cautiously hope DH doesn't turn into "Lost" laced with flashbacks of the 5 years gone by.
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Desperate Housewives - Opening Doors #414

According to an official ABC press release, Lynette finds out who was responsible for starting the fire at Rick's restaurant, Bree gives Orson an ultimatum and Susan reconnects with her ex-husband, Karl (guest star Richard Burgi, pictured above with Teri Hatcher).

Little Kayla (Rachel Fox) will be revealed as the mastermind behind the fire at Rick's restaurant. Lynette takes her to see a psychiatrist, after it is revealed she manipulated her brothers into setting the fire (I can't imagine those little devils being entirely innocent, though).

Obviously, the boys were scared by the sight of their parents fighting (in last Sunday's episode). But since the obvious first suspect was her father Tom, the only member of the Scavo family she appeared to actually care about, what was Kayla trying to accomplish?

Susan will bump into Karl at a Lamaze class, where hex ex-husband comes with his pregnant girlfriend.Susan is embarrassed because of her old clothes and Mike not being by her side (he is being recognized for staying off drugs for 30 days). She makes sure Mike accompanies her to the next class dressed to the nines.As I mentioned in the earlier post, Justine Bateman ("Family Ties") will guest star in the episode as part of Gabrielle's storyline.Gary Cole returns as Katherine Mayfair's ex-husband.

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Rugged Jesse

Jesse Metcalfe has updated his MySpace with some new hot photos :-P Enjoy


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Chris Carmak on Housewives!

Desperate Housewives is back :-) and as we have announced a couple of months ago, Chris Carmak joined the DH hunk list and is apparently doing Katherine!!! Did she pull a "Gabby" or what?

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Desperate Housewives - 412 "In Buddy's Eyes"

"Desperate Housewives" returns in only 3 days and ABC has already released images from the following episode "In Buddy's Eyes."

Gaby struggles with the reality of having a blind husband, Lynette is surprised when someone from her past shows up at Scavo pizzeria, and Bree and Katherine join forces to plan the Founders Day Ball.


Those are the official spoilers. Now rumor has it, this is the episode in which we get to see the male nudity that spoilers lovers have been gossiping about for weeks. And it appears it may be Orson who begins sleepwalking.

Gaby battles a man in a wheelchair over a handicapped parking spot. The problem is, her blind husband Carlos is not with her. But good ole Gaby won't let her opponent's disability prevent her from fighting back.

Bree learns Katherine may take Founder’s Day Ball Award away from her and tries to get Katherine to taste spoiled dip. She however ends up winning the award and Katherine accuses her of trying to poison her. The feuding housewives may however end up working together.

Finally, the blast from Lynette's past is none other than her season 3 fling Rick (Jason Gedrick) who opens up a restaurant next door. But, after his business is vandalized, he accuses the Scavos.

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"Desperate Housewives" Spoilers: Shocking 4th Season Finale Twist

"Desperate Housewives" takes a dramatic turn :: i'll entice you with only 3 words and a number! ... 5 years in the FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Desperate Housewives Spoilers #411 - Sunday

Guess who's getting married! "Desperate Housewives," whose return I am most looking forward to this spring, is coming back on Sunday, April 13 (at 9/8c on ABC) with the first of as many as 7 all-new episodes (including a 2-hour finale on May 18). Here are the latest stills and spoilers from the episode. And if that's not enough, ABC has also released 3 promos and a video sneak peek, too. All just a click away.


Kathryn Mayfair is unable to keep some of her secrets from the women of Wisteria Lane, Susan's hunky young male cousin reveals more than expected, and Gabrielle's surprise wedding ceremony has its share of secrets.


Chris Carmack guest stars as Susan's cousin Tim and Gary Cole guest stars as Kathryn's former husband.


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Desperate Carmack

Chris Carmack will join the cast of Desperate Housewives, reports TV Guide. Carmack will play Tim, cousin to Teri Hatcher's Susan, who arrives at Wisteria Lane to help his relative out with her taxes ... and probably more than that!

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Jesse shoved Socially

Jesse Metcalfe finds himself at the receiving end of an attack by a jealous machismo man at Boulevard 3 nightclub in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The 29-year-old former Desperate Housewives star was shoved to the ground and into the grass. Poor guy!

Here’s how the fight went down: Jesse arrived at B3 and greeted actress pal Taryn Manning with a hug and chatted with her with his arm around her. Taryn’s machismo friend seemingly didn’t like Jesse’s signs of affection and the two ended up in a fight on the sidewalk.

Jesse subsequently went inside Boulevard 3 whilst Taryn and her man went to Social next door. Awhile later, Jesse reemerged with an entourage of men. The group went into Social and came out a short while later with big grins on their faces.

It’s called taking care of business!


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Gone With The Wind! ("Desperate Housewives" #410 Spoilers)

Last Sunday a destructive twister touched down on Wisteria Lane wreaking havoc and shattering lives. But who died? And what happens next? "Desperate Housewives" spoilers ahead.

**spoilers**

The conclusion to the 2-part twister episode has already been filmed - it was the last script available prior to production shutdown last month.

As you may have realized John Slattery's character Victor Lang was killed off in a life-and-death battle with Carlos Solis.

You may also have heard that despite the dramatic cliffhanger, Lynette's family survives.

Rumor has it, Mrs. McClusky's friend Ida Greenberg won't be so lucky, and her neighbors will bid her farewell scattering her ashes over a baseball field.

But what happened to Sylvia, the woman - as we learned - Katherine's husband Adam had an affair with?

Although this death has not been confirmed, there is a scene in the sides used in the casting process for episode #410 where Tom and Lynette go to a morgue to identify the body of Annabel Foster who was on her way to visit the couple.

If you remember, Annabel was the woman Tom was flirting with at the office at the end of season 1 (not to be confused with Kristen Warren's Nora who got shot at the supermarket last year).

Now the reappearance of Annabel Foster makes little sense at this point, and I suspect (since audition sides often have changed names to confuse spoiler sleuths) it is actually Katherine and Adam who are asked to identify Sylvia's body.

In a recent interview, Dana Delany revealed the episode ends with Adam finding the note Katherine's aunt left for her daughter Dylan before she passed away. The viewers however still don't learn the contents of the note.

Meanwhile, Gaby and Edie team up in a hilarious race against the time to retrieve something precious (those Cayman island documents perhaps?) under a pretense of helping the neighbors in need.

The Hodges whose house has been badly damaged are staying with Susan and Bree tries to woo a gay contractor to repair the damage on their home free of charge by introducing him to her eager son Andrew.

Finally, Mike seeks help to battle his addiction in rehab, but finds it hard to relate to any of the people and their problems. A woman he meets there offers a helping hand.

NOTE: ABC has yet to decide when they will air this episode. If the writers' strike continues well into the new year, it may be held off until as late as September 2008.The network is however hoping the production will resume at some point early next year, and this episode will be used to anchor the new batch of episodes (be it 14 or fewer).

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Desperate Housewives Rundown Episode 9: "Something's Coming"

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

This week's episode of Desperate Housewives "blew" me away. As promised, a tornado hits Wisteria Lane, forcing together odd combinations of people and generally wreaking havoc in ways that are shown via laughable animation. All the little arguments and quibbles between the characters ultimately seem quite small "in comparison to the storm." All in all, I really liked this episode, though the ending (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
was a dreadful way to leave things for the hiatus.To check out more of my rundown and to share your thoughts (spoilers ahead),


Susan — Wow, did this storyline make me uncomfortable. However, finally Susan has something real and intriguing going on in her life instead of just falling out of windows naked or whatever stupid antics she always seems to be doing. When she takes away Mike's pills, he becomes agitated and temperamental, eventually causing Susan to fall down the stairs. At the hospital he attacks one of the hospital employees and is handcuffed to a chair. Susan gives him an ultimatum: go to rehab, or she takes the baby and leaves him. "You win," Mike finally says.
Bree — Basically Bree's storyline this week exists to reveal more information about Katherine. I love that Bree takes Sylvia in for tea after she sees the spitty interaction between Sylvia and Katherine. Later Katherine accuses Bree of just wanting the dirt on the Chicago thing (well, yeah, don't we all?) and Bree denies it, saying innocently "I can't help having a sympathetic face!"
Gaby — "Carlos, if you are taking me someplace where I don't need a boa, I don't want to go!" I love Gaby and all her selfish greediness. In an absurd twist, Edie gets her grubby hands on the Cayman Islands documents, and Gaby fights her for them. They are soon swept up in the tornado and the two women are forced to teeter-run in their ridiculously high heels to Edie's crawl space to wait out the storm, hold each other, and confess things. Meanwhile, Victor shows up at Gaby's house (which made me jump a mile), intending to shoot Carlos. After a brawl outside, a very well-aimed piece of fence plunges through Victor's heart. Another piece of debris knocks Carlos unconscious.
Lynette — This story bugged me. As cranky as Mrs. McCluskey can be sometimes, it seems ridiculous that she would choose a tornado as the time to harp on what a bad friend Lynette is. Everything seems unnecessary in this plotline, from Mrs. McCluskey's severe reluctance to let a family into her basement to the whole cat thing. And in the end, with that primal scream that just made my skin crawl, we are left with Lynette frantically looking for her family on a street full of rubble.
Edie — Yet again we're supposed to feel a twinge of sympathy for Edie, despite all the outrageously hateful things she's done, but I'm afraid I'm all out of love for this character. She's extraneous at this point.
Katherine — Finally! We find out "what happened in Chicago." Katherine's husband Adam was accused of sexual assault when he refused to respond to his patient Sylvia's advances. The completely deluded and annoying Sylvia keeps showing up in their lives, insisting that they're in love. Side note: Did anyone else giggle a little when Sylvia was sucked out the door by the tornado? Anyway, Katherine, operating under the belief that Sylvia is merely a lunatic making up fantasies, finds out through Bree that the woman really did have an affair with Adam. I felt truly sorry for Katherine in that moment. Also, how uncomfortable must it have been in that closet when the truth came out? Awk-ward!
Wow, this episode is full of meaty things to tide us over until the show hopefully returns in the spring when (if?) the writers strike ends. What did you think of this final episode of DH?
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poised Ali

While some of her fellow Heroes were off celebrating media honors, Ali Larter decided to get a little fancier at the Stormy Weather Jewelry Launch in LA last night. The fireplace and candles make this seem like a pretty intimate affair, and we bet Ali had a lot of fun checking out the jewels (and maybe even scoring some swag). Her on-screen counterpart continued to wreak havoc on last night's episode of Heroes, but off screen Ali was pretty and poised as always.

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Eva Longoria for BeBe Sport!

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Desperate Housewives Rundown Episode 4: "If There's Anything I Can't Stand"

I have to admit, this week's episode of Desperate Housewives made me pretty uncomfortable at times. Between the dying woman frantic to rid her conscience of wrongdoings and Tom demanding Lynette feel sorry for him because he's the one who has to "be the hero" in her fight with cancer, it was a squirmy hour of TV. Watching Orson joyfully zooming down the street on the scooter made me laugh out loud, though.

**spoilers**

Susan — Susan is the one through whom we're introduced to the new neighbors, gay couple Bob and Lee, and while it's not fun to see Lee treat Susan so rudely, I must say it's a teensy bit refreshing to have someone call her out on her ridiculousness. All of Susan's efforts to win him over simply backfire, ending with the couple's dog Rafael ruining Bob's suit, and Mike having to pay for a new one.

Bree — It's getting harder and harder to keep up the "I'm pregnant" charade with Bree, what with well-intentioned baby showers and Rex's nosy, grumpy mother Phyllis who discovers Bree's fake bellies in the closet. When she hears Bree's whole plan to save Danielle's reputation by pretending the baby is Bree's, Phyllis breaks Danielle out of the convent. Again, the scooter thing just made me giddy. Who knew Kyle MacLachlan would be so funny on this show?

Gaby — The Gaby-Victor-Carlos-Edie storyline revolves entirely around crabs. Gross. Edie gave them to Carlos who gave them to Gaby who passed them to Victor. In the interest of keeping their affair secret so they won't be swimming with the fishes, Gaby plays sexy nurse and cures Victor's crabs. She later tells Carlos that the whole murder possibility makes their affair that much more exciting.

Lynette — As always: Poor Lynette. I seriously feel for this woman. She gets her mojo back, only to be rejected by Tom on account of her bald head. When she gets a sexy wig and pretends to be "Brandy," he's totally into it and wants to role play all the time, which Lynette is not so into. That's when they have that discussion about how Lynette doesn't sympathize enough with Tom's spouse-of-cancer-patient experience, and that she really should be more attentive to his needs. I kind of see his point, but Tom always sounds whiny with Lynette, and it's a hard sell when the person you're asking for sympathy from is battling a life-threatening disease.

Edie — Less Edie time this week, which is a relief. I definitely could have done without the scene in which only the people with crabs take the crab cake appetizers. Yuck.

Katherine — According to the voiceover in the beginning of the episode, Katherine's aunt goes to their house to die. Yet she's suddenly seized with the need to cleanse her soul of guilt before passing on, so she begs Katherine to let her tell Dylan what happened to Dylan "in that room." She never gets the chance to make her confession, however, so as she's gasping her final breaths she writes a note, which falls to the floor unnoticed. This is an unpleasant storyline.

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"Desperate Housewives" Rundown Episode 3: "The Game"

This week on "Desperate Housewives," the neighbors gather together for a rousing game of charades, though several of the women are there out of sheer gossipy curiosity, hoping to use the event as a way to find out more about Katherine's shady past. Aside from the guessing games, we get more Edie-Carlos-Gaby drama, Bree struggling to keep her fake pregnancy from Susan and Lynette's mother finding, uh, creative ways to get her daughter to eat.

Susan — I think it's wise of Susan to veer away from having her neighbor be her OBGYN, and the part when she goes to the sketchy obstetrician (who takes a picture of her with his camera phone!) is pretty funny. Otherwise, there's not much to the Susan storyline this week, besides her confession that she's anxious about having a baby at her age.

Bree — I think Orson's getting some of the funniest lines lately! My favorite was when he suggests Edie not be last picked for charade games in light of her recent suicide attempt. Anyway, Bree has no problem gabbing with the ladies about what she witnessed at Katherine's house, but remains mum on the whole fake pregnancy thing. She comes close to admitting her secret to Susan, but ultimately decides against it. She and Orson learn that Danielle took a fall at the convent while rollerblading, though in the end the baby is saved.

Gaby — Jealousy strikes Gaby yet again when she learns of Carlos and Edie's engagement, so she gets back at Carlos by flirting with Adam, which also succeeds in igniting Katherine's rage. Carlos gets so angry at the sight of Adam touching Gaby that he smashes a glass, which only further endears him to Gaby.

Lynette — Interestingly, Lynette's mother Stella is well-versed in all things "chronic," and decides to score some pot for her sick daughter who has lost her appetite. She has Cooper deliver the pot brownies to his mom who then thoroughly enjoys herself for an evening, though perhaps goes a bit too far when she points to Edie during charades to indicate Hang 'Em High. When she discovers the true reason for her happy state, however, she chides her mother, saying she doesn't want to be a stoned mom like Stella was.

Edie — Despite Carlos' wishes to the contrary, Edie wears her giant engagement ring to charades and coyly alludes to her betrothal to Carlos. This infuriates the supposed groom-to-be, so he makes a phone call to speed things up in terms of "getting rid of Edie." It turns out his cohort in this project is his accountant. Later, he has a little chat with Victor in which Victor casually mentions that he has no problem making people "disappear" if someone were to have an affair with Gaby.

Katherine — Katherine and Adam are tres hostile toward one another, no? It's clear Adam has a checkered past when it comes to other women, so when Gaby flirts with him at the charades party, Gaby and Katherine get into a heated argument. Gaby provokes Katherine until she tearfully tells the room that Dylan's father did the worst imaginable thing a father can do to a daughter. That shut 'em up. Back at the Mayfair house, Dylan and Julie break into the forbidden room full of Dylan's old stuff, but she still can't remember anything from her childhood. Katherine and Adam start clearing out the room for Katherine's aunt's stay, and Katherine reveals that she lied about Dylan's real dad doing that unimaginable thing.

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"Desperate Housewives" Rundown Episode 2: "Smiles of a Summer Night"

This week's episode of "Desperate Housewives" started out with talk about how fake peoples' smiles are in the suburbs. Well, the first season of this show taught us that! Indeed, with a few exceptions, I thought this week's episode was nearly back to first season "DH" quality. And did anyone notice that Eva Longoria's name in the credits is now Eva Longoria Parker? Just an interesting tidbit.

You can catch the entire episode on ABC's website, or if you watched last night, let's discuss when you

Susan — The part where Susan goes to a high school party to retrieve her daughter dressed in little more than lingerie was ridiculous, but otherwise Susan's hysterics are slightly toned down this week. More obnoxious is Mike's snide little comment about Susan's breakfast when she pours on the syrup saying she's eating for two, and Mike replies, "And do you both want to be fat?" Nice. I have to say I liked it when Mike and Julie teamed up a little there at the end after some confusion over who makes the decisions when it comes to Julie's life.

Bree — This plotline involving Bree feverishly trying to find out Katherine's secret lemon meringue pie recipe was classic Bree, and I loved every minute of it. I also thought Orson was actually kind of funny this week! Like when he calls Katherine's pie switch-up "culinary terrorism."

Gaby — I must say, I'm enjoying Gaby and Carlos sneaking around together. I laughed out loud when Carlos dove to the ground and slither-crawled away from being seen by an approaching Edie. Later, Gaby has an unusually serious and emotional scene when she tells Lynette about her father's death from cancer. Gaby doesn't often have these sad, weighty moments, so it was interesting to see a different side of her.

Lynette — This is the one storyline I thought was super lame. Since when does Lynette push people like she does with Gaby, insisting that she come to chemo with her? Anyone could see that Gaby has a hard time with hospitals and it's probably for a terribly sad reason. Lynette forcing Gaby to join her in chemo seems out of character.

Edie — Firstly, I love how Edie was a part of the gang last season while Marcia Cross was off the show having babies, but now the other ladies have no real use for her. Up to her same old tricks, Edie is trying to manipulate Carlos into spending some of the money she knows he has, and in the end she blackmails Carlos into getting engaged, saying that if they're married, she won't testify against him if the IRS investigates his offshore account. And, of course, if he doesn't agree to marry her, chances are Edie will ensure that the IRS comes a-knocking.

Katherine — She's a snake. Swapping out Bree's pie for hers at Lynette's lunch was, in the world of Wisteria Lane, downright cruel. And it becomes clearer that Katherine's been lying to her daughter Dylan about her real father — and her childhood in general, it seems.

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"Desperate Housewives" Episode 1: "Now You Know"

The season premiere of Desperate Housewives" definitely delivered much of what we've come to expect and love about this show. All the usual suspects were present: melodrama, humor, cattiness and a touch of real human emotion. This week's episode also featured some new characters with shady secrets of their own. If you missed the episode and want to catch up, you can watch it on ABC's website.

• Susan and Mike — Oh, Susan. Will you ever grow up and stop freaking out about everything? I think probably not. So Susan's new neighbor/OBGYN Adam (Nathan Fillion) informs her that she may be menopausal but then it turns out — surprise! — she's pregnant!


• Bree and Orson — Still doing the fake pregnancy thing, though for Orson the whole charade is starting to wear him down. When he suggests faking a miscarriage, Bree reveals that she really wants a second chance to parent right. Sidenote: Just because Andrew is gay means he loves leather pants, apparently.


• Gaby and Victor/Carlos — That whole Victor-Gaby marriage thing is not going to end well, I can feel it. Planning to run away with Carlos seemed a little silly to me, though I suppose it's in keeping with Gaby's impulsive nature.


• Lynette and Tom — Poor Lynnette. Felicity Huffman always manages to breathe a bit of real humanity into this show and this week she yet again made me feel a little weepy. At least the others know she has cancer now, though, so hopefully she'll get some of the help she needs.


• Edie and Carlos — So Edie's not dead. It was all a stunt to get some more attention from Carlos. Then, one night when he's off doing illicit things with Gaby, Edie discovers an off-shore account Carlos has been hiding from everyone. And Edie has some ammo once again.


• Katherine, Adam and Dylan Mayfair — The new (but old) neighbors on Wisteria Lane! Katherine (Dana Delany) used to live on the street and was buddies with Susan. Adam (Nathan Fillion) is an OBGYN which of course provides an awkward situation for Susan. Dylan used to be best friends with Julie Meyers but can't seem to recall anything about her childhood. This family, like any that moves into Wisteria Lane, has a lot to hide.

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