I laughed many, many times while reading this. You are hilarious Hypnotoad!!!

Awesome recap! Is it just me or with so many shows doing the thing where one of the characters sees loved ones walking around and then you get to the end of the episode and it turns out in was all imaginary and the loved one is dead is it totally not suprising anymore? I watch this show with my mom and I wasn't sure if it was suppossed to be suprising or not that they were not real at the end of the episode cuz I missed last weeks but as soon as we saw him looking at her and the kid outside we both just kind of said- "Oh look he must be imagining his dead wife and kid!"

Great recap. I think the dead people were supposed to surprise us - but my first thought was that they were ghosts (or only in Dave's head)... and then that they were the couple killed in the car accident. (The brother killed in prison was just to throw us off the scent. I smelled for it.)

I didn't miss Susan's new beau at all - but this makes two weeks in a row with no Mrs. McClusky? Fer gosh sakes, what's with THAT?

Congratulations on the "degree". Like they say about medals, that and two bits cents will buy you a cup of coffee (okay - adjust the price for inflation, I think coffee must cost more these days).

Thanks, fire@will. I'm sure the degree will come in handy when I'm telling the guy from Sallie Mae that I can't afford to make my tuition payments.

And you guys, WHY is there no McCluskey?! So. Stupid. Give the public what it wants (a.k.a. an entirely new 5th season, if you ask me).

Okay, so this is going to be kind of long, but I was thinking about this as I was walking downtown today, getting splashed with slush and mud by the X28 bus:

Season 1: I had no idea why Mary Alice killed herself, or what led to it, until pretty much the last couple episodes. I mean, there were a couple pieces of the puzzle, but in the last few shows, I was seriously like, "What. The eff. Just happened?! Awesome!"

Season 2: Really, I had no idea why Caleb Applewhite was locked in the basement until midway thru, and THEN, in the last episode, things totally flipped the eff around and we find out Matthew was the one who did it? Whaaaaaa?! And even if we knew why he was locked in the basement, there was still a lot of tension when he got out, and how Betty handled it. It's a shame they didn't make her interact with the girls more. I wish she was still here.

Season 3: I knew Orson hit Mike, and I knew that Orson's first wife went missing, but then she showed up! And I was totally thrown when we found out what really happened to Monique. And I loved the whole, Orson bad? Orson good? aspect.

Season 4: Okay, so I loved how the whole Dylan Mayfair story slowly unfurled (remember how creepy Katherine was when the grandma died?!), and we really didn't find out anything until the last episode, and it was AWESOME! And again, some pieces showed up, but really not so much that I wasn't bored or had figured it all out.

Which brings us to Season 5. Sigh. I honestly feel like we (the audience) have all the information, all the pieces to the puzzles. So, when a "surprise" happens, it's totally not one. At all. I, for one, think the story-writing has gotten really lazy (even though the dialogue is top-notch). I keep hoping for something to really come out of nowhere, but it hasn't, and I don't think it will. I guess I could always be surprised at the end of the season, but I'm not holding my breath. I am holding out a bit of hope that maybe the Dave "mystery" gets "solved" soon, and a new one is introduced.

And freaking bring back McCluskey and Roberta, Cherry. They're pretty much the diamonds in this pile of poo.

I KNEW IT!

I haven't even read past the first paragraph yet, but Cherry, you majorly, majorly failed us.

I (and a couple of others) totally called that the woman and child killed would be related to Dave and that the story about his brother was total crap - I mean, Cherry spent all that time in Season 1 making Mike a good guy who only committed manslaughter, so why would Mike kill in prison?

AND somebody else suggested that the band name actually reflected the color and make of the car. Score Two for the Gasmi.

Cherry has nil.

I have to admit I was thrown off by the whole dead brother thing, but now I'm back on track.... hopefully not so it is not predictable. Great recap as always and you recaps would be a great thesis!

Dear georgiababe and other gasmii:

I hate to burst your bubble (I really do, because I don't want to give Cherry or anyone else mystery credit this season), but the Odyssey (by Honda, to be precise) is actually a minivan. Or was a minivan. Now it's some kind of SUV thingy. I had to watch the beginning of this ep again (for the "Preiously on . . ."), and I'm fairly positive Dave's wife wasn't driving an Odyssey -- it didn't look like an minivan at all. It was blue, though. Kind of.

I'm afraid Blu Odyssey was just a red herring. Or, in this case, a blu herring.

Dang, I'm all over this comment board like McCluskey on a cheap domestic 40oz-er.

I just wanted to clarify that the Odyssey is actual still a minivan. It's just more streamlined. Totally not an SUV.

Also, I'm wondering if they'll bring back Mary Alice for one or two episodes like they tend to usually do. I'm highly doubting it, but I hope so. I like it when she's actually onscreen for a little bit.

Congrats on the degree. Soon, you'll be a "man of letters." Your degree is, at least, work related.

I'm currently working on my SECOND master's degree but I still don't have a PH.D. but one day I will and then I'll be super smart-a-fied

Andrew's future husband (they've known each other for 6 months and they're getting married?! They're acting like foolish straight-ees.)
is much handsomer in this episode than in his picture in the last episode but I still wouldn't do him.

He looks like a pushy bottom and I suspect the movie he was in had an all black cast except for him.
(I'm sure you've seen the type of movie I'm describing.)

Not lovin' this season. I was working on a paper while watching the show and didn't miss anything.

Mr Dangerous, I hope you missed seeing Lynette's ugly old feet at the beginning of the episode. Eww!

Hypno, that was also the gayest recap ever this season . . . I loved it!!!

I see that husband of the pedophillic battered wife at the gym, he seems so nice and down to earth, and I remember him from Civil Wars with the Hemingway- he was way more Bruce Willis than she was Cybil Shepard, I'm just sayin'--anyhoo, I'd heard he was going to be on this season, and I'm so sorry it's such a thankless role. Oh well, hopefully he'll end up on the new version of the next cop series as a hard as nails detective . . . Good Luck, Peter!

snore, snore, snore on the whole Dave thing, guys a psychopath, would the ghost of his wife want anything to do with him.

And I also cry for McKlusky and more more Edie, why can't she get along like she did here, and why isn't her slowly discovering Dave's dark secrets part of this boring season . . . and I also agree, married at 6 months is crazy . . .

I missed the beginning which means I missed the family dinner! I have to watch that because I don't think I've ever seen the younger boy...whatever his name is, I get them all confused.

And I think I might be the only one who misses Jackson.

Meh, that's okay about the Odyssey theory.

It's still the most predictable thing to ever happen on this show, pretty much.

OH and apparently, Marc Cherry is in talks to extend the DH contract from 2011 (it's current scheduled end date) to 2013.

While I love(d) this show, I think, judging by how the writing is going, that that is a terrible idea.

Thoughts?

And great recap, btw!

Thank you! Sorry about the Odyssey . . .

I have mixed feelings about the 9 seasons (instead of 7). If the show can pull itself out of its ass and get with it, then I'm totally down with that. Because I love this show. There's been a severe drop in love this season, but I still do. But, if not . . . yeesh.

I think this means that Cherry has definite plans for the show, and he needs another 95 or so episodes to carry those plans out, which can be either great or scary. He had definite plans for this season, and how'd it turn out? Not great, if you ask me.

Hahahaha. This was quite entertaining.

And by reading your recaps I have noticed that Dave's color palette is quite... questionable.

And Kelsey, I also miss Jackson. He is my favorite. Behind Karen and Edie...

LOL I loved this recap but I have to disagree with you Toad I thought the dress Carlos bought Gabby was very pretty! :P

All righty roo, my Desperate Housewives gasmii. I've had a good 4 Boddington's, so bear with me. There's no new episode for a couple of weeks, so Happy Holidays! Here's to hoping the new year brings us lots of McCluskey and Co.! *Clink*

Love,
Kevin