Shoot, forget about the recap - lets talk about the Cream Brulee ice cream!

Dont you just looove when you put the creamy smooth ice cream in your mouth, and then you encounter the crunchy sugar ribbon...boy, I think I just drooled a little bit on my sweater.

But seriously, great recap!

Great recap! And yes, the Julie, Julie, Julie song is real.

I'm still sick, but I want to say, a.) The fact that the song is real makes me sad, and b.) When you move your mouse over the "SPRINT" link in the first paragraph above, the pop-up ad says, "Avoid awkward conversations with ease." I thought that was kind of funny.

Nyquil ahoy!

ETA: I meant the "SPRINT" link in the first paragraph of the page 4. My bad.

Wanna bet "Blue Odyssey" is the color and make of the van hit by Mike that probably killed Dave's wife and unborn child?

Sorry, sounded smart there for a second until I said unborn child. I meant his child.

I am so disappointed that it was Dave who set the fire. How predictable.

At the beginning of the ep, when they said that the police were concluding it was arson, my sister was like "Dave did it" and I scoffed because I thought it was WAY too obvious. But then...he did it. Lame.

Also, the person who dies is the psychiatrist? Who cares? A) A blind man could have called that and B) we don't know the psychiatrist so when he died, I was like "Meh. Boring."

This entire "mystery" is far too obvious - it is not enjoyable.

I am not impressed, Cherry. Not at all.

For Mr. Hypnotoad:

Okay, I thought this was funny, "Mike is singing lead, and if you didn't think he could get any sexier, you were wrong, my friend. A plumber and a lead singer of a band? Hand me a paper towel."

For Georgiababe: I think it's great that you're watching the show with your sister. I think you're asking too much of TV to expect great writing. It's TV. It's an appliance. If you want great writing read an Edith Wharton book.

And by blind man, I mean Helen Keller.

Wornsey -

But didn't Dave say that Blu Odyssey was the name of his brother's band before he died?

Then again, they "had to" "write an original song" for the "battle of the bands," so whatev. This season ain't about consistency at all. And agreed that Dave setting the fire was really predictable. And even Dave killing someone? I was like, "Meh." It's just too late in the season (this is episode 8) for me, for things to get interesting.

Ah, but Mr. Dangerous, this show WAS good, back in Season 1. Season 2 was rather lackluster, but Season 3 (especially the supermarket episode) was good.

But Season 5 has been a major step down for Cherry and the gang. I wonder if they have new writers?

I cut Bobby Sherman's "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" off the back of a cereal box when I was a kid. (Quisp, I think it was.) Ah, the good ol' days.

Kind of a weak episode for the big "cliffhanger" show. Hard to get excited about this one these days.

:: sigh ::

To hypnotoad,

I forgot about that statement regarding Dave's brother's band, my guess is he could be lying about that. We'll have to wait to see!

Before this episode I was really hoping that the guy that killed Dave's brother in prison that Dave was out for revenge on was NOT Mike. All they had said previously was that it was in prison, so I hoped maybe Carlos or Orson (since they have both spent time in the big house). That kind of twist would be so season 1 level of awesome. But this episode the writers really hit us over that head with the fact that it is Mike. I'm sad about it. I'm also sad that I over think the show so much that I could probably write a more exciting script. Boo!

decent episode, better recap.

Yeah, aman, I'm there with you on that one too. As soon as he said prison, I had this sinking feeling that it was Mike and hoped that I was mistaken - or that Dave was actually lying to Edie about the band name's origin and that it originally had a more sinister meaning.

Great recap.

Maybe we are all wrong about Mike being the object of Dave's affections... maybe it is actually Scarvo, since he's the only one in the band that hasn't been - as far as we know - in prison.

Logic and consistancy were never this shows long suite.

BTW - I saw a 2003 movie on TV this week with Ms. Sheridan in it. I'd never seen her except on Housewives. She looked at least twenty years younger five years ago. So, what the heck happened to her??

Funny recap, O! Get better soon.

Chicago: I remember Quisp! Yum!

Fire@Will: search YouTube for old Nicolette Sheridan videos, especially the bikini scene in The Sure Thing. A completely different person...

Also, wasn't Julie like 17 and looking at colleges last season? I thought I remembered Mike talking about her going to some Ivy League school. And now she is 24 with Professor Creepy?

Hm, let me put down a paper towel before I write . . . too funny, hypno!!! I think it was obvious it was Mike he wanted because of all the manipulation of Mike to get him to play in the band. I don't care why he wants revenge, but I do want more McClusky . . . and I think Edie, N.S., looks great, guess it's me . . . I didn't like her all fat faced when she was younger on Falcon Crest or whatev.

It's all so meh to me, the susan/julie, kill me now, the mike and Kath, meh, the interview . . . ugh!!!! It's all so dull, what happened . . .

"Falcon Crest." Hee! My sister and I used to BEG to stay up late to eat bean dip and watch some crazy nun set fire to buildings on that show. But alas Nicolette was on "Knots Landing," not "Falcon Crest."

I thought that perhaps Dave might have been gunning for Orson, but I don't think that's an option now. Boo. I did think, for a little bit, that there may be a little Paul Young action going on (that Dave was in prison with Paul Young and blah blah), but no. We can't have anything remotely complicated in season 5, can we, Cherry! Dang. I really hope that the last season takes us back to the Youngs and Felicia Tilman, since that door is still freaking wide open . . .

Also, I'm feeling better, and I've had quite a few Sea Breezes (the 2nd gayest drink ever, after white wine spritzers).

Great recap.

Well I have thoughts on who is arrested, and why Dave is all out to kill Mike. The first is iffy, but I'm pretty sure it might be Porter just looking at the wrists and the fact the altercation that everyone saw and the owner running around saying it was Porter.
But there is a clue that Blue Oddessy was the name of Dave's brother before he died. He was killed while in prison.

As others are pointing out that is probably very predictable therefore will be right, but i hope its wrong.

What a funny, funny recap.

Maybe we're in the minority here, but my coworkers and sisters really liked this episode. Except for the always stupid Susan's move to stop the marriage proposal.
The doctor, an expert at the criminally insane, goes into a room alone with this whack job? Come on?

"Planet Beige wants you back Dave."

LOL!!!

Good point, jazzee.

All right, my little desperate housepeople. There is no episode this week, which means there's no recap, so have a good Thanksgiving! I'll be spending the holiday with the only man in my life: Charles Shaw. Of Charles Shaw wines . . . the $3 bottle variety.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have obviously missed a few episodes so can someone please tell me what happened to Susan and Mike's baby that was born last season?

Thanks......

He's still around. Kind of like how 2 (and sometimes 3) of Lynette's kids are still around. They are still there (little M.J. is now in kindergarten or first grade, and was in a couple episodes at the beginning), but aren't in a lot of episodes. We've seen Penny Scavo for 3.5 seconds.