Dragonflies
10-19-2004, 02:46 AM
TV Guide’s Watercooler spot:
Over The Weekend
by G J Donnelly
http://www.tvguide.com/tv/watercooler/
Desperate Housewives
Teri Hatcher was so terrific on Lois & Clark that it depressed me to see her shill for Radio Shack alongside NFL Hall of Famer/jughead Howie Long. No more. Teri is back on track as part of the ensemble cast of this fiendish comic serial built around the suicide of a neighborhood housewife. It plays like a Terry Southern version of Knots Landing, dishing out a savory mix of mystery, satire, comedy, drama and plain ol' quirkiness as it probes the soft, dark underbelly of suburbia. Hatcher's Susan accidentally locks herself out of her own house — naked — while quarreling with her caddish ex, who won't apologize for dumping her for a blond floozy. Felicity Huffman's Lynette teaches her thick husband a lesson about housework by making him baby-sit their rambunctious boys while she attends a party. Of course, she fortifies the kids with a box of cookies before leaving. Eva Longoria's luscious Gabrielle is forced to buy the girl next door a bike after the kid catches her making out with the teenage gardener. Marcia Cross' ooky Bree is a control freak who makes the Stepford Wives look like the Banger Sisters. When husband Rex leaves her, she does the packing, even though his unhappiness baffles her. "In college, we were the golden couple. Why did this happen?" she asks. "Because you wouldn't let me pack my own suitcase," replies Rex. But even Bree's eerie personality pales in comparison to what's going on chez Mary Alice. Son Zack found a gun. The fuzz found the trunk his dad tossed in the drink — and there was a body inside! "To live in fear is not to live at all," says Mary Alice (Brenda Strong), the show's narrator. She ought to know — She killed herself in the pilot episode.
Over The Weekend
by G J Donnelly
http://www.tvguide.com/tv/watercooler/
Desperate Housewives
Teri Hatcher was so terrific on Lois & Clark that it depressed me to see her shill for Radio Shack alongside NFL Hall of Famer/jughead Howie Long. No more. Teri is back on track as part of the ensemble cast of this fiendish comic serial built around the suicide of a neighborhood housewife. It plays like a Terry Southern version of Knots Landing, dishing out a savory mix of mystery, satire, comedy, drama and plain ol' quirkiness as it probes the soft, dark underbelly of suburbia. Hatcher's Susan accidentally locks herself out of her own house — naked — while quarreling with her caddish ex, who won't apologize for dumping her for a blond floozy. Felicity Huffman's Lynette teaches her thick husband a lesson about housework by making him baby-sit their rambunctious boys while she attends a party. Of course, she fortifies the kids with a box of cookies before leaving. Eva Longoria's luscious Gabrielle is forced to buy the girl next door a bike after the kid catches her making out with the teenage gardener. Marcia Cross' ooky Bree is a control freak who makes the Stepford Wives look like the Banger Sisters. When husband Rex leaves her, she does the packing, even though his unhappiness baffles her. "In college, we were the golden couple. Why did this happen?" she asks. "Because you wouldn't let me pack my own suitcase," replies Rex. But even Bree's eerie personality pales in comparison to what's going on chez Mary Alice. Son Zack found a gun. The fuzz found the trunk his dad tossed in the drink — and there was a body inside! "To live in fear is not to live at all," says Mary Alice (Brenda Strong), the show's narrator. She ought to know — She killed herself in the pilot episode.