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southernbelle · May 21st, 2007, 04:45 PM

I couldn't find any thread that was just a generic DH thread and not related to a specific issue. I think the show is really declining. Season 1 was great, Season 2 was horrible, and Season 3 was okay. It seems like Marc Cherry has been grasping at straws for storylines.
I'll break down my issues with the show by character:

Susan- They need to find something better for her to do than constantly fall down or embarrass herself. It was funny once or twice, but now it's really getting old. Julie has been essentially written off of the show, appearing once every month or so. I liked the Julie/Susan interaction and I'm sad that they cut it back to focus on her obsession with Mike and Ian.

Lynette- They've really run this character into the ground. They're getting too dramatic with her storylines. An affair? Getting shot in a hold up? Cancer? She went from being the hilarious, down to earth mom with a tribe of uncontrollable kids to "the dramatic one". Her storylines are starting to bear too much resemblance to a soap opera for my liking.

Gabrielle- I like her relationship with Victor and it disappoints me that Marc Cherry is already setting it up to fail. I'm so tired of seeing every romantic relationship on this show fail. After a while, it reaches a point when it's not shocking anymore- it's expected. I don't get excited about any of the couples anymore because I know it's inevitable that they won't stay together. I'm also tired of the way that infidelity is glamorized.

Bree- Stumbled BIG TIME with George but is making a recovery with Orson. Again, I want to see more of the ultra conservative, judgmental Bree from Season 1. She was hilarious. Now she's just constantly involved in one scandal after another with little to none of the humor.

Edie- I called the last scene coming as soon as I saw the previews of Carlos yelling that he would never trust her again. Judging from other boards, I was one of the few people who wasn't surprised at all.

The writers have turned almost all of these characters in caricatures of themselves. The show has gone from being a dark comedy with frequent, deeply funny moments to a soap opera with an occasional slapstick "oops!! I slipped on a banana peel!!" moment in which Susan falls down and we're expected to think it's hilarious.

May 21st, 2007, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
southernbelle Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 6,069	Desperate Housewives I couldn't find any thread that was just a generic DH thread and not related to a specific issue. I think the show is really declining. Season 1 was great, Season 2 was horrible, and Season 3 was okay. It seems like Marc Cherry has been grasping at straws for storylines. I'll break down my issues with the show by character: Susan- They need to find something better for her to do than constantly fall down or embarrass herself. It was funny once or twice, but now it's really getting old. Julie has been essentially written off of the show, appearing once every month or so. I liked the Julie/Susan interaction and I'm sad that they cut it back to focus on her obsession with Mike and Ian. Lynette- They've really run this character into the ground. They're getting too dramatic with her storylines. An affair? Getting shot in a hold up? Cancer? She went from being the hilarious, down to earth mom with a tribe of uncontrollable kids to "the dramatic one". Her storylines are starting to bear too much resemblance to a soap opera for my liking. Gabrielle- I like her relationship with Victor and it disappoints me that Marc Cherry is already setting it up to fail. I'm so tired of seeing every romantic relationship on this show fail. After a while, it reaches a point when it's not shocking anymore- it's expected. I don't get excited about any of the couples anymore because I know it's inevitable that they won't stay together. I'm also tired of the way that infidelity is glamorized. Bree- Stumbled BIG TIME with George but is making a recovery with Orson. Again, I want to see more of the ultra conservative, judgmental Bree from Season 1. She was hilarious. Now she's just constantly involved in one scandal after another with little to none of the humor. Edie- I called the last scene coming as soon as I saw the previews of Carlos yelling that he would never trust her again. Judging from other boards, I was one of the few people who wasn't surprised at all. The writers have turned almost all of these characters in caricatures of themselves. The show has gone from being a dark comedy with frequent, deeply funny moments to a soap opera with an occasional slapstick "oops!! I slipped on a banana peel!!" moment in which Susan falls down and we're expected to think it's hilarious.