MickeyDesperate Housewives - Welcoming Back Old Neighbours
I'm a stickler for a good tv show that has elements of comedy and drama. That make me laugh and want to know whats going to happen next week, who's doing what and who's doing who. Melrose Place used to do it for me (and is again thanks to it's release on DVD) but now it's Desperate Housewives that I can't miss.
I think most people will agree that since the first season finale, the show took a bit of a down turn during seasons two and three. Whilst they weren't bad, they lacked the finesse that was season one, but I still tuned in week after week catching up with the ladies of Wisteria Lane.
Now in it's fourth season, Desperate Housewives has found it's feet again, thanks to creator and writer Marc Cherry's attention to plot lines and character development (a lesson he learnt during the disaster that was season 2). This season we are seeing more interaction between the housewives, their story lines intertwining yet still able to hold on their own and more action from some of the supporting cast including the much underused house-husbands.
Just like the previous seasons, there's a new housewife with a big secret, but unlike earlier seasons, the main central storyline involving new housewife Katherine Mayfair is actually interesting and by the end of each episode, leaves you wanting to know more about it.
The success of this storyline, plus the season as a whole, is also due to the cast. Everyone is back in fine form, even Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis is enjoyable to watch! Main cast standouts include Marcia Cross's Bree Hodge is losing the perfection and bringing in the comedy this season with a wonderfully funny storyline involving a fake pregnancy and Felicity Huffman's Lynette Scarvo, who is battling cancer while trying to maintain her marriage and family life.
The secondary cast is getting more focus too this season. Bree's bratty kids, Danielle and Andrew feature heavily in Bree's fake pregnancy storyline, Gabby's ex husband Carlos almost has his own major storyline involving a three way love triangle and Lynette's devoted hubby, Tom, gets some well deserved screen time as he tries to deal with his wifes cancer battle.
But aside from the main cast and supporting cast, it's the addition of three new faces on Wisteria Lane that has really help boost the season.
To cast Dana Delaney as housewife Katherine Mayfair was, I would say, somewhat of a gamble and to be honest, I was a little hesitant at first upon hearing of Dana Delaney's casting, but any doubt quickly flailed away as Delaney is just brilliant as the housewife who returns to Wisteria Lane with a major secret she doesn't want getting out, and along with Delaney came actors Kevin Rahm and Tuc Watkins as Lee and Bob, the new gay couple who moves into 'The Lane' to get away from the hustle of the city, or so we think.
Even though the actors really don't bring any star-power to the cast list, the three new characters however, bring that extra oomph into the season, boosting it with characters you will love to hate or hate to love.
The only downside to this season seems to be it's length. Having being affected by the writers strike shortly after episode ten was made, three months worth of episodes went down the drain, leaving the production team just seven episodes to finish of this wonderful season. Says Actress Brenda Strong who portrays Mary Alice "A lot of storyline got dropped because of [the strike-shortened season], so we're going to consolidate it [into seven episodes]," the actress said, adding that viewers can expect to see some nonstop drama in the upcoming installments. “It will definitely be worth watching because a lot of the juicy stuff will be jam-packed into every episode. You don't want to miss it."
Strong also said that the new episodes will “tie up Season 4 in a nice bow,” so that the show can present fresh storylines in its recently acquired fifth season.
I'm a bit worried that the later part of the season will have a rushed feel to it, but if the writers and cast and production team are doing this well so far, I can only hope that they'll continue to bring the quality and produce a wonderful finish to a highly enjoyable and very watchable season.
I think most people will agree that since the first season finale, the show took a bit of a down turn during seasons two and three. Whilst they weren't bad, they lacked the finesse that was season one, but I still tuned in week after week catching up with the ladies of Wisteria Lane.
Now in it's fourth season, Desperate Housewives has found it's feet again, thanks to creator and writer Marc Cherry's attention to plot lines and character development (a lesson he learnt during the disaster that was season 2). This season we are seeing more interaction between the housewives, their story lines intertwining yet still able to hold on their own and more action from some of the supporting cast including the much underused house-husbands.
Just like the previous seasons, there's a new housewife with a big secret, but unlike earlier seasons, the main central storyline involving new housewife Katherine Mayfair is actually interesting and by the end of each episode, leaves you wanting to know more about it.
The success of this storyline, plus the season as a whole, is also due to the cast. Everyone is back in fine form, even Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis is enjoyable to watch! Main cast standouts include Marcia Cross's Bree Hodge is losing the perfection and bringing in the comedy this season with a wonderfully funny storyline involving a fake pregnancy and Felicity Huffman's Lynette Scarvo, who is battling cancer while trying to maintain her marriage and family life.
The secondary cast is getting more focus too this season. Bree's bratty kids, Danielle and Andrew feature heavily in Bree's fake pregnancy storyline, Gabby's ex husband Carlos almost has his own major storyline involving a three way love triangle and Lynette's devoted hubby, Tom, gets some well deserved screen time as he tries to deal with his wifes cancer battle.
But aside from the main cast and supporting cast, it's the addition of three new faces on Wisteria Lane that has really help boost the season.
To cast Dana Delaney as housewife Katherine Mayfair was, I would say, somewhat of a gamble and to be honest, I was a little hesitant at first upon hearing of Dana Delaney's casting, but any doubt quickly flailed away as Delaney is just brilliant as the housewife who returns to Wisteria Lane with a major secret she doesn't want getting out, and along with Delaney came actors Kevin Rahm and Tuc Watkins as Lee and Bob, the new gay couple who moves into 'The Lane' to get away from the hustle of the city, or so we think.
Even though the actors really don't bring any star-power to the cast list, the three new characters however, bring that extra oomph into the season, boosting it with characters you will love to hate or hate to love.
The only downside to this season seems to be it's length. Having being affected by the writers strike shortly after episode ten was made, three months worth of episodes went down the drain, leaving the production team just seven episodes to finish of this wonderful season. Says Actress Brenda Strong who portrays Mary Alice "A lot of storyline got dropped because of [the strike-shortened season], so we're going to consolidate it [into seven episodes]," the actress said, adding that viewers can expect to see some nonstop drama in the upcoming installments. “It will definitely be worth watching because a lot of the juicy stuff will be jam-packed into every episode. You don't want to miss it."
Strong also said that the new episodes will “tie up Season 4 in a nice bow,” so that the show can present fresh storylines in its recently acquired fifth season.
I'm a bit worried that the later part of the season will have a rushed feel to it, but if the writers and cast and production team are doing this well so far, I can only hope that they'll continue to bring the quality and produce a wonderful finish to a highly enjoyable and very watchable season.
