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Desperate Housewives: Sunday

by Isabelle Carreau, posted Apr 13th 2008 11:44PM
Desperate Housewives(S04E11) "A church isn't a place for questions. It's a place for answers." - Bree to Lynette

After months without new episodes of Desperate Housewives, I was like Lynette this week: I had questions and wanted answers. Sadly for me, Lynette's quest for answers and faith took precedent over my own curiosity and hopes.

As you know, I'm a spoilers addict, so my expectations for the remaining season 4 episodes of the series were pretty high since I was promised loads of answers about the mysteries surrounding Katherine and Dylan. Because of my wanting of answers, Lynette's storyline, which took most of the air time this week, felt flat.

Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy Lynette's quest for answers and trying to find which religion was best for her, but it got in the way of me getting my own answers. I didn't expect to learn everything about Katherine this week but still expected more than I was offered. In retrospect, Lynette's storyline looked liked a secondary storyline that was given way too much attention because, at the last minute, writers decided to spread out the juicy stuff over more episodes. Even if I didn't care much for Lynette's scenes, I liked her interactions with Bree. The latter is my favorite character and seeing her be uncomfortable and lose control of her world is entertaining.

Every now and then, a rumor about one of the main housewives leaving the show resurfaces. I haven't read about it in weeks but, while watching Gaby and Carlos together this week, I wouldn't mind seeing Gabrielle relocate. Their love/hate relationship is getting boring, and Gaby putting objects/furniture on Carlos' path so he trips is already getting old. I personally think that both characters have offered all they could to the series and that it's time for them to leave town and have another family buy their Wisteria Lane house.

We got good tidbits about Katherine and Dylan in "Sunday" even if not any for my taste. Not only did we finally see a glimpse of the note ("Your father was murdered.") but we also were treated with some back story for Katherine. Her ex, Wayne, used to slap her and she eventually slapped back... with the candlestick in the living room. We don't know for sure that Wayne is the one buried in the woods but it's a safe bet that he is. We also know that Katherine took Tim's virginity 12 years ago and that he saw Katherine hit her ex. Why did she sleep with him? Was it a way to get back at her husband? Is she into younger men? Was she desperate and miserable and saw this as escape? Did she really kill Wayne with the chandelier? If so, is he the one buried in the woods? Did she get help to bury him? How did the aunt learn the truth? Why is Adam so willing to give Katherine "one last alibi"? Will Dylan ever find the truth? Will Susan put herself once again in danger by trying to find the truth?

One of the main questions about this mystery though is "why can't Dylan remember?" Some fans came up with a theory: Dylan is not Dylan. They believe that Katherine left Wisteria Lane because the real Dylan died. She covered it up and skipped town. She then kidnapped a child that looked a lot like Dylan and raised her as her own. Due to the resemblance between real Dylan and fake Dylan, and because children change a lot in their teen years, Susan, Julie, and Dylan herself, aren't suspicious. Now, I don't agree with this theory, but I thought I would post it here to see what you guys thought of it. I believe that Dylan doesn't remember because some traumatic incident messed her up a lot and/or her father hit her and caused some sort of head trauma.

I can't wait for more answers in the coming weeks, especially the two-hour finale that is said to "include the unveiling of Katherine's secrets and a huge twist ending" according to Entertainment Weekly.

Carlos' blindness =
Jump the shark moment.89 (28.3%)
Great writing.38 (12.1%)
Boring.188 (59.7%)

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nani

great episode! Didn't disappoint me! Bree's facial expressions are priceless!

May 11 2008 at 1:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Morgaine7

I have thought from the very beginning that Dylan isn't the real Dylan

April 15 2008 at 11:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nattyff

i have always thought that the "present dylan" is a kidnap child and the real one is dead (and that she died in her old room, because of her dad), later katherine hit the dad (we don´t know if he is really dead, i'm betting that he is just in hidding), and the corpes buried in the back yard is Dylan I (she wouldn't be criying for the death of her violent ex husbend).

Gaby and carlos... should have died in the tornado... and burn in hell!!! LOL

April 14 2008 at 5:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Maria

I didn't see any spoilers before I saw this show and I was bored bored bored. I too thought the Lynette thing was a small part, brought out to be a major part in the show. I thought it was kind of pointless and oh so stupid when they were in church and she started raising her hand asking questions. What?

Also they spent alllll this money on the tornado for one epi? I thought this was a flash forward or flash back when I saw it. Only a couple of dumpsters were there. Everything else was so clean and nice.

I think most of the story lines are blah. They need new people or new stories.

I have one more question for your list. There is a huge gouge in the wooden floor of the upstairs bedroom. The room that "Dylan" (or Dylan II) used to stay in. That should represent something big because many characters touched it and were moved by it being there.

This show has jumped its shark. It used to be quirky, fun, twisted and twisty. Now its just blah, stupid, and silly. I think they have lost me on this.

April 14 2008 at 12:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
david

was this a review of last nights desperate housewives or a commercial for the "spoilers anonymous blog" on this website??

April 14 2008 at 11:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Susan

I think your expectations for this episode were a little high. Did you really expect to get lots of answers to the seasons biggest questions in the first episode back? If that were the case they would only need one or two episodes to close the season and not the batch they have, the answers will come, just not all at once, geez, have some patience.

Also, Katherine hit her ex with a candlestick not a chandelier.

I thought this episode was a good one back. I really like Lynette and thought her crisis of faith was something very real, I actually wish they had explored it a bit further.

I'm sure we'll get more answers in the upcoming episodes, just try and be patient and let the creators tell their story, it's been pretty damn good this season.

April 14 2008 at 10:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sarah

maybe you shouldnt read spoilers if it is going to affect your viewing the show. this was a good restart in my opinion, and since i wasnt tainted with spoilers, i was able to see the Lynette storyline to be very touching and understandable. keep that in mind, next time you are tempted to read spoilers. and, if you read so much ahead, you should know that Katherine hit and killed her husband with a CANDLESTICK, not a chandelier.

children are very impressionable and will believe just about anything you tell them. i think Dylan is the real Dylan, but she doesnt remember anything because her mother moved her away and probably told her that her memories were dreams, just like Dylan said in the episode about her dreams feeling so real. the same thing happened with Zach Young.

and where was the gay couple?

April 14 2008 at 9:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Isabelle Carreau

Thanks for pointing out the "candlestick" typo that was my French brain at work because it IS a "chandelier" in French. It's a false cognate.

April 14 2008 at 10:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mj green

Edy is leaving the show. It was on my local news last week. I like the theory that DYLAN is not Dylan. Maybe she's adopted, one of those under the radar ones. Maybe Dad accidently killed the child, (buried out back) and then got his with the candle holder. (shades of CLUE!) And kids change a lot, so if you haven't seen a kid in years, of course it will look different. And, as much as I like Carlos, I am rather sick of Gaby.

April 14 2008 at 7:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Will

I used to really like DH, but I just found it hard to enjoy about midway thru season 2. I have kind of kept up on the storyline, but just by reading reviews. Maybe I'll pick it up in syndication someday. Part of my dislike is the Gaby/ Carlos story. They should have just stayed apart. One thing I'm puzzled about, though, is why she was putting furniture in his way so he'd fall? What caused that/ It seems especially cruel, even for her.

April 14 2008 at 5:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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nicolas.graf

He lied to her and told her that he would only be blind for 4 months tops. Edie then told Gaby that the nurse told her that Carlos will be blind forever, so Gaby was a little pissed...

April 14 2008 at 6:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Athea

Gaby is my favorate character, I don't think she is the one who are moving out. Athough there are some kinds of hints, but considering her former career--as a excellent model, she is more likely to get involved with another mysterious guy, who would probaly take some fresh air to the story.

April 14 2008 at 1:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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