(S02E21) Alright, I think we're on a roll here. It's too bad we had to wait until the last few episodes of the season for things to really get good. So far this season has felt like an Oreo cookie with a turd for filling. I'm just hoping the second cookie remains as good as the first one.

First up, the Applewhites. It seemed like a very obvious way for things to turn out, with Caleb telling Betty what he was told to do. I'd actually thought that maybe Betty knew Matthew was in on the whole thing and was bluffing killing Caleb. Now we see she clearly is nuts, and I can see Matthew may have to take drastic measures against his mom very soon.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled review by Sarah for one from me this week. I'm a regular watcher of the show, though I hope I don't disappoint.

This week's theme: unlikely friendships. This show has always done an amazing job of starting us off on a theme by the familiar narrator, wrapping the episode up with a short montage of those very themes affecting the people of Wysteria Lane. Some great stuff involving the overall "mystery" of the season, more Mike Delfino issues and the usual Susan bumblings.

"I'm so over rice."

Finally! It's another episode full of those zingy one-liners I so longed for, sympathetic characterization, and what's even better: fantastic hair. My sister and baby-sitter were over for dinner and, as we shoveled in cassoulet, the whole living room was cracking up when Bree caught Danielle having a little tryst with the Applewhite hottie. "Danielle, question: is there a black man hiding under your bed?"

There were plenty of reasons to crack up tonight, and that's why we love the Housewives.

Also: I love it when my favorite ladies look this good. And tonight? Hot. Very hot. It seems as if every last one of them has been through a high-class version of makeover day on America's Next Top Model. Teri Hatcher somehow managed to look slim but not gaunt, and not a day over 34. Bree looked right off the red carpet with her fabulous body-full poufy 'do. Gabi must have gotten a lovely black rinse, she looked stunning and, for once, not totally slutty.