I just realized tonight that Desperate Housewives suffers from what I call "Providence Syndrome". The term dates back to the second season of the old series Providence, right around the time Tom Cavanaugh joined the show and I lost interest (though to no fault of Cavanaugh or his character).

Basically, a show suffers from Providence Syndrome when it finds the need to place funky, stringed instrument plucks during humorous scenes, as if to say, "hey everyone, this is a funny scene so we're going to throw some of these plucky notes at you." You know the tune: blump blump...blump blump! Watch just about any scene featuring Susan and you'll hear that tune.

Anyway, I digress. On to the show.