Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season
by Arlene Sanford, Charles McDougall, David Grossman, Fred Gerber, Jeff Melman
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Actor: Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Ricardo Chavira, Teri HatcherDirector: Arlene Sanford, Charles McDougall, David Grossman, Fred Gerber, Jeff Melman
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Writer: Adam Barr
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Subtitled; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; DVD; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season
DVD Review: I'm sure Freud would not approve of this.
Summary: 3 Stars
In front of everyone reading this review, I must admit, I closeted my desire to watch this program. Not being a huge television watcher I had not seen but just the first episode of this series, but knew that I could not get into it without starting it from beginning to end. I would not understand, connect, or feel emotion for the characters unless I developed myself with them. So, with all the strength I could muster, I waited. Patiently, I waited and rented the full first season of Desperate Housewives. I was ready to come out and see what these visually perfect women had to offer the world of television and the image of the suburban housewife. Sadly, I was not blown away as greatly as I initially imagined. Marc Cherry has done his Twin Peaks-esque homework, but just like Lost, there are episodes that just felt too cheap for your typical TV standards, yet there is something so darn exciting about these women that you cannot help but watch from the beginning to end. Creator Marc Cherry has done it. He has successfully created a drug that tastes horrible, but is instantly addictive.
For any of you that have chosen to change the channel when these five women of Wisteria Lane have appeared, let me be brief. Five women (actually four, but whose counting) snoop, steal, fascinate, corrupt, snivel, secret, and fanaticize over each other while never having to worry about money, security, or any form of structured day-to-day schedule. In fact, I think that half of the appeal of this show is seeing these women run around mid-day attempting to uncover a secret that isn't theirs without any worry about jail, job, or income. My, isn't this the life we have all desired? What pulls any viewer into this show is the backstory that uncovers with each of these women. Again, like a pastel colored Twin Peaks we see how each of these stories can either stand on their own or intertwine with one another creating a very sinister neighborhood that would make Fred Rogers blush.
I am an enormous fan of sequential television. I enjoy watching a program that involves me needing to see prior episodes to fully understand what is happening. I think that change to modern television was definitely needed to keep audiences returning night after night. I applaud Desperate Housewives for doing this, but after nearly 23 episodes, some characters, events, and plot lines just started to feel extremely tired and longwinded. For example, I loved the opening episode. There was so much energy, so much spunk, so much excitement, but as it went deeper into episode 13, these four women began to annoy men. It was as if none of them decided to use logic or reason at all. It seemed, and felt, as if the police were never an option, while it would have added more suspense to the final moments.
As this series developed, there were some good moments, but overall I was getting bored. Teri Hatcher was the most annoying of these ladies. She reminded me of a Gremlin, and continued to wait to see what would happen if she got wet or was fed after midnight. Marcia Cross's storyline was decent to watch, but got old after some time. You just wanted to call the police and tell them what was happening, because nobody else was going to. Eva Longoria's moments were getting repetitive and her story seemed the flimsiest. Did anyone else notice that Nicollette Sheridan was missing for several episodes than would return to really add nothing new to the mix? As much as she was publicized for this series, you would think that we would see her more? Finally, I would like to add that the only woman that captivated me the entire time she was on screen was Felicity Huffman. Her story worked because it seemed the most "real" and symbiotic. She was the only one that was worth relating to throughout the series. Two other points, first, I think I am going to like Alfre Woodard's character and James Denton should have been played by Nathan Fillion of Firefly fame. He would have brought the passion I was so desperately lacking with Delfino's character!
Overall, I think Marc Cherry has created an interesting series that opens a darkened door to the unknown/perfect world known as suburbia. Has he perfected it? Not with this opening series. For Cherry to keep his core audience with Desperate Housewives he will need to improve upon the characters, strengthen the storyline, and develop more interesting twists than what was initially shown. He needs to let Teri Hatcher go, and develop these other women's stories that obviously have taken at least one day of acting lessons. Cherry needs to shorten the stories as well. While I agree 23 episodes is worth your money, I don't think I could have watched 23 weeks of this and still been interested. It was good to watch this all in one week thanks to the DVDs, but if it weren't for them I believe Cherry would have lost me as a viewer. I needed more, and sadly was handed naive characters that can get away with anything because they are more centered around themselves than anyone else. Is this an accurate picture of America's suburbia? Maybe, but for me to be sold on Cherry's ideas, I need him to tighten down and give me a side order of Lynch instead of Friends.
Grade: *** out of *****
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