"Desperate Housewives" Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know (2009)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Larry Shaw

Writers:

Marc Cherry (creator)
Matt Berry (written by)

TV Series:

"Desperate Housewives" (2004)

Original Air Date:

19 April 2009 (Season 5, Episode 19)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After Edie suddenly dies in a car accident, she narrates her story from beyond the grave when Susan...

Plot Keywords:

Secret | Friend | Suicide | Blackmail | Neighborhood

Cast

Teri Hatcher	...	Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman	...	Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross	...	Bree Hodge
Eva Longoria Parker	...	Gabrielle Solis
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Edie Britt
Ricardo Chavira	...	Carlos Solis (credit only) (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
Doug Savant	...	Tom Scavo
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Orson Hodge
Dana Delany	...	Katherine Mayfair
Neal McDonough	...	Dave Williams
Shawn Pyfrom	...	Andrew Van De Kamp (credit only)
Brenda Strong	...	Mary Alice Young (credit only)
James Denton	...	Mike Delfino
Charles Carver	...	Porter Scavo (credit only) (as Charlie Carver)
Max Carver	...	Preston Scavo (credit only)

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Cherry Alley Productions

Trivia:

Nicollette Sheridan does the voice-over narration in this episode.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When the wives are driving to deliver Edie's ashes and their tire blows out, Susan asks if anybody knows how to change a tire. But in season 1x12, "Every Day A Little Death," Susan changed Edie's tire for her (ironically on her way to spread Martha Huber's ashes) so she would have known how.

Quotes:

Gabrielle Solis: Ladies, start your blenders.

In loving memory

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Since the creator, Marc Cherry, had to cut down the expenses of 'his' (more or less) show he decided to kill one of the main characters on Visteria Lane. He decided that the one person who had to go, was the character that perpetually shocked it's viewers for the past 5 years and the one character he felt that could surprise no one any more.

Unfortunately, I don't agree with Marc Cherry. I always considered the bitter, juicy and delicious comments of his character, Eddie Britt, to be one of the main things I would watch this show every week. When Marc Cherry created the character of Eddie, he created more than just a twice-divorced-and-still-full-of-live-next-door-vamp - he created an icon I think a lot of people (not only women) can identify with. As a guy, this is my opinion - I hope I'm not being sexist.

Because Eddie was this character that everybody either loved or hated and because they wanted for people and viewers not to see that she had been fired, it was decided that Eddie should be the narrator for this episode. It was also decided that the entire episode should be dedicated to her, so that people who saw only the neighbor whore, would see the full strength of Eddie. She is being portrayed, one last time, as a witty, courageous and cordial person. I believe that Marc Cherry always did that - show that it's OK for a woman to speak her mind and be open about her sex life (or even lack of it).

I can't go on and state that it was either wrong or right to take Nicolette Sheridan out of the show. I can't imagine the show without those gals, especially without the sometimes bitchy lines of Gaby (Eva Longoria Parker) or Eddie. However, I really wish Eddie hadn't died. The episode was dedicated fully to Eddie's character and was completed with an interesting 'funeral' and a typical ending narration.

I truly hope Nicolette Sheridan will return (even as a guest star) on the show in the future and that Mac Cherry won't need to kill off one of his characters ever again.