"Desperate Housewives" leaves us hanging...
So, I was all ready to write a nice write-up about some of the big moments of tonight’s season finale of “Desperate Housewives” when they threw out the biggest moment of the season.
But was it really what it looked like?
Warning: The remainder of this post contains details about tonight’s season finale of “Desperate Housewives.”
Holy crap! Did Edie really hang herself? The Edie we know wouldn’t end her life over some man, would she? Did the show finally give her a storyline just so they could kill her?...
Up until that point we had gotten a solid hour of classic “DH” storylines…
Gaby discovered that Victor wanted to marry her to help his chances of being Governor (Mike Farrell was an excellent choice to play Victor’s father.). And Gaby, devastated by what she had gotten herself into, found herself in Carlos’ arms…
Lynette fought to hide her cancer from her friends and her mother; but Mom showed up anyway. She too had battled cancer after she cheated on Lynette’s stepfather. In fact, Lynette had said the illness was her mother’s punishment. Her mother wondered if Lynette felt her cancer was punishment for the situation with Rick…
Bree returned to Wisteria Lane pregnant. But Bree being Bree, there was more to the story. She was actually pretending to be pregnant so she could claim her daughter Danielle’s baby as her own. Danielle was holed up in a convent in Europe, while Julie became increasingly suspicious as to why Danielle hadn’t returned any of her calls or e-mails. I am suspicious as to why Julie would want to even talk to her after she slept with her boyfriend…
And Susan realized that she didn’t need a big, dramatic wedding and planned a surprise ceremony with only Julie in attendance. It was a pretty good payoff for this story and almost makes me believe that Susan is taking this “no more drama” thing seriously after all…But it’s that final moment that will have everyone talking…
It was set up when Edie had a dream in which her mother told her she would die old and alone just like she did. Then, Carlos discovered Edie’s birth control pills and confronted her at Gaby’s wedding, causing a bit of a scene. He told her he was done with her because he could never trust her again, while Edie begged him not to leave her alone. The next time we saw Edie, she left Carlos a note, picked up a scarf, stepped up on a chair and presumably hung herself, as Mary Alice talked about people who stop walking…
I thought it was a good finale, but that last scene has me a little perplexed. If Edie is dead, why would they find it necessary to kill her? Did they think she had outlived her usefulness? And will they use this to reunite Gaby and Carlos?...
I think there’s no doubt that “DH” turned it around after a dismal second season, but the fourth is getting off to an auspicious start…
Your thoughts?...
