Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives


This show is one of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time. It sort of reminds me of "Malcolm in the Middle" mixed with "Friends" with beautiful women as the main characters.

The show is narrated by a female character (Mary Alice) who committed suicide and she tells the story about her girlfriends.

Quote from ABC.com:
"Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) … it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V. Her small circle of girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash… and so messy. There's Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), the divorcee and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), the ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as the mother of four unmanageable kids; Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), the Martha Stewart on steroids, whose family is about to mutiny; and Gabrielle Solis, the ex-model with everything she's every wanted – a rich husband, a big house – so what is she doing with John, the 17-year-old gardener (Jesse Metcalfe)? And there are her neighbors, including serial divorcee Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), whose romantic conquests have everyone buzzing.Then there are the men: Hunky new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), a supposedly widowed plumber who has Susan and Edie vying for his attention; Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp), who's just told Bree he wants a divorce; Gabrielle's better half, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira), who figures he bought his wife a $15,000 diamond necklace, so she should do whatever he tells her; as for Mary Alice's newly-widowed husband, Paul (Mark Moses), there must be a reason why he's acting so suspiciously – and why he's digging up the pool in the middle of the night!From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive, and she's planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor's closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb." -ABC.com

For men, this show is eye-candy. I mostly watch it because of Gabrielle. She is super-hot! It is the first time in television where a Latino family is the richest and most good-looking couple in the entire neighborhood. They have a white gardener, whom Gabrielle is having an affair with. Her husband tries to please her by buying expensive diamonds and a convertable. And the gardener ends up falling in love with her and gives her a flower... I would give this show a 9/10. This show is very funny, the cast is almost perfect, the story is interesting and it is a must see for both men and women alike.