Desperate Housewives Season 5 *Spoiler Thread*

trinityWed 24/09/08 13:55

As season 4 draws to a close on Channel 4 over the next coming weeks, U.S viewers are already preparing for the premiere of season 5 this Sunday!

Will the 5 year jump cause more confusion?


In a recent interview with TV Guide...Marc Cherry explained as to the reasoning behind his choice to do a '5 years later'...

"The idea for the five-year jump on Desperate Housewives really came from the executive producers of 'Lost'. I'm actually doing something unheard of in Hollywood. I'm giving credit where credit is due… We didn't need to do this, we wanted to do this. It's given us all a new lease on life. We're treating the season premiere like a pilot, as if we're meeting these women all over again."

And indeed...a couple of the wives we knew and loved have changed...


Here's a bit of background as to what you can expect to see *SPOILERS AHEAD*:



* Glamour puss Gaby (Eva Longoria Parker) is now a tired, dumpy, downwardly mobile mom.

* Susan (Teri Hatcher) and Mike (James Denton) have split.

* Frenemies Bree (Marcia Cross) and Katherine (Dana Delany) have launched a culinary empire.

* Lynette (Felicity Huffman) learns her hooligan kids are running an illegal casino.

* Edie (Nicollette Sheridan), who fled town five years ago after trying to blackmail Bree, has returned very rich and very married to Dave (Neal McDonough), a high-octane self-empowerment guru who makes his wife move back to Wisteria Lane, but refuses to say why.


Nicollette gave her thoughts on her character's return to Wisteria Lane, and what her new on-screen husband is like:

"It's pretty bizarre. He uses tricks as a motivational speaker and is very manipulative with her. In a way, he's a good influence because Edie is now a more considerate and conscientious person. And she's so thrilled to have a man. But it is kind of creepy."


Cherry adds:

"Dave is a little bit of a psychopath and a very wounded man – he's both vindictive and the victim."


Rest assured fellow DH fans, because the 5 year jump will be explained on the 26th October episode. It will consist entirely of flashbacks...as Cherry goes on to explain:

"As each of the ladies gets ready for the party [Mrs McClusky's], they remember key events that happened during the five years. It's an important episode that will explain a lot about why these women have changed."


Probably the biggest show of the last episode in season 4 was the fact that Susan was no longer with Mike. But I hear that she is no longer the vulnerable, open-hearted ditz of seasons past...as Teri Hatcher goes onto explain:

"You're going to see a Susan who's closed off and self-protective, a lot less accessible yet also more sexual. She's calling the shots now. This new relationship with Jackson (Gale Harold) is on her terms. She used to be a 'Please, please, please love me' sort of girl. Now she's saying, 'Don't love me. I'm done with that now.'"


And what of Orson and Bree? Well...they're reunited after Orson's stint in prison, but...as Cherry teases by saying.."There's a delightfully horrible family reunion coming up."


Katherine, who finds out she is going to be a grandma this season, is rattling around in her big old empty house and very lonely. But she will not exactly lead a quiet life, as she'll enter into a relationship with another resident on the lane – one of the regulars – which is likely to cause a bit of a scandal.

Delany adds:

"Some viewers will love it, others will be upset."




Then again...when is anything ever straight-forward on Wisteria Lane?


I can't WAIT to watch the first episode on Monday! :)