Desperate Housewives

Good morning, everyone! I’m back and ready to share some great quotes with you. I hope y’all enjoy em… I know I did.

Gabrielle: Carlos, that car is the last thing that says I’m better than everyone else!
Carlos: Sorry hun, we have to pay the mortgage, we can’t afford to be better than anyone.

Carlos: What does it (the car) look like?
Gabrielle: Be thankful you’re blind

Mike: There’s nothing scarier than a guy coming at you with jazz hands.

Gaby: To Susan Mayer, a good mom.
Susan: To Gabrielle Solis, another good mom.
Juanita (off screen): Mommy! We’re hungry!
Gaby: So? There’s some waffles in the freezer. And get mommy some ice.

Danielle (defending her decision to homeschool Ben): He’s only six and he’s already reads at a third grade level.
Bree: What happens next year, when he overtakes you?

Kathryn (about Dave): He strikes me as such a nice guy.
Karen: No offense, but that’s not very conforting considering your track record with men.

Susan (to MJ): Mommy just found her first gray hair. I need you to pull it out and never speak of it again.

Gabrielle: The car goes 0-60 is 5 seconds. By the time anyone says “wow, there’s a ding”, you’re in the next county!

Gabrielle: Take good care of it (their old car).
Nebula: Actually, it’s not for us. It’s for our nanny.
Gabrielle (aside, to Carlos): That hurt…

Gabrielle: Since your mom and I are dear friends, I’ll take it off your hands if you knock off 300.00.
Andrew: Since you and my mom are dear friends, I’ll resist the urge to flip you the bird.
Gabrielle: Andrew!

Once again… major kudos to the writers. Based of the quality of the scripts and the way the actors are nailing their lines, they are sure to win something this year. If not, awards shows really are a joke. Well, take care and have a great day! I’ll see y’all next time with more news and other cool stuff.

Good morning, everyone! I have some good news for all you James Denton and Band from TV fans. If you remember, Band from TV is the group James formed with several other actors, including Hugh Laurie of House. They’ve done a bunch of shows recently and even performed on Idol Gives Back.

They’ve decided it’s time to take the act off the stage and into the studio. They’ll be releasing a covers album soon they’ve titled Hogging All the Covers, according to Entertainment Tonight. Like all their performances, all profits from the CD will go towards supporting various charities, which I think it really great. More actors and musicians should be willing to give their time to doing something positive like this without diva demands attached. Some of the songs on the CD will be a cover of Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart” and Wilson Pickett’s “Mustang Sally”. Both songs have been covered many times since they were released and are considered some of the best songs out there. Has to make you wonder what else they have planned for the album.

The CD will be released on October 26th and is being released through amazon.com. You can also place orders through the band’s website for the CD/DVD combo. What do you think of Band from TV? Post your comments and let me know. Well, that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all next time with some classic quotes from the latest episode. It was full of them, so there’ll be plenty to share!

Good evening, everyone!! I promised I’d give y’all a recap of last night’s episode, so here it is. Enjoy!

Let’s start with the Hodge family. Bree and Orson are having what I assume is their first-ever visit with Benjamin since Danielle came and took him back. Orson begs Bree not to criticize or do anything to annoy her, but this is Bree. She quickly makes a comment about Danielle’s “ethnic” clothes and later freaks out when she discovers Danielle’s made him a vegetarian. Danielle is also homeschooling, which leads to a great line I’ll quote in another post. Check the video below to see part of the scene.

Later on, Bree decides to take matters into her own hands and gives Benjamin a hotdog while their at the park. This causes him to get sick during a dinner gathering and Danielle confronts Bree about giving him the meat. She wants to leave early, and Orson is furious with Bree over it since he blames her for losing Benjamin to start with. Bree argues that there was nothing she could do, since Danielle’s his biological mother.

Over at the Mayer house, Susan is trying to protect MJ from a bully, but MJ won’t tell him who the bully is. He wants to talk to Mike about the problem instead, so she invites him over. Mike and Jackson both offer to teach MJ how to fight until they find out it’s Juanita Solis who is bullying him. Susan gets angry at them over it because she think it’s sexist to not teach him how to defend himself against her, especially since she’s bigger than him. The bullying ends up leading to that preview clip I showed y’all where Susan and Gabby fight. (WARNING- That post I linked contains a big spoiler…)

The Scavos are also having a little war. Tom and Dave want to start a band and Lynette disagrees. She thinks it will take too much time away from the family and their business. When Tom refuses to give it up, Lynette actually resorts to leaving the bass on the ground where Tom can run over it and frames Penny for the act. This is one of those times where I think Lynette’s gone way too far and I hope it comes back to bite her… maybe it already has.

Why? Because now Dave Williams has an extra interest in the Scavo family. He brings by a new Bass for Tom. When Lynette tries to decline it, he pulls all kinds of manipulative psycho babble on her about Tom and how he just might be tempted to go off have a full blown crisis, complete with a young chick, if he doesn’t have an outlet like the band. Lynette accepts the Bass, but I think she may be wondering if there’s something odd about Dave now. Lord knows Mrs. McClusky does. She even manages to get Edie asking questions now, after pointing out how weird it is that Edie doesn’t know where he grew up or went to school. She pushes the issue too hard and Dave gives her a bunch of bull about never going to college and being ashamed of that so she’ll back off. Edie apologizes and blames Karen for all the questions. Yes, that sound you hear is the ominous music starting. Dave responds to this info by telling her he thinks Karen is going senile and paranoid like his aunt did. Let’s home Karen has her little kitty hidden away well and a good alarm system…

Finally…. we have the Solis family. This week, their main story is they have to sell Gabby’s fancy wheels. To make it even worse for Gabby’s ego, it’s being sold to a rich couple so the couple’s nanny can use it. To replace the car, Gabby has to turn to Andrew, who is selling his. She tries to haggle with him but he refuses to lower the price for her, or even fix it when it turns out to have a radiator issue he never told her about… so much for Andrew growing as a person the past few years. Gabby gets her revenge, though, but threatening to ram his new car if he doesn’t give her the money to make the repairs. He, of course, gives in.

Well, that’s it for this episode. Check back tomorrow for some cool news about James Denton. Later!

. Good morning everyone! So, how was everyone’s weekend? I hope you made it a good one and got the chance to see the new episode last night. In case you didn’t, though, I’ll be sharing a recap later. For now? I wanna talk about my pick for actress and character of the week: Eva Longoria/Gabrielle Solis.

This was Eva’s episode and she knew it. Every moment she was on screen, she made the most of. There were two plots for her this week, which I’ll go in a little more detail about in the recap: One…. a feud with Susan over parenting issues. Another is when she ends up buying a used car and has to stand up for herself when it turns out to be a lemon. She does it all in classic Gabby fashion, not letting anyone get the best of her. Personally, I wonder why people even try. I mean, let’s face it: this is freaking Gabrielle Solis. You just don’t mess with her and expect to not get burned a little.

One of the best moments she had, though, was during a more serious moment with Susan when she’s talking about the fact she’d rather Juanita be a bully than a victim. You could really see the love and concern she has the girls and a softer side of Gabby, something she tries not to show much. I know Eva gets some grief on fans boards here and there for not being all that good, but I think this episode proves them wrong and I’d love to see her get some recognition when awards season comes back around.

Well, that’s it. See ya later for the recap! I’ve also got some cool news about James to share tomorrow, as well as favorite quotes and other stuff, so don’t miss it! Til, then- take care!

Good morning, everyone!! Since the new episode is coming up in just a couple of days, I thought I would share my picks for the actors and characters that really stole the show this week: Neal McDonough as Dave Williams and Kathryn Joosten as Karen McClusky.

Karen’s had much more of a role this season and I am loving it so far. She’s always been a fun character with a sharp wit and bold personality. She’s really being able to showcase that this year, especially in her first scene with Dave. She is brash and unapologetic about the jokes she made to Edie, because they always made those jokes and she wasn’t going to be made to feel like she’s a bad person for it. I loved it. Still… she really won me over by simultaneously being able to play very vulnerable and scared when she realized it must’ve been Dave who took her cat. The best part of it all, though, was she showed that strong side again later by being proactive and basically forcing herself into Kathryn Mayfair’s house to get the dirt on this guy. No sitting and waiting for the ax to fall for her and I adore her for it.

Dave, meanwhile, was seriously creepy this week by blackmailing Karen to apologize like that. Neal really owns the part and made me actually worry briefly about the well-being of that cat! I have full confidence that Dave would’ve done away with him if Karen had not done what he said and I’m looking forward to seeing what he pulls next time someone makes Edie pout.

So, it’s getting hard to avoid getting details about the new season of our favorite show. (more…)

Good morning, everyone!! As promised, here are some great quotes from this week’s episode. I hope you all enjoy em as much as I did….

Gabby: I don’t want to spend lots of time with you, Carlos, and the kids are on the fence.

Lynette: I know you’ve always been on the receiving end of breakup letters, but I’ve actually written a few.

Jackson: Could this be any more awkward?
Mike: Your robe is open, so yeah.

Bree, defending her use of Van De Kamp for her book and company: “Van De Kamp’ drips off the tongue. ‘Hodge’ sounds like the noise a plunger makes.

Mike (speaking to Susan about his reaction to jackson canceling their night out: Jackson canceled. He said he wasn’t comfortable with our friendship. I said something along the lines of ‘Meow!’ ::makes a whipping noise::

Mike (after Susan messes up a random guy’s drink, thinking it’s Jackson’s): Since we’re not married anymore, so I don’t have to protect you.

And, now…. my personal favorite:

Tom: Are you going to tell him the truth, or are you going to wait until he kills me and blinds himself? I love that one because it’s an Oedipus Rex (My favorite classic play) joke that actually makes sense in the context of the play. It seemed funnier and less cheap then some of the Oedipus jokes I’ve heard made on TV (ANGEL, anyone?). I also love how Mike and Susan are able to be friends and actually joke with each other like they did in this episode. I just hope this isn’t leading up to their 100th reunion. So, what were your favorites? Comment and let me know. I’d love to read em! I leave you with this cool picture I found of the cast. Til next time… take care! Also… be sure to come back tomorrow for some interesting spoilage I came across reading some articles on the show.

Good morning, everyone!! Now that we’re a couple of episodes in, Felicity Huffman joined the ladies of the View for a chat yesterday. I think I may have tuned in after it had started. What I saw was her talking a little bit about the new season and the mid-life crisis Tom is on the verge of. There wasn’t a whole lot given away about the show, so that was pretty good.

Mainly, as seems to be the case on the View, she talked about herself and stuff she’s doing personally. They showed an absolutely adorable picture of Felicity with a dog her family had adopted that looked like a Black Lab, but she described as a mutt. She’s actually involved with this great project that is sponsered by Iams. It’s called Home For the Holidays. Basically, their goal is to get 1 million dogs and cats placed in good homes during the October-January holiday season. If you’re interested in finding out more and maybe adding to your family, check here. I think this is one of my favorite causes the ladies of Wysteria Lane have been involved in.

During her visit, they also talked about her kids. Basically, She’s dreading the day they become teenagers and she’s dealing with the misery Lynette faces each day (the kids are currently both under 10). Whoopie started messing with her a bit, telling her that from the age of about 12 until they hit around 20, Felicity will never be right and constantly ignored. Overall, Felicity came off pretty good in it and looked great. And she, thankfully, didn’t share any scary stories along the lines of the Madonna underwear thing she talked about in More Magazine. Keep it up, girl! If you wanna see a more complete recap of the appearance (and the whole show in general), I point you to my fellow blogger Winnie McCarthy’s post on it.

Finally… as promised, here is a little more detail on the scene with Karl… Susan comes home from a talk with Mike to find Karl and Jackson chatting it up. she walks him out, asking him what he’s doing here… apparently, he had to come sign some papers for Julie. He then teases her about dating a plumber and a painter, adding “just think, If I’d been a roofer, we might still be together.” As an added bonus, check out this scene, where Mike and Jackson first run into eachother:

Well, that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all next time with some great quotes and other stuff.

Hey guys! Well… another week, another episode down. And what an episode it was! Lots of creepy moments and humiliation to spread around! Let’s start with the Scavos. Lynette spends most of the episode chatting with Porter online posing as a teenage girl to try and get some info about his life and who he’s associating with. What she didn’t expect was for him to develop a crush on her alter ego. She ends up getting busted when she writes a “dear john” e-mail and signs it “mom”. Hey, I never said Lynette was always the smartest wife on the block. I wonder why she spends so much time on these schemes of hers when they backfire so often. Tom was the voice of reason through the whole thing, telling Lynette she’s crazy for posing as a teenager and basically spying on the kid.

Gabby finds herself in an embarrassing position when she walks in on Carlos giving a massage session to an old man.

Over at the Solis house, their social decline just went into free fall. Gabby and Carlos have been dis-invited to a party Gabby says is the basis for every event of the social season. If they don’t show up there, other people won’t invite them to parties later. The reason for the dis-invite? Carlos is now working as a massage therapist at the country club and Bree (who is catering) tells her the host is uncomfortable having “the help” at the party. Gabby gets Carlos to crash the party with her anyway and makes nice with some people. Carlos ends up getting dragged out of the party and tells Gabby they’re much better off now. He was miserable before and now they have a family and all.

Susan and MJ

Susan has a few issues of her own. Despite trying to keep both Mike and MJ away from her new guy, several embarrassing encounters force her to deal with it and bring everyone together. Especially when Mike threatens to take her to court if he doesn’t get to meet Jackson since he’ll most likely end up spending time around MJ. Karl makes a cute appearance as well, which I’ll quote directly tomorrow. Anyway… the good news? Jackson and Mike hit it off (after all, who needs another love triangle-jealous ex story anyway) much to Susan’s annoyance later when she finds out they’ve shared a few too many secrets.

Bree has some explaining to do after Orson sees a promo copy of Bree's book...

Bree is doing press for her new cookbook and Orson isn’t happy about the whole thing. He did, after all, give up several years of his life to make Bree happy and he’s getting pushed aside. Bree, for her part, is trying to keep the peace while doing what she has to do for her career (like using the much nicer sounding Van De Kamp on her book). I think she’s starting to get caught up in all the fame stuff as a way of coping with the loss of Ben. She doesn’t make things any better, though, when she implies during a radio interview her husband is dead without clarifying she has a new one. Bree, I love ya but that was a pretty dumb move. I know you’re embarrassed about the jail thing, but come on- there’s no way that’s not gonna come out. May as well get it over with.

Finally, let’s talk McClusky and the Williams family. Edie is wanting to move because Karen made a joke about her being easy and she feels like no one likes her still, even though she’s changed. Dave seems upset for her, but insists they have to stay. He later goes to Karen and basically orders her to apologize. Karen, being the wonderfully feisty lady she is, refuses because she feels she did nothing wrong. They always insulted each other like that and she didn’t mean anything by it. He disagrees and later steals Ida’s cat to blackmail Karen into apologizing. Karen isn’t falling for his innocent “oh, look! I found the cat!” act and barges in on Katherine to use her computer. She wants to check out Dave’s background…

Like I said… over all, great episode! Everyone did a good job and I love where they’re going with many of the stories. Especially Dave. I can’t wait to see what he’s really up to. What do you all think? Be sure to comment and let me know your theories! See ya next time!

Good morning everyone!! I hope you’re all ready for the weekend and a new Housewives episode… I know I am. In the meantime, let’s talk some news…

There are plenty of new faces coming to Wysteria Lane this year and they’re not done adding people yet! This time, we’re going to have Rachael Harris coming on the show in a guest spot. She’ll be playing a reporter who interviews Bree, according to Entertainment Weekly. I, for one, am thrilled! I loved her when she did the commentary for VH1’s “I Love The…” Specials (even though I think those are going way too far now. Can we wait for the first decade of the new millennium to end at least before we start getting all nostalgic about it?). She’s done much more than that, though. She’s a member of the famous Groundlings improv group and has guest starred on shows like “SeaQuest DSV”, “Star Trek: Voyager”, “The Daily Show”, “Monk” and “Fat Actress”. She’s also appeared on “Notes from the Underbelly”, a sitcom on ABC, as Cooper.

Eva Longoria is looking to get out the vote this year. I’m sure y’all remember that she was part of a political even surrounding the Democratic convention. This time, she’s going to be speaking to college students about how important it is to vote. She’ll be speaking at New Mexico Starte University’s Corbet Center in Las Cruces. It’ll happen on Sunday at 11:45 in the morning. Adam Rodriquez from “CSI: Miami” will be there, as well.

Speaking of voting… SAG negotiators are looking to get SAG membership to vote authorizing a strike. They say it will give them some more power in their negotiations with producers. Can you believe they’re still trying that? I don’t get why they don’t just take the new AFTRA and other unions have. Dragging things out like this is really not doing anyone any good. I think that actors are going to be too smart to vote to strike or actually do it after the mess caused by the writer’s walk out. Come on actors…. prove me right.

Well, that’s all for now. Have a great weekend and I’ll see y’all again on Monday!

Good morning, everyone!! There’s some pretty good news on Wysteria lane… apparently, the premiere scored over 18 million viewers, slightly down from last year, but doing a little better than the finale, which is a good sign post-strike. Will episode 2 stack up? We’ll have to wait and see when the numbers are released.

ABC must be really happy too. Thanks to Housewives, Dancing With the Stars and Grey’s Anatomy, they were the number 1 network this week with over 12 million viewers tuning in a night on average. I’m liking where this is going. If it keeps up, Housewives will definitely continue to be a priority this year. I have high hopes for the show, as I’ve already seen many fan and former fan comments across the net saying that this premiere has made them interested in the show again.

If you just can’t wait to get a taste of episode two, you’ve got your chance! Here’s a preview scene from the episode. It features Bree, Orson and Andrew looking over a finished copy of Bree’s cook book. I’ll add a few comments below. If you don’t wanna know anything, go no further!

I can see why Bree is being a little defensive here. I think that Van De Kamp sounds better, too. And if she started the company when things were iffy, name recognition is key. Still, based on her tone and a few other previews out there (and her scenes from last week), I think Bree might be in danger of letting her new-found fame go to her head. Hopefully, she won’t go too far. Well, I guess that’s all for now. Take care and see y’all next time.

Good morning, everyone!! Now that the new season is here, I’m bringing back my Actor/Actress of the week picks. It’s my way of spotlighting the actor(s)/actress(es) that I thought really stole the show each week. This week, it was pretty tough. Everyone did really well and I loved the stories going on. Still, there was one scene in particular where the people involved really got my attention.

Marcia Cross out and about.

The flashback scene where Danielle takes her baby back was one of the most surprising ones to me and it was well-acted by both Joy Lauren and Marcia Cross. You could just see the pain and desperation radiating off of Bree while begging Danielle not to go through with it. The follow up scene where Bree’s business is called her baby makes it even more moving to me, cause you could see that was so true. She threw herself into the work to make up for the new hole in her life. I’m just waiting to see how Bree explained the disappearance of “her” child to all the non-housewife neighbors.

Joy Lauren at the Madden 09 Premiere Party.

Joy Lauren was also really good in the scene. She managed to show that while the character had grown up, she hadn’t really grown at all as a person. She still is selfish and cold, and didn’t really seem to have much concern for Bree. The cold way she said “you’re just gonna have to find someone else” was chilling to me. I’m just wondering why she’d want the baby back. Despite everything she said in the flashback, she jumped at the chance to be baby-less and fancy free in Florida.

So, there you have it: my two picks for the actresses who really stole the show for me, Marcia Cross and Joy Lauren. See y’all next time. Take care!