Desperate Housewives 5.11 “Home is the Place”
Air date: Jan. 4, 2009 Live blog / recap [preview]
Tonight I’m watching with Neighbor Peggy, and we’re both super, super, SUPER excited to see tonight’s episode. Check back tomorrow for the winners and losers of “Home is the Place” or nominate your own in the comments below!!
9 p.m.: Shhhh! The “previously on” is on! I’ve been waiting A WHOLE MONTH FOR THIS!!
9:01: What’d he say her name was? Melina Caminas…Hyenas? Is there a coincidence that both Bree and Hyenas have red hair? I’m sensing a battle between the Good Bree and the Bad Bree. I don’t think I know which one is which.
9:03 Ah! Edie Williams realty! I keep forgetting that her last name isn’t Britt anymore. Whatever. I’m still calling her Edie Britch.
9:04: What’s wrong with Dave’s face? Peggy says it looks like he stole the color from Edie’s face. Definitely not from her chest, though. Sista looks like she’s always thee seconds from a terrible case of melanoma.
9:05: Peggy and I both at the same time: “Woah, Susan!” Peggy meant is as a bad “woah” to the ruh-fuffle-fuffle shoulders on Susan’s jacket. I, however, meant it as a good “woah” because her hair finally doesn’t look like a dirtier, stringier version of Kurt Cobain’s.
9:07: Ha! Lee just called Susan a drag queen! He said it, I didn’t.
9:08: “Naked people are gross,” Carlos. Some are, Carlos. Some are.
9:09: OMG! BREE AND I HAVE THE SAME IRON!!! What does this same for my homemakery abilities? Should I be able to iron like an angel now? (How do angels iron?)
Where will you be tonight when 2009 begins? (That means Desperate Housewives comes back! Four days, kids! Eep!!)
Justa hunch, but I’m guessing you’re not going to be at Eva Longoria’s restaurant Beso, where she and Tony Parker are throwing a New Year’s party. Or maybe you will be? …in which case I expect a full report on my desperatedesk by tomorrow morning!
If you went, you’d schmooze with some Heroes, other Desperate Housewives stars and watch two of the hottest people in the world smooch at midnight (you know sista ain’t talking about Hiro and Ando from Heroes, either.)
Oh! And the Gipsy Kings and Jose Cortes are performing live!
I stumbled across the trailer to Kyle’s new film, a Sundance movie called “Manure,” and can’t WAIT to see it.
Now I’m no lady, so the movie title alone is enough to pull the $13 outta my pocket and into the awaiting hand of the 16-year-old ticket-giver at the theater down the road.
But let’s just say, hypothetically, I wasn’t just drawn to all forms of the word “poop.” Let’s just say, hypothetically, that I needed a visual to go along with it. This 28-second trailer fulfills that need. (And I’m praying that it’s K. Mac’s foot we see squishing in the road apple.)
Here’s the gist of the movie: Guy owns a manure company in the ’60s. Guy’s name, of course, is Mr. Rose. Guy dies, so guy’s estranged daughter (Rosemary Rose, played by Tea Leoni) has to take over the business, all the while dealing with a “slick-talking fertilizer rep” played by, oh yes, K. Mac. He’s lookin’ to take over the poo plant. (source: IMDB)
This is just about the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. Felicity Huffman talks to petside.com about the day she and her family decided to adopt a puppy and how great he’s been for her two girls.
Because of it, she’s working with the Iams Home 4 The Holidays program to help a million animals find homes this winter.
Amazing.
Do you get the impression that, out of every character on the show, Felicity’s the most like her character? Lynette would so do something like this (even if it’s just to teach her boys a lesson).
Think this is where he got the cherries for some of the Desperate Housewives story lines? The ‘wives are all kinda like (slightly) younger versions of the Golden Girls, anyway, aren’t they?
Also, interesting that he doesn’t drink — which I’m all for, though it also seems surprising, given the fact that there’s at least one character with a drink in every episode (or completely smashed, or a complete alcoholic, etc, etc, etc…)
Also, also, doesn’t he seem like the funnestest person ever made? I really, really want to hang out at a party with Marc and help him hide his gin and tonics from Bea Arthur.
When I saw this video on www.abc.com, I was like “Oh, that’s an interesting tidbit about Brenda Strong’s feet, now let me go about my way.”
But after sitting in front of my TV, rewatching Seasons 1 and 2 in 24-hour intervals this week, I realized how much knowing this fact about her has changed my outlook on the show.
I heavily weighed whether I should share it with you kids or not, for fear of changing allayall’s opinions about Mary Alice.
Maybe it won’t have the same effect on you as it did on me. Maybe you won’t think “I can’t take you seriously, Mary Alice*, because you’re barefoot while you’re narrating about your desperate friends.” Maybe you won’t think about how she’s still the tallest woman in the world, even taller than Marcia Cross — while forgoing the height of any sort of foot-arching sole.
But I do. I’ll always think about how your sweet voice is hiding a dark, nekkid, piggy-toed secret, Brenda.
*For some reason, every time I try to type Mary Alice, my fingers want to type Mary Alive. Weird, because she’s definitely not alive. Is there something my fingers are trying to tell me? So from here on out, Mary Alice is now going to be Mary Alive.
Yes, kids, it’s true: One awards show didn’t leave the ‘wives in the suburban dust this year.
Desperate Housewives was nominated for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series. Other nominees are 30 Rock, Entourage, The Office and Weeds.
Should I be as surprised as I am to see it in the comedy category? It’s obviously not entirely a drama, either, but let’s face it…even though Marc Cherry’s wives are hilarious, funny and witty, they can’t hang with Tina Fey or Steve Carell when it comes to comedy.
The show got no individuals noms, but that’s OK by me. This series started with Susan as the “main” character and now has become a huge ensemble, where every character on Wisteria Lane is valuable.
The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards airs live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. eastern time, Jan. 25.
With the success of the 90210 remake, it seems the CW’s looking to bring back another successful drama from the ’90s, according to Celebrity News Service.
Could we see a return of the show that brought us Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini, played by Marcia Cross? Or Matt Fielding (Doug Savant)?
I always was more of a 90210er than a Melrose Placer, so this news holds little bearing on me…although, I hope the CW keeps its hands off Bree and Tom! (For the most part. I’ll allow a guest role here and there.)
Apparently, the biggest applesauce and apple juice retailer realized what we’ve all known for more than four years now: Marcia Cross is a secret worth sharing. That, and, she’s a hot mother who’ll help peddle their product to other mothers in print and TV ads starting in March.
It’s all part of company’s ”a secret like Mott’s is worth sharing” rebranding campaign – and first TV spots in more than 10 years, according to Brandweek.
Also, maybe it’s just me, but I can’t get over the fact that Marcia Cross reminds me of an apple. Wait, wait — hear me out on this one: Red hair over white skin…red skin over white insides? Nail on the head, Mott’s. Nail. On. The. Head.
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