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Desperate Housewives: Season 3 [2006]


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Pure Genius!
Review date: 2008-07-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

This show is CLEARLY the best thing on television!
Season 1 was amazing, season 2 lacked a little but still deserved 5 stars, and season 3 is simply the best! If I could give it 6 stars I would!
The 3rd season includes many laughing, crying, screaming, tense, cringe-worthy moments that make this show SO enjoyable and addictive!
A must have for fans!!!!

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Three Stars for Third Series
Review date: 2008-06-30 Rating: 6 out of 10

I am a MASSIVE fan of Desperate Housewives, but this was the poorest series out of the four they have done so far. I watched every episode and purchased the DVD and still re-watch them, but I wouldn't say it was a particularly strong series.

I'd say the first 8 episodes were particularly strong, not forgetting the sensational episode 'Bang!'. Despite it being in the midst of a weak series, it's by far one of the best ever episodes and gives me goosebumps at the end every time. But yes, the first third of the series looked particularly promising but from about Episode 10 - 20 it just went downhill for me.

I thought the seasons mystery was lacking the particular oomph the others had. Season 1 was just a huge puzzle, Season 2 finished with the unexpected twist.. but I found this mystery surrounding Orson/Alma/Gloria to be slightly dull in comparison and predictable - It could only have been Gloria or Alma, as it being Orson would have been too obvious. Maybe the weakness has something to do with the fact they decided not to make Orson a villian at the last minute... He was originally supposed to be in league with the woman he visited at the psychiatric ward at the end of Season 2, setting out to destroy Bree.

After the mystery was solved prematurely due to Marcia Cross's pregnancy, they lacked quality I thought. The storyline with Rick wasn't too bad in the end, I felt sorry for Lynette when she had to fire him - some great acting from Felicty. Mrs McClusky's storyline was pretty odd with her husband in the freezer. I would have preferred if that wasn't in there but I guess there had to be a filler storyline with Bree missing. The relationship between Carlos and Edie just didn't seem right to start with either, but it wasn't so bad after a few episodes.

I think the last three episodes, 21 - 23, really picked up again, with the revelation of Lynette's lymphoma, Susan's hilarious trip to the woods and Edie's desperation at the season finale. Bree's return was a good surprise for the end of Season 3 and lead nicely into Season 4, which is just fantastic.

Desperate Housewives Jumps The Shark
Review date: 2008-04-05 Rating: 2 out of 10

I am pinching myself: there is not a single 1 or 2 star review for this series. How can that be? What have I missed? I really couldn't stand this show (why did I watch it through, you ask? The furtherance of my own marital relations required it).

Seasons 1 and 2 had a real originality and freshness: an unusual combination of romantic farce and dark thriller which made them compulsive viewing. But the formula seems to have been changed for Season 3. In the intervening period I've been treated to some really outstanding television in the shape of Deadwood, The Sopranos and The Wire - so perhaps I'm now seeing all of Desperate Housewives for what it really is, but I don't think it's that. When it started, Desperate Housewives was on that level. This series really seems to be inferior to the first ones.

Firstly, the series-long continuity of plotlines which was a feature of the first two series is gone. As is the morbid undertone, and the genuinely fractious family relationships: now the guignol is played purely for (cheap) laughs. The real brutality is perpetrated by the scriptwriters who seem to have grown ever more panicked as the series progressed: developing characters and plot lines are hacked to death and their bodies carelessly jettisoned nearly every episode. At one point they resort to having almost all the characters assemble at a supermarket to be held up by a gun-wielding homicidal maniac, in so doing conveniently terminating about three (admittedly moribund) plot-lines with one tin of tomatoes.

Characters we know from previous series behave entirely contrary to their established type: hard-man Mike Delfino (admittedly with the excuse of a severe blow to the head) becomes a hopeless and gormless romantic; Edie Britt stops being a shrew; Lynette Sciavo starts being one, and becomes an hysterical witch-hunter, then a cocquette; Andrew Van der Kamp abandons almost his sociopathic tendencies; we are introduced to and then lose, without regard to story or character arc, a series of wooden characters such as Iain Hainsworth (who apparently really is a Brit, despite sounding like Mike Myers' impersonation of one), the wife-of-the-person-having-an-affair-with-the-former-mistress-of-Bree's-new-husband, Orson Hodge's "dead" wife; Orson's mother, Edie's nephew; Edie's estranged son; Tom Sciavo's ex girlfriend and their daughter; even creepy Zach makes a half-hearted return and disappears.

Not a hint of structure; not a hint of direction; just a ghastly assemblance of stupid and irritating plotlines which seem to have been harvested from the Dynasty and Falcon Crest reject bin. You shouldn't expect to get away with this simply by rebranding it as "comedy" - but judging by the average reaction on this site, they did!

It's just too ghastly to countenance. We have bodies in freezers, bodies buried in backyards, bodies in kitchens, bodies in gardens, bodies in supermarkets, bodies coming back from the dead, coming back from comas, going out from comas, at least seven or eight characters in hospital, we have characters falling out of carparks, falling out of windows, falling off ladders, falling off rooves, we have on-again-off-again allegations of insanity, pedophilia, infidelity, spousal homicide and an utter overdose of love triangles and other types of love geometry - tracking who is shagging whom is so hard that you are caused to doubt the very foundation of the space-time continuum of love itself.

And I haven't even got onto the truly exasperating Susan Myer. Perhaps best if I don't, come to think of it.

Olly Buxton

BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review date: 2008-03-22 Rating: 10 out of 10

season 1=good 1st year for the housewives 3.5/5
season 2=excellent second year 4/5
season 3= the BEST season so far 5/5

season 3 had more drama, more twists, more snappy dialogue, character development, and the best episode of the show to date and one of the greatest things to happen on TV...yes of course im on about the episode BANG it was sheer brilliance and haven't seen anything quite like it before...felicity Huffman was brilliant in the episode,as are the rest of the cast a classic.
but the season as a whole became a classic and earnt the show more golden globes and awards and contains some really brilliant episodes, the best so far(and probably will always be the best season).
although marcia cross(bree)is absent from 6 episodes(due to real life pregnancy)the episodes seem to run smoothly enough and we get to understand the character Edie more and her development of a relationship with carlos.
the season starts with a wedding and it ends with a wedding(quite poetic)and the finale leaves so many questions open for season 4(starts on tv soon :):):):)!!)to answer.
all i hope is that this show will not deteriorate after this remarkable season and carries on the trend as shown...season 4 looks set to be very good,and i look forward to be reviewing it in the future :):).
season three is absolutely classic.

Wow!
Review date: 2007-12-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

I got this for Christmas and watched it in a couple of days, and it's absolutely brilliant! Now, i know that most people thought season 2 wasnt as good as season 1, but i didnt mind it actually. But after watching season 3, i can now tell it was a little weak. Although i still love it. But season 3 is just amazing! I cant decide whether i like this season, or season 1 the best.

I've always loved the houses for some reason in this show, they are so bright and colourful, and big and clean.

And the shocks in this show were better than ever, especially the very last scene! I dont usually watch DH on tv, i always wait for the boxset to be released, and it helps because the shocks are better and unexpected! The best characters this season for me, have been Tom and Lynette (as always), Gabrielle and Carlos, and Orson Hodge! The best episode was 'Bang' it was full of drama and shocks! And the Paedophile storyline was absolutely shocking and clever!

If i had one downside it would only be that i have a sneaky suspicion that Marc Cherry has stolen a few ideas from Sex and the City. They were quite a few similarities, and Kyle MacLachlan (Orson) played Trey in SATC and both characters had some similarities, and Gabrielle's new hubby played a politician boyfriend of Carrie's, and he's a politician in this! But that's all, apart from that it's brilliant! go get it now!

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Teri Hatcher
Marcia Cross
Felicity Huffman

Creators:
Teri Hatcher (Primary Contributor)
Marcia Cross (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
EAN: 8717418129156
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 6
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-11-05
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 953 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Language: Italian (Original Language)

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