I am not sure why it took me so long to watch Desperate Housewives because this is exactly my vibe. I know the show was popular during its run and has its fair amount of pop culture references in other pieces of media but I don’t know if younger people now understand how good this show was. Now I have only watched the first season, but the premise of a show that is based around housewives in the suburbs narrated by their dead friend is incredible. So let’s get into it with Desperate Housewives season 1.
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It’s actually a really compelling story. It is written very well. And the way the drama for each woman is written is fantastic. There is so much character development for each of the women and for a 24 episode network show there really wasn’t a lot, if any, filler. All that said, the show did premiere in 2004 and therefore some of it didn’t age super well. When Bree’s son comes out as gay there is obviously a lot that’s said, Bree has a hard time with it for whatever reason. But overall I think that they handle it pretty well, having Rex on his son’s side. At the end of Desperate Housewives season 1 we are left with; Paul somewhere in the desert, Susan being held at gunpoint by Zach, and Bree finding out that Rex is dead. Pretty brutal season finale but also a truly fantastic first season cliffhanger.
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