Last night's episaode was great. I really thought the interaction between bree and the mother in law was priceless and smirks on their faces when they thought they were going to get away with the tie.....was wonderfull......

I really thought lynette's multitasking was great also....perhaps a forshaowing of what is to come since it seems that tom wants to be the kids friends rather than a dad....BTW what happened to the twins...all I saw was the baby and the older child....she did mention 4 kids though....

As to the applewhites...Why does everyone think the person in the basement is paul or zach....remember they moved in before the zach and paul thing was over....I think it is the Husband/father....but I also think that there is something strange in the way betty and the son interacted especially when bree and her daughter came over....

Susan is a nutcase...how could she dump mike...he is just too cute....

>Last night's episaode was great. I

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I too thought it was strange the way she hugged her son from behind and rubbed his chest. The bells and whistles went off in my head, I don't know, I was thinking it was a little incestuous looking. I could be way off but you never can tell with Desperate Housewives, seems like nothing is off limits.

Hubby and I were watching it and thinking the same thing when Betty rubbed Matthew's chest from behind. I just looked over at hubby and said, "that is not a normal mother/son embrace, what's up with that?"

As for the person in the basement -- I got the impression that they have been keeping him locked up for a while. I think Matthew said something along the lines of "I've been doing this every night" when asked if he remembered to put something on the tray. My first thought was maybe that it really is Betty's husband, and that he had been abusive to her or something, so she was torturing him to get back at him for hurting her.

Absolutely loved the episode, and am so thrilled that it's back after the long summer break.

I thought the same thing as far as the domestic violence; why else would he need to take the gun downstairs?

probably the person is criminally insane and they cannot afford the cost of an asylum or satnd the embarassment to the family

She said "did you remember to put butter" at least that is what I think I heard...

My theory is that they aren't mother & son at all. They are not related in any way, just partners in crime, so to speak.

They have been holding that person captive for a while. Perhaps they had to leave their other place because they were discovered. They bought the house on Wisteria Lane on the Internet because they could tell it was just right for them. Perhaps Edie described the basement--maybe that is a wine cellar. (How many basements have seperate rooms like that? The perfect dungeon.) Remember they moved in at night, and that person was probably sedated inside a wardrobe on the truck. When Edie came to say hi they didn't want to let her in.

It's not Paul in the basement. Mike left Paul tied up, in the desert. I wonder how soon he will come back to the neighborhood. Felicia convinced him to leave, and he doesn't know that Zach beat her up.

I assumed the person in the basement was someone we have not met yet. And it is a new mystery. Probably the reason they moved to this new location. I thought it could be her husband since she said to the young guy not to lie and say his dad was dead.

I was really thinking the same thing. I thought when it showed the son walking towards his "mom" with the tray and the rose, I thought for sure it was for her and that they were going to kiss or something like that. It was really creepy, but hey like you said it's Desperate Housewives....ANYTHING is possible

I still have a feeling that's her boyfriend not her son! There are some more intimate moments, a hug too long, and a look to sentual! Just a thought!

1. Where was the psycho pharmacist?

2. You just know that Bree is going to get charged with killing Rex. The preacher thought her behaviour was odd, and so do the kids, and the other housewives commented on how strong she is. When they were walking after the funeral, Bree said something strange, can't remember what it was, about his death, and the girls all kind of looked at her. It was one of those comments that you just know someone is going to remember.(Wish I could remember what it was...)

3. I can't stand Susan. I don't like the character and wish I could FF through the scenes that she is in. She's too wishy-washy and flighty and trying to be funny but in a real cream-puffy way. Hate it, hate it, hate it.

4. I miss Rex. He was cute when he was alive.

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Frisky, Here's my thoughts (for what they're worth)...

1. He'll be around in future episodes, but just didn't come to Rex's funeral. (maybe guilt or he just didn't want to be around to throw any suspicion his way) Am sure he will be around to "comfort" Bree in future episodes.

2. Agree 100%.

3. I feel the same way. I hate that they make her character so black and white. Not, let's see how this goes and if this will still work out now that you might be Zach's dad.......but NO she can't see him at all and breaks it off immediately. Wish her character had a little more brains and wasn't quite so flighty. (although she is sometimes comical to me).

4. Yes, I will definitely miss Rex. Can't believe they got rid of him (and the cute lawnboy as well, who is said to only be in three episodes this season). I will miss them both. One was an interesting storyline, one was just fun to look at!

1. He'll turn up.

2. I can't remember either, but I might still have it on Tivo -- if dh hasn't watched it yet. I will try to look tomorrow.

3. I'm beginning to hate this character too. Too funny that Lynette won the emmy.

4. I love Rex too. I thought that was an awful picture of him at the funeral, and he looked awful in the coffin. I know, he's supposed to look awful in the coffin.

And was it me, or did it feel like one of the girls was missing last night. I felt like there should have been one more character.

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1. Like a bad penny... (I was glad to not see him, actually. He's not a good villian in my eyes. Good villians are Martha Huber and the Cheshire Cat. George was just creepy, and so not in a good way.)

2. Yeah. Why wasn't there any mention of the note from the season finale? Rex wrote out (right before he died) something like, "Bree, I understand and I forgive you." In the very next scene, Bree picks up the phone and is told that Rex is gone. Someone has the note. I'd be stunned if that story line is a dead end, and there are even some spoilers I posted about it in the DVD thread.

3. Susan is slapstick. (They all have different comedy styles, I think. Lynette is intellectual humor, Gabrielle's humor is provocative sass, and Bree is the unintentionally funny (usually with some variation of black humor) one. Susan's too one-dimensional, and please... like anyone would dump Mike, even with a murderous, violent bastard child that he just found out about 16 years late. ) I don't do slapstick.

4. He was okay, I suppose, but argh! I am so over their tired story line. Great while it lasted, but in the season finale, that last fight (the one that George instigated about the S&M, when Rex had the heart attack) was just tedious. I am glad, glad, glad Bree is single. It should make for some absolutely ridiculous scenes this season, and a parade of male guest stars as well.

1. I don't like that pharmacist. I am not looking forward to seeing him again.

2. I love Bree - her character is very multidimensional and makes for great watching. That funeral scene was awesome! I can't wait to see how that story line progresses. There was no mention of Rex's Doctor/Friend who suggested that someone was adding something (potassium?) to his diet -- he accused Bree and Rex got pissed. I wonder if that accusation will resurface.

3. I love slapstick (Lucy ... Will & Grace) but Susan is irritating as hell. I was VERY excited that Lynette won the emmy and think she deserved it.

4. I LOVED Rex... and miss him already. I don't like Susan's ex and now it looks like they are expanding his role. (yawn) but I guess Edie does need more of a story line.

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I agree the tie scene was classic Bree.

As for the person in the basement, I think it's going to be a new character. The mom makes a comment to the son about adding the rose, and I believe she said that it was a sign of love. Am I remembering correctly? You think it's far fetched to guess that they have a young woman in the basement meant to be the son's future "bride"?

Ooo, that's creepy, and so much more fun to wonder about than Rex or Paul. Heh.

If it is his bride-to-be (much as I would love that, I bet it's not something so cool) she really has some serious man hands.

Yeah, I think it's a new person, too. But I don't think the person is romantically involved with mother or son, because, like some here, I think mother and son are NOT mother and son.

Except for one thing: When she was playing piano, she said something about his "gramma." That doesn't necessarily mean that his gramma is her mom, but somehow she knew his gramma and knew his family quite intimately.

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I really do think that it will be a new character, but at the same time the thought that it COULD be someone we already know seems to still ponder in my head. Just think, we all know that Rex had a "kinky" side to him...what if he had an affair with this woman and they had a son (Matthew). Finally they tracked Rex down, faked his death and now have him in the basement. Betty probably has the note that he had written to Bree). I know that I'm not Marc Cherry, but I would love to see something like that happen. My instinct tells me we know the person, why would these people show up on Wisteria Lane holding just anyone hostage. I would venture to say it's someone that has serious ties to the girls and the community.

OMGoodness ... that's such a good theory!!! WOW! Can you imagine how pissed Bree would be!? Awesome ... I just love this show!!!

That's a good theory but how do you fake a death with an open coffin? Bree changed Rex's tie.

I hope they are not going to have us believe that a fake body looking and feeling exactly like Rex was put in the coffin and it fooled everyone. When that happens this show starts going down the drain. I'd like to give the writers a bit more credit than that.

That said, this show is one of my guilty pleasures.