by Beal Desperate Housewives sixth season premiered last night on ABC and what a treat it was. I cannot believe I can still sit in front of this program and accept the things they have written down on paper and acted out before me. First of all, the cliffhanger is resolved in the most predictable [...]
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Season Premiere: Desperate Housewives (Oy Vey!)
Posted in Desperate Housewives on 09/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Character Spotlight: Karen McCluskey
Posted in Character Spotlight, Desperate Housewives, tagged Karen McCluskey, Kathryn Joosten on 07/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
by Beal Show: Desperate Housewives Character: Karen McCluskey Actor: Kathryn Joosten In a NUT shell: Karen McCluskey is about the least complex character on all of Wisteria Lane. She’s so two dimensional, that I couldn’t NOT love her. Widowed and a bit zany, she babysits neighborhood kids, drinks a little too much, fails to mind her [...]
Top Five Fridays: TV’s Most Ludicrous Plot Twists (Continued)
Posted in Beverly Hills 90210, Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, Roseanne, Top Five Friday's, X-Files on 06/26/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Beal 5. Desperate Housewives - Bree’s Pretend Pregnancy – Season 4 (2007) Choosing which plot line on Desperate Housewives is the most ludicrous is like trying to decide which former child star is the most fucked up: They’re all strong contenders. Still time and time again the Van de Kamp family sets themselves apart from the usual ridiculousness [...]
Character Spotlight: Jackie Harris
Posted in Character Spotlight, Desperate Housewives, Roseanne, tagged Jackie Harris, Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne on 06/09/2009 | 2 Comments »
by Beal Show: Roseanne Character: Jackie Harris/Aunt Jackie Actor: Laurie Metcalf Basically: In a role that garnered three Emmy’s, Metcalf plays Jackie Harris, Roseanne Conner’s kid sister/resident hot mess. Although similar in age to Roseanne and Dan, Jackie remains unmarried and childless (until Fred comes along and knocks her up) throughout much of the series. She goes [...]
Season Finale: Desperate Housewives
Posted in Desperate Housewives, Dramas, Miscellaneous Rantings, tagged Desperate Housewives, Karen McCluskey, Marc Cherry, Wisteria Lane on 05/19/2009 | 1 Comment »
by Beal I rarely discuss my affinity for the denizens of Wisteria Lane, but in the wake of Sunday’s season finale, I think it’s important to re-evaluate my loyalty to this program. Admittedly, this show is absolutely ridiculous. Angela Lansbury saw fewer mystery deaths in Cabot Cove than these characters see in a month! Still, [...]
Breaking Bad
Posted in Breaking Bad, Desperate Housewives, Dramas, Miscellaneous Rantings, tagged AMC, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, crystal meth, Law & Order on 03/31/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, I really really want to like this show, but I’m just not sure I have it in me. Everything about it, should make for good television, but at some point between production and Sunday nights on AMC, the magic is lost in the airwaves. The plot is none too different from Weeds, which is [...]
Crisis Averted
Posted in Cheers, Desperate Housewives, Dramas, Frasier, Golden Girls, I Love Lucy, Miscellaneous Rantings, Murder, She Wrote, Reruns, Rita Rocks, tagged Cheers, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, Hallmark Channel, I Love Lucy, Lifetime, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls on 03/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps I’ve mentioned it before, perhaps everyday, but I like to watch The Golden Girls each night from 1 am to 2:30 am on the Lifetime network. It’s the perfect wind down from an otherwise turbulent day of searching for something great to watch on television. I’ve also gotten myself into the habit of watching [...]
Mary Alice: A Tribute
Posted in Desperate Housewives, Dramas, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, tagged Desperate Housewives, Mary Alice, Sue Ellen Mishky, Teri Hatcher on 02/18/2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Michael and I have this thing about Mary Alice on Desperate Housewives, a show that I haven’t watched since the end of its first season. I do not miss it. The only acceptable reason to have Teri Hatcher anywhere near your TV set is if an old episode of “Lois & Clark” is [...]
