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Introducing series three of Desperate Housewives - Radio Times, January 2007 |
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Watch out, says Jenny Eden - the denizens of Wisteria Lane are back on form.
Suddenly the housewives
aren't looking quite so
desperate. After a lacklustre
second season, it looked as
if it could be curtains for the ladies of
Wisteria Lane.
But the show's creator
Marc Cherry has taken the helm again
- after admitting he suffered creative
burn-out last year - and the series is
back on form as TV's number one
guilty pleasure.
Teri Hatcher, who plays Susan Mayer,
says: "I think the blending of the
comedy and the drama is done in
a smoother way this year. It feels like
the writing staff
have gotten the
tone of the show
back to the pilot,
back to finding
that very fine
line between
comedy and
drama - and
surrealism. But
it's funny to me that people say
when you go from 26 million viewers
to 25 million in the US, somehow
you're failing."
The third year starts with sexy
plumber Mike Delfino still in a coma
after being hit by a car at the end of
last season. Susan is visiting him in
hospital every day, when she meets
Ian Kavanaugh, played by Scottish
actor Dougray Scott, whose wife has
been in a coma for three years.
Hatcher says: "It feels like a relatable
jumping-off point - that you could be
in love with somebody and it would be
just your luck to give up on it, because
of what the doctors are telling you, and
then you bond with somebody else in
a similar situation. It makes me think of
the movie Castaway, which was really
sad. And it isn't good news for Susan."
While Susan is caught in a love
triangle - albeit with one of the
threesome unconscious for part
of the series - Bree is ready to marry
again. Her creepy dentist lover
Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan)
pops the question and, despite the
mysterious
disappearance
of his first wife,
Bree says yes.
Meanwhile,
Gabrielle and
Carlos are
locked in a
bitter divorce, and Lynette is struggling
to deal with her husband's love-child.
Creator Cherry says: "I'm proud
of this season. For season two I was
exhausted, because I'd written so
much of the first season and physically,
emotionally and spiritually I wasn't
able to do that again.
"I needed to fix it. I've learned to
trust my writers, delegate and step
back to take an overview - and it's
really going to be much better."
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Now take a look at our full Desperate Housewives guide.
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