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Anyone else get the feeling that maybe Mike is conveniently faking his memory loss? When he came home from the hospital, he seemed to be wondering "What the hell did Edie do to my house?" And I think he is definitely upset about having to pretend he doesn't know Susan....

Crazy twist with Art. Poor Lynette can't catch a break. She was trying to show Parker that the world was safe, and she uses a pedophile to do it. As soon as I saw Parker wearing that cowboy hat and all the trains and games in that basement, I knew something was off.

I definitely felt the same way... mediocre episode until the end.

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definitely one of the best episodes this season, last episode with the grocery store hold up was brilliant. yes this show did start slowly and until recently, been somewhat predictable, but last week and this week really got me excited.

didn't expect art to turn out so...evil! good twist. i just remember he's also a swim coach or something? i like how ordinary he seemed until this episode. that's how pedophiles are...we never realize who the bad guys are until they are right up next to you! neighbors!

i am not sure about mike's character...if there are really big plans for him to collide or remember orson, etc. hopefully so...i do like edie taking advantage of mike though, AHA!

mrs. mccluskey is such a fun character. i like her zinger line: "don't give a hoot if i get shot, do ya kid?" AAHAH!

i did enjoy gabie's storyline, how sad it is that she's now playing the mother model instead of the supermodel. a good lesson...and moment for her character.

one big thing left out from last week, was nora's kid girl...i thought she was going to get adopted by lynette's family? or she went into foster care and disappeared?

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to "grae", It was explained that Nora's daughter was staying with her grandma.

Now that they finally killed off the extremely annoying Nora, which had to be one of the writers' many mistakes from last season, why didn't they kill of another useless stupid character, Austin??? First of all, the dude that plays him is a god awful actor! i cant stand him! if i want a hunky teen in the show, i much prefer John the carpenter than Austin. while on the subject, why don't they kill of Julie as well. How stupid was she when she said that without Austin, she could have get killed in the market. Um, i remember the only reason that the crazy woman killed Nora was because she was trying to steal Lynette's husband. Julie was in no danger whatsoever! I think now that her weird romance with Zach Young is over, she's useless on the show now. kill Julie and Austin.

speaking of writers' mistakes from last season, remember Orson's visits to a woman in the Psychiatric Hospital? will she ever come into play this season? i remembered it was said that Orson visit that woman every often like every day or something, so now she's forgotten?

a little tidbit: Josh Henderson, the awful actor that plays Austin Brit, used to be on FX's "Over There". his co-star on that show, Luke MacFarlane, a much better actor is now playing Scotty on "Brothers & Sisters" which is just getter better and better each week.

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We need more Andrew..STAT!

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I can't wait until Bree finally unmasks Orson. You just know introducing mom to the fray was just a way for her to get to know the real man...and it worked. She's been deceived too many times. I hope they make her stronger this time around.

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Technically we don't know if Art is a pedophile. We know he likes pictures of young boy's with their shirts off, which is by no means a good sign, but we can't really be sure if he acts on those desires. If he does act on them, he is a dangerous and very bad man. However if pictures of boys in their swimming trunks is as far as it goes, he's just a very creepy neighbor.

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It just cracks me up that Gabrielle is supposed to have been this fab fashion model - granted she is gorgeous but she is so tiny! At 5'2" I have a hard time believing that she was a high end fashion model on 36 covers. Petites? sure. Make-up? you bet. But even when her old friends visited a few seasons ago, they all stood over her about a foot.
I know: suspend disbelief! Don't flame me. It's just one of the quirks on the show that makes me snicker.

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I don't understand why Lynette didn't call the police on her new neighbor. Yes, they were just pictures of kids without their shirts off, but they were still suspicious.

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"Technically we don't know if Art is a pedophile. We know he likes pictures of young boy's with their shirts off, which is by no means a good sign, but we can't really be sure if he acts on those desires. If he does act on them, he is a dangerous and very bad man. However if pictures of boys in their swimming trunks is as far as it goes, he's just a very creepy neighbor."

Would you let your kid hang out with him?

I didn't think so.

It is a little bit more than creepy.

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"I don't understand why Lynette didn't call the police on her new neighbor. Yes, they were just pictures of kids without their shirts off, but they were still suspicious."

Two key reasons. One, she only saw them because she went into the house uninvited. It doesn't work very well if your call to the police includes the phrase, "When I broke into my neighbor's house..." Two, the Wall of Shirtless Boys, while creepy and suspicious, can also have a Perfectly Reasonable Explanation. Namely, the guy is a swim coach, and that wall COULD just be his "Proud Winners" display. At least, that's what he could tell the cops if they came. Calling the cops would be useless because it is all nothing but circumstantial evidence. Not that Lynette shouldn't be on her guard, right now she's got nothing.

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I knew immediately when I was the basement with the pinball machines abnd train and everything that Lynette would find something like that creepy wall of little boys. Lynette didn't really break into the house, so I don't really think the police would be angry about it. And there is no way that he could explain that wall of pictures as his "Proud Winners" display, I mean there were a TON of pictures, and it some of them the little boys' faces look kind of frightened.

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Maybe the pedophile is Art's sister in the wheelchair? And yes, there are stairs going down to the basement, but perhaps, she doesn't really 'need' the wheelchair, it is a guise to get at the kids.

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I think that explain perfect since Art's t-shirt have P that hint as "pedophile". lol

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Did anybody think of Michael Jackson when Lynette went down into his Never-Never Land basement? I thought he played that superhero too well.
I also don't like Mike's character this season. He was hott when he was the sexy plumber who was madly in love with Susan, but it doesn't quite work the same way when he's the coma guy who can't remember anything and is letting the neighborhood slut take advantage of him. Leave it to Edi to place a skanky pic of her on Mike's mantle where a pic of Susan probably sat not long ago.

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I really liked Desperate Housewives until last night. This pedophile storyline made me truly ill. I just think the show has more than enough gossip, intrigue and craziness to feel the need add such controversial and devastating a subject matter which a typical parent (I would hope!) would just as well not even think about when "escaping" with the latest soap opera episode. I spend enough time in the real world worrying about my child. I was a true fan, but I can't watch this show until that storyline is over, and I hope it ends with this guy being caught and punished the way such evil should be. Thanks...

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I really liked Desperate Housewives until last night. This pedophile storyline made me truly ill. I just think the show has more than enough gossip, intrigue and craziness to feel the need add such controversial and devastating a subject matter which a typical parent (I would hope!) would just as well not even think about when "escaping" with the latest soap opera episode. I spend enough time in the real world worrying about my child. I was a true fan, but I can't watch this show until that storyline is over, and I hope it ends with this guy being caught and punished the way such evil should be. Thanks...

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Oh, be freaked out by Art, no question, and definitely keep young boys away from him. I was just pointing out that, while sexually molesting children is highly illegal and immoral, masturbating to pictures of boys from swim practice (as horrendously creepy as it is), and we've been given no indication so far that it's gone beyond that.

I just think it would be interesting if the guy with a secret lust for young boy's ends up being the one Wisteria Lane resident to not be guilty of a felony. Just seems more original.

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e s, do you understand the point of the show at all? Since I cannot think of a single way to phrase this inoffensively, your reasoning is really stupid. Watching a tv show should not make you worry about your child any more or less, really. Then again, maybe it's your lack of coherency that's impeding my ability to understand your point but really, if you're going to be so petty as to allow the introdution of a storyline to deter your from a show because of some incomprehensible parenting excuse, that's really just your loss.

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Wow! Fantastic episode. I wasn't really sure where we were headed with Lynette; in the back of my mind, I thought the way she was fawning over Art that maybe she was fantasizing about having an affair with him. The basement scene really came as a surprise. Will be interesting to see how that story arc ends up playing out.

Kudos to casting for signing Dixie Carter to play Orson's mom. Good to know it sounds like she'll be around for at least another episode; she's one of my favorite TV actresses. The way her character was portrayed, one can see how Orson ended up the way he did. What deep, dark secret about the Hodge home is waiting to be unveiled? Did she kill Mr. Hodge? I was glad to see Bree starting to have doubts about this man she has married. While I still don't completely trust Andrew, I agree with a bunch of you that his zinger was the best line of the nite. Has he forsaken, for now anyway, his vow to destory Bree?

Gaby's story was kinda neat; the scene with her dressed like a schoolmarm was funny, although I agree that it was out of character that a former top model wouldn't know that being 30 and out of the loop for a while would not result in instant stardom again.

Susan had been flirting with being my least favorite of the Housewives for a while but this past episode sealed it. Her storylines just make her pathetic. Of course, it's difficult talking out of both sides of your mouth when a teenage daughter is concerned but that's what Susan's doing. Carl...go away and never come back! Heck...I find Mrs. McCluskey much more interesting and amusing.

There are so many storylines and mini-arcs ongoing now, the writers can't handle all of them consistently well. I've been a big fan of Edie since the beginning and the last few weeks, her storyline seemed to be getting very interesting. Unfortunately, this week, she didn't have much to do. Probably because Mike has become completely zombie-like. The only good scene with Edie was the one with Susan after Julie and Austin had ridden away on the motorcycle. I'd much rather have twice as much Edie than Susan.

All in all, this is turning into a good, solid season for the series, although still not up to par with the fantastic rookie year. Definitely better than Season Two...IMHO.

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How come Julie can have a hottie bf and Andrew's is nowhere to be seen? What happened to Andrew's antics?

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