Desperate Housewives: A Vision's Just a Vision

Posted Dec 8th 2008 10:24AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E10) "I'll be with you soon." - Dave

I must admit that I didn't expected the episode to end the way it ended. Oh, I'm not talking about the actual reveal, which I'll talk about after the jump. I'm talking about the fact the last new Desperate Housewives episode before the holidays actually didn't end with a huge cliffhanger (there are a few loose ends and questions but nothing that will prevent me from sleeping until January) and, instead, offered us some answers. Yes, actual answers. Let's talk about them, shall we?

Well, there we have it people, Mike is indeed the target. And, as many suspected, Dave is linked to Lila and Paige Dash, who were killed in the car accident that broke Mike and Susan up five years ago. It's not 100% clear that Dave was married to Lila and that Paige is their daughter but it's more than likely considering the kid's hair.

When at the cemetery, Dave says "I'll be with you soon." What does he mean by that? We know that he will get revenge first (aka more than likely try to kill Susan, MJ and maybe Katherine) but what after that? Does his promise to reunite with Lila and Paige mean that he'll kill himself once he gets his revenge? If so, I hope he doesn't succeed because I've been enjoying twisted and dark Dave very much.

Even if it turned out that the theory I was supporting -- Dave being after Mike -- ended up being the right one, I must say I'm disappointed. Finding out Katherine's secret last season took, well, most of the season. As for Dave's secret, some of the viewers discovered it as soon the season premiere. Just look at what the first person to comment on my review of the premiere said: "My mom seemed to think that Dave was the father+husband of the mom and child that died in the car accident with Susan and Mike." So I'm disappointed because it was too easy to find Dave's secret. Even if I love to get answers sooner rather than later, I enjoy a good year-long mystery that has us guessing every step of the way. Let's hope that the writers put a few twists and turns in Dave's path to revenge.

Speaking of twists and turns, the Scavos had a few to face this week. I'm looking forward to see how they get out of this one because Tom and Lynette could face jail time if someone finds out that they had Preston appear in court instead of Porter. Actually, Porter could spend some time in juvenile detention for skipping town when he was set to appear in court; Preston could spend some time in detention too for pretending to be Porter; Lynette could face justice for sending Preston in court and not reporting Porter's disappearance, paying a potential witness to flee, and for putting back the gun in its place; as for Tom, he is an accomplice even if Lynette is pulling the strings, meaning he could face some jail time too. Poor Penny and Parker! They are certainly growing up in a messy house!

For those wondering where Jackson was during the whole "MJ thinks that his parents will get back together" phase, remember that Gale Harold was in a terrible accident at the time this episode was in production so he had to be written out of the episode. This was a cutesy storyline and the young actor playing MJ wasn't half bad. I must admit that I like seeing Mike and Katherine happy together and somewhat hope that Susan and Mike don't get back together. But it wouldn't surprise me that they get back together, even if temporarily, once they face whatever drama Dave will throw at them.

Once again this week, Gaby and Carlos show us they have a purpose and can be interesting. It was really nice to see, for a few seconds, the world through Carlos' "new" eyes. It was touching and entertaining to see him regain his sight little by little and discover all the sacrifices Gaby had to make over the years to keep the family together on Wisteria Lane.

Everything may be peachy between Bree, Andrew and Alex, but just wait for the wedding preparations to begin! Preparations will surely bring on some laughs and put Andrew and Bree at odds over the choice of flowers and main course!

Desperate Housewives is now going on Holiday hiatus. The next new episode is set to air on January 4.