Product Description
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Television's hottest show gets even juicier in its delicious
second season. The women of Wisteria Lane are back, and just when
you thought things couldn't get any steamier, a new neighbor and
her handsome teenage son arrive to make new waves on the shady
side of suburbia. Join the Emmy(R) Award-winning cast for all 24
episodes of Season Two, and discover Bree's new life without Rex,
Lynette's chaotic return to the working world, and what becomes
of Susan's on-again, off-again relationship with Mike. That's
just the beginning of the secrets in store in this six-disc DVD
experience. Sizzling with sensational bonus features, including
revealing, never-before-seen story lines featuring Susan Mayer
and Lynette Scavo, "there are almost too many things to love in
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" (San Francisco Chronicle).
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The ladies of Wisteria Lane returned for a second season of high
anxiety, testy relationships, and a new mystery. Susan's (Teri
Hatcher) angsty on-again off-again with Mike the plumber (James
Denton) took an odd twist when her ex-husband (Richard Burgi)
moved in with neighborhood seductress Edie (Nicollette Sheridan),
then took an even odder one. Bree (Marcia Cross) resumed her
widow's relationship with George the cist (Roger Bart),
then descended into personal addiction. Lynnette's (Felicity
Huffman) return to the working world turned bizarre when her
husband, Tom (Doug Savant), got tired of being a house-husband
and returned to the workforce
at Lynnette's own firm. And
Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) had to cope in her own unique way with
Carlos (Ricardo Chavira) in prison.
With the first season's mystery surrounding Mary Alice Young
(Brenda Strong, still around as the narrator) revealed--though
repercussions were still flying--the show's intrigue came from a
new character, Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard), and her son
(Mehcad Brooks), who try, unsuccessfully, to fit into Wisteria
Lane while harboring their own secret. While Woodard is a great
actor, her storyline tended to drag down the action, the
brilliant Cross was saddled with two dismal character
developments, and the housewives spent far too little time
together. There were laughs to be had, however. Huffman's
interplay with Savant was a highlight, and Gabrielle's conflict
with a perceived rival named Sister Mary Bernard (Melinda Page
Hamilton) was the funniest of the season. No longer as fresh as
it had been in its debut season, Desperate Housewives ended up
taking a back seat to its Sunday-night running mate, Grey's
Anatomy, and was shut out of the major Emmy awards, but its
late-season resurgence was a positive sign going into the third
season. With Lesley Anne Warren as Susan's mother, Sophie; Bob
Newhart as Sophie's beau; Andrea Bowen as Susan's steadfast
daughter, Julie; Jay Harrington as Susan's doctor; Mark Moses and
Cody Kasch as Paul and Zach Young, who continue to be plagued by
Felicia Tilman (Harriet Sansom Harris) about what happened with
Mary Alice; Shawn Pyfrom as Bree's rebellious son; Carol Burnett
as Bree's stepmother; and Kyle MacLachlan as an oddball dentist.
On the DVDs
Creator Marc Cherry dominates the DVD features. He has a
conversation with his muse, his mother; he comments on 27 minutes
of his favorite scenes; and he has optional commentary on both
the deleted scenes (15 minutes) and on the two unaired story
lines. The longer of the story lines (11 minutes) focuses on
Susan and her novel, with some nice interplay with Bob Newhart.
In the shorter one (4 minutes), Lynnette tries to sneak in a
phone call aboard a plane. The five lead actresses do get a
chance to talk about their "juiciest bits" (about two minutes of
recapping the season's kisses, etc.), the making of an episode,
costumes, and their characters compared to TV's past housewives
(with contributions from actresses such as Happy Days' Marion
Ross and The Partridge Family's Shirley Jones). --David Horiuchi