May 19 2008
OMG
I had planned on writing something completely different today but then Marc Cherry had to go and make Desperate Housewives end like that!
As someone who has watched DH since episode one, I long ago stopped being surprised by what could happen on Wisteria Lane. Whether it’s trapping people in basements, mass murders in supermarkets, or cryptic notes the show constantly proves that they can push the limits of conventional wisdom (and even reality.) Cheesy, Over the top, and entertaining to be sure but when the promos tell me that I’ll be talking about it all summer, I sort of shrug. I’ll talk about it, but maybe for a day and if it’s really great a week. Then I don’t think about it again until the next episode.
So as I settled in to watch the last episode until the fall, I was greeted with the usual tying up of storylines that occurs at this time of year on shows across the network. I knew there’s have to be a cliff hanger- it wouldn’t be a serial drama if it didn’t- and I began thinking about what it would be. Last week Brother & Sisters, had “shocked” viewers with a mystery baby picture and the lure of a illegitimate child, so that had already been taken.
As the last commercial break had come to a close, one thing was pressing on my mind. I had seen the name Gale Harold in the title sequence and he hadn’t appeared. Harold, who appeared on the short-lived Vanished a few seasons back and who lives in obscurity in little seen Indy films, just happens to be one of my favorite actors and when I saw his name my heart leaped. As the show went on I thought, “ There’s a wedding, maybe he’ll be a wedding guest. Oh here comes the police, I bet he’s one of them.” But it seemed every scene came and went and no Gale, where was my Gale.
Seconds remained on the show, as it flashed 5 years into the future. Bree is a successful business woman; could he be her son’s boyfriend? No. There’s Katharine on the phone; maybe he’s with her? Didn’t happen. Gabby has kids, but no he’s not the live in Manny. They must have forgotten him, or it was a different guy with the same name, I figured, because there goes Susan into her house and she’s calling to her honey- her honey Mike who she’s been in love with and they just had their baby last episode/ 5 years ago and they are happy, finally, and OMG Gale Harold’s Honey!
Now all I have is questions, question to plague me until the show returns. Where’s Mike? Is he dead? Is he on Drugs again? Will the show pick up after the 5 year jump or do we have to wait 5 season to see how the ladies got this far? Will Gale be there as a regular come fall?
Questions, Questions, Questions! No Answers! Thank you very much Marc Cherry, thanks for ruining my summer with your mind games. Now I’m obsessed with this, it will occupy my mind until I get my answers- which you probably won’t give us until the end of next season!
