There are some odd writing decisions here.
Five years have passed and somehow Lynette's twin sons have aged about eight years. Huh?
Gabby is a sad, 'fat' (spoiler alert: she's actually tiny) mom to objectively fat kids, which is played for laughs. The fatphobia on display here was offensive when the episode originally aired (did anyone think what it might do to the poor girls' self esteem?), but it comes across even worse in 2022.
Criticisms aside, when you're five seasons into a show you're invested, and this season opener leaves me with a lot of questions that I want answered, and the only way I can get that done is by staying up way too late watching more episodes. Desperate Housewives was never the most PC show, but it excels in many areas. Creating intrigue is one of them!
Five years have passed and somehow Lynette's twin sons have aged about eight years. Huh?
Gabby is a sad, 'fat' (spoiler alert: she's actually tiny) mom to objectively fat kids, which is played for laughs. The fatphobia on display here was offensive when the episode originally aired (did anyone think what it might do to the poor girls' self esteem?), but it comes across even worse in 2022.
Criticisms aside, when you're five seasons into a show you're invested, and this season opener leaves me with a lot of questions that I want answered, and the only way I can get that done is by staying up way too late watching more episodes. Desperate Housewives was never the most PC show, but it excels in many areas. Creating intrigue is one of them!
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