TV show reviews: Desperate Housewives – Part 2

I watched the first episode of Desperate Housewives because I had seen a write up on the program in my TV page and I have to say it appealed to me. However, because the programme was shown on Wednesdays, I didn’t get to see every episode so I was delighted to find that I had been given Series one on DVD by my parents for Christmas.

Packaging

This DVD set comes in a white case with a picture of the desperate housewives on the front. The characters are dressed in white and look stunning in the pictures. The title is written above their picture in red writing.

Inside the case are 6 separate DVDs containing the 22 episodes from the 1st series.

Price

This was bought for me as a present but I have done a bit of research and this DVD would cost you 24.99 on play.com and on amazon it would cost you 23. You can get this box set cheaper from the ‘new and used’ section on both of the above websites.

Storyline

I don’t want to give too much away about the plot of what happens in Desperate Housewives and to be honest, there is so much going on in every episode that it would be difficult to detail it all in a review anyway.

There are 5 main ‘Desperate Housewives’ who all live on Wisteria Lane which from the outside, looks like a very prefect place to live.

In the 1st episode we met Mary-Alice Young who narrates throughout the whole series. Mary-Alice Young appeared to lead a perfect life, that is, until one day, she is found dead in her own house and appears to have shot herself in the head. The Desperate Housewives start to question exactly what was wrong in Mary-Alice’s life for her to end it. Throughout the serious, the desperate housewives discover various things which make them question the truth about the death of their friend.

As well as the above continued theme in the series, you also get to learn about the past and present lives of the desperate housewives as well as meeting a few new faces that have moved to Wisteria Lane.

I will stop here as saying much more than this will begin to give away parts of the storyline. However with each explanation of the characters, I will include parts of the storyline that are relevant to each character – hopefully without giving away too much of the storyline.

Characters

Susan Mayer (played by Teri Hatcher)

Susan is a single Mum to her daughter Julie, who to be honest often acts like the mother herself. Susan is extremely scatty and has a very close relationship with her daughter, almost to the