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Entertainment => Film & TV Talk => Television => Topic started by: Mr. Hankey on Oct 30, 2004 at 10:27 PM
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Anyone watching this show? I've been doing catch-up this week, and man, this is a really fun show. Quirky and unique, with great black humor. It deserves all the positive reviews its been receiving.
It's kind of unsettling, though, to see ultra-hotties Nicolette Sheridan, Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher looking quite middle-aged.
But still ultra-hot.
I don't know how they can sustain the mysteries and dark humor beyond a season, though. I'm sure that having the dead housewife narrating will eventually lose its edge. And if they don't resolve the major pilot cliffhanger before the season ends, then this might be another Twin Peaks fiasco, where by the time "Who Killed Laura Pamer" was answered, half of the show's fans didn't even care anymore.
Still, I think this is the best scripted show currently on the air. I reserve the right to change that opinion after my "Lost" catch up marathon tomorrow, though. 8)
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I didn't know that Sheryl Lee, a.k.a. Twin Peaks' Laura Palmer, played the dead housewife in the original pilot episode of the show. That would've been so cool - she would've had the dubious honor of being the DEAD lead star of two of the most innovative and talked-about series to hit television screens.
I wonder why they replaced her. Oh well... it wasn't meant to be...
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They replaced her because her voice over delivery supposedly wasn't humorous enough. The producers really want to get her back to play another character though.
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I'm lost. Has this show started airing here?
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Did you know a desperate housewife skit in a Monday Night Football commercial in ABC was removed after it stirred controversy?
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Yeah, a parody involving Terrell Owens and Nicolette Sheridan:
(http://www.indystar.com/images/pics2/image-195587-1257.jpg)
These protesters really need to just shut up and give it a rest already. Without Janet Jackson's boob fiasco, a bare back in a humorous parody wouldn't have upset anyone.
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I've seen a clip of it on ET. Americans are starting to make Filipinos look European. :o The spot wasn't offensive at all. Only totally uptight prudes would be offended would that and I think those people live sad lives.
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I was really looking forward to watching a new episode last week, so I was bummed when I found out it was bumped off by the American Music Awards. At least some of the Housewives made it as presenters on that show...
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Wow.
I didn't think it was possible for the show to get any better, but I just finished watching this week's episode.
Wow.
After tonight, I'm permanently hooked.
I wonder if one... or two... of the characters will still be alive next week!
Click here (http://www.pcavote.com/voting/tv/t02.shtml) to vote for Desperate Housewives as your favorite new drama in the People's Choice Awards!
(And check out the other categories, too. :))
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I was really looking forward to watching a new episode last week, so I was bummed when I found out it was bumped off by the American Music Awards. At least some of the Housewives made it as presenters on that show...
bit OT, did u see anna nicole smith as a presenter of AMA all bombed out??!?!
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bit OT, did u see anna nicole smith as a presenter of AMA all bombed out??!?!
Yeah, I saw it. Wild, huh?
"Do you like my bodyyyy???"
I think she made PinoyDVD Board history: There's actually an entire thread (http://www.pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=30728.0) devoted to that 30 second appearance. :)
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Excellent Newsweek article:
Sex and the Suburbs
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/Newsweek/Components/Photos/Mag/041129_Issue/041120_Desperate_hd.hmedium.jpg)
Click here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6542185/site/newsweek/)
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A well-deserved Golden Globe Awards win for the series and for Teri Hatcher! :)
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I don't know how they can sustain the mysteries and dark humor beyond a season, though. I'm sure that having the dead housewife narrating will eventually lose its edge.
I agree. I find Lost more engaging; halfway through the season and Desperate Housewives the wives' antics are getting old. But Eva Longoria a.k.a. Teh Hotness is enough to keep me watching. :D
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Will that series ever get aired locally? Would Star World (or even WOWOW) have the balls to pick up such a provocative show like that?
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ive seen episodes 1 to 12, and i think it peaked in ep 8 (so far) the last few eps haven't been really as engaging as the first 8 possibly because the plot is moving too fast, i really think they have to slow it down and have more filler epiosdes with little advancement in the plot . My favorite housewife is marcia cross!!!
the Dh cast recently guested in Oprah, did that episode air here already? I kinda lost track of oprah in starworld cause they air reruns during their the run of the new episodes. anyone here knows? thanx :)
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the Dh cast recently guested in Oprah, did that episode air here already? I kinda lost track of oprah in starworld cause they air reruns during their the run of the new episodes. anyone here knows?
The "Oprah-on-Wisteria Lane" fantasy segment will only be shown today, February 3rd, in the States, so I'm guessing we can catch it on either Studio 23 or Star World soon. I really have no idea how far behind either channel is on Oprah episodes.
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The "Oprah-on-Wisteria Lane" fantasy segment will only be shown today, February 3rd, in the States, so I'm guessing we can catch it on either Studio 23 or Star World soon. I really have no idea how far behind either channel is on Oprah episodes.
No before the episode that you're talking about, I think during DH episode 2 oprah already guested the entire cast, the one you're talking about is the newer one which is behind the scene special. the one im talking about is the very first interview of the cast in oprah. anyway starworld is not that far behind, their airing new epsiodes now but someimtes they air reruns between those new epsiodes.
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Yet another win for Teri Hatcher (Best Female Actor in a Comedy) and for the show (Best Comedy Series) at yesterday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
By the time it airs locally, can this show actually live up to all its hype?
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I can't wait to see this one. Eva is HOT!!!!!
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I think last Sunday's episode proved that Teri Hatcher really deserves her two recent awards. Wow.
Mary Alice's narration, though, is beginning to annoy me. She sounds like a smart ass! But I still like the things she says at the end of the shows.
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the one im talking about is the very first interview of the cast in oprah.
It aired on Starworld last night. Did you get to see it, jayps?
Next new episode in the States is three weeks away. Long wait! I hate the period after February sweeps. Rerun hell except for reality shows, usually.
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It aired on Starworld last night. Did you get to see it, jayps?
Next new episode in the States is three weeks away. Long wait! I hate the period after February sweeps. Rerun hell except for reality shows, usually.
Oh yes! I saw it! Im just a little disappointed that Oprah talked to them individually instead of just one big chat show with everybody. becasue of that she got to talk wirh MArcia Cross and Felicity huffman for about 3 minutes only especially huffman. But I LOVE Eva Longoria, she 's so excited to be on the show! And Teri doing the stripper dance :) and the real life edie (6 times a day???!!!)
anyway mr hankey i dont know if you already know this link but check this out if you dont, its a 1 and a half hour interview of the entire cast
http://www.emmys.tv/events/2005/desperate.php
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Just watched the Oprah show a few minutes ago.
The image of Teri Hatcher going spread eagle on national TV will forever be burned in my retinas - Oprah's expression was priceless. ;D
Thanks for the link! Will check it out...
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I didn't know that Sheryl Lee, a.k.a. Twin Peaks' Laura Palmer, played the dead housewife in the original pilot episode of the show. That would've been so cool - she would've had the dubious honor of being the DEAD lead star of two of the most innovative and talked-about series to hit television screens.
I wonder why they replaced her.
Her replacement also has the same distinction. I just found out that Brenda Strong played the mother who died in the pilot episode of Everwood, but continued to play the part in a few more episodes of the show despite her demise.
Surely that was intentional casting - from one dead character on Twin Peaks to another on Everwood.
Funny casting director they must have. ::)
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Can't wait for it to be aired locally...even on cable....
ssssslllluuurrrrrrrrpppppppppppppppp......................
TERI HATCHER
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"Oprah on Wisteria Lane" is on this Sunday's Oprah: Primetime on StarWorld at 8:00PM.
This may be the 3rd time in my life I'll be watching Oprah. ;D
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a lot of the entertainment news shows were talking about the whole vanity fair shoot "catfight" between teri and marcia ... do you guys think it's real??
i mean... if it was just some story made to drum up publicity, does the show need it? i heard it's doing pretty well ratings-wise naman ah.
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You guys decide if the shoot breakdown is real :):
'Desperate' Damage Control
After a knock-down, drag-out catfight, the only thing left to do is sweep up the fur. Teri Hatcher and ABC appear to be in damage-control mode in the wake of the diva-crammed catastrophe that was the "Desperate Housewives" cover shoot for Vanity Fair.
As we told you on Monday, the poolside set was filled with tempers, tears and enough four-letter words to make the tykes from "South Park" blush. Fingered as the main culprit was Marcia Cross, who was reportedly irate that Hatcher had violated a heretofore unknown network policy by going into wardrobe first and scoring a scorching red vintage swimsuit.
"I never heard that before I read that article so I actually read the thing and I went, 'Really? I'm not allowed in the wardrobe trailer before anyone else?'" Hatcher tells Access Hollywood.
The magazine reports that ABC sent an "enabler" to the shoot with a list of "mandatory stipulations," including one that prevented Teri from getting a sartorial leg up on Cross, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Nicollette Sheridan.
According to Hatcher, "I walked into the wardrobe trailer and I basically said, 'So what do you want me to wear?' and she held up that red suit and I put it on. That was it. All of 30 seconds."
The Golden Globe-winning actress, who has garnered the lion's share of kudos and attention for the smash series, admits that it "was not particularly easy to have people from ABC who realistically were representing all of us not really behaving that way."
The meltdown moment is said to have occurred when Cross got an eyeful of her scarlet-suited co-star, who was originally situated in the center of the group shot, another no-no from the "mandatory stipulations." The actress reportedly went ballistic and demanded an intermediary take action.
"Eventually Marcia Cross refused to stand next to her and started screaming to her publicist in this kind of profanity-laced tirade saying, 'Get over here and do your 'bleeping' job or you're going to be in 'bleeping' trouble,'" Vanity Fair editor Ned Zeman reveals to Access.
He adds, "I would say Felicity Huffman and Nicollette Sheridan both were extremely consistently professional. Nobody really crossed the line except for Marcia Cross, who really crossed the line and was humiliating people and generally making it difficult for everyone."
Hatcher, however, isn't sure it went down quite that way. "I don't know if that's true, but you have to ask. I'm not Marcia," she delicately explains to AH. "I kind of don't believe that because I've never seen Marcia admit that feeling, so I don't think that's probably accurate."
Still, she concedes, "It's Vanity Fair. They are not going to print something that they can't print."
Teri's memory also seems to falter when Access asks whether she engaged in some on-set blubbering: "I don't remember tears."
In a carefully worded statement, ABC all but admitted the shoot was a disaster so epic "Titanic" director James Cameron could probably turn it into "Wisteria Lane: The Movie": "While negotiating certain elements of photo shoots is standard practice, and was part of our coordination with Vanity Fair, this shoot simply did not go as planned. Because of this, our talent were made to deal as best they could with a situation not of their making. This one isolated incident does not define these women or their relationship."
Says an optimistic Hatcher, whom we urge to keep an eye out for any stray cutlery from craft services that might be aimed at her back, "I haven't spoken to any of the ladies yet ... What I know is that all of the girls are supportive of each other and think that everyone is tremendously talented in their roles ... I think that no one wants to damage that and that will be our job, to come forward from this and figure out how to repair damage."
Teri's image buffering has already begun. The Insider reports the good-hearted actress tossed a surprise baby shower for co-star James Denton on the set this week. Hatcher, who recently received a hefty raise from ABC, paid for and hosted the bash for erstwhile plumber Mike Delfino, who recently welcomed daughter Malin with wife Erin O'Brien.
The "Desperate" issue of Vanity Fair hits stands April 12.
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the article forgot to mention that since this a fold-out cover... marcia and felicity won't even be SEEN when it hits the news stands. :P
all that "bleep"-ing... for nothing. LOL. >:D
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I honestly think it's an orchestrated publicity gimmick, since although I still really enjoy the show... it's gotten so muddled and confusing. They've introduced way too many subplots which they have all left hanging. Some major storylines disappear for many months before being reintroduced - for example, the Mama Solis one. And the bones. And Dana. Not to mention the main one, who killed Mary Alice?
So a little stunt like this will distract viewers a bit from asking why about 20 storylines have been opened... and left unresolved.
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I honestly think it's an orchestrated publicity gimmick, since although I still really enjoy the show... it's gotten so muddled and confusing. They've introduced way too many subplots which they have all left hanging. Some major storylines disappear for many months before being reintroduced - for example, the Mama Solis one. And the bones. And Dana. Not to mention the main one, who killed Mary Alice?
So a little stunt like this will distract viewers a bit from asking why about 20 storylines have been opened... and left unresolved.
i thought she committed suicide... hence, she killed herself. i think the real question is... WHY did she kill herself? :P
BTW, very funny yung "oprah on wisteria lane"... oprah was hilarious. LOL. ;)
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i thought she committed suicide... hence, she killed herself. i think the real question is... WHY did she kill herself? :P
See? The plot's become so convoluted even I forgot what the actual question was in my own post... ;)
(Palusot...)
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See? The plot's become so convoluted even I forgot what the actual question was in my own post... ;)
(Palusot...)
LOL... perfectly undestandble. ;)
all this talk about twin peaks might've caused the confusion. he he he. ;D
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Can't wait for it to be aired locally...even on cable....
It might be a while. Daily Variety reports the producers are currently selling the foreign rights to the show to different countries for a rumored US$1.2M per episode!
Baka naman may special rates for Third World countries. If not, we better wait for Star World to get it. They seem to really hype the Oprah apprearances of the cast, so maybe they're already in negotiations... :)
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Siguro may "Third World Country" rates, since I don't see how Studio 23 can pay $1.2M per episode.
Yes, Coming Soon to Studio 23 na daw yung show?
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Siguro may "Third World Country" rates, since I don't see how Studio 23 can pay $1.2M per episode.
Yes, Coming Soon to Studio 23 na daw yung show?
actually... the promos that aired said "coming this may". :P
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CONFIRMED!!!
Desperate Housewives:
Studio 23
May 26 (Thursday) 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Kasabay ng LOST (sa AXN)
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CONFIRMED!!!
Desperate Housewives:
Studio 23
May 26 (Thursday) 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Kasabay ng LOST (sa AXN)
Damn...looks like I'd have to move my Arrested Dev't catch-ups to Saturdays 11:30 pm
I can always follow-up Lost on Fridays 12-1 pm
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Isang tulog na lang!
Bump for tomorrow night's Philippine premiere.
"Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do???"
;)
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Isang tulog na lang!
Bump for tomorrow night's Philippine premiere.
"Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do???"
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ANSWER: she put a gut to her head and pulled the trigger... LOL. ::)
on a similar note... saw one of the husbands on leno the other night... he was talking about the "recent development" of his character on the show... he he he. >:D
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Season Finale is great. Worth your wait. A lot of twists, and including a totally unexpected one.
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Premieres this July on StarWorld - After the pilot/Oprah special on July 5, subsequent weeks beginning July 12 have TWO EPISODES EACH from 9PM-11PM.
Question is... who will censor the show more, Studio 23 or StarWorld? ::)
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Well, if we base it on Star censoring Under Your Spell and Studio 23 leaving it in, then maybe Studio 23 is the safer bet. ;D
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It premiered yesterday on Star World at 9pm with replays at 12:30 am the following day :)
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Well, if we base it on Star censoring Under Your Spell and Studio 23 leaving it in, then maybe Studio 23 is the safer bet. ;D
What do you mean by Under Your Spell???
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It's a song in the Buffy musical episode Once More With Feeling. There was some adult-type content in that song which Star took out. Studio 23 left it in when they aired it.
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Disc Cover Art:
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5140/desperatehousewivess1disc8ao.jpg)
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Menu shot:
(http://www.mcnally95.com/graphics/news1/DesperateS1Menu.jpg)
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New season started already in the US. Wonder how soon it gets aired here. Disappointing to read the spoilers alone. Damn, I got hooked by this one. Still, methinks I'm one of the few who rejoiced that Everybody Loves Raymond won over this one. At least, Felicity Huffman won over Hatcher. Still, Marcia Cross rules above all of 'em housewives. We'll see if Alfre Woodard gives them a run for their money.
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Well, I guess Susan and Mike really weren't meant to be, since they've added Richard Burgi to the opening credits. He played Susan' ex last season.
I'm not as intrigued by the new mystery on Wisteria Lane. Having someone chained to your basement is a bit too over-the-top, even for a show as campy as this one.
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What's with that Burgi guy...he used to have a TV show of his own "The Sentinel"...then he'd turn up on th 1st season of "24" and even on "Point Pleasant".
He was also in the DTV sequel to the "Starship Troopers" film
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Is the DH DVD gonna be available in the Philippines?
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I doubt it, since there hasn't been a single "TV series on DVD" from Touchstone/Disney released locally yet.
Maybe this is popular enough for it to be the first... maybe someone from VIVA can let us know.
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I guess Lost also falls in the same category.
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Is the DH DVD gonna be available in the Philippines?
I know my suking DVD dealer nearby has been bugging me to buy their Season 1 DH...
Maybe I can refer you...
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Is the DH DVD gonna be available in the Philippines?
In case anyone missed it in the other threads, Desperate Housewives is already on DVD in the country. Php 2500 at your local stores.
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I think after a shaky start, the second season has finally hit its stride with the February sweeps episodes and last night's new show.
This week's opening sequence surprised me. Bree's storyline also crossed over to believable - Marcia Cross should be a shoo-in for acting nominations next awards season. And I think the show really functions better when they leave out the Applewhites. That's the problem with night time soaps - they add too many characters in their sophomore season. Hopefully, like The OC and One Tree Hill, Marc Cherry will also realize that "back to basics" works better, and he'll ditch these new characters with an implausible storyline before the third season rolls along.
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When I saw the first episode of the second season, I wasn't hooked. Might consider the subsequent episodes soon before the season ends.
Its ratings are lower than Grey's Anatomy now since the post-Super Bowl episode of the latter. Some also say that it may also be due to the premiere of The Sopranos' final season.
Marcia Cross should win this time around since last year, she was most deserving. Bree is the most iconic and distinctive among the housewives. She wouldn't be that memorable without Cross' dead-on portrayal.
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Teri Hatcher is dating Ryan Seacrest?!?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/mrhankey/seacresthatcher.jpg)
Okay, I knew she was a Desperate Housewife, but I didn't know she was that Desperate. :P
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^^wow. I didn't know Teri Hatcher dated tools on and off screen. ;D
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Teri Hatcher is dating Ryan Seacrest?!?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/mrhankey/seacresthatcher.jpg)
Okay, I knew she was a Desperate Housewife, but I didn't know she was that Desperate. :P
What is more surprising here is that Ryan is actually dating a woman!
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Now Jay Leno can do away with his quips and jabs on Ryan's sexual preference....
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how come this season's showdates are not consecutive?sometimes,there's even a 2 month break!im getting pissed.
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how come this season's showdates are not consecutive?
It's always been like that for most shows in the States. They have only 22-24 episodes they have to fit from September-May, so the new episodes are concentrated during the Sweeps periods, which determine ad revenues - November, February and May. Notable exceptions are the reality shows, mid-season replacements, and 24.
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What is more surprising here is that Ryan is actually dating a woman!
Did you guys see Inside Edition today? Teri Hatcher said she only went out with Ryan three times - twice with a group and once solo, when they were photographed. After that date, Ryan called her and said, "I don't think I can do this with you."
;D ;D ;D
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Marcia Cross should be a shoo-in for acting nominations next awards season.
After this week's episode, I change that to: She must win.
She was really amazing in her final two scenes. Subtle yet intense, without overacting in what was a potentially melodramatic sequence.
I'm looking forward to next week's season finale. :)
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She has so many episodes to choose for Emmy consideration from this season but this week's episode definitely tops 'em all. Her struggle with alcoholism was one of the most believable TV storylines on the subject. Speaking of another housewife, Eva Longoria must at least get a nomination for losing a baby twice! She also had the funniest lines this season.
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I don't know about that. Mary-Louise Parker is getting raves for her new show Weeds and it's Jane Kaczmarek's last chance to win an Emmy since Malcolm in the Middle is ending this year. She has a great episode where she takes revenge against a group of "mean girls" who played a cruel joke on Reese.
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I saw the pilot of Weeds. I wasn't impressed with Parker's perf there. If they have to give an Emmy to that show for perf, it should be Liz Perkins. Kaczmarek should submit that episode then. She is known to having submitted weak episodes previously. Although only a few people watch both Weeds and Malcolm in the Middle, Weeds has a better chance of upsetting any of the Housewives because Showtime is the Miramax of the Emmys. Showtime scored 7 nomms for the little-seen Huff and even nabbing a win for Blythe Danner. I won't mind if a non-Housewife takes the trophy but if it'd happen, it'd be the second consecutive year that Cross would be robbed. Some critics opine that Huffman won last year because of the episode that was submitted by Cross. It'd be interesting to see which non-Housewife gets a nomination. Aside from Kaczmarek and Parker, I'd like to see Lisa Kudrow get one for The Comeback.
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Felicity Huffman won the Emmy for two reasons:
1.) Among the three actresses for DH nommed, she's the most respected one having appearing in David Mamet plays and previously featured in a short-lived but critically acclaimed show, Sports Night.
2.) Among the Housewives, Huffman's character is the most sympathetic. She's not annoyingly ditzy like Susan, a control-freak like Bree, a slut like Edie or an adulterous gold-digger like Gabrielle. She's simply a mother who's trying her best to take care of her kids.
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You're right but at that time, most people were expecting a Cross and Hatcher slugfest. I was actually happy for Huffman to win. Before getting the Emmy, she was underrated among the housewives. Ain't it cool that a fellow Sorkin alumna also won an Emmy for the same show? Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing!
Hoping to catch up with Sports Night before the new Sorkin airs. Cool cast. Chandler, Josh Lyman, Amanda Peet, among others.
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Saw the latest episode. Felicia, what did you do?
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Just finished watching the two-part finale. More satisfying than Grey's Anatomy. Was also a delight to see a Pinay, Joy Bisco from The Debut. Kyle McLachlan is a welcome addition to the cast. Who is best stirring things up in suburbia than an alum from Blue Velvet?
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Saw the season premiere. A little better than Grey's Anatomy. I think Eva Longoria delivered the best. I'm not on board though with Lynette's storyline. They better write out the troublesome mom of Tom's love child soon before she wreaks havoc a la the Applewhite debacle.
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Regretably I'm very late getting involved into this this series....after 2 years it started. All these years I thought it's just another soap opera or meant for house wives viewing (due to the name)... ;D
Finally I gave it a try...to my surprise just seeing the first few chapters it got me & wife completely hooked! :o It's really good! Last night we just completed season 1 marathon & I'm happy to say I love it!!! Full of black humour & in some epidsodes I can't stop laughing.... :D
Got to look for the season 2 DVD set na.... :)
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Regretably I'm very late getting involved into this this series....after 2 years it started. All these years I thought it's just another soap opera or meant for house wives viewing (due to the name)... ;D
Finally I gave it a try...to my surprise just seeing the first few chapters it got me & wife completely hooked! :o It's really good! Last night we just completed season 1 marathon & I'm happy to say I love it!!! Full of black humour & in some epidsodes I can't stop laughing.... :D
Got to look for the season 2 DVD set na.... :)
Better late than never, pchin!
I've got the last two episodes still waiting to be watched. Can't watch it w/o my wife eh... that's the downside of having your wife hooked to the same show as you. ;)
I miss Bree.. hope that she's on one of those unwatched episodes already!
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Agree X-Ran...now we have started watching season 2 na..another long marathon.
It's indeed getting better! :D
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JUst completed season 2 after a long marathon over the weekend..phew! :D
Great series...Bree is really a cool mom...the super perfect mom but she's also desperately need help. Kawawa her family problems. :-[
As for Susan, she's desperately in finding her true love & never amaze me how she got landed into one problem after another... :D Great series!
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JUst completed season 2 after a long marathon over the weekend..phew! :D
Great series...Bree is really a cool mom...the super perfect mom but she's also desperately need help. Kawawa her family problems. :-[
As for Susan, she's desperately in finding her true love & never amaze me how she got landed into one problem after another... :D Great series!
You should watch out for Season III... Mas entertaining!
But I find the Gabby-Carlos war over-acting na..
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Yes butsoy :) I'm still waiting for the DVD season 3 to be released. Is the season 3 still showing in the USA? Hate to wait that long til it's finished airing before releasing the DVD... ;D
Heard some juicy stories about season 3...lots of fighting & arguing...also wedding bell for Bree..wow nice!!
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The season ended last Sunday (Monday here).
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Ah good..hope they will release season 3 soon.... :)
I agree with butsoy that the war btw Gabby-Carlos war is over-acting. :-[
However, the most hated charater for me is Bree's son...what an ungrateful & spoil-brat son who is willing to back-stab, humiliate & even to the extend of black-mailing & suing his own mother!! >:( Oh man I was so happy when Bree decided to just left him in the middle of nowhere. Serve him right! ::)
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Ah good..hope they will release season 3 soon.... :)
I agree with butsoy that the war btw Gabby-Carlos war is over-acting. :-[
However, the most hated charater for me is Bree's son...what an ungrateful & spoil-brat son who is willing to back-stab, humiliate & even to the extend of black-mailing & suing his own mother!! >:( Oh man I was so happy when Bree decided to just left him in the middle of nowhere. Serve him right! ::)
I thought he changed na sa Season 3? Uhgg...! My heart aches whenever Andrew backstabs his mother once again... I really pity Bree..
I love Edie's character talaga.. Very witty and b*tchy! ;D
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Ah..my statement on Bree's son is referring to season 2 :D
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Ah..my statement on Bree's son is referring to season 2 :D
Ah okay.. I thought sumama nanaman siya sa Season 3.. ;D
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is this true?
Susan Delfino on an episode aired last 09/30 - Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Coz I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines.
:o
and the petition...
http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/
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It's true. Saw the season premiere and she definitely said that.
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Geez...what a bad taste...showing no respect at all :-\
I presume it's the premiere of season 4?
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Its true. I have a clip of the video on my multiply site (http://rdyent.multiply.com/video/item/11/Desperate.Housewives._comment_against_Phil_Med_Schools).
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Uh oh...and to think Desperate Housewives season 4 is premiering this October on Studio 23.
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An online petition is being placed by certain Filipino-American groups demanding an apology from ABC (producers of "Desperate Housewives") for discriminatory remarks made against Filipinos. Here's the link for the petition, followed by the letter:
http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/
To: ABC
To the producers of "Desperate Housewives" and ABC:
We are writing to express concern and hurt about a racially-discriminatory comment made in an episode of Desperate Housewives on 9/30/07. In a scene in which Susan was told by her gynecologist that she might be hitting menopause, she replied, "Can I just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some med school in the Philippines."
As members and allies of the Filipino American community, we are writing to inform know that this type of derogatory remark was discriminatory and hurtful, and such a comment was not necessary to maintain any humor in the show. Additionally, a statement that devalues Filipinos in healthcare is extremely unfounded, considering the overwhelming presence of Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the medical field. Filipinos are the second largest immigrant population in the United States, with many entering the U.S. (and successfully passing their U.S. licensing boards!) as doctors, nurses, and medical technicians. In fact, the Philippines produces more U.S. nurses than any other country in the world. So, to belittle the education, experience, or value of Filipino Americans in health care is extremely disrespectful and plain and simply ignorant. Many of the hospitals in major metropolitan areas of the U.S. (and the world) would not be able to operate without its Filipino and Filipino American staff members.
As Filipino Americans and allies, we band together to ensure that this type of hateful message should not be allowed to continue on our television and radio airwaves. Given the recent amounts of media attention that has been given to Michael Richards (against African Americans), Isaiah Washington (against gays), and Rosie O'Donnell (against Asian/ Chinese Americans), it is ridiculous that this type of hateful speech made it through various screenwriters, the show's producers, the show's actors, and ABC itself.
We demand a public apology to the Filipino American community, and we demand the episode be edited to remove the ignorant and racist remark. We will not allow hateful messages against our community (or any other oppressed community) to continue.
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There's no need to react to these remarks,we just have to let it go;
We are a class apart; We are Doctors.
We know what we are, and what our capabilites are; To acknowledge them ourselves are more than enough.
We should Always live by the adage that one of our professors told us to live by;
"There is no such thing as a Good or Bad Doctor, there is only a Doctor, and once you turn bad, then you're no longer a Doctor"
A Doctor even if Philippine made, will not be made to react to such a silly remark
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Ok. Good thing i didnt buy the 3rd season of Desperate Housewives dvd.
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As annoyed as I am with the reference, it's nothing new. There was a 1985 movie called "Bad Medicine" about Americans who do not have the academic ability to enter a medical school in the States and end up studying abroad. The Philippines was also mentioned in that film as an option for these students. :(
One really should look at the scene in "Desperate Housewives" in its proper context, though. Although it was offensive to us via "collateral damage," the reference on the episode wasn't directly intended as a racial slur against Filipinos, but rather as a commentary on American doctors who take medical school abroad. The Philippines was just the unfortunate punchline in this case. Usually, it's Guadalajara or some Latin American country that serves as the punchline, as was the case on an episode of "Nip/Tuck" and also in "Going to Extremes," that failed series by the creators of "Northern Exposure." That entire series was about American students who have to take medical school abroad due to academic reasons. And it is true that some of these students do end up in medical schools here. I personally know at least six Americans who have.
That still doesn't excuse the statement. But I think the reactions right now are purely emotional and not rationally thought out. I mean, go ahead and file a complaint if you feel the statement was inappropriate, but at least get the facts straight and word your complaint properly, so we don't look stupid and merely oversensitive, taking political correctness to its disgusting extremes. It really doesn't help that Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque's best comment on this is that he's filing a "vehement protest" because: "I believe that the comments were made on the show ‘Desperate Housewives’. I wanted to let them know that Filipino doctors are not desperate."
Drop the inappropriate pun, since it really doesn't do anything to prove that our system of education is at par with institutions abroad. The comment is really unrelated to the issue on hand. In fact, it's rather desperate.
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Yes, some U.S. students do not have the academic proficiency to get into a U.S. med school. Some of them can't get into a U.S. med school because they are financially incapable, not because they are academically inept.
But after passing the medical board exam in the U.S., would the country where the doctor attended med school still be relevant?
What the Desperate Housewives joke is saying is that even if a doctor passed the state board exam and is licensed to practice medicine in that state, he is still inferior if he graduated from a Philippine med school.
Now that's different.
To me, the joke smacks of discrimination against Filipinos. I'd like to see them air an episode with slurs against blacks and Jews if they dare.
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We should Always live by the adage that one of our professors told us to live by;
"There is no such thing as a Good or Bad Doctor, there is only a Doctor, and once you turn bad, then you're no longer a Doctor"
That's what the joke was saying: You're not a doctor because you graduated "from some med school in the Philippines." ;D
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As annoyed as I am with the reference, it's nothing new. There was a 1985 movie called "Bad Medicine" about Americans who do not have the academic ability to enter a medical school in the States and end up studying abroad. The Philippines was also mentioned in that film as an option for these students. :(
One really should look at the scene in "Desperate Housewives" in its proper context, though. Although it was offensive to us via "collateral damage," the reference on the episode wasn't directly intended as a racial slur against Filipinos, but rather as a commentary on American doctors who take medical school abroad. The Philippines was just the unfortunate punchline in this case. Usually, it's Guadalajara or some other Latin American country that serves as the punchline, as was the case on an episode of "Nip/Tuck" and also in "Going to Extremes," that failed series by the creators of "Northern Exposure." That entire series was about American students who have to take medical school abroad due to academic reasons. And it is true that some of these students do end up in medical schools here. I personally know at least six Americans who have.
That still doesn't excuse the statement. But I think the reactions right now are purely emotional and not rationally thought out. I mean, go ahead and file a complaint if you feel the statement was inappropriate, but at least get the facts straight and word your complaint properly, so we don't look stupid and merely oversensitive, taking political correctness to its disgusting extremes. It really doesn't help that Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque's best comment on this is that he's filing a "vehement protest" because: "I believe that the comments were made on the show ‘Desperate Housewives’. I wanted to let them know that Filipino doctors are not desperate."
Drop the inappropriate pun, since it really doesn't do anything to prove that our system of education is at par with institutions abroad. The comment is really unrelated to the issue on hand. In fact, it's rather desperate.
Just my two cents here...let's give it a rest.
Sec. Duque should better train his attention to the growing number of medical professionals using nursing courses as a stepping stone to a more lucrative career overseas...instead of a throwaway remark being made in some US TV show.
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asus mga ineng, mga joklas at mga sisters, brothers at paders...
siguro tingnan muna natin ang ating sariling bakuran... siguro dapat gumawa din sila ng petition how some of us FILIPINOS also make fun of ethnic stereotypes... how we make fun of probinsyanos, bisayas, etc in our local tv and movies...
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I don't know why we always overreact with these kind of remarks. Kapag may nagbiro, natural may tatamaan. These reactions from these remarks only validate what they are saying about us. And it's not like wala tayong panlait sa ibang mga bansa. Just let it go.
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im boycotting this TV show.
even if my wife loves it.
dvd expenses for this tv show are now redirected to more action movies ;D for me!
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here we go again. we look and sound more stupid reacting to the statement taken out of context..... and then blown way out of proportion. (funny thing is it was picked up by mainstream media hook, line and sinker... including the myopic views that was put forth mostly by people who haven't seen even just the clip. mob mentality in action).
i think the statement is more on the state of SOME phil med school and not an outright
(a) condemnation of the philippines/filipinos
(b) condemnation of filipinos in the medical profession
(c) condemnation of philippine med schools in general.
- only those from SOME phil med schools who frequently figures in shady dealings to advance their agenda more so their status. we even have a label for them in these shores: DIPLOMA MILLS.
i think this is more related to the recent nursing board scandal wherein it really cast doubts on the integrity especially of the board passers. the incident caused a stir not just locally but also internationally, knowing the stakes affects them directly also. now we're reaping the effects of that indiscretion... and we're more mad with "desperate housewives" than say, the gapuz and nursing board people. twisted logic, twisted priorities really!!!
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Even though I don't watch this stupid show, isn't it supposed to be a comedy in the first place? Besides, according to my friends who do watch it, the show has portrayed Asians in a degrading manner before--something about Eva Longoria's Chinese maid, and how they view Chinese people in general. So anything mentioned in the show shouldn't really be taken seriously.
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That's what the joke was saying: You're not a doctor because you graduated "from some med school in the Philippines."
Aw....come'on.....Discrimination ???....Racial Slur ???
We are a lot more guilty with our clanish ways. :-\
UP Med Student against a UST Med Student.
Far worst, if your'e a TOP Notcher from Fatima School Of Medicine. :o
Barrister-Even Lawyers are not exempt from such denigration right? Started when President Marcos filled the whole cabinet with UP Grads.
In Medicine, there was a time that only UST graduates can be allowed to practice at the Philippine Heart Center for Asia.
BTW....the joke can also mean......"Your'e probably not aware of your'e saying because you are not a US Medical School Graduate" (Do take the facts that she was offended that she was labelled menopausal, now I've seen women go ballistic,when we inform them of such a diagnosis).
In the end, it's all in the interpretation.
For one exposed more to bigotry...then, it'll come out differently.
Ask an individual who has been working on virtuous projects,then, he can probably relate.
This is what "Good vs. Bad entails". ;)
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one thing that should be noted is the character who says it... Susan... come on... are you supposed to take her seriously? she's clumsy and ignorant...
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Barrister-Even Lawyers are not exempt from such denigration right?
Yes, but that doesn't make it okay to discriminate.
US TV show's producers apologize for 'racial slur'
Inquirer
Last updated 09:57am (Mla time) 10/04/2007
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92435 (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92435)
Next time they write a joke, they'll think twice about directing it against Filipinos.
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maybe it's also about time Filipinos stop making jokes sa kapwang Filipino... the way we make fun of ethnic stereotypes is just as insulting... dontcha think? LOL...
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Filipinos are by nature pikon. A lot of people can dish it but few people can take it.
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my opinion is that we really shouldn't take this seriously. it may be distasteful but US movies and TV shows have been doing this for decades. from generalizing russians and middle east nationals as terrorists to asians being portrayed as martial arts expert. heck they even ridicule their own president!!!!
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Look at Conan O'Brien. He's working on viciously insulting ALL the nations in the world and see where he'll get hate letters from. I'm disappointment by the way he insulted us: "Mi casa es su landfill". I'm like, what? He didn't even insult us properly.
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I'm sort of on the fence with this one but I sort of agree a little with both sides. (America is the Big Bully of the World anyway, has been for decades ,this kind of egocentric loathsome is common to them)
I just have to wonder.
This has little difference from what Claire Danes said many years ago. But nobody defended Ms. Dane - - punced on her violently in fact - - - the way Desperate Housewives is being defended.
Could it be because it's a show a LOT of people love? (a head scratcher for me, that).
If this was Heroes that did it, would I not be offended simply because I love the show and don't want to stop watching it?
Could devotion to a TV show actually blur any ethical prerogatives?
If so, that's very interesting.
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This has little difference from what Claire Danes said many years ago. But nobody defended Ms. Dane - - punced on her violently in fact - - - the way Desperate Housewives is being defended.
I think the difference is that the Claire Danes comments were from serious magazine interviews (Vogue and Premiere); the Desperate Housewives incident was just a joke on a comedy show.
We complained about Claire Danes, and we haven't encountered a similar incident since. If we ignore the Desperate Housewives joke, it might happen again. And we can expect the next joke to more vicious than the first.
That's how the racial jokes game is played. Test it and see if anybody complains. If the target does not protest, then he's fair game. That's why a Filipno joke is OK, but a black joke or a Jew joke is not.
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Check the clip here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKsIeclUATY
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Aw! this is Desperate blow to Filipino Medical Practitioners esp. those in abroad... :-[ :(
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A lot of Filipinos are so overreacting. This episode should be an eye opener to medical practitioners in this country becoz whether you agree with me or not, there are still many incompetent doctors around.
And racial discrimination? Uh oh, look again and you'll realize that Filipinos are generally racists! A lot of them dismiss and call people of color including their own brown kababayans as "maitim, ita, negro, baluga, anito etc." They have this strange fixation to anything white. They have a stupid misconception that anything black is ugly and comical! Proof? Wilma Doesnt and Whitney Tyson and that girl in Bubble Gang
Filipino film,TV and advertising should get a bulk of the blame. Take a look at all the billboards in EDSA, NLEX and SLEX. They feature whitening products and pseudo white Filipino celebs. Tell me one billboard that at least feature even as an extra a person of color excepting anything Benetton. NADA!! Even in a pigfood billboard, they feature a sparkling white fat pig!
Ganyan talaga kalala ang I WANT TO BE WHITE MENTALITY ng karamihan sa mga Pilipino. And you're wondering why we are not taken seriously abroad?
So let's give this a rest and move on!
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This episode should be an eye opener to medical practitioners in this country becoz whether you agree with me or not, there are still many incompetent doctors around.
And it's the same, all over the world, even in the USA. :P
American Medical Practitioners are required to take a requalifying examination, in their various field of specialty every 10 years, and still there are a lot of medical malpractice cases.
Medical Malpractice is equated with Incompetence, so statistic wise, There are less incompetent physicians in the Republic of the Philippines, than those in the USA. ;)
BTW...we are not the best.....Physicians in China and Russia seems to fare better (ehem...statistically speaking) than us. ;) ;D
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ABC has issued an apology:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071004/ennew_afp/entertainmentphilippinesustvracism_071004015434 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071004/ennew_afp/entertainmentphilippinesustvracism_071004015434)
And that's true what you say about Filipinos. We are racist against black/dark-skinned people.
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A lot of Filipinos are so overreacting. This episode should be an eye opener to medical practitioners in this country becoz whether you agree with me or not, there are still many incompetent doctors around.
And racial discrimination? Uh oh, look again and you'll realize that Filipinos are generally racists! A lot of them dismiss and call people of color including their own brown kababayans as "maitim, ita, negro, baluga, anito etc." They have this strange fixation to anything white. They have a stupid misconception that anything black is ugly and comical! Proof? Wilma Doesnt and Whitney Tyson and that girl in Bubble Gang
Filipino film,TV and advertising should get a bulk of the blame. Take a look at all the billboards in EDSA, NLEX and SLEX. They feature whitening products and pseudo white Filipino celebs. Tell me one billboard that at least feature even as an extra a person of color excepting anything Benetton. NADA!! Even in a pigfood billboard, they feature a sparkling white fat pig!
Ganyan talaga kalala ang I WANT TO BE WHITE MENTALITY ng karamihan sa mga Pilipino. And you're wondering why we are not taken seriously abroad?
So let's give this a rest and move on!
Amen :)
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LAHAT TAYO MAY KAPINTASAN. Nagkataon (?) lang na tayo ang namention na naman sa buong mundo. Why don't the writer of the upcoming DESPERADAS slightly change his script and make racial slur against americans? 'Di ba loosely based ito sa MGA DESPERADANG GINANG? It's just a joke. ;D
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LAHAT TAYO MAY KAPINTASAN. Nagkataon (?) lang na tayo ang namention na naman sa buong mundo. Why don't the writer of the upcoming DESPERADAS slightly change his script and make racial slur against americans? 'Di ba loosely based ito sa MGA DESPERADANG GINANG? It's just a joke. ;D
'AMERICAN' is not really a 'race' per se. It's more of a nationality. The only REAL Americans are the Native Americans. Americans are generally composed of different sorts of races: English, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Russian, German, etc. all mixed together. Not to mention the African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics.
Doesn't Desperate Housewives makes slur against the white race every week depicting white American women as adulteresses, ditzes, sluts, bitches, etc.?
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Apparently, for some senators an apology is not enough:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92508 (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92508)
I think this is overkill already. U.S. TV shows make jokes at the expense of a lot of countries and even at the expense of themselves. They always make fun of how fat Americans are, how dumb their president is, how you can get diarrhea in Mexico, how France is rude and snobby, how New Jersey is a toxic waste dump.
We're just not used to such things, I guess. We're way too thin-skinned.
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some sensible blogs about the issue:
http://www.pinoymoneytalk.com/2007/10/03/desperate-housewives-racist-remark/#more-590
http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/10/02/desperate-housewives-on-philippine-med-schools/
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/03/desperate-housewives-insults-filipinos/
my take: it is not wrong to feel insulted or feel angry about the joke, it is not wrong to lash out against the joke...
but there's such a thing as taking it too far (and by that, i mean some who are demanding more than just a simple apology, like a full recant, or a boycott or banning of the show or for scholarships)... and taking the joke out of context...
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I like what one of the posters said: Who are we to decry that joke when we ourselves continually make racist, homophobic and misogynistic jokes in our own comedy shows?
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I like what one of the posters said: Who are we to decry that joke when we ourselves continually make racist, homophobic and misogynistic jokes in our own comedy shows?
precisely, how many times did our comedy shows milk the regional/ethnic stereotypes na palaging ginawang katawa-tawa ang mga probinsyanos, aetas, bisaya, etc.?
i'm bisaya and i feel very insulted, maybe i should be demanding that all Pinoy comedy shows be banned...
geez... double standards... i wonder if people realize this...
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'AMERICAN' is not really a 'race' per se. It's more of a nationality. The only REAL Americans are the Native Americans. Americans are generally composed of different sorts of races: English, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Russian, German, etc. all mixed together. Not to mention the African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics.
Doesn't Desperate Housewives makes slur against the white race every week depicting white American women as adulteresses, ditzes, sluts, b**ches, etc.?
Ok
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asus.... nag-over-acting pikon naman ang ibang mga pinoy, gusto palaging meron panibagong issue pinag-uusapan...manalamin nga kayo!!
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I guess looking at it from a 3rd party point of view...
1. I think we (Filipinos) are partly to blame on this because of all the diploma mills we have in Recto. We all know that it would bit us it the a** one day.
2. I cant think of any :D
Still that doesnt give them the right to belittle, much more humiliate us.
It's the patriotic sense in us that drive us to overact. We'll i am not a doctor but i am a Filipino. So I sympathize with my countrymen... and women. ;D
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here's another insightful post from a doctor herself:
http://tesstermulo.com/2007/10/03/the-desperate-housewives-episode-controversy-the-unpopular-perspective/#more-911
If you’re one of those who may have stopped at reading the statement by Susan in which she demands to see her gynecologist’s diploma because she’s not satisfied with the diagnosis and already made up their mind that the TV show has just insulted Filipino health care professionals and Filipinos in general, let me ask you for some of your time before you sign-up for that petition or go screaming “Boycott Desperate Housewives! Racist Americans!” or something to that effect. I will not try to convince you not to feel insulted, as you are feeling now, because it would be futile to tell one person not to feel something that he’s genuinely feeling. Rather, I’m wishing that you’d listen to what I say, no matter how different it is from your perspective. And still hoping perhaps, from the additional information, you might just change your mind.
If you’re one of those who think that some people have made unnecessary fuss about this issue, then I also wish that you’d continue to read on.
To continue the story, the gynecologist is a Harvard graduate and diagnosed her as being in menopause. However, later, we’d find out that Susan’s actually pregnant, hence the diagnosis was wrong. Moral of the story? Even a Harvard medical school graduate can make a wrong diagnosis. No matter how much we are under the impression that graduating from such schools automatically makes one a good doctor. No conclusion was formed in the episode that Philippine educated doctors is equal incompetency.
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i think the statement is more on the state of SOME phil med school and not an outright
(a) condemnation of the philippines/filipinos
(b) condemnation of filipinos in the medical profession
(c) condemnation of philippine med schools in general.
- only those from SOME phil med schools who frequently figures in shady dealings to advance their agenda more so their status. we even have a label for them in these shores: DIPLOMA MILLS.
i think this is more related to the recent nursing board scandal wherein it really cast doubts on the integrity especially of the board passers. the incident caused a stir not just locally but also internationally, knowing the stakes affects them directly also. now we're reaping the effects of that indiscretion... and we're more mad with "desperate housewives" than say, the gapuz and nursing board people. twisted logic, twisted priorities really!!!
Just my 2 cents from the point of view of a medical educator. I tend to agree with gearhead. I see this remark as an offshoot of how our standards in health care education and licensing have been perceived lately. I am boiling mad not so much at the Desperate Housewives people but at the so-called "educators" in the Philippines who have chosen to profit from the global demand of Filipino health care providers, setting up health care courses but with substandard training programs and facilities. I have been furious at those who have made a mockery of the licensure exams, selling false hopes to improperly trained graduates who then pass the boards and earn the license to practice, but in reality are so incompetent they are "licensed to kill". I am seething mad at the government that is practically pushing health care graduates out of the country, creating a very lucrative export industry out of our health care workers (remittances are now the #1 revenue earner that funds our budget) at the expense of the national health situation (a national health crisis is looming because we will end up having not enough health care workers for the whole population).
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It's been confirmed: ABC will edit out the line from all subsequent airings and the DVD release.
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I just hope she doesn't get SICK! :D
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Apparently, for some senators an apology is not enough:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92508 (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=92508)
I think this is overkill already. U.S. TV shows make jokes at the expense of a lot of countries and even at the expense of themselves. They always make fun of how fat Americans are, how dumb their president is, how you can get diarrhea in Mexico, how France is rude and snobby, how New Jersey is a toxic waste dump.
We're just not used to such things, I guess. We're way too thin-skinned.
Obviously, you just have to tune in to Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to find out.
Moreover, how many times have they both ran jokes about PC tech support being outsourced to India-based companies - yet there has been no outcry among the "Desis" in the US ("Desi" refers to overseas Indian communities)
@blitzkrieg: Good point there - we should take a good long look at our own racist selves; ads for whitening creams and derma clinics whose spokespersons are usually genetically gifted half-Caucasians, gags which ridicule gays, probinsyanos and short/fat people.
As for me, it shouldn't affect me even if I'm a longtime fan of the series. Let's more forward and stop being abusado.
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Some more essays by de Quiros:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=93112
and MLQ3:
http://www.quezon.ph/?p=1534
http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/current/2007/04/25/the-wily-filipino/
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It's been confirmed: ABC will edit out the line from all subsequent airings and the DVD release.
Does this mean any Tivo recording of the entire original episode become a collector's item?
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Imagine if all the countries in this list acted like us:
http://conan.kary.ca/ (http://conan.kary.ca/)
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Imagine if all the countries in this list acted like us:
http://conan.kary.ca/ (http://conan.kary.ca/)
Hmmm....why are Hongkong and Singapore not included in Conan's hate list????
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have you heard of this?
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=e186f2a155f7dbf96f0a583c268f4fe1
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My gosh...a $500M class suit?? :o
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This should make us infamous again :-\ I thought they only wanted an apology ::)
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My gosh...a $500M class suit?? :o
Masyado na yata tayo manipis na mga Pinoy.
I understand what happened with the Malu Fernandez incident but this? I think some people are overreacting.
mabuti na lang sa HOUSE M.D., hindi nagdemanda ang mga Indians when one episode showed a patient who got leprosy virus from visiting India.
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This should make us infamous again :-\ I thought they only wanted an apology ::)
Yeah, previously I read one report that said the apology wasn't in proportionate daw even ABC agrees to pull out the segment in airing & DVD release...guess that's still not good enough for some people.. :-\
I think some people are overreacting.
True eh...esp the $500M is really over exagerated... :-[
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Last I checked, Desperate Housewives is a comedy show. Good luck with the $500M suit. Remember that religious guy and Hustler's publisher?
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pag nagkataon, magiging open season na ang panlalait sa pinoy pag tinapon na ito sa kankungan ng US courts based on the principle of freedom of expression. :'(
kay buti-buti at nakakuha ng apology kung ano-ano pa ang gusto. Akala siguro mag-se-settle ang ABC kaya may balak pang may kumita >:(
Masama nito baka i-blacklist pa ang mga pinoy na nasa entertainment industry ng US pag itoý nagpatuloy. Imbes na pinoy character i-twist na lang to become malay, indonesian, etc dahil too much hassle baka may magbalat-sibuyas na naman sakaling may lumusot na politically incorrect.
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in my opinion..this is just overkill. even if they win the lawsuit...it might strain our relationship with the US. and it might have a backlash effect on pinoys working in different parts of the US.
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in my opinion..this is just overkill. even if they win the lawsuit...it might strain our relationship with the US. and it might have a backlash effect on pinoys working in different parts of the US.
All that for just a mere TV show?!?
How super-babaw naman.
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All that for just a mere TV show?!?
How super-babaw naman.
Americans are not above that. A woman filed a lawsuit against CBS because of the Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple accident. Apparently, seeing a breast partially covered by a nipple ring for a split second caused her "emotional pain and distress". ::)
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I wonder to whom the $500M will be awarded in the infinitesimally slim chance that the amount is won? R1 DVD subsidies for all Pinoys! Hehehe!
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Americans are not above that. A woman filed a lawsuit against CBS because of the Janet Jackson Superbowl nipple accident. Apparently, seeing a breast partially covered by a nipple ring for a split second caused her "emotional pain and distress". ::)
Wow. Can I sue our politicians for causing us economic and social pain and distress. Better yet, Let's make it a class suit.
On the issue: Conrado De Quiros made a powerful argument in the posted link of his article in this thread.
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somewhat related :D
(http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3630/pic0sf6.jpg)
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmKoqq5XN37i9unAyOBCl5s6SlZwD93R30781
'Housewives' actor injured in motorcycle accident
By DERRIK J. LANG
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says "Desperate Housewives" actor Gayle Harold is in critical condition following a motorcycle accident.
USC Medical Center spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda said Harold was awaiting further tests.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer said Wednesday that Harold fractured his shoulder, and "Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry said he apparently has swelling on the brain but was expected to recover.
Harold plays Jackson, the boyfriend of Terri Hatcher's character, who plays a pivotal role in the fifth season's eighth episode.
Cherry said Harold was scheduled to be on set before the Tuesday accident, which was first reported by TMZ. Selzer said no one else was injured.
Associated Press writer Solvej Schou contributed to this report.
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Bump because of Julie Benz's character, the lesbian ex-stripper.
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How's Desperate Housewives- The Sixth Season? Any comments?
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Sorry guys, pero ako na yata ang pinaka late dito sa Desperate Housewives na to!
Di ko to pinapansin because of the title. Pero since laging palabas sa Star Worl HD channel, nasubukan kong panuorin.... ayun I am officially hooked! Nahawa ko din wife ko, lol!
I bought the dvd so started marathon watching 2 weeks ago lang ng season 1 and now nasa season 6 na ako (puyatan na to!)! I just hope there will be a season 8 pero i think last season na yung 7?
Again, sorry to all. Late comer ako ;D.
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No, they've announced that Season 8 will be the last season, so... meron pa.
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Sorry guys, pero ako na yata ang pinaka late dito sa Desperate Housewives na to!
Di ko to pinapansin because of the title. Pero since laging palabas sa Star Worl HD channel, nasubukan kong panuorin.... ayun I am officially hooked! Nahawa ko din wife ko, lol!
I bought the dvd so started marathon watching 2 weeks ago lang ng season 1 and now nasa season 6 na ako (puyatan na to!)! I just hope there will be a season 8 pero i think last season na yung 7?
Again, sorry to all. Late comer ako ;D.
Enjoy bro! It's one of my favorite shows as well ;D
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Buhayin ko lang tong topic. Meron pa nito :)
I have been watching this TV series since 2010. Since then my wife and I are hooked ;D
Downloaded all it's episodes from Season one to the latest Season 8 episode.
Season 8 will be the last.
Ganda ng twist ngayong season. Orson has come back and threatened Bree to expose their secret... ;D
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@ Louie_18, medyo asar ako sa inyo sir. Kse me and wife are also watching this season 8 (ep 6 pa lang kme). We were actually talking about Orson kse one of our favorite characters. Asar ako kse nabasa ko tong post mo nawalan na tuloy ng element of surprise ;D.
Sana bumalik din si edie (from the grave). ;D
Buhayin ko lang tong topic. Meron pa nito :)
I have been watching this TV series since 2010. Since then my wife and I are hooked ;D
Downloaded all it's episodes from Season one to the latest Season 8 episode.
Season 8 will be the last.
Ganda ng twist ngayong season. Orson has come back and threatened Bree to expose their secret... ;D
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somebody died on the last episode guess who
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The most predictable death of all-time.
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Are you talking about dun sa sinagasaan?
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somebody died on the last episode guess who
Exciting...
Malalaman ko ito mamaya. Just finished downloading episode 16 ;D
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@ Louie_18, medyo asar ako sa inyo sir. Kse me and wife are also watching this season 8 (ep 6 pa lang kme). We were actually talking about Orson kse one of our favorite characters. Asar ako kse nabasa ko tong post mo nawalan na tuloy ng element of surprise ;D.
Sana bumalik din si edie (from the grave). ;D
Ay sorry naman sir...
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Mukhang magkakabalikan na si Linette and Tom.
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Mukhang magkakabalikan na si Linette and Tom.
Boo. Very unrealistic. She's been verbally and psychologically abusing him from the very start of the series, and it's about time he left her for good.
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Boo. Very unrealistic. She's been verbally and psychologically abusing him from the very start of the series, and it's about time he left her for good.
Agree! She deserves it! She shud proud & supportive to the husband. She's a very hard to pleased woman! I've stopped feeling sorry for her & it's good to see Tom finally standing on his own feet now & enough is enough!
Season 7 toward the ending where Tom wanted his office room to be decorated, I got really pissed with Lynette's attitude even after Reene stepped in & resolved the situation which Tom was very happy with the room & yet Lynette "kill joy" talaga... :(
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My guess on the series finale is this:
1. Lynette and Tom realize their marriage is over, and get a divorce, leaving her alone.
2. Susan's a new widow, leaving her alone.
3. Gabrielle can't come to terms with Carlos' new attitude towards money, so they separate, leaving her alone.
4. Bree's cop boyfriend died and ex-husband is now gone, leaving her alone.
5. Renee's boyfriend, guilty over bringing the mob into their life, takes the fall for the body buried on his property and goes to jail, leaving her alone.
So in the end, the girls are all alone... but have each other.
If this turns out to be true, then it will be the most contrived series finale of all time. ;D
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After watching episode 16, I strongly agree that Tom should leave Lynette for good... :P
somebody died on the last episode guess who
I somewhat expected the death after episodes 14-15 :)
Tapang nya kasi masyado eh ;D
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My guess on the series finale is this:
1. Lynette and Tom realize their marriage is over, and get a divorce, leaving her alone.
2. Susan's a new widow, leaving her alone.
3. Gabrielle can't come to terms with Carlos' new attitude towards money, so they separate, leaving her alone.
4. Bree's cop boyfriend died and ex-husband is now gone, leaving her alone.
5. Renee's boyfriend, guilty over bringing the mob into their life, takes the fall for the body buried on his property and goes to jail, leaving her alone.
So in the end, the girls are all alone... but have each other.
If this turns out to be true, then it will be the most contrived series finale of all time. ;D
Some of your guesses or predictions could be correct but I hope not all. Yes, otherwise it will be the most contrived series finale... hehe
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Nice next episode preview...
http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/desperate-housewives-is-renee-planning-to-skip-mikes-funeral-2012153 (http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/desperate-housewives-is-renee-planning-to-skip-mikes-funeral-2012153)
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Sad but true...
Desperate Housewives has reached its Finale.
I just finished watching the last two episodes.
I'm going to miss this show... :(
:)
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I will miss these women.
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Buti natapos na! ;D What a relief...
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Natapos ko kagabi. The poker scene was like real to them. Tapos na Desperate Housewives!
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Sad to hear that Kathryn Joosten ("Mrs. McCluskey") died from lung cancer yesterday, just as she did a few weeks ago on the show.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20600683,00.html
I wonder if her story line was in any way written to reflect her real-life events. Brave that she was still working shortly before her death.
R.I.P.
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Her role in DH was very memorable.
RIP Kathryn Joosten
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Sad to hear that Kathryn Joosten ("Mrs. McCluskey") died from lung cancer yesterday, just as she did a few weeks ago on the show.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20600683,00.html
I wonder if her story line was in any way written to reflect her real-life events. Brave that she was still working shortly before her death.
R.I.P.
Yes sir. Her story line was indeed written to reflect her struggles with cancer.
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Sad news indeed.
Hay, wala nang bagong Desperate Housewives this fall.
Pakonti ng pakonti TV shows na pinapanood ko. Walang mga bagong interesting shows.
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Manood ka ng Dallas reboot.
Nandun si Mary Alice, si John Rowland, yung pamangkin ni Edie Britt na nakabuntis kay Danielle Van de Kamp, yung stepfather ni Susan...
Pareho siguro casting director. ::)
;D
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Yeah, I'll get around to it.