DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: KISS THEM GOODBYE!

When Desperate Housewives premiered on ABC in 2004, people loved it immediately. The recipe which mixes black humor and drama with a psychological profundity not very frequent on tv  made the show one of the most successful tv product of the last few decades. Eight years from then, the series made it to its last season. ABC is going to broadcast the two final episodes next Sunday, in a two hour special show. And high are the expectations. Will Marc Cherry, the series’ creator, be able to end it up the same way he started, that is, brilliantly?

There were eight seasons with gossip, manipulation, fights, tears and lots of laughters. Bree Van de Kamp, Lynette Scavo, Gabrielle Solis and Susan Delfino formed a fantastic group that shined together with the lovely voice of Mary Alice Young, the character who kicked the story. Through the years, Desperate Housewives worked with sensibility and humor subjects that are part of common people everyday lives – children, separation, disease, death, betrayal and, above all, friendship. The series showed that the basis of a long and strong friendship are not the similarities, but actually the differences. These four main characters and friends couldn’t be more distinct – Bree is elegant, discreet, and she has everything under control (or tries do have); Lynette is prepotent and manipulative; Gaby is a former model (is it necessary to say something else?); and Susan is funny and disastrous (and she has nothing under control). Together, they made several outstanding scenes, some of them funny, other more delicate. Who doesn’t remember Bree getting the news of Rex’s death? Or the episode in which Gaby kisses Tom? Or even the fabulous moments between Susan and Eddie? Yes, there were a lot of nice moments, guided by the excellent text of Cherry and his team, a text that fitted the beautiful voice of Brenda Strong, whose character, Mary Alice Young, was the narrator of the show. Either through the dialogues or Mary Alice’s voice, the text written for the show was always deep and touching, at the same time being ironic and acid, always with a black humor pinch. That way, the episodes swing from drama to humor, bringing a quite unique genre. The cast choice also collaborated with the show’s high performance. There was on Wisteria Lane a quite refined cast that worked with a precious chemistry, embodying characters carefully constructed, with a psychological profile coherent and strong. Among the four main characters, Bree Van de Kamp was the most consistent one, in a grand performance by Marcia Cross. Bree started the series as the perfect suburban housewive, then became an alcoholic after her first husband died and her became extremely difficul to deal with; then she learned to love other men and ended up proving that she is able to do anything for the people she loves. That’s why Bree became the pivot of the main final story – Is she going to jail or not? Is she going to betray Gaby or not? Is the final chapter going to be excellent, like the pilot, that was also written by Cherry? Once more the question remains…

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