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Desperate Housewives
Season Five
SERIES: ABC, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)


9.8

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Starring Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Gale Harold, Gail O'Grady, and Peter Onorati

We jump forward five years in the lives of the Wisteria Lane residents.

GENRE(S):	Comedy, Drama
CREATED BY:	Marc Cherry
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 28, 2008

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TV Guide Matt Roush

Moving the story ahead five years didn't so much reinvent the show as it recharged and refreshed the scintillating mix of domestic comedy and sudsy intrigue that we've always enjoyed.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

It has the wit and bite that made the series a standout, but it has jettisoned much of the dramatic baggage that had begun to weigh the show down.

Variety Brian Lowry

Yet while the first episode basically does the heavy lifting setup-wise, the second is a knockout -- with great scenes involving Lynette's well-intentioned but intrusive parenting style, Gabrielle's social climbing and Bree's work/home juggling act.

Entertainment Weekly

This season, the Housewives aren't desperate: They're avidly ambitious, like the series itself.

Boston Globe Joanna Weiss

So far, at least, this season promises to be less about plot than personality. That doesn't mean the show is perfect - it never was--but it's better, and that's a big relief.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

As creator Marc Cherry explained this summer, he wanted to re-set the series and get the stories back to something more closely resembling reality. Sunday's season premiere does that pretty well with some of the women's stories, especially Lynette (Felicty Huffman), whose twins are now terrible teens.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

If you gave up on either one because they seemed tired or just annoying in their familiarity, now might be a good time to try a return visit.

Chicago Sun-Times Misha Davenport

The nostalgic feel Wisteria Lane once held has evaporated, ironically leaving fans nostalgic for the way things once were.

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Desperate Housewives Season Five SERIES: ABC, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Desperate Housewives
Season Five
SERIES: ABC, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)