Desperate Housewives

[Yankeegirl]

I dont think hes dead.. It was odd calling and telling her that her hubby is dead? that just sounds weird.. I guess we will have to wait for season 2!!

[StormChasr]

Rex may have faked his death with Bree to find out if she's the culprit who's been trying to kill him. Let's see next season.

[GalvestonDuck]

Well, one thing's for sure -- unless we get another dedicated spoiler-provider, we're not going to know a lot ahead of time like we did before.

http://www.getdesperate.com/news/220505_02.shtml

A frequent internet spoiler provider said yesterday that he was fired from his job after revealing the name of the character who will die in tonight's season finale, "One Wonderful Day."

"I was fired today for violating my company's confidentiality agreement," a poster using the nickname 'Trainman' wrote on the Television Without Pity message boards. Trainman had previously said he worked for the company that provides closed-captioning for Desperate Housewives, and had been providing spoilers for DH episodes ahead of their airdates for much of the past season.

On Wednesday, Trainman had written that in the finale, Rex van de Kamp will have "a run-in with the elevated potassium levels in his blood, and I'm sorry, but unless they're going to re-edit the show at the very last minute [...] I think you can tell where I'm going with this." Trainman later added that Rex's death will occur in the middle of the episode.

The death of Rex was also mentioned in today's edition of the New York Post. "Sources tell us that Bree's husband, Rex, will finally die of a heart attack," gossip reporter Richard Johnson wrote in his daily Page Six column. "[It is] caused because George the pharmacist, who is in love with Bree switched pills on him." Johnson added that Carlos Solis will get himself into trouble at his trial, after John Rowland tells him he's been sleeping with Gabrielle, and Carlos goes crazy in front of the judge.

Other spoilers provided by Television Without Pity's Trainman included the news that the finale will feature a flashback in which Deirde encounters Angela/Mary Alice. "I think we all know how that turns out," Trainman ominously added. He also promised Felicia Tilman will have a run-in with Zach and a hockey stick, but survives, Lynette will have a run-in with Tom and an air hockey table, but also turns out fine... and Susan has a run-in with Zach and a gun, which will apparently be a cliffhanger for next season. Finally, Trainman promised Bongo the dog would be making an appearance in the finale.

Even though Trainman posted on the TWoP message boards that he had lost his job over providing these spoilers, and the New York Post seemed to confirm the story information, please keep in mind that none of the above story information has been officially confirmed by ABC -- if you want to find out what really happens, tune in tonight at 9:00pm to watch the DH season finale.

[Brent]

Yeah... HE was the source of the Rex spoiler I posted here.

He had posted other spoilers the entire season and was correct, so I had no reason to doubt. Then when he was fired, I knew it was true.

Ratings:

Desperate Housewives: Fast Nationals: TBD; Overnights: #1, 20.4/29; Viewers: #1, 30.03 million; A18-49: #1, 13.3/31

The Adults 18-49 beats CSI and Raymond!!! DH got the same viewers as the AVERAGE for the 2 hours of CSI. If Idol doesn't top that(which it probably won't), DH will be the highest finale of the 2004 Fall Season.

[GalvestonDuck]

It has knocked out the Sunday night awards shows left and right and had the highest-rated drama series premiere since ER.

Go DH!!

Did you guys remember to watch the "secret scene" on GMA today? They also had Steven Culp ("Rex") on. It was funny how he talked about how his character dies all the time ("Star Trek: Enterprise," "JAG" twice...one presumed dead, then truly dead, and now "DH").

The whole phone call from the doc threw me a bit. But then when she was picking out a tie for Rex's burial, I had to wonder. If he is not really dead, is he going to be able to fake the burial?

[Brent]

Yes... I recorded GMA because of the secret scene and Steven Culp being on. Loved it... I don't understand why the scene was cut though. It was the women figuring out Paul killed Martha.

The thing that baffled me about the Rex thing, Bree(as far as we know) didn't go to the hospital between the time Rex died and when she was picking out ties(she had the same clothing on and her hair looked the same), I found that odd. He could still be faking it.

He sounded pretty sure this morning though that he was dead and not coming back, BUT they don't start filming Season 2 til July, so there is still some hope.

[GalvestonDuck]

IMDB isn't much help. No one has submitted an addendum to Steven Culp's credit for DH.

Right now, it shows:
Steven Culp .... Rex Van De Kamp

When they list it like that, it means the person has been on since the beginning and is still on the show.

For someone like Sherry Stringfield, for instance, her listing appears like so:
Sherry Stringfield .... Dr. Susan Lewis (1994-1996, 2001-)
because she was on in the beginning, left, and then returned.

For Noah Wyle:
Noah Wyle .... Dr. John Carter (1994-2005)

*sigh* He was the only one without a date by his name, until now. However, Deezer D has played the role of Malik, Yvette Freeman has appeared as Haleh, Lily Mariye as Lily, and Emily Wagner as EMT Doris Pickman -- all since the beginning of the series.

[GalvestonDuck]

So, I'm wondering -- what's the big secret with the Applewhites? Is that gonna be next season's major storyline?

[Brent]

So, I'm wondering -- what's the big secret with the Applewhites? Is that gonna be next season's major storyline?

Yes. I think something is in their house.

Complete ratings report:

ABC Soars on Season Finale Sunday, Defeating its Closest
Competition
On the Night by Over 8 Million Viewers and by 136% Among
Adults 18-49
ABC Claims the Top 4 TV Shows on Sunday in the Key Adult 18-
49 Sales Demo
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Dominates the 8 O’clock
Hour,
Growing by More than 4 Million Viewers from its Season Finale
Last Year
ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” Becomes TV’s Highest-rated First
Year Drama
Finale in 10 Years, since “ER” at the End of its Inaugural 1994-95
Season
Posting Series Highs in its Season Ender, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”
Represents
TV’s Strongest Season Finale of a New Midseason Drama Since at
Least 1991
Sunday Primetime (7:00-11:00 p.m.)
Winning the night for the 9th straight week, ABC topped the final Sunday of
the 2004-05 TV Season across all key Nielsen measures. ABC overshadowed
the second-place networks on the night by 8.4 million viewers (20.1 million vs.
11.7 million - CBS) and by 136% among Adults 18-49 (8.5/23 vs. 3.6/10 - Fox). All
four of ABC’s programs won their respective time periods in Total Viewers and
Adults 18-49.
• Excluding nights of the Academy Awards and Super Bowl, ABC drew its largest
Sunday audience in over 5 years and its strongest Adult 18-49 number on
the night in over 7 years – since 2/20/00 and 11/2/97, respectively.
• ABC stood as the No. 1 network on Sunday night for the 9th straight week
in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, ranking No. 1 on 13 of the final 14 weeks
this season. The Net lengthened its Adult 18-34 winning streak to 14
weeks in a row, its longest Sunday streak in more than 14 years – since at
least September 1991, the start of Nielsen’s electronic database.

In it’s the longest streak on the night for any network during the course of
the TV season in 6 years – since Fox in the 1998-99 season, which also delivered a
14-week streak.
• ABC’s aired the Top 4 TV shows on Sunday night in the key Adult 18-49
sales demographic, including “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,”
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 8PM” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition –
5/22.” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Home Edition” also stood as
the three most-watched shows on the evening.

“Desperate Housewives” (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
The inaugural season finale ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” dominated its time
period, outperforming its combined network competition (CBS, NBC, Fox and WB)
by 1.1 million viewers (30.3 million vs. 29.2 million) and by 32% among Adults 18-
49 (13.2/31 vs. 10.0/23). The freshman ABC drama hit series highs among viewers
and across each of the adult demos.
• “Desperate Housewives” drew the largest audience and highest Adult 18-49
rating for any first year drama finale on any network in 10 years – since
NBC’s “ER” in its inaugural season finale on 5/18/95.
• In viewers and young adults, “Desperate Housewives” is ABC’s top series telecast
in 5 years – since the “Spin City” Michael J. Fox farewell episode on 5/24/00. It was
ABC’s top drama telecast in Adults 18-49 since an episode of “NYPD Blue”
on 12/6/94, and its most-watched since at least September 1991.
• The season ender of “Housewives” produced ABC’s strongest numbers with
regular programming in the time period in over 5 years among Total
Viewers and in 11 years among Adults 18-49 – since 2/13/00 and 5/15/94,
respectively.

[Miss Mary]

Yes... I recorded GMA because of the secret scene and Steven Culp being on. Loved it... I don't understand why the scene was cut though. It was the women figuring out Paul killed Martha.

The thing that baffled me about the Rex thing, Bree(as far as we know) didn't go to the hospital between the time Rex died and when she was picking out ties(she had the same clothing on and her hair looked the same), I found that odd. He could still be faking it.

He sounded pretty sure this morning though that he was dead and not coming back, BUT they don't start filming Season 2 til July, so there is still some hope.

Been offline again...computer problems....grrr.....anyway, I saw your post Brent. And I'm guessing you don't buy Rex's death either? I don't. I say he's still alive and going undercover to see who was poisoning him. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.

Gotta type fast in case this computer locks up again.....

I missed the last 1 to 2 minutes of DH. For some reason our DVR misses the last few minutes of some shows (70s is one). So I completely missed the last scene with Bree. I heard she climbed into bed with Rex. So his body was left in his hospital bed and the morgue hadn't come yet to claim him? Details when you all have time.

Mary

[Brent]

The last scene with Bree was when she found out about his death... we see her for a few seconds picking up clothing for Rex during the Mary Alice voiceover. The last we see of Rex he's in the hospital bed and writes a note to Bree(thinking she poisoned him) saying he forgives her. His breathing is getting pretty bad at that point and he's coughing. Then it cuts to Bree at home(after the bed scene) cleaning china and the phone call rings that he died. We NEVER see Rex actually die. The machine doesn't flatline, we don't see his body, nothing. I just find it a little strange.

The last 2 minutes(the show ended at 10:02) was the voiceover showing the women in their various predicaments explained in the episode and then Mike walks into his house(where, unbeknowst to him), Zach is holding Susan hostage, and then it ends.

[Brent]

Forgot to add... the Finale will re-air Saturday Night at 10pm ET(after the 2-hour Lost finale) and then the Pilot airs Sunday at the normal time, 9pm ET.

[Miss Mary]

Well, then I didn't miss much! I saw nearly everything you said happened. On the morning news show today someone mentioned how she got into bed with him. Maybe that was the last hospital stay?

I read most responses here and it seems we all doubt his death. I know I did right away, after having watched many a soap opera in my day....daytime and nighttime. Never trust a death unless you see a dead body. And even then you need to see the funeral and burial!

Mary

[Brent]

Well, then I didn't miss much! I saw nearly everything you said happened. On the morning news show today someone mentioned how she got into bed with him. Maybe that was the last hospital stay?

Yes it was... it was about 20 minutes into the episode. He apologized for the adultery and the weird sex stuff, and then she said "It doesn't matter, let's call it even" and then crawled on the bed, said "The best is yet to come" and then they kissed. I really hope he didn't die after that. After all they've been through, you can tell they geniunely love each other.

You did see the Paul flashback with Deirdre being killed? That was the last 10 minutes of it, then right before the voiceover, Mike leaves Paul in that quarry type thing and takes off(after deciding not to shoot him), and then what I described.

[Brent]

This was filmed for the finale but was reportedly pushed back to the premiere in the Fall. It involves the new family's big secret that is according to Marc Cherry "Real, gothic, human, and awful" all at the same time.

This is freaky.

[GalvestonDuck]

Sneak preview of Season 2 premiere when Mike goes into Susan's house and finds Zach there waiting:


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[Brent]

I was wondering about that... I'm REALLY hoping Zach doesn't shoot him(remember, he thinks he took Paul to kill him). I was fully expecting to hear a gunshot when he closed the door at the end of Sunday's show.

Isn't that Mike's house or am I missing something? Susan walks across the street from HER trash can and enters to find Zach. Zach is there to kill Mike.

[GalvestonDuck]

You're right...it's Mike's house, not Susan's. But she lives there now, so in a way, it's hers.

One word -- wow!

[Brent]

Well... when Karl comes to pick up Julie, she's at her house, so I have no clue. Since they aren't married, it's not "her" house though, regardless of if they are living together.

Technically, Mike is only renting the house, so it's not his either.

WOW at Marcia Cross...

[Miss Mary]

What a funny thread! Luke I am your father....oops Zach. Why do I keep thinking of Eric from That 70s Show now, when SW is mentioned? LOL

Marcia Cross sure resurrected her career, didn't she? Same with Teri Hatcher. But with MC, you used to think of her character on Melrose Place. Kimberly was not a character you liked, at all. Pitted against Jane anyway, vying for Michael's attention. But on DH, she shines! Finally a character she can sink her teeth into. I was just beginning to think she'd stop polishing silver and setting the dining room table perfectly. Then Rex kicks the bucket....we're supposed to think. I still think he's alive. I joked on another message board, he can show up in Bree's shower and it can all be just a bad dream. Shades of Bobby Ewing.....

My youngest daughter thinks it will be funny to watch Tom handle the rowdy boys and baby. Suddenly there will be a desperate househusband on the street. What is Tom going to do though....play poker with the ladies? LOL This is starting to sound like that old 80s movie, Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton.

Mary

PS - Brent, yes I did see the flashbacks of Mary Alice stabbing Deidre. Never thought she'd be the guilty one!