Desperate for Desperate Housewives

Season premiere reviews

VARIETY,THE BUFFALO NEWS, AND MARC CHERRY HIMSELF HAVE DECLARED THE SECOND EPISODE OF THE SEASON EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST. DON'T YOU DARE MISS THE EPISODE THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ON MONDAY!

"Housewives takes a big risk, and it works," says MSNBC.

BuzzSugar's take on the premiere: "OK, I know it's wrong to make a kid run after a car, but I could not stop laughing at this part; good old Gaby still up to her manipulative tricks."

Entertainment Weekly on the premiere: "The five-year fast- forward was a stroke of genius, effectively increasing our insight into these ladies' world by two fold."

"I was one of those Desperate Housewives fans who embraced the five-year jump. I saw it as a way to rejuvenate the series, offer new storylines and get rid of the Kinsman twins. The series premiere delivered on all three counts." That's from TV Squad's review.

"It's not only a satisfying beginning to Cherry's inventive new approach, but it makes you hunger for more details," says the San Antonio Express-News.

The Boston Globe's review is mostly positive: "But there is, undeniably, something about these characters and performances that sticks."

Here's the Knoxville News Sentinel's positive review of the show: "Now the writing is a little sharper. The comedy isn't so overpowering and the edge is back."

The Portsmouth Herald News wishes Gaby was glamorous again.

Another thumbs up on the season premiere; this one's from Zap2it: "The best best news is the arrival of Neal McDonough's Dave."

''It appears the gamble has paid off":another critic weighs in with positive reaction to the five-year jump.

The Orlando Sentinel declares the show is "Rejuvenated" and thinks it's in better shape than Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and Brothers & Sisters.

The Panama City News Herald thinks the show hasn't changed enough.

The Chicago Sun-Times thinks the show has changed too much.

"Really good shows, like 'Desperate Housewives', know what they're about." So begins the review from Newsday. Oh, and the show earns an A.

Here's The Star-Ledger's take on the premiere, a good review from an infrequent DH viewer.

The Buffalo News gave the premiere 3 stars; they, too, prefer the second episode of the season.

The Hollywood Reporter weighs in on the season premiere, describing it as featuring "the wit and bite that made the series a standout."

Here's Variety's quite positive review. They liked the second episode of the season even more than the premiere.

Here's another review of the fifth season premiere.

Read the first review of the season premiere that I've seen so far; it's from NY Daily News.