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Desperate Housewives

Season Five

EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Desperate Housewives
75
8.8 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 8 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 16 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Created By: Marc Cherry

First Air Date: September 28, 2008

Summary

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.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

TV GuideMatt 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.

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80

Hollywood ReporterBarry 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.

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80

VarietyBrian 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.

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75

Entertainment Weekly

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

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70

Boston GlobeJoanna 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.

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70

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob 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.

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70

Newark Star-LedgerAlan 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.

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63

Chicago Sun-TimesMisha Davenport

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

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Manan G gave it a10:
Season 5 is as good as the first 4 have been. Interesting plots and twists. Good fun.

Maomao Z gave it a6:
While I find that I can't stop watching because I have seen every single episode, I think some of the episodes in this season are a bit of a let down and there is quite a bit of filler. I think the season's story overall is a good one, but there just simply isn't enough material there to fill every episode of the entire season. Remember the weird episode about the death of the handyman? WTF?

Dudlei de O gave it a10:
"Desperate Housewives is a modern masterpiece of art. It brings the saddest dramatic situations with the most sarcastic scenes of humour within a misterious thriller plot. From a literary point of view, the characters' construction is one of the most important elements in the plot, giving the public a good sense of reality concerning the character's behaviour.

Allan gave it a9:
This season is great so far, especially after the terrible fourth season. DH is strange, since it seems to be good every odd year.. Seasons 1 and 3 are the strongest and 5 is great, while 2 and 4 weren't too hot, in my opinion. I'm glad it's back to the level of quality it used to be.

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