I laughed several times, though I was a bit disturbed by the way Marcia Cross’s neck and clavicle veins (?) were popping during her blow-up in the graveyard.
Paul is back!! I was beginning to wonder if the writers had forgotten him.
Can Lynette’s boss’s behavior be considered a form of harassment or intimidation—I mean, the pressure and the implication that L. won’t do too well at work if she doesn’t go out and get boiled every night…
Inconceivable! Yet, this is Susan. She did dump him, and yet it seems that’s not the last we’ll be seeing of him. Plus, he has been the rock in her life. I have a feeling, without him, Susan wouldn’t be making enough off her “writing” to keep a house over her head.
Oh, we’ve seen her at the odd moment sitting at an easel or some damn thing splish-splashign away at a watercolor or something. It seemed to me initially that Susan was an illustrator for other people’s books, but they seemed to move away from that into her being a full-on lady authoress. Can you imagine, based on her horrible parenting, how fucked up her children’s books must be?
I know nothing about publishing but it seems like it would be very difficult to make a living as a children’s book author. I’m willing to bet that Susan has her snout deep in the alimony/child support trough.
OK, right, I remember that now. So does that mean there’s a vacant house where Mrs Blender-to-the-puss and Felicia once lived? Perhaps if the show makes it through season 2 we’ll get another creepy new neighbor.
It’s not that Lynette had to get drunk, it was that Lynette had to procure Chesty McBoobs a chunk of man-meat. “Get me laid or get you fired” is sexual harassment of the first water.
I think it’s implied Susan is a successful children’s author, even if we see her more running around in a towel and chasing after violent teenagers while holding cups of ice cream rather than actual working, but this is a soap opera. How many people do you see on The Young and the Restless actually working?
Does anyone remember the quote that Wallace Shawn said in this ep, something about it been noon and drinking? I think it was when he first showed up in this ep. I laughed at it but promptly forgot it once I decided I wanted to remember it.
Something about it being noon, and it being socially acceptable to start drinking.
I liked Edie’s line to Bree about reburying Rex, and it will be her last time to say goodbye…“Not unless they dig him up again.”
We’re talking about Desperate Housewives, afterall. Not Masterpiece Theater.
It’s not implied at all, it’s flat-out stated. That she’s a successful children’s author isn’t my point of semi-contention; it’s that I find it hard to believe that it’s easy for anyone to support oneself and an offspring as a children’s author. If anyone knows anything about children’s publishing, maybe you can fill us in?
Being that Susan is so childlike/childish, this might be the ideal line of work for her.
Actually, that’s pretty realistic: an author rarely has to meet face-to-face with hes agent (maybe once a year, if that); nearly all their interaction is by mail, e-mail, and phone. It would have been perfectly normal for her to go a year without seeing her agent, especially if she didn’t live in the NYC area.
[quote=Otto}It’s not implied at all, it’s flat-out stated. That she’s a successful children’s author isn’t my point of semi-contention; it’s that I find it hard to believe that it’s easy for anyone to support oneself and an offspring as a children’s author. If anyone knows anything about children’s publishing, maybe you can fill us in?[/quote]
Oh, it’s certainly possible. The great thing about being a children’s book author is that your books can stay in print forever. It might take years to reach that point, but assuming Susan sold her first book before her marriage, she certainly had enough time.
For instance, there’s Aliki or Thatcher Hurd.
So it is possible, though whether the character of Susan is capable of it is a matter of debate.
I don’t doubt it. I’m just annoyed by the convention the show employs, of using the voice-over to introduce this week’s plot line. They could’ve brought Wallace Shawn in as her agent with no introduction at all, and I’m sure the audience could’ve figured out their relationship.
I love Wallace Shawn.
That is all.