# Desperate Housewives 10/21

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 21, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498 "2007-10-21T20:21:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/1 "2007-10-21T20:21:50Z")

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Edie goes to the Cowboy Doctor and gets some startling news.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/2 "2007-10-22T02:39:53Z")

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Now I’m just hoping they’ll actually air the show, or at least most of it, instead of showing wildfire footage the whole time. We’ll see…

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/3 "2007-10-22T04:24:24Z")

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[QUOTE=vivalostwages]  
Edie goes to the Cowboy Doctor and gets some startling news.  
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“Cowboy Doctor”? Is this a female-specific term unknown to me? (I mean, I only learned about “BOB” within the last year…)

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/4 "2007-10-22T09:39:32Z")

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Great episode. Lots of good storylines.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/5 "2007-10-22T16:41:17Z")

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You know, compared to some of the news shows this season, like \*\*Pushing Daisies \*\* or **Journeyma** n, DH is starting to suffer.

I’m all for keeping someone in character, but does Susan \*have \* to be such a bumbling inept fool all the time? Does Gabby _have_ to be such a clueless sex fiend all the time?

Please…having Edie watch Victor, Gabby, and Carlos all eagerly gobble crabcakes is a bit anvilicious, and I’m one with a high tolerance for anvils.

The only scene I truly went all schmoopy over was Tom and Lynette during the cancer bitch scene. Although I think Lynette has a perfect right to be self-centered during this time, the fact that she didn’t see Tom’s desire for escape as well was very nicely handled.

When I start to get either annoyed or impatient with the characters, it’s time for me to move on. Mike, Tom, Lynette, and Julie are keeping me around for now. But unless they stop with the obviously contrived plotlines, the writer’s strike may be the best thing for this show.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/6 "2007-10-22T18:31:36Z")

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I was telling to Susan to shut up as soon as she greeted the new neighbors.

“Cowboy doctor” is a term that a friend uses for the gyno; it means he puts you in the stirrups.

What is BOB?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/7 "2007-10-22T19:39:55Z")

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Bob Loblaw?

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-10-21/423498/8 "2007-10-22T19:52:47Z")

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[QUOTE=vivalostwages]

What is BOB?  
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**B** attery **O** perated **B** oyfriend

I can’t wait to see what the note says. Such an evil niece! Poor Auntie…