# Desperate Housewives 5/17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-5-17/496778 "2009-05-17T20:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-5-17/496778/1 "2009-05-17T20:33:01Z")
There’s a blowout tonight–two hours long, but I suspect that the first hour is last week’s ep. Then we’ll see how many people Dave will knock off, whether Orson can manage to stay out of jail, and more. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-5-17/496778/2 "2009-05-18T04:31:36Z")
Well, I don’t know why exactly, but I get a real jumped-the-shark vibe with this episode. Too many seen -it-a-million- times-on-soap-operas moments. The pregnancy. The girl lying to Carlos. The going back to the woman you divorced. The escaping from the maniac at the last minute. Sigh. It was fun while it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-5-17/496778/3 "2009-05-18T15:10:46Z")
I was pretty underwhelmed, too. I was hoping that Dave would actually succeed in killing M.J., firstly because it would be unexpected and secondly because he’s annoying. But no such luck. Everybody’s fine and the “big question” is who Mike married, and who cares?