Post by Lane Kent on May 18, 2008 23:26:48 GMT
***Warning***Only read further if you really really want to know. UK viewers may particularly want to wait a while before delving into this thread further as it won't only give away things from the finale but it also might ruin other stories along the way that we still don't know about
www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-05-15-housewives-finale_N.htm
'Desperate Housewives' gets serious for finale
16th May 2008
Somebody's gonna die: Sunday could be D-Day for Dana Delaney, left, Marcia Cross or Gary Cole.
By William Keck, USA TODAY
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — It is a bloody day on the set of ABC's Desperate Housewives as Katherine Mayfair's house of secrets finally comes crashing down in the two-hour season finale (Sunday, 9 p.m. ET/PT).
In a soundstage on the Universal Studios lot, Dana Delany (Katherine), Marcia Cross (Bree), Nathan Fillion (Katherine's estranged husband, Adam) and Gary Cole (Katherine's wacko ex, Wayne) are shooting the climax to Katherine's season-long mystery. And to be sure, this is no happy family reunion.
Some characters are tied up. Another has a gun. A sign of something sinister lies beneath the rug. And Adam's face is so bloodied (and swollen thanks to carefully applied prosthetics) that the actors are playfully calling Fillion "Frankenstein."
It is just before midnight, and the cast is still rehearsing a scene that will shoot well past 2 a.m.
Like many viewers, Cole has found himself perplexed by the mystery's wavy timeline and asks his co-stars, "Is this the room where it took place?"
By the end of this creepy sequence, a character will be dead and another will be gone for good. And by the end of the episode, an unusual twist will lead to a mass exodus of many cast members who have been on the show since Day 1.
Undaunted by the tragedies about to go down, Cross, dressed in a comfy bathrobe, is checking e-mail on her BlackBerry while exchanging giggles with Delany.
Setting up a mysterious flashback that takes Katherine back to Romania in 1996, Delany playfully waves her hands in front of her face and mimics the silly "doodly-doo, doodly-doo" flashback noises made famous by Mike Myers in his Wayne's World comedies.
This flashback will confirm what Katherine has long suggested — that she was the victim of domestic violence. "What Katherine goes through is so huge," Cross says. "It's definitely domestic violence, so I'm sure people will relate."
A much-needed bit of comic relief comes when the cast and crew learn that series creator Marc Cherry, on his way to the set to help choreograph this pivotal scene, has forgotten his studio ID and is not being allowed to pass through the security gates.
"Marc's the man, but the people with the power are the ones at the gate," Cross jokes. "A lot of times for me, I'll just roll down the window and show them my face, but to be the (faceless) creator is something different."
When Cherry finally arrives, he decides part of the scene is too complicated and makes a change. Then, looking over at Fillion, Cherry cracks, "You're not as pretty as you used to be."
No sweat off Fillion's bloodied brow as he invites people to freely take a poke at the gelatin prosthetics that have been adhered to his face.
"It took about an hour and a half to apply," he boasts.
Cherry says he had planned to kill off Adam months ago, "but we kind of fell in love with Nathan. He's such a good guy."
Though not saying whether Adam survives the finale, Fillion confirms he will be shooting his own ABC pilot, TheCastle, and is not returning to Housewives.
"This is my last scene," he says bittersweetly. "The end of a journey for me."
But it is just the beginning for those who are left after the finale's final moments.
Says Cherry: "As the years have gone on, the soap (quality) brought us to some pretty big places, and I felt it was time to scale back and start small again. … Once I explained what I was going to do to their story lines, everyone got excited."
Including Teri Hatcher, who plays housewife Susan: "More than a cliff-hanger, we're cliff-jumping," she says.
When Season 5 begins, she says, "anyone could be anything. It's an open playing field again for all of us."
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winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/05/16/5582936-sun.html
Who Has Hijacked Housewives This Season
By BILL HARRIS
The famous "fab five" notwithstanding, the two most intriguing story-lines on Desperate Housewives this season have focused on outsiders.
With the two-hour season-finale set for Sunday on CTV and ABC, some answers finally will emerge with regard to Katherine (Dana Delany) and her alleged daughter Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca).
Delany has been marvellous since joining the fray at the beginning of the season. And the recent addition of Gary Cole as Katherine's ex-husband has added a dangerously creepy factor, although to us Cole always will be known for his hilariously goofy take on Mike Brady in the two Brady Bunch movies.
And speaking of creepy, how about that evil little Kayla, played by 11-year-old Rachel Fox? We haven't seen such a chillingly deadpan school-girl since a young Christina Ricci played Wednesday in the Addams Family flicks.
Much has been made of the exit of Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) last week, but she'll be back next season, according to ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson. Nonetheless, if Edie were gone for good, would you care? We're getting as sick of her antics as the other women on Wisteria Lane are.
Sorry, Edie -- the fourth season of Desperate Housewives has been hijacked by the dark double-K's, Katherine and Kayla.
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www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=87204
Desperate Housewives Finale Takes Place In The Future
Web Editor: Korie Eiles, Producer
Created: 5/16/2008 4:30:35 AM
Updated: 5/16/2008 2:45:25 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sunday's season finale of "Desperate Housewives" will take place five years in the future.
Marcia Cross tells AP Radio that the future will find Bree as a big success in the business she and Katherine started, though she wouldn't say if Katherine was still part of the venture.
She also says Bree looks different because "the flip has died."
As for Gabby, Cross says she's finally given Carlos what he's always wanted, some kids.
And she says that creepy Kayla will be "hightailed out of town" after causing so much trouble for Lynette and her children.
---------------------------------
New York Post
www.nypost.com/seven/05162008/tv/takin_a_shot_111002.htm
TAKIN' A SHOT
'DH' TRIES TO GO FIVE YEARS INTO FUTURE
Marcia Cross as Bree
May 16, 2008 --
TWO questions are overriding all others as "Desperate Housewives" goes into its two-hour season finale this weekend.
The questions are not even likely to be answered on Sunday (9-11 p.m. on ABC) since they concern the future of this show, which happens to be TV's highest-rated scripted series (yes, with an average 18.3 million viewers per episode this season, "Desperate Housewives" is bigger than "CSI" and "House" - you can look it up).
One of the questions concerns a major character, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), who was seen at the conclusion of last Sunday's episode climbing into her convertible and leaving Fairview after the ladies of Wisteria Lane formed an alliance to shun her after Edie threatened to blackmail Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross).
Her departure fueled speculation that Sheridan was leaving the show.
Neither Marc Cherry, the usually loquacious creator/executive producer of the show, nor ABC's press reps would characterize Sheridan's status, implying that to do so might spoil an upcoming plot twist.
ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson was less cautious at a news conference held earlier this week to brief reporters on ABC's new fall shows. He took a question about "Housewives" and let slip that Sheridan and Dana Delany, who has been starring this past season as Kathryn Mayfair, would both be back next season.
Cherry has played coy when asked about Sheridan. "She won't be back for a few years," he cheekily told the Associated Press.
That answer is probably a reference to the other question concerning "Housewives": Will Cherry go ahead with a plan under consideration to move the action on "Desperate Housewives" ahead five years into the future next fall?
No one is saying if the plan is definite yet, but Cherry's answer about Edie probably indicates the flash-forward scenario is a go, with Edie indeed returning in "a few years" next season.
Under this scenario, the show's fifth season would open next September with a peek into the lives of the housewives five years from now. The stories of how they got there would then be told in flashbacks throughout the season.
Meanwhile, Sunday's season finale will play in two parts representing two episodes of the 17 ABC managed to get produced this season, despite being interrupted for 3½ months by the writers strike.
In the first hour, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) will be accused of child abuse after slapping her bad-seed adopted daughter, Kayla (Rachel Fox), across the face in a clothing store. And in the second, several characters will receive mysterious death threats.
Will the threats matter five years in the future? The answer to that question won't be known until the fall.
--------------------
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h57oLkgrEaum7cmWIdqxcBg2d_Zg
Marcia Cross drops a few hints about Bree's future on 'Housewives'
17th May 2008
WASHINGTON — It's true, "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years.
Marcia Cross, who plays domestic goddess Bree on the ABC comedy-drama, said that a flash-forward narrative device will offer viewers a glimpse into the future lives of the Wisteria Lane gang. Spoiler alert: Read no further if you don't want to know what happens to some of the central characters. Cross said her character makes "a big leap."
"She's gone out into the world and she's become a bit of a success," the 46-year-old actress said.
When asked if that success has anything to do with the catering business Bree started with her neighbour Katherine (Dana Delany), Cross replied, "It does have to do with the business. Bree definitely has made a name for herself."
And Bree - the embodiment of preppy style - will change her look.
"Let's put it this way, the (hair) flip has died and I'm so happy about that," Cross said.
She also revealed that Eva Longoria Parker's character, Gabrielle, "has had some children."
When asked what becomes of the troublesome Kayla (Rachel Fox), who is Tom's (Doug Savant) daughter, Cross said, "She hightails it out of town or is hightailed out of town."
The season finale of "Desperate Housewives" airs Sunday.
www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-05-15-housewives-finale_N.htm
'Desperate Housewives' gets serious for finale
16th May 2008
Somebody's gonna die: Sunday could be D-Day for Dana Delaney, left, Marcia Cross or Gary Cole.
By William Keck, USA TODAY
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — It is a bloody day on the set of ABC's Desperate Housewives as Katherine Mayfair's house of secrets finally comes crashing down in the two-hour season finale (Sunday, 9 p.m. ET/PT).
In a soundstage on the Universal Studios lot, Dana Delany (Katherine), Marcia Cross (Bree), Nathan Fillion (Katherine's estranged husband, Adam) and Gary Cole (Katherine's wacko ex, Wayne) are shooting the climax to Katherine's season-long mystery. And to be sure, this is no happy family reunion.
Some characters are tied up. Another has a gun. A sign of something sinister lies beneath the rug. And Adam's face is so bloodied (and swollen thanks to carefully applied prosthetics) that the actors are playfully calling Fillion "Frankenstein."
It is just before midnight, and the cast is still rehearsing a scene that will shoot well past 2 a.m.
Like many viewers, Cole has found himself perplexed by the mystery's wavy timeline and asks his co-stars, "Is this the room where it took place?"
By the end of this creepy sequence, a character will be dead and another will be gone for good. And by the end of the episode, an unusual twist will lead to a mass exodus of many cast members who have been on the show since Day 1.
Undaunted by the tragedies about to go down, Cross, dressed in a comfy bathrobe, is checking e-mail on her BlackBerry while exchanging giggles with Delany.
Setting up a mysterious flashback that takes Katherine back to Romania in 1996, Delany playfully waves her hands in front of her face and mimics the silly "doodly-doo, doodly-doo" flashback noises made famous by Mike Myers in his Wayne's World comedies.
This flashback will confirm what Katherine has long suggested — that she was the victim of domestic violence. "What Katherine goes through is so huge," Cross says. "It's definitely domestic violence, so I'm sure people will relate."
A much-needed bit of comic relief comes when the cast and crew learn that series creator Marc Cherry, on his way to the set to help choreograph this pivotal scene, has forgotten his studio ID and is not being allowed to pass through the security gates.
"Marc's the man, but the people with the power are the ones at the gate," Cross jokes. "A lot of times for me, I'll just roll down the window and show them my face, but to be the (faceless) creator is something different."
When Cherry finally arrives, he decides part of the scene is too complicated and makes a change. Then, looking over at Fillion, Cherry cracks, "You're not as pretty as you used to be."
No sweat off Fillion's bloodied brow as he invites people to freely take a poke at the gelatin prosthetics that have been adhered to his face.
"It took about an hour and a half to apply," he boasts.
Cherry says he had planned to kill off Adam months ago, "but we kind of fell in love with Nathan. He's such a good guy."
Though not saying whether Adam survives the finale, Fillion confirms he will be shooting his own ABC pilot, TheCastle, and is not returning to Housewives.
"This is my last scene," he says bittersweetly. "The end of a journey for me."
But it is just the beginning for those who are left after the finale's final moments.
Says Cherry: "As the years have gone on, the soap (quality) brought us to some pretty big places, and I felt it was time to scale back and start small again. … Once I explained what I was going to do to their story lines, everyone got excited."
Including Teri Hatcher, who plays housewife Susan: "More than a cliff-hanger, we're cliff-jumping," she says.
When Season 5 begins, she says, "anyone could be anything. It's an open playing field again for all of us."
----------------------
winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/05/16/5582936-sun.html
Who Has Hijacked Housewives This Season
By BILL HARRIS
The famous "fab five" notwithstanding, the two most intriguing story-lines on Desperate Housewives this season have focused on outsiders.
With the two-hour season-finale set for Sunday on CTV and ABC, some answers finally will emerge with regard to Katherine (Dana Delany) and her alleged daughter Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca).
Delany has been marvellous since joining the fray at the beginning of the season. And the recent addition of Gary Cole as Katherine's ex-husband has added a dangerously creepy factor, although to us Cole always will be known for his hilariously goofy take on Mike Brady in the two Brady Bunch movies.
And speaking of creepy, how about that evil little Kayla, played by 11-year-old Rachel Fox? We haven't seen such a chillingly deadpan school-girl since a young Christina Ricci played Wednesday in the Addams Family flicks.
Much has been made of the exit of Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) last week, but she'll be back next season, according to ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson. Nonetheless, if Edie were gone for good, would you care? We're getting as sick of her antics as the other women on Wisteria Lane are.
Sorry, Edie -- the fourth season of Desperate Housewives has been hijacked by the dark double-K's, Katherine and Kayla.
------------------------
www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=87204
Desperate Housewives Finale Takes Place In The Future
Web Editor: Korie Eiles, Producer
Created: 5/16/2008 4:30:35 AM
Updated: 5/16/2008 2:45:25 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sunday's season finale of "Desperate Housewives" will take place five years in the future.
Marcia Cross tells AP Radio that the future will find Bree as a big success in the business she and Katherine started, though she wouldn't say if Katherine was still part of the venture.
She also says Bree looks different because "the flip has died."
As for Gabby, Cross says she's finally given Carlos what he's always wanted, some kids.
And she says that creepy Kayla will be "hightailed out of town" after causing so much trouble for Lynette and her children.
---------------------------------
New York Post
www.nypost.com/seven/05162008/tv/takin_a_shot_111002.htm
TAKIN' A SHOT
'DH' TRIES TO GO FIVE YEARS INTO FUTURE
Marcia Cross as Bree
May 16, 2008 --
TWO questions are overriding all others as "Desperate Housewives" goes into its two-hour season finale this weekend.
The questions are not even likely to be answered on Sunday (9-11 p.m. on ABC) since they concern the future of this show, which happens to be TV's highest-rated scripted series (yes, with an average 18.3 million viewers per episode this season, "Desperate Housewives" is bigger than "CSI" and "House" - you can look it up).
One of the questions concerns a major character, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), who was seen at the conclusion of last Sunday's episode climbing into her convertible and leaving Fairview after the ladies of Wisteria Lane formed an alliance to shun her after Edie threatened to blackmail Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross).
Her departure fueled speculation that Sheridan was leaving the show.
Neither Marc Cherry, the usually loquacious creator/executive producer of the show, nor ABC's press reps would characterize Sheridan's status, implying that to do so might spoil an upcoming plot twist.
ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson was less cautious at a news conference held earlier this week to brief reporters on ABC's new fall shows. He took a question about "Housewives" and let slip that Sheridan and Dana Delany, who has been starring this past season as Kathryn Mayfair, would both be back next season.
Cherry has played coy when asked about Sheridan. "She won't be back for a few years," he cheekily told the Associated Press.
That answer is probably a reference to the other question concerning "Housewives": Will Cherry go ahead with a plan under consideration to move the action on "Desperate Housewives" ahead five years into the future next fall?
No one is saying if the plan is definite yet, but Cherry's answer about Edie probably indicates the flash-forward scenario is a go, with Edie indeed returning in "a few years" next season.
Under this scenario, the show's fifth season would open next September with a peek into the lives of the housewives five years from now. The stories of how they got there would then be told in flashbacks throughout the season.
Meanwhile, Sunday's season finale will play in two parts representing two episodes of the 17 ABC managed to get produced this season, despite being interrupted for 3½ months by the writers strike.
In the first hour, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) will be accused of child abuse after slapping her bad-seed adopted daughter, Kayla (Rachel Fox), across the face in a clothing store. And in the second, several characters will receive mysterious death threats.
Will the threats matter five years in the future? The answer to that question won't be known until the fall.
--------------------
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h57oLkgrEaum7cmWIdqxcBg2d_Zg
Marcia Cross drops a few hints about Bree's future on 'Housewives'
17th May 2008
WASHINGTON — It's true, "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years.
Marcia Cross, who plays domestic goddess Bree on the ABC comedy-drama, said that a flash-forward narrative device will offer viewers a glimpse into the future lives of the Wisteria Lane gang. Spoiler alert: Read no further if you don't want to know what happens to some of the central characters. Cross said her character makes "a big leap."
"She's gone out into the world and she's become a bit of a success," the 46-year-old actress said.
When asked if that success has anything to do with the catering business Bree started with her neighbour Katherine (Dana Delany), Cross replied, "It does have to do with the business. Bree definitely has made a name for herself."
And Bree - the embodiment of preppy style - will change her look.
"Let's put it this way, the (hair) flip has died and I'm so happy about that," Cross said.
She also revealed that Eva Longoria Parker's character, Gabrielle, "has had some children."
When asked what becomes of the troublesome Kayla (Rachel Fox), who is Tom's (Doug Savant) daughter, Cross said, "She hightails it out of town or is hightailed out of town."
The season finale of "Desperate Housewives" airs Sunday.