What I'm Watching: Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives: Season 4, Episode 4 "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" (F)

All of the plotlines in this episode were obvious disasters from their very conception. Susan makes a fool out of herself from the first moment, and how should she possibly have thought that keeping the dog essential held hostage would turn out well at all? The paint business further proves my point that Mike has now become a terrible character and serves no purpose on the show. Maybe keeping Ian on the show would have worked better. Lynette offers a dead-on analysis of her character and why any and all storylines surrounding her have become increasingly annoying. The whole crabs thing is stupid, and Edie figuring out because of the crab cakes is cheesy. Wasn't she supposed to have been dealt with? New character Katherine is interesting, but she is too shady and mean without any legitimate reason to remain compelling. Bree is perhaps too ridiculous to be taken seriously, though her mother-in-law's attempt to help Danielle may help reinvigorate this series.