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This is the reason that, in regards to television, January has got to be the best month in the calendar. For the most part this is the time where many of our favourite shows from across the pond make their debut or a welcome return. With shows such as Glee, Brothers & Sisters and Lost all making their way over it was about time that Desperate Housewives came back for its sixth season.
So what's new on Wisteria Lane? Well for those of you who are yet to see this, it will be prudent to skip the current paragraph due to the inevitabilities of spoilers. When we left them Mike was at the altar with an unidentified bride, the big question being was it Katherine or was it Susan? Well, after apparent buckling to popular demand we can reveal that Mike was indeed marrying Susan. What about poor dejected Katherine? Well she has obviously gone slightly off the rails, summed up with a brilliant set piece where she holds Susan’s wedding dress hostage. As for the other members of Wisteria Lane, Lynette is expecting twins, Bree has decided to truly start her affair with her divorce lawyer, and Gabrielle is having to cope with the arrival of her teenage niece - and there is, of course, the new neighbours who provide the source of this season's mystery.
Welcome back to all those who skipped ahead.
The real strength in Desperate Housewives has always been the lead characters in both the performances and the writing. To someone who merely dips in and out of this show sporadically they will have noticed large changes in many of the behaviours and storylines, the biggest leap surely belonging to Bree. But the loyal viewers who have viewed this progression in the characterisations will not believe this to be so until they re-watch the earlier seasons. It is only then that the sheer organic nature of the character development can be witnessed and really should be lauded.
This focus on making sure the characters remain believable by no means detracts from both the dramatic and comedic aspects of the show with both genres being shown in full force. Whether it be the fantastic comic timing of the scenes between Gabrielle and Carlos or the heartbreakingly tragic scenes with Katherine and/or Susan it is great to see that in the opening episodes, the sixth season of Desperate Housewives is still at the top of its game, with credit really having to go to moves last season to promote Katherine to a lead character as well as moving the whole series five years into the future.
As shows go it truly stands alone as to how to perfectly execute the art of dramedy.
Desperate Housewives is on every Sunday at 10pm on E4, or for terrestrial viewers on Wednesday at 10pm on Channel 4
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