Review of Pilot

Desperate Housewives: Pilot (2004)
Season 1, Episode 1
8/10
It was the perfect pilot episode.
5 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The one that both got you hooked and entertained. And it has one of the best scenes, in the whole series. That's the thing I usually find regrettable in this show. The first season was so perfect and groundbreaking, that the rest looked tame in comparison. It was a whole season appeal you got from this pilot episode. The cast was great, but I'm not sure Bree's sudden change of attitude towards her husband, will ever be explained. If I recall well, there's the part about her cleaning her mother's blood on the sidewalk. Which was long before she met Rex, and had this obsessive notion of perfection. So could it be the show's first plot hole? Thankfully, the rest of the pilot episode is flawless. The opening scene, and shocking « twist » where Mary Alice commit suicide. The heroines introduction. The first intrigues, and discovery of the infamous letter. Were all milestone moments of the first ever DH episode. Some special effects look dated on HD, but nothing bad either. I'm probably not very original, but my favorites scenes are those where Lynette goes inside the pool, Gabby mowers the lawn, and Susan set Eddy's house on fire. It's a shame the second episode couldn't keep this perfect synchronicity, but that's what usually happens when a pilot episode sets the bar this high I noticed.
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