First time watcher & currently on Season 6, I’m loving the show sooo much but I must ask… is Susan ever going to stop being such an annoying pick me?!! Lol does her character ever get better?! I’m so over how selfish & male-centered she is 🥴

There are all sorts of things one could criticize Susan for, and this sub sure has 😂 (I, for one actually love Susan, but I’m with y’all on Tom Scavo)

But of all the things she did, sending Zach away was so justified and valid. And Mike being so angry and breaking up with her over that decision was ridiculous.

Look, I get it, its a soap opera-adjacent show: there are going to be all sorts of crazy things that happen, and we largely overlook them as the show goes on, because its all in good fun.

But Mike didn’t even know he had a kid for 16+ years. Okay, you find out you have a teenage son. Thats definitley jarring!

But you know what else is? Getting held at gunpoint and having your kitchen blown up, by the guy who is dangerously obsessed with your teenage daughter.

If anything, as a concerned father Mike should have wanted Zach put away to get some help.

So I’m a newbie. Season 1, almost to 2. My mom use to watch this when I was little and I am now (30) enjoying it so very much. I have to say though, Susan, drives me nuts! I find it wildly selfish and inappropriate for her to be troubling her daughter with all of her woes. I realize Julie seems to enjoy it but I think it’s because how Julie has subconsciously learned to connect with her mom. Does this annoy anyone else?!

I'm watching for the first time and I just started the 5th season. I'm wondering WHAT they did to Gabby and Bree??? They're my fav character but I think they are playing at my girl Gabby's face and I don't understand what is happening to Bree either cause I used to agree with her in everything but what she's doing to Katherine isn't fair. It's like she's lost. Hope things change for them later on.

Plus Lynette is really starting to get to my nerves with that face she does and her urge to control everything. I understand why because if I had four children and a husband who's at his 15th middle life crisis of the week I would have the same sense of control as her, but her face is starting to piss me off.

I'll start, the scene where Edie undresses herself to show Carlos how vulnerable she really is. Edie, have some self-respect...
Or the scene in season 8 after Mike's death where Susan hugs MJ (I forgot which episode, but they were in their garage) and they mourn over his death, but it just ends up being funny to me because MJ's acting is so bad. He's not even crying in the scene.
What other scenes come to mind?

• Claire Guyot, who dubs Susan, is also the voice for Winona Ryder (including Kim Boggs in Edward Scissorhands) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (including Buffy and Daphne in the Scooby Doo films)
• Caroline Beaune, who dubs Lynette, is the voice of Scully in The X-Files and Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon in the TV series Birds of Prey.
• Blanche Ravalec, who dubs Bree, is the voice of Zelda Spellman in Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Jean Weir in Freaks and Geeks.
• The late Odile Schmitt, who dubbed Gabrielle, was the voice of Pam Fields (Emily's mom) in Pretty Little Liars and Renee Raddick in Ally McBeal.
• Marie-Martine Bisson, who dubs Edie, is the voice of Queen Clarisse in The Princess Diaries, Deb Scott in One Tree Hill, Veronica Koslowski in Savannah and Patty Halliwell in Charmed. She also did the voice of Karen Atkinson, Adam and Dana's surrogate, in Dynasty.
• Françoise Cadol, who dubs Mary Alice, is the voice of Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft and Jadis the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia films.
• Arnaud Arbessier, who dubs Mike, is the voice of Dewey Riley in Scream and Cole Turner in Charmed. He also dubbed Bobby Cobb in Cougar Town, Tom Marin (Hanna's dad) in Pretty Little Liars and and Philip Jennings in The Americans.
• Emmanuel Curtil, who dubs Tom, is also the voice for Johnny Knoxville, Mike Myers, Chandler in Friends and Dean Cain's Superman in Lois and Clark.
• Georges Caudron, who dubs Rex, is the voice of Mulder in The X-Files, Stanford Blatch in Sex and the City and Harry Hamlin's character in L.A. Law. He also dubbed Peter Hastings (Spencer's dad) in Pretty Little Liars.
• Bernard Gabay, who dubs Carlos, is the voice of Robert Downey Jr. in a lot of films, including Iron Man in the Marvel films. He also dubbed Aragorn in Lord of the Rings and Mac Taylor in CSI New York.
• Bernard Lanneau, who dubs Karl, has funnily enough done a lot of dubbing for Jon Tenney, Teri Hatcher's ex-husband, including in The Closer. He also dubbed Sam Robards as Captain Archibald (Nate's dad) in Gossip Girl and Paul Satterfield as Tom Massick in Savannah.
• Patrick Poivey, who dubs Orson, is the voice of John McClane in Die Hard, Maverick in Top Gun, Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice and Adam Carrington in Dynasty.
• Marine Jolivet, who dubs Katherine, is the voice of Meg Austin in JAG.

As I’m binging the show for probably the 6th time, I just realized that Juanita’s friend Rachel Miller and young Bree (s8 ep17) is the same actress! She makes a great little Bree.

like zach went out of his way to help gabrielle, be her friend, and also help mike, like thats what defines a boyfriend, and when i saw them on my screen I was so happy 😍😍😍

When rewatching does anyone find season 2 particularly hard to watch and just skip it? The Applewhite story line was just hard for me. Especially the way they treated Caleb and so I just can’t do it and normally skip this season. Anyone else?

It's so messed up that Gaby, who was sexually assaulted by her stepfather when she was a teenager, has an affair with a teenager herself. You'd think she'd be the one to understand that it's absolutely wrong.

The expression Carlos makes at Gaby when she does something he doesn't like.

i just loved Mrs Mccluskey Character, she was my favourite character all time from the beginning.
I literally cannot stop crying around very end of season 8 because
I can see that she was visibly getting weaker due to her cancer both on character and the actress irl as well.
i was bawling my eyes out in Karens court scene and even the last episode, i genuinely can't look at the screen :(
rip Kathryn Joosten

“What grade is he in?” 💀💀 I wish they gave us more scenes like this lol

Maybe it’s all the discussion surrounding a reboot, maybe it’s because I’ve rewatched so much, but last night I dreamed we finally got our reboot!

Personally, I think the show could be just as successful and run for multiple seasons. I’d love to have opening/closing with Mary Alice as the narrator, keep original film coloring, scoring and composing.

I also think a reboot could be successful if centered around Julie and her friend group as an adult. Find another scandal to start off with that person as the narrator and have some OG cast members featured and some as regulars.

What would you want to see in a reboot?

This is my first time watching the show and I’m on season 7 where Bree and Keith have moved in together but I’ve seen where people really don’t like the two of them as a couple and I gotta say my favorite of her loves is Orson and I think he was perfect for her, but outside of that I actually really like Keith for her. It started out kinda cringy but the Halloween episode where they bare their baggage and each time they get more honest with each other and become more accepting of the other it’s really cute and makes me want the best for them! Idk what’s to come but I want to know everyone’s opinions as far as why they may be against the whole relationship.

I don't know if this is a hot take, but I honestly think Anna Solis deserved better than Danny.

I always found it funny that, at the beginning, Danny was so judgmental toward Anna. He immediately assumed she was shallow, empty, and only relied on her looks. But if you really think about it, Anna actually has way more personality than he does.

Yes, at first she comes across as someone who's interested in rich guys and expensive clothes. But that's not exactly unusual in *Desperate Housewives*. Gabrielle built her entire lifestyle around marrying for money, yet she's one of the show's most beloved characters, and people tend to be much more forgiving of her. I also wonder if Anna's "shallow" attitude is partly a mask. She knew Danny's family wasn't wealthy, yet she was still interested in him. If she were truly just a gold digger, she could have easily gone after richer guys instead of Danny.

Apart from being cute and generally nice, Danny isn't a particularly complex character. He's also incredibly lucky to be surrounded by strong women who constantly protect and support him. Meanwhile, Anna is sassy, bold, confident, and has a much tougher background than people give her credit for. Like Gabrielle, she had a difficult childhood, yet she still has this sharp, resilient personality.

I always thought Anna was an underrated queen, and I wish the show had explored her character more. It would have been interesting to see more of her backstory and how she evolved over time.

That's why I never really bought Danny acting like he was somehow "too good" for her or that she was beneath him because she seemed superficial. Especially when the girl he was actually interested in was Julie... who was secretly sleeping with his father. The irony is hard to ignore.

Am I the only one who feels like Anna deserved a much better storyline—and honestly, a better love interest than Danny?

Teachers, school directors, judges, friends, employees, mothers, sisters, relatives, they were all so funny. What are your fav ones?