Season 3 - Spoiler

[Annika]

Jeff Greenstein, Desperate Housewives

What changes did you want to see, coming in?
Jeff Greenstein: To me, as a fan, I want a more compelling mystery and I want the show to be funnier. We started months earlier than they did last year. We spent a lot of time working out the arc of the mystery, and you're going to get a better, more compelling mystery. It's smack-dab in the center of the show. It involves Bree and the man that she has married, Orson, played by Kyle MacLachlan. And at the same time, the show is going to be funnier. That's something that [former Frasier scribe and new DH producer] Joe Keenan and I have hammered away at a lot. So we're approaching story lines from the perspective of, "Yes, we want them to be compelling and dramatic and emotional and real, but we also want it to be funny."

I heard that the Orson mystery is going to be much different from what was originally planned.
Greenstein: I wasn't really privy to what last year's plan was. We were encouraged to come in with a bit of a clean slate and proceed from where we left off. Orson hits Mike with a car. Why'd he do that? A romance was ignited between Bree and Orson. Where are we going? So we really started with a blank sheet of paper and thought, "What would be the most compelling thing we could come up with and hook all the women into it? Mike's hooked into it; Susan's hooked into it; Bree's obviously very hooked into it; Bree's kids get hooked into it.

So Orson is at the center of all this?
Greenstein: Really, Bree is at the hot center of it. And Kyle is great. He can go from charming to enigmatic in the flash of an eyebrow. He's a great character to write for in that regard. And also he and Bree are two of a kind. They're both kind of compulsive, they love things done in a certain way, they're emotionally repressed... They're fun to write together.

And what about Susan's new love interest (played by Dougray Scott)?
Greenstein: Here's how he figures into it: Mike is in a coma at the start of the year, so Susan has been dutifully attending to him. In the course of doing so, she meets a handsome man whose wife is in a coma across the hall. And the analogy Marc used, which I love, is that as she's dutifully attending to the comatose Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant walks in. So they become sort of coma buddies. It starts out with the two of them sharing coffee in the hallway, and it sort of blossoms into a romance. Obviously, that's going to get really complicated when Mike comes around.

Susan became unbearable last season. Your thoughts?
Greenstein: I think it is important that she have strong and relatable things to play. So we thought it would be fun to get her into a bona fide romantic-comedy kind of relationship that threatens her preexisting relationship with Mike. She's got a lot of really strong stuff to play. There is some physical comedy, 'cause I think she's adorable doing it. There's a wonderful moment in the first episode with her and Dougray... He's really charming, very different from James Denton. So I think it'll give her some really good stuff to play and show you some sides to the character we haven't gotten to yet.

Where's Bree's son, and how long is it going to take him to find his way home?
Greenstein: He'll come back, and we learn what he was doing while he was away. We find out what he's been up to by the way Bree finds him. That happens early in the season.

What about Edie?
Greenstein: Her nephew, Austin [Aaron Stanford, aka X-Men's Pyro, was allegedly circling the role, but now I'm told that isn't happening], comes to town and begins a relationship with Susan's daughter, Julie. So that becomes sort of a Montague-Capulet sort of situation. It's fun seeing Edie in a parental context. We haven't really seen that too much.

Will Lynette still be in the office?
Greenstein: We're in the middle of working on the sixth episode, and we're not really doing that much with Lynette at the office. I think most of what you'll be seeing is Lynette's home life and how her life with Tom is threatened by the interloper Nora, and also the fact that she's got a new daughter to attend to in Kayla. Kayla's sort of an enigmatic figure, who becomes more and more interesting as the season moves on. Lynette's going to have some trouble integrating yet another kid into the family.

And Gabrielle?
Greenstein: Gabrielle's got a great story. [When] we pick up at the start of the season, Xiao-Mei is eight and a half months pregnant, so the roles have reversed. Xiao-Mei has been put on bed rest, and now Gabrielle has to wait on her, which is really funny. At the same time, she's going through an increasingly bitter and acrimonious divorce with Carlos. They're trying to hold together the chards of their relationship because they have a kid on the way. So these two trains are converging, and those things will crash into each other early in the season.

How much time will have passed between the finale and the premiere?
Greenstein: Six months. It's a great thing. It's something we hit on early in the story-breaking process. It gives us the opportunity to throttle forward to the moment of maximum dramatic impact. Xiao-Mei is on the verge of giving birth; Lynette is reaching her breaking point with Nora; Bree and Orson are getting engaged. All of a sudden we're reaching a point of maximum drama. I think one of the things that we took away from last season was, "Let's get up and running fast. Let's get into the hot drama of these situations as quickly as possible." It felt like some of the early episodes of last season were in the business of setting things up. Now we forget the setup and go right to the crisis.

Did you consider getting rid of narration?
Greenstein: Never going to happen.

Last season it felt like the narration was forcing the writers to tie all the stories together, and it showed.
Greenstein: Theme is so important to the making of these episodes, from the moment that we break the story. We're never trying to artificially paste a theme on after the fact. We start with the idea of, "This is a story about baggage." So we talk about what everybody's baggage is in the story and how they try to escape from it over the course of an episode. And to me, it helps enrich the show, so when Mary Alice is talking, she isn't trying to force something that isn't really there.

What if all the stories don't fit together nicely?
Greenstein: We make sure [they do]. If we have a story that is about getaways and it doesn't fit into a particular episode, we move it down the board a little bit until it fits into a thematic hole in an attempt to make the show more unified. The women are checking in with each other more, there will be more group scenes, group crises. The show needs to be funnier, and theme is really important — high drama but also high comedy. And an edge. That edge of wickedness and perversity that characterized the show so much.

Quelle: TVGuide.com

[Annika]

Episode 3.01: Listen to the Rain on the Roof
Airdate: September 24, 2006

Consulting producer Jeff Greenstein reveals: Six months [will have passed since the season finale]. Xiao-Mei is on the verge of giving birth; Lynette is reaching her breaking point with Nora; Bree and Orson are getting engaged. All of a sudden we're reaching a point of maximum drama. Source: The Ausiello Report


Episode 3.02: It Takes Two
Airdate: Fall 2006

07/21 - I hear that Josh Henderson (of Over There, aka Ashlee Simpson's ex-boyfriend) has been offered 15 episodes on Desperate Housewives this season. It was previously announced that Edie's 18-year-old nephew will come to town, so I'm guessing that may be him. Source: Kristin on E!Online


Episode 3.03: Title Unknown
Airdate: Fall 2006

07/22 - One housewife finds it difficult to be alone. Especially, when she misinterprets signals given by a man in a restaurant. People are looking for Zach. The stories of Mary Alice killing Zach's birthmother as well as Paul killing Mrs. Huber hit the news. Source: SpoilerFix.com


Season 3 General Spoilers:

07/21 - Consulting producer Jeff Greenstein reveals: We spent a lot of time working out the arc of the mystery, and you're going to get a better, more compelling mystery. It's smack-dab in the center of the show. It involves Bree and the man that she has married, Orson, played by Kyle MacLachlan. And at the same time, the show is going to be funnier. [Andrew] will come back, and we learn what he was doing while he was away. We find out what he's been up to by the way Bree finds him. That happens early in the season. We're in the middle of working on the sixth episode, and we're not really doing that much with Lynette at the office. I think most of what you'll be seeing is Lynette's home life and how her life with Tom is threatened by the interloper Nora, and also the fact that she's got a new daughter to attend to in Kayla. Kayla's sort of an enigmatic figure, who becomes more and more interesting as the season moves on. Lynette's going to have some trouble integrating yet another kid into the family. Gabrielle's got a great story. When we pick up at the start of the season, Xiao-Mei is eight and a half months pregnant, so the roles have reversed. Xiao-Mei has been put on bed rest, and now Gabrielle has to wait on her, which is really funny. At the same time, she's going through an increasingly bitter and acrimonious divorce with Carlos. They're trying to hold together the chards of their relationship because they have a kid on the way. So these two trains are converging, and those things will crash into each other early in the season. Source: The Ausiello Report

[Annika]

Episode 3.02: It Takes Two
Airdate: Fall 2006

The dead woman was found buried in clay and all her teeth were removed. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat

Carlos and Gabrielle will divorce early on this season. Word on the street is that John will be back. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat

[Wishmaster]

Episode 3.03: A Weekend In The Country
Airdate: Fall 2006

07/26 - The housewife looking for a missing person will have a run in with a transsexual
07/22 - One housewife finds it difficult to be alone. Especially, when she misinterprets signals given by a man in a restaurant. People are looking for Zach. The stories of Mary Alice killing Zach's birthmother as well as Paul killing Mrs. Huber hit the news.


Episode 3.04: Like It Was
Airdate: Fall 2006

08/07 - At the baseball game, Lynette rescues a kid from a vendor when he bugs the kid who doesn't have enough money to buy cotton candy. During the game, Parker goes up against the best pitcher in the little league and doesn't do too well. The coach wants to take him off the team. One housewife is at the hospital attending on a man. It's "Open House" at the local High School. Bree is in attendance. Gaby must deal not only with Carlos but with police officers. Andrew may appear in this episode.

08/06 - One married man is leading a double life as a gay man. We will meet Danielle's history teacher. There is a kids' baseball game in which Parker takes part. During the game, some teenagers (surely attending the game) display rude behavior. Ida Greenberg's son, who is a doctor, appears in this episode.

Source: SpoilerFix.com

[Melanie]

08/06 - One married man is leading a double life as a gay man.

Ui, ich frag mich wer das wohl sein kann?

Carlos fällt raus - der ist kein verheirateter Mann mehr nach der Scheidung, oder?!?

Tom dürfte es wohl nicht sein, denn der hat doch erst seinen "Skandal" bekommen. Fände ich persönlich jetzt unschön, wenn man da nochwas draufpackt.

Mike ist nicht verheiratet - vielleicht meinen die ja hier Bree's neuen Mann (sind die in der Folge dann schon verheiraten?)

Hab ich irgendwen vergessen? Hat jemand einen Tipp?

[Wishmaster]

Ich glaub kaum das Carlos schon geschieden ist und auch nicht das Bree dann schon verheiratet ist. Bin aber auch mal gespannt was da noch kommt. Spoiler sind ja auch nicht immer genau.Ich würde mich ja tot lachen wenn es Carl wäre, der macht ja immer so auf Macho

[Melanie]

Ich glaub kaum das Carlos schon geschieden ist und auch nicht das Bree dann schon verheiratet ist.

Zwischen dem Staffelfinale und dem Auftakt von Staffel 3 sollen ja einige Wochen/Monate vergehen und Bree soll schon mitten in den Vorbereitungen für die Hochzeit stecken. D.h. es ist nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass sie ein paar Folgen später schon verheiratet ist.

Ebenso verhält sich das bei Carlos und Gaby.

Aber ich denke für genaue Infos müssen wir wirklich abwarten bis September.

[Rachel Bilson4ever]

Es heißt ja, dass ein Housewive aussteigt, ist schon sicher, welches?

Liebe Grüße,
Rachelle

[Wishmaster]

Ich denke das Edie sein wird, sie soll ja mit ihrer Rolle nicht zufrieden sein.

[Rachel Bilson4ever]

Aber heißt es nicht, Marcia Cross alias Bree steigt aus, weil sie nicht mit ihrer Rolle zufrieden ist?

Oder hab ich da was verwechselt

Liebe Grüße,
Rachelle

[Melanie]

Die Gerüchte gibts schon seit letzter Staffel und sind nichts weiter als Gerüchte. Bis jetzt ist nicht bekannt, dass eine der Housewives aussteigen wird.

[Annika]

Episode 3.05: Nice She Ain't
Airdate: Fall 2006

08/19 - Susan brings her famous macaroni and cheese dish at the hospital to help jog Mike's memory. Susan discovers that Edie has been visiting Mike every single day since he woke up. A doctor treats a patient who has attempted suicide. Gabrielle and Carlos still live under the same roof but not "together." Gabrielle brings home Phil Lopez, a man named the Latino Businessman of the Year two years in a row, in order to make Carlos jealous. We meet Detective Ridley’s (played by Ernie Hudson) work partner. Sara, one of Julie’s friends, falls for Austin. Bree orders a crusty motel manager to open a room for her. A dysfunctional family meets a therapist. Danielle, Andrew, and Orson, also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

[Annika]

Promobild:



Quelle

[Laurent]

Das Bild ist wirklich toll.

Ich weiß nicht warum, aber ich freue mich sehr auf die 3. Staffel. Die 2. hat mir nicht sonderlich gefallen, aber ich denke, dass es die dritte wieder in sich haben wird. Alleíne schon wegen Edie und Austin. Das wird sicher lustig.

[Melanie]

Ich weiß nicht warum, aber ich freue mich sehr auf die 3. Staffel. Die 2. hat mir nicht sonderlich gefallen, aber ich denke, dass es die dritte wieder in sich haben wird.

Dein Wort in Gottes Ohr! Sowohl DH als auch die GG stehen dieses Jahr bei mir auf dem Prüfstand. Wenn innerhalb der ersten 4-5 Folgen nicht eine dramatische Besserung eintritt, werde ich die Serien wohl nicht weiter verfolgen.

Ich hoffe, DH findet wieder zu alten Stärken zurück - und besseren Geschichten!

[Laurent]

Dein Wort in Gottes Ohr! Sowohl DH als auch die GG stehen dieses Jahr bei mir auf dem Prüfstand. Wenn innerhalb der ersten 4-5 Folgen nicht eine dramatische Besserung eintritt, werde ich die Serien wohl nicht weiter verfolgen.

Nein, also GG werde ich ganz sicher weiter schauen. Das ist einfach meine Serie.

Wenn die 3. Staffel von DH so wird, wie die zweite, werde ich die Serie auch nicht mehr weiter verfolgen.

Ich hoffe, DH findet wieder zu alten Stärken zurück - und besseren Geschichten!

Ich hoffe es auch. Ich kann allerdings jetzt schon sagen, dass mich die Storys um Susan nicht interessieren werden.

[Melanie]

Ich hoffe es auch. Ich kann allerdings jetzt schon sagen, dass mich die Storys um Susan nicht interessieren werden.

Die Stories über wen?

(sorry wg. dem kurzen Post)

[Faith]

Ein kleiner Spoiler noch zu 3.05

It seems that the person who tried to commit suicide is a female. Julie still gives Austin the cold shoulder.

Quelle: Spoilerfix

[Melanie]

Question: Any Desperate Housewives spoilers? Is it true that one of the leading four will be leaving the show after a bank robbery in November sweeps? — Andy W.

Ausiello: Someone will die, but it won't be one of the four leads.

Quelle: Ask Ausiello

[Laurent]

Ich hoffe es auch. Ich kann allerdings jetzt schon sagen, dass mich die Storys um Susan nicht interessieren werden.

Die Stories über wen?

Achja, wir wollten die Gute ja ignorieren.


Ich bin ja schon sehr auf diesen Banküberfall gespannt und wer alles darin involviert ist.

Was ich auch ganz interessant finde, ist dieser Spoiler:

One married man is leading a double life as a gay man.

Wer könnte das wohl sein?

Carlos - nein! Bin ich mir ziemlich sicher.

Tom - nein! Der hat schon ein Doppelleben geführt.

Mike - Glaube ich auch nicht. Sowieso wird er in den ersten Folgen nur im Krankenhaus liegen.

Tja, wer bleibt dann noch übrig? Wer ist denn sonst noch alles verheiratet? Vielleicht wie Melanie schon sagte, der neue Mann von Bree.