Felicity Huffman, Doug Savant and Jason Gedrick by Ron Tom/ABC
Cheers to Desperate Housewives for grounding itself in real-world relationships — and their ramifications. Whether it's Gaby's hysterically selfish reaction to Carlos' blindness or Bree's inability to forgive Orson for running over Mike, storylines are being allowed to play out over time and characters are behaving consistently. Even one of last season's weakest subplots, Lynette's near-romance with Rick, has been redeemed by the revelation of the long-term damage it did to her marriage (not to mention his restaurant, which her brats burned down). And Katherine's murky backstory has taken a brilliant twist with the casting of Gary Cole as her ex-husband... or is he? Bravo!
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