If you have yet to watch tonight’s Desperate Housewives premiere, stop reading now. For everyone else, onward and downward…
Housewives wasted no time resolving last May’s “Who’d Mike marry?” cliffhanger. In the opening minutes of tonight’s sixth-season opener, it was revealed that Mike picked soul mate Susan over Katherine. Surprised? Join the club. I thought for sure Housewives boss Marc Cherry would drag out the Susan-Mike romance for another season at least. Heck, he essentially threatened to do just that last April at Paley Fest ‘09, telling fans he would likely string us along for “a few more years” before marrying them off. So what happened to change his mind?
Cherry tells me he had a fan-driven epiphany over the show’s hiatus. “I originally was going to have Mike marry Katherine,” he admits, “but as I went out into the world on vacation and just started talking to people they were so determined that Mike and Susan should get together; they were so insistent on it. So I started to think, ‘What if I went that way.’ And it occurred to me that it might be a more effective way to go as opposed to frustrating the fans for another year by keeping Mike and Susan apart. The fans demanded it in a voice so loud I kind of was scared to go against them.”
There were creative advantages as well. Cherry says having Mike and Susan happily married “plays better for this season’s mystery.” It also gives Dana Delany a meaty woman scorned story, the beginnings of which we saw tonight. “Katherine has a breakdown,” says Cherry. “And it’s going to be one of the funniest breakdowns you’ve ever seen.”
But what about Cherry’s assertion at Paley Fest that happily married couples “are the death” of soap operas? “The truth is, Tom and Lynette have been married for five seasons going on six and I’ve managed to keep that relationship [interesting],” he maintains. “There’s stuff to mine there once we accept that they’re together as a couple.
“I don’t anticipate ever breaking [Mike and Susan] up again,” he continues. “So now it’s up to me to find out what’s interesting about that marriage. I’ve done it with other marriages on the show, I now just have to do it with Mike and Susan.”
Thoughts? Ecstatic Cherry chose not to drag out Mike and Susan’s romance until the end of the series? Or do you fear that marriage will herald the beginning of the end for the star-crossed lovers? Sound off below.
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Well, you told me that “for sure they wouldn’t marry Mike/Susan til the end of the series” at your party.
Who am I to believe!
I thought Mike married Susan because Karl was in the church during the wedding. Why would Karl have been invited to Katherine and Mike’s ceremony? Of course, there are other ways to explain his presence, but I thought it was a definite clue. It makes more sense that Karl’d be at his pseudo-friendly ex-wife’s nuptials than at the wedding of two people with whom he hardly interacts.
I thought it was funny that the new family was invited. They’d only been there a couple weeks, and Mike and Susan were hitting them up for a wedding gift? Rude!
If I’m remembering correctly, the new family had moved in 8 months earlier before the wedding took place.
Eve, for some reason i can’t reply directly to you, but it was 8 weeks not months.
well if you think about it Karl could have been there for Katherines and Mies wedding because he was there to see Bree. It would make sense having him there as well.
I was relived. I would have been PO’d had they drug it out. Still hating the plot line with Carlos and Gaby’s niece. That chick needs to go or they need to figure out a better way to utilize that character than just make her a terror.
Agreed.
They keep saying that Jesse Metcalfe (is that his real name…you know, lawn boy with the eyebrows?) will be back this season. I’m thinking he hooks up with the niece!
genius! that would drive auntie gaby crazy.
Yes! They already had the annoying kid storyline with Tom’s illegitimate child, remember? It dragged out way too long, and just got very irritating.
I live Mike and Susan together.
….but I hate proofreading and correct spelling!!
I am so glad the back and forth is over! Mike and Katherine were never believable as a couple and if memory serves their whole story line was Katherine trying to manipulate Mike into staying with her. She even used his son to bring up marriage.
So true! I hated Mike with Katherine! That’s why I had stopped watching.
After all the thingd Susan & Mike got through to be with each other, they deserve some happiness together! Plus, they’re soulmates!
And gosh, there was NO chemistry at all between Mike & the evil one!
Totally agree. Katherine and Mike’s relationship always seemed extremely forced, like she was pushing him for a commitment the whole time. It never seemed natural and they lacked chemistry.
I stopped watching when Mike and Katherine hooked up too, he didn’t have chemistry with her just like Susan had no chemistry with Gale Harold (Oddly enough…Mike did!) Pretty bad when your ex husband is better on screen with your boyfriend than you are.
Finally – Mike married Susan! Katherine wasnt right to marry Mike – cant wait to see next week’s episode!
Glad to see I’m not the only one! Mike and Katherine had zero chemistry. And, her whole woman scorned thing seems contrived, as well? Why couldn’t they just give her a new man and not her supposed best friend’s ex husband?
I love the decision. Great.
omg thank you marc cheryy i luv you thank you sooo much mike and susan are soul mates!
There are two completely maddeningly things about this show: Susan and Susan’s relationship with Mike. I am so sick of seeing them go back and forth. Please, god, just let them stay together forever!
Thank you Mr.Cherry is all I can say. I was really hoping it would go this way as it is going to be hilarious watching Katherine go nuts. Also I don’t have to abadon ship and turn to On-Demand for my entertainment.
Susan is so aggravating. bleh.
I stopped watching this show when the tornado came to town. Lynette’s self-centeredness and ugly, stupid face was more than I could take.
Amen!
I was so happy he went with Susan. She and Mike are a much better couple, plus Katharine is finally interesting again. Great choice.
I can’t stand Susan and Mike together. Their relationship ran its course in Season 4. It’s funny that Marc mentions Tom and Lynette as an example of a couple he can still do things with because if you ask me, her pregnancy with twins is proof that he’s run out of ideas.
dont really care about susan and mike together but i love that it gives serious charge to dana delaney’s storyline who i absolutely love couple that with with bree and karl and drea im seriously excited again about this show
I completely agree about Dana Delaney! She’s under-used on the show. She’s a terrific actress & Marc could have a lot of fun with her character. Mike and Susan need to stay together. The Susan character is very needy, and watching her date other men was tedious & boring.
The Bree & Karl match-up is unexpected & brilliant. Lots of possibilities here, as they have a lot they can learn from each other.
The only character who hasn’t “grown” on the show is Tom. The guy comes across as the same complete idiot he was Season 1, Episode 1. Story lines in which Tom is center are my time for the bathroom/kitchen runs/kid runs. Marc, can you do anything with the guy??
I was really hoping that Gale Harold would be back. I love that man as an actor.
I wish it had been Susan’s funeral instead of Susan’s wedding.
OMG :O
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
You’re nuts!
I am so happy that I am not the only one on here that cannot stand Susan. She is just awful! I have never gotten this character of what is so great about her. Please kill her off!
Don’t really care about who Mike is with, but if the plan was to have him with Susan eventually anyway, I’d rather it be over with now. Plus Katherine is a great character, she deserves to be more than the insecure woman clinging to a guy like that, who will always have to share a part of his life with his ex since they share a kid.
I don’t know why people whine so much about couples getting boring on shows. Once they’ve broken up half a dozen times I’d rather them break up for good no matter how “meant for each other” they were, than have to deal with the angst much more.
Mike and Susan are the world’s most boring couple! I was so hoping for Dean Cain to be stunt cast as Susan’s new man at some point during this show. Now I guess it will never happen — cries!
You know, I love Susan & Mik together, but the Dean Cain thing would actually have been kind of cool!
They should bring him in as Katherine’s new love interest.
Cherry is not dumb, he knows that Teri & Dean had/have tremendous chemistry.
If he had gone with Katherine I would have stopped watching. As is, the Katherine scorned storyline is very boring, but I’m still watching.
hopefully katherine’s storyline will now pick up. didn’t really like her with mike. it felt a little forced.
ugh i was pissed about the ending. i saw it coming unfortunately….
Now if only Alan Ball would hear all the Eric-shippers and take it to heart like Marc did.
I love how an Eric-related reply comes to an article that has NOTHING to do with True Blood! Further proof that Eric Northman is slowly taking over the world! Yay!
NO, you’re confused, it’s BILL & Sookie who are soulmates, just like Mike & Susan, or Derek & Meredith! Fate.
Clearly you haven’t read the books. Turns out Bill is a d-bag and Eric is awesome.
Gotta agree with Ally. Eric and Sookie are H-O-T! (shower scene!!) Bill is ultimately a jerk and Stephen Moyer bores me.
(Oh, an Susan is better with Mike.)
I haven’t seen True Blood, but I’m halfway through the books, and I agree with Ally. I’ve disliked Bill from Book 1, and Eric is awesome.
I watched the opening of DH through my fingers… if Cherry had decided to go with Mike and Katherine, I would’ve been gone. Mike and Susan are my favorites by far, and they are the characters that keep me coming back (even when Susan’s being ridiculous, I still love her. I think it’s a hold-over from Teri Hatcher’s days on Lois & Clark – I used to adore that show back in the day). I’m *so* thrilled that he decided to have Mike and Susan married and together again. Bold move from the head honcho, and I applaud him for it. Perhaps some other producers who like stringing the will-they-won’t-they stuff along should stand up and take notice. It only is fun for so long before it begins to alienate fans. Bravo, Mr. Cherry!
It also gives Dana Delany a meaty woman scorned story…
If that is what we saw tonight Marc doesn’t know the difference between “woman scorned” and “pathetic.” I used to like Katherine but towards the end of last season when Susan and she were fighting for Mike’s attention it was sad and it seems that she has only gotten 10 x worse in that aspect.
Kudos to Drea de Matteo though and her new character, Angie. She seems fresh & different from the other housewives as well as Edie, which is nice.
Who cares, when Cherry killed off Edie Brit he killed the series for me.
the network fired her it’s not like cherry had a choice in keeping her. besides talk about tired stor lines. Edie became dull from the point she faked a suicide…
I’m glad it turned out the way it did. Mike and Katherine had NO chemistry and Katherine having a nervous breakdown will at least give Katherine something more interesting to do. I’m really hoping they find a way to bring back Jackson and not as a mate for Katherine, that would be gross and creepy. Can’t wait to meet Karen’s boyfriend. Not sure about the rest of the storylines yet but I am glad to see Andrea back. I do like the new family so far, they are not as “odd” as when Katherine and her new husband came back with Dylan to Wisteria but then I had that story figured out a few weeks into it.
Mike and Susan, such a boring couple, married or not. I liked them better they were with other people (katherine, Jackson, Dr. Ron, or even Ian).
Ugh, I can’t STAND Teri Hatcher and stupid stupid stupid Susan. I thought I was done last season and now I’m officially done. Fire that woman already!!!!
Agreed! I’m not watching anymore, but I used to fast forward through the Susan parts.
Hmm, so you say. If you’ve kept watching this long, odds are you’ll hang around…you’ve proven it just by adding your two cents to this blog!
I don’t mind the Susan/Mike thing, but neither of them is particularly compelling these days. I am much more interested in Katherine’s storyline.
I miss Edie.
Am I the only one who liked tonight’s episode and thinks that it’s going to be a really interesting season? The scene with Lynette is heartbreaking and I love the the direction they are taking with Gabi, Carlos and the niece.
Yes, loved it. I was so happy to have the show back and didn’t realize how much I missed it (sad I know). Lynette really nailed that scene and I felt for her. I thought Eva’s acting was fantastic last night and I also like the way she’s becoming a mother figure to the niece because she reminds her of herself. I’m already intrigued by the new family and happy to see this new mystery and done with the whole Dave saga (ugh!) This show is mindless entertaining fun for a Sunday night.
You are not alone! I agree with you completely. I thought it was a great show and I look forward to what he has in store for us.
Loved the episode! cant wait for next week! Was so excited by Mike/Susan and even enjoyed the bree storyline! LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This show is boring. Do people even still watch it?
Yes, I still watch it. Why bother reading a review on the show and comments if you don’t care about it? See ya!
I like it!!