Desperate Housewives - Channel 4, Wednesday, 10pm

So the summer that never was is officially over, the kids have gone back to school and, hurah!, we have some decent programmes on our tv’s again.

I’m glad the Desperate Housewives have returned, but it’s been so long since the writers strike severed the show mid-season that I had trouble remebering what exactly had happened at the beginning of this series.  Another thing that struck me was that the dialogue seemed a bit stilted, especially noticable in the conversation between Gaby and Edie.  Did anyone else think that or was it just me?  Are they using new writers?

Anyway, it was still great to be able to watch something that didn’t involve reality tv or sport again.  I stared in envy at Gaby’s perfect figure and wondered how they are going to write Eva Longoria Parker’s rumoured pregnancy into the show considering Gaby can’t have children…and I have started to ponder what little plot twist will eventually explain Katherine Mayfair’s husband’s disappearance.

I know all clues are pointing to her murdering him in self defence…but it can’t be that obvious….can it?