Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fourth Season

This season of Desperate Housewives is one of the best with several interesting storylines.

Katherine Mayfair comes to Wisteria Lane after an absence of many years with her daughter Dylan and new husband (who has a few mysteries of his own). Dylan and Julie Myer used to be friends when Dylan lived on Wisteria Lane, they pick up where they left off but there is something different about Dylan (especially considering she can't remember living on Wisteria Lane when she moved when she was 6) Dylan wants to find her father and enlist Julie to help her, but when he shows up it becomes apparent why Dylan can not remember living on Wisteria Lane.

Gabby Solis is courted by Victor Lang who is the Mayor of Fairview They get married, but soon Gabby is in the arms of her ex Carlos and then tries to hide her affair from her new husband.

Carlos Solis had been having an affair with Edie Britt, but soon after a fight about them starting a family he is in the arms of his ex Gabby who had just got married.

Susan Myer had been involved with Brit Ian and was about to get married to him before her ex boyfriend Mike Delfino regained the memory he had lost in a car accident. Soon she could not make up her mind, but after Ian broke up with her she and Mike got married and she soon found out that she was pregnant.

Bree Hodge just got back from a honeymoon with her new husband Orson and she is pregnant, so so her friends think. It turns out that she is just pretending to be pregnant because she is protecting her teenage daughter Danielle who is pregnant. She has a hard time keeping the secret and when Danielle comes back it is even harder. Edie (the baby's great aunt) soon finds out and blackmails Bree who is forced to tell the whole story to her friends (and leads to this seasons mystery with Edie's new hubby)

Then there is Lynette Scavo who finds out that she has cancer and also has to deal with her wicked step-daughter who tries to make her life difficult

The storylines all come together in the last episode when a tornado comes down on Wisteria Lane.

What is the reason Dylan can not remember living on Wisteria Lane? What happens to Gabby, Carlos, Lynette, Susan, and Bree watch the fourth season of Desperate Housewives

This season is far inferior to the previous three; the characters lack plausible motivations, the story is increasingly soapy, and the tornado is so unrealistic that it takes one directly out of the storyline. However, the worst aspect is the ending: it is so anti-climatic and uninteresting that not only does it fail to wrap up season 4, it sapped all interest for season 5.

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There's little else to add to what others have said of the season itself. Instead, I wanted to note the great extras that make this DVD set a nice buy. Several are of the same type as previous season sets:

There are audio commentaries for six episodes, the first by Marc Cherry and some writers with nice tidbits (season 3 was to end with the revelation of Bree faking her pregnancy but ABC didn't think that was dramatic enough so they came up with Edie's "Hanging"). The other five are "Couple commentaries" with nice banter between the actors and some fun stuff (like Marcia Cross marveling at how her cleveage was so big early in the season).

"Desperate From Beginning to End" looks at the creation of an episode, this one the tornado ep. It notes what a challenge it was with all the stunts and special effects work and how amazed they were ABC let them destory the set like that. It's a great insight to how they created the amazing story.

Hanging with the Men of Wisteria Lane" has the male actors bowling and sharing stories about the show.

"Cherry Picked" are Marc Cherry's half-dozen favorite scenes from the season.

There are also a dozen deleted scenes, many filler but some interesting and fun. This includes the alternate ending for the season finale and it's clear that Cherry made the right move changing it.

So overall, great extras flesh the season out and make this rebounding series back on its game.

I enjoy watching to see what next and how desperate the housewifes are.amazon has the best price on all my seres and movies.

Let's be honest - it's not as good as the first or the second season but still I'd recommend buying it. Believe me IT'S WORTH IT, you will not regret it!

It was very slow until the end. I found myself dozing off once and while until later on in the series. Smart marketing tactic to advance 5 years down the road though....now I just have to get season 5..but that was the point, wasn't it? To keep us all in suspense?!

Well, it's all been good up until the 4th season. We get "jipped" on episodes, the price, and now it appears the writing has been slapped together. I finished watching the 4th season tonight, left with a frustrated and unhappy feeling. Is this the way they want their fans to feel? The last few discs felt as if they weren't thought out very well. Obviously the last episode sucked. DON'T read the review if you don't want it spoiled... but 5 YEARS LATER they show them? Part of it was realistic and part of it was plain STUPID! Mike gone? Gabby with 2 heavy kids? Lynette's boy in Juvy? Lynette and Tom go through the Kayla deal - they both know what they have to do now before the kids become this way. Come on! Think about it fans, after Gabby being a model and a health nut - she wouldn't just let her children be unhealthy and she wouldn't even have children! If she did, it wouldn't be 2 (even if they adopted). What were the writer's doing on strike? Smoking? I WILL NOT be buying or watching the 5th season. I should of rented this from the library and $AVED my money! My advice: if you own seasons 1-3 RENT the 4th season and make your own decision to buy it or not. Really, if you stopped at season 3 you're still getting the best of ALL the seasons! SAVE your money - yes, the money that Americans aren't quite making like the writers are AND thanks to our economy!

We all know this show is simply awesome... but seriously what is with the price? $38.99? For what? Past seasons have sold at the same price, BUT they had 20+ episodes. This season only has 17 due to the writer's strike. I don't think it's fair to charge fans more, for whatever reason!

funny, dark and a great satire on suburbia, Desperate Housewives is one of the best shows on television.

What's with this price? We are paying per-episode and runtime, right? Yikes. The sale price at $39 and the original price at $59?????

Great show... possibly the only one I watched last year... but come on* If writers strike isn't enough... the whole we're-probably-in-a-recession thing should score some discount points.

In season 4 of DH we see the show going back to the basics, to the thing that made fans love DH: the friendships. The friendships of Lynette, Susan, Bree and Gabrielle, as well as each individual character, were tested over and over again and they endured. It was this quality of enduring friendship amongst women that makes this show so good.

Season 3 dealt with each women independently, barely interacting with the other friends and thus we lost that which made the show worthwhile, their interactions. Season 4 takes another route and shows the women provide each other a strong support system. Lynette relies on her friends and family to go through cancer, Bree deals with faking a pregnancy, Susan must deal with her marriage with Mike and Gabrielle must decide between Carlos and Victor.

We also see the introduction of another character, Katherine Mayfair (and of course, her many secrets which deserve to be a character all of their own). She was such an excellent character that I instantly liked her, secrets and all. Katherine was a former resident of Wisteria Lane and a friend of Susan's. She has a ton of secrets and a way to challenge each and everyone of our Wisteria Lane ladies.

Tornadoes, blackmail (tons of blackmail), ex-husbands, drugs, maniacs, and tons of humor. This is one of the best DH seasons to date.

$40 for only 2/3 of the season? No thanks. I don't really care for special features and the features on the Desperate Housewives DVDs have traditionally been after-thoughts of no entertainment value to me. I buy the DVD's for the episodes, and unless I can find 2/3 of the season for 2/3 of the price, I'm not buying.

I thought this season was ok i just wish their was more secrets and i dont like the idea of the fast forwarding 5 years into the future. Plus Dana Delaney is now a housewive so she should be on the DVD cover.

I have watched the 3rd season first.. it really touchs too many points in my life ... it is real and the writer is brilliant ... I brought the other two seasons.. and then watched 4th season on Show time.. I cant wait until season 4 will be out for sale (DVD) ... love teri hatcher

I loved this season more drama more ratings I give it a 5 would give it more but cant. 1 thing did dissapoint me daninelle not having her on anymore thats her baby she should help raise it. and the last episode was good at first but it said yr. something later then omg gabby is much prettier and dout she would have a child like that and i was looking for a baby instead. susan with another mAN Besides mike no nooooooooooo! thats unfair . and lynette her boys are really bad can they be any better than that. im hoping for it 2 be a dream cause it seems like 1 nothing seemed real.