Desperate Housewives - Series 1 (Box Set) (DVD)

...watched the first episode of Desperate Housewives because I had seen a write up on the program in my TV page and I have to say it appealed to me. However, because the programme was shown on Wednesdays, I didn't get to see every episode so I was delighted to find that I had been given Series one on DVD by my parents for Christmas. Packaging This DVD set comes in a white case with a picture of the desperate housewives on the front. The characters ...
...plot of what happens in Desperate Housewives and to be honest, there is so much going on in every episode that it would be difficult to detail it all in a review anyway. There are 5 main 'Desperate Housewives' who all live on Wisteria Lane which from the outside, looks like a very prefect place to live. In the 1st episode we met Mary-Alice Young who narrates throughout the whole series. Mary-Alice Young appeared to lead a perfect life, that is, ...

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Seeing Desperate Housewives advertised on tv for the past few years, it has always appealed to me but having to get up early for work, it was always on way past my bedtime (some ridiculous hour like 10:30pm or some other obscure time that surely no other 25 year old would be awake for!) so I very rarely got to see it. My boyfriend always raved about it (he said he thought the plot of the show was good but I'm thinking it may have more to do with ...
...In a nut shell though, Desperate Housewives tells the tale of life on Wisteria Lane in Suburban Fairview. The houses are large and exquisite, the gardens perfect and the people beautiful and rich - what could be better? Well, as you find out in the first episode, life is not as great as it seems on Wisteria Lane. Everybody has secrets and how much do you really want to know about your Neighbours?. ************************************************ ...

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...pal Stu bought me the Desperate Housewives season 1 box set- which I have only just got round to watching, as my permanent DVDs come second to my blockbuster rentals. I've been watching about 2 or 3 episodes a night and love it. The series was on Channel 4 last year when I was in my second year at uni, and as it was on a Wednesday night, we missed rather a few due to more pressing matters like consuming far too much cider and black at the Student ...
...has no control. She is desperate to keep up with the other supermoms of Wisteria Lane, and will go to any means to do so, even getting hooked on her terrible twins' ADD medicine to get things done. She longs for peace, tranquillity, and for her former life- a bigshot advertising executive. Bree Van Der Kamp is the model woman, and always strives to be. Her kids are seemingly perfectly brought up, her marriage great, and her lawn always perfectly ...

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From the day I saw the adverts for this, I knew I wanted to watch it. I mean hell! It had man candy in it! (still does actually) I was impressed from the get go to tell the truth. This dark comedy drama starts with a shocker, within the first five minutes we get to see someone shoot herself in the head. From then on the show has managed to build and maintain a level of humour, curiosity and drama that I've never witnessed all in the same room. Narrated ...
...young), we get to see everything she can and this woman sees everything now that she is dead. She follows the lives of those she was close to when she had a pulse and keeps the comedy going with sarcasm that only dead people could muster. Her friends are (as any good friend should be) entirely far too curious for their own good when they learn about mary-alices demise and this starts off a great suspense filled story line with more twists than an ...

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Desperate Housewives, which one are you? The Desperate Housewives DVD Season 1, I think, makes the perfect gift for the lady in your life as just about every personality is represented by the ladies on Wisteria Lane. If you haven't heard of Desperate Housewives before (and if not where have you been!), it a TV show which has reached cult like status. It follows the lives of a number of different women on the fictional Wisteria Lane and their long ...
...shown just what life is like for an everyday average street in somewhere in America. The street is anything but average in my opinion as the houses are big and immaculate, the clothes designer and the problems anything but normal. The show is very cleverly done and is very addictive. The show is played out with the help of a voice over, we later find out that this is the voice of Mary Alice Young, a former resident of the street who is now deceased ...

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Well from a male point of view i find desperate housewives very boring, but i did buy it for my girlfriend last month and she cant get enough of it, it is worth buying as a gift to your girlfriend/mother and it gives us lads a couple of hours peace. ...

craig7486 02.05.2007
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...first few minutes of the DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES pilot episode, when seemingly sane and happy housewife Mary Alice Young removes a revolver from a drawer and shoots herself in the head. The show basically asks "how much do you really want to know about your neighbours?" The problem is that, as Susan Mayer says, "Sometimes people pretend to be one way on the outside when they are totally different on the inside." That's something true of everyone on ...
...Young have to admit, Desperate Housewives is my personal favourite on TV today. This show is definitely amazing and the girls are incredible. The storylines are beautifully written and the cliff-hangers are well deserved. I am totally hooked on this show that I cant seem to get enough. Bree Van De Kamp is my personal favourite and I hope that she gets a life sometime. LOL! Desperate Housewives is an original and truly entertaining show. It's a fresh ...

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Desperate housewives is a drama, set in wisteria Lane, the series follows the women of surbubia living on this street, their lies, loves and losses, as well as some fantastic scandal inbetween! The series one DVD boxset consists of six discs, with 23 episodes. There are bonus features on every disc. The seris 1 set is rated a 15 certificate, which i think is generally an apprproriate certification. Each episode is around 40minutes long, the average ...
...featurette Dressing wisteria lane featurette Desperate housewives around the world featurette A stroll down wisteria lane featurette. As regards the price of this boxset, it depends really on where you buy it from. I would definitley recommend shopping around online, as you may be able to ppick it up in a sale, or on special offer. I paid £15 for my box set on play.com, brand new. In a shop it usually retails at between£25-35, depending again on ...

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...for the next series of desperate housewives to come out next year. I totally loved the first series, but when I talk to people about it I keep hearing ''oh, I've not seen it'' WHAT This is the best series since forever. Friends was great but this is darker, dirtier and filled with secretes twists and surprises that if really happen in posh surburbia of the USA, I am happy in my house in the village, I definately wouldn't want to live in Wisteria ...
...So the basic theme of Desperate Housewives is the trials and tribulations of the women of Wisteria Lane, their relationships with each other, their past and with the men in their lives. It raises issues that the everyday housewife or wife can relate to such as marriage, sex, shopping, kids, love, housework and hidden secrets. I can't elaborate anymore about the plots, secrets, deception or deaths of Wisteria Lane without spoiling the fun for you. ...

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...ever seen an episode of Desperate Housewives or even heard of the show through the media you will be aware of what a highly acclaimed programme it is. Living up to its reputation the first season is outstanding! A great first impression of the skilled director, writing and production teams; who cleverly portray the humorous style of the characters. The series is defiantly a winner and is so addictive I guarantee you will be hooked after the first ...
...always left wanting more. Having been given the box set as a Christmas gift I couldn't say much on the cost aspect, but presuming you enjoy the show or have seen episodes here and there and want to start at the beginning this is defiantly good value...for interest lets say. Although when watching the show you (like me) may be sceptical as to whether in real life everything would be so physically pristine and people would be so good-looking and witty; ...

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Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, in this new complete first series which are amazing to say the least. The show is about four, sometimes five housewives who live on Wisteria Lane somewhere in Suburbia, and how there lives become drawn together as they try to figure out the mystery behind why one of there fellow neighbours committed suicide. ...
...problems at home to sort out. Marcia Cross plays housewife number one who has and off / on relationship with her husband because he thinks she is too perfect, Felicity Huffman plays housewife number two - a woman who has to deal with a husband who is never home and a home full of little monsters (also known as six and five year old boys), Eva Longoria plays housewife number three, a woman who isn't quit sure if her husband is the person she wants ...

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Amazing. I never watched the series when it showed on TV, and was addament I would hate it, but my boyfriend recently persuaded me to watch the first episode on DVD that he had and from then on i was hooked. The story is about a group of women who all live on Wisteria Lane, a quiet street, that holds many dark secrets. The women are all close friends, and the first episode begins with one of them, Mary-Alice, shooting herself. This comes as a horrific ...
...seemed to have a virtually perfect life, faithful husband and happy son. So therefore, many questions are asked, the main one being, Why did she do it? Her group of friends, Gabrielle, Lynette, Susan and Bree, set out to answer the question, but discover many more secrets and twists along the way. We also see into the lives of each of the women, and all the other neighbours, including mega flirt/uber bitch Edie, and old busy-body Martha, who all, ...

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WOW. This is the mother of all boxsets literally. I only saw parts of the four season and decided to buy the first season and I have never looked back. The story line is absolutely fabulous, the characters are absolutely fabulous and the price is absolutely fabulous. As soon as I had watched the full packed first season I bought the second one. The advertisements of it may make it seem farfetched but it isn't the amount of things that happen makes ...

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aaaaarrrgh these ladies are taking over my life!!well it started like this...i was really poorly just before Xmas and a friend of mine leant me the deperate housewives series 1 box set. I refused as i have seen it a few times but could never get into it. As i am a big fan of Sex and the city she recommended this to me. I took it.......watched it.......and am now addicted to it!!! i love all the characters and their individual lifestyles and just ...
...there in Wisteria lane with Teri Hatcher and the rest of the girls seeing how they live their high life and drama that comes with it!! love it!! i have finished series 1 and half way through series 2 now so look out for the next review very soon on series 2.x. the only downside to this is that my boyfriend says its coming between us but deep down he enjoys watching it too!!!! highly recommended for a good girly night in or even an early night on ...

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...disconnect from our world and enter those of the desperate housewives on wisteria lane. i would definitly recommend to watch several episodes at once as it keeps the focus and flow required to appreciate the little details of each character which have been carefully portrayed in this lovely series. ...

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