User blog comment:Desperatehousewives14fan/Season 8 Opinion Rant ~Contribute!~/@comment-392210-20120213235047/@comment-4396445-20120214011701

Although I, too, am kind of loving Season 8, I can't help but notice how the children seem to be absent for episodes after episodes, only to appear umpteen episodes afterwards. I don't think the central story/mystery is Alejandro, if that's what you're alluding to. I think the writer's intended for this season's mystery to be Ben; but he doesn't seem to have a mystery. He was supposed to be this big sexy aussie with a daughter in her teens, but that never happened. I do agree with you on the 1st/2nd half analogy there. You know, I do believe this season's second half is better than its first half. The first half wasn't serious; what, with the housewives becoming "scared" at petty mentions of stuff involving "burial". Episodes 10 thru 13 were good, I agree; but it can't EVER compare to the series's very first episode, which is kind of how I expect the episodes to be, which really is naive. I do agree that the dialogue is excellent. The drama, I believe, is dramatic; but the element of substantial mystery is absent, which really, in my opinion, makes for a GOOD mystery. Even though comedy should never be inserted into a DARK show, it is comedic, which is slightly puny and disappointing, to say the least. Mystery being mysterious? Not a very well-known thing to the writers. I beg to differ. Although I am a little biased, I do believe this show has low ratings for a reason.