Talk:Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know/@comment-1104107-20110806123940/@comment-392210-20110806184102

I don't think the death of Edie Britt was much of a factor in the decline of the ratings. People just stopped watching TV altogether.

As for what you said earlier, I disagree, as I would switch your arguments: I think she got a proper send-off, but they never really wrapped up her character. Everything about the death of Edie was left hanging. First of all, after her demise, Dave Williams never mentioned to Susan or anyone else what truly happened. I thought he was gonna bring that up in the season finale when he held Susan and MJ hostage, but he didn't. Orson also played a major part in her death. And yet he never said a single word about it. Ever! He saw his neighbor crashing her car and dying, because of his kleptomania, and he never once showed an ounce of remorse. He never even mentioned her. His neighbor, friend and the woman he once shared a smooch with died because of him, and he never, ever brought it up. Why? Because Marc Cherry just wanted to get rid of her and thus never even considered coming up with any aftermath. Because Orson and Bree had enough going on as it was. So did Susan, Mike, Katherine and Dave. None of the main characters beside Dave and Orson know exactly what transpired (and even the two of them only know half the story). And no one will ever know. Not Susan, not Karen, no one. They did not think her story through. The deaths of Mary Alice, Martha, Mama Solis (minor character) and Rex had an impact on the characters that lasted for so long as SEASON 7!! Edie Britt, the fifth billed star of the series for five seasons died, and she's been mentioned twice, in passing, and once indirectly, after season 5 (once in 6.01, once in 7.02). Her death was lazily and hastily written. Because Marc Cherry wanted to get rid of Nicollette Sheridan.

As for the send-off, one has to admit that the episode they wrote, though boring and uninspired at the time because of the two previous flashback episodes aired in the season, was kind of beautiful. It paid justice to the character, without being too "oh, no, Edie's dead" because, let's face it, the character was always a bit of an outsider. And that ending narration was amazing.