User blog comment:Nosh/What is the best season of Desperate Housewives -- the worst?/@comment-392210-20120128202944

I absolutely agree with Lynettefan. Season 1 is indeed the best of the series, it's hard to top. It's an instant classic, and practically flawless. There isn't a single "filler" episode, the pilot is as juicy and intriguing as it gets, and the finale takes one's breath away. The deaths actually move the plot along and are meaningful, Mary Alice's narrations are inspired and insightful, and each character serves a purpose, as opposed to current regulars like Bob or MJ. As for the worst, it'd have to be the 6th. Season 5 is much more low-key with its storylines, they're really down-to-earth, and the soap isn't there, but season 5 was more consistent. Season 6 provided a lot of build-up and never delivered what it set up for. The finale was anti-climactic, as were the resolutions to both ongoing mysteries, which wound up very predictable and rather boring. Patrick Logan was the cheesiest, worst-written villain in the history of the show, Ana Solis, who showed promise, was totally wasted, much like Karen's cancer storyline, there were several filler episodes midway through the season, "If..." was just terrible all throughout, the disaster was arguably the least exciting one (although I loved "Boom Crunch", but not necessarily because it was a "disaster episode"), Sam's story was just... weird, and Gaby had this dreadfully boring homeschooling story with Juanita... yeah, season 6 is definitely the worst of them all. The first 10 episodes are generally pretty enjoyable, but starting with episode 11 things went downhill, with the only good thing to come out of them being Robin Gallagher. I loved that character. Season 6 made me lose faith in the show. Season 7 revived that faith to some extent, and season 8, being so kick-ass, totally reinvingorated it. :D