http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/DESPERATE-HOUSEWIVES----Smiles-Of-A-Summer-Night.aspx This week’s episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES opened with Mary Alice talking about the “great crime wave” that had just hit Wisteria Lane.  She wasn’t talking about a mentally challenged boy locked in a basement or even a deadly hit-and-run.  No, Mary Alice was referring to a knocked over barbeque set, trampled laundry and a missing skateboard.  Funny how the priorities on that street just change on a whim. The culprit behind said destruction was Carlos, who had to race home Ferris Bueller-style or risk exposing his affair with Gaby to Edie.  Speaking of Edie, the woman refuses to let Carlos dump her.  As we learned last episode, Edie has even sunk so low as to slyly suggest that she’ll tell the feds about Carlos’s offshore bank accounts if he leaves her.  So what does Carlos do? He hires a hit man.  Listen, I know this storyline was meant to shock but did anyone else find Carlos’s hiring of a hit man to be a tad extreme and premature?  I was raised to talk through my problems before hiring a contract killer, but maybe that’s just me. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/DESPERATE-HOUSEWIVES----Smiles-Of-A-Summer-Night.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/DESPERATE-HOUSEWIVES----Smiles-Of-A-Summer-Night.aspx#1722 another great show. keep them coming. WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/08/DESPERATE-HOUSEWIVES----Smiles-Of-A-Summer-Night.aspx#1722 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:59:17 GMT