Is 'Desperate Housewives' Ripping Off 'One Tree Hill'?

TheEditor · 05-19-2008, 03:48 AM

Last night's season 4 finale of Desperate Housewives ended with the show jumping forward five years into the future. It's a tricky move for a TV show to make, but by now, enough shows have done it that there is a precedent. Though it's impossible to tell whether the move will be good or bad based on the few seconds we saw last night, Desperate Housewives would be wise to look at how other shows have made this jump for research.

While the one year leap at the end of Battlestar Galactica's second season or the two missing years from the end of the second season of Alias are comparable, the fact is that Desperate Housewives is essentially copying exactly what One Tree Hill just did this season.

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laurik2007 · 05-19-2008, 10:09 AM

yeah very interesting.....who knows......but the final ep of DH totally rocked

NeverLetGo · 05-19-2008, 10:19 AM

..........

kelleygirl119 · 05-19-2008, 10:53 AM

No mention of Edie 5 years later.....

TripMyWire · 05-19-2008, 11:20 AM

I don't watch Desperate Housewives, but I have to say that jumping five years ahead seems completely unnecessary for a show who's characters are already in mid-adulthood. I don't quite understand the rationale behind it.

TheEditor · 05-19-2008, 11:21 AM

Odds are Edie is in a retirement community. But yeah, over the years, this show has really disrespected Sheridan (not that I think she's a great actress, but Edie comes and goes whenever it suits the writers). I'm just as curious about the whereabouts of Carlos, since we didn't see or hear him mentioned in Gabi's flash forward.

BuddyD · 05-19-2008, 11:27 AM

Wow. If there's one show no one should want to copy, it's One Tree Hill. I'm one of the seemingly millions of people who watched the first season of DH and then jumped ship after that. This sounds like a bit of a desperate, gimmicky move than an essential storytelling tactic. Then again, it's not fair to judge until we see what they do with it next season.

kaycee · 05-19-2008, 12:19 PM

Maybe Marc Cherry is trying to do a LOST sort of thing, where 5 years later will continue to have flashbacks to how they came to be, instead of just a "skip 5 years and move on from here" type of thing.

Bama78 · 05-19-2008, 12:45 PM

I didn't like the fact that they jumped 5 years.... Because I didn't like what i saw happend in those five years. Gabby has kids.... OH COME ON! And Susan without Mike WHAT THE HELL! Now Lynette kids I am really not suprised that they would be in trouble with the law that was a given. And Bree being sucessful in something again no big suprise. I just didnt like it.

ncmacasl · 05-19-2008, 02:37 PM

I agree with Kaycee - maybe it is more of a lost rip-off with a flash forward and then backing up to show how they got there

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05-19-2008, 03:48 AM	#1
TheEditor Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,051,191	Last night's season 4 finale of Desperate Housewives ended with the show jumping forward five years into the future. It's a tricky move for a TV show to make, but by now, enough shows have done it that there is a precedent. Though it's impossible to tell whether the move will be good or bad based on the few seconds we saw last night, Desperate Housewives would be wise to look at how other shows have made this jump for research. While the one year leap at the end of Battlestar Galactica's second season or the two missing years from the end of the second season of Alias are comparable, the fact is that Desperate Housewives is essentially copying exactly what One Tree Hill just did this season. To read the rest, click here.

05-19-2008, 10:09 AM	#2
laurik2007 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 72	yeah very interesting.....who knows......but the final ep of DH totally rocked

05-19-2008, 10:19 AM	#3
NeverLetGo Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 10	..........

05-19-2008, 10:53 AM	#4
kelleygirl119 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 98	No mention of Edie 5 years later.....

05-19-2008, 11:20 AM	#5
TripMyWire Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 35	I don't watch Desperate Housewives, but I have to say that jumping five years ahead seems completely unnecessary for a show who's characters are already in mid-adulthood. I don't quite understand the rationale behind it.

05-19-2008, 11:21 AM	#6
TheEditor Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,051,191	Odds are Edie is in a retirement community. But yeah, over the years, this show has really disrespected Sheridan (not that I think she's a great actress, but Edie comes and goes whenever it suits the writers). I'm just as curious about the whereabouts of Carlos, since we didn't see or hear him mentioned in Gabi's flash forward.

05-19-2008, 11:27 AM	#7
BuddyD Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,005	Wow. If there's one show no one should want to copy, it's One Tree Hill. I'm one of the seemingly millions of people who watched the first season of DH and then jumped ship after that. This sounds like a bit of a desperate, gimmicky move than an essential storytelling tactic. Then again, it's not fair to judge until we see what they do with it next season.

05-19-2008, 12:19 PM	#8
kaycee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 373	Maybe Marc Cherry is trying to do a LOST sort of thing, where 5 years later will continue to have flashbacks to how they came to be, instead of just a "skip 5 years and move on from here" type of thing.

05-19-2008, 12:45 PM	#9
Bama78 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 23	I didn't like the fact that they jumped 5 years.... Because I didn't like what i saw happend in those five years. Gabby has kids.... OH COME ON! And Susan without Mike WHAT THE HELL! Now Lynette kids I am really not suprised that they would be in trouble with the law that was a given. And Bree being sucessful in something again no big suprise. I just didnt like it.

05-19-2008, 02:37 PM	#10
ncmacasl Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 12	I agree with Kaycee - maybe it is more of a lost rip-off with a flash forward and then backing up to show how they got there