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When the show started I thought it fun and it seemed to have a real mystery plot line.
I started losing interest during the first season when they had Bree dating right after her husband's death. Her character had been presented as someone who loves to do everything just right and is obsessed with being a perfect wife, mother, hostess, homemaker, etc. This was someone who read every last word of Emily Post. She would NEVER have a date mere weeks after a husband's death. She might want to -- but she would not so easily toss her desire to be the socially perfect widow -- or at least appear to be. It was too much of a personality switch for me to buy. And when I it takes too much work to suspend disbelief then I'm going to find something else to do.
I did continue to watch for awhile. But not only is character development hit or miss, the plot is apparently not very important to the writers, either. No people or plot worth trying to follow. Boring.
