I'm glad it's ending and hope the next season is actually good again!
Season 1 was the best because there was so much happening and it managed comedy and drama really well
S2 was my personal favourite cos it was darker, it's the most desperate they've all been at one single time, and the aftermath of the Paul/Mike/Felicia thing was still watchable. Bree was at her best then too
S3 started crap because you could tell it was different writers, and then the mystery was rushed cos of Marcia Cross' pregnancy and then the rest of the season turned to sh!t because of how lighter it got and because you just knew Gabby and Susan would get back together with Carlos and Mike. And what the hell was the point with the pizzeria and Edie's suicide attempt? It had a lto going on but it just didn't make any sense. Even visually there were less night scenes from here.
S4 was ok cos it was a bit darker again and Katherine was amazing and the stories were different (Lynette's cancer, Gabby coping with Carlos' blindness, Mike and Susan expecting) but was too short cos of the writer's strike.
* Should have ended there *
S5 was a horrible mess. The 5 year jump was supposed to freshen the show but imo it ruined it. Carlos got his sight back and Gabby was back to her old self in no time and I solved the mystery after episode 1! Katherine was boring, Bree and Orson were boring, Lynette and her kids were boring, yet again we just knew Susan was gonna get back with Mike so that was boring and the disaster episode (fire) was crap compared to the tornado and hostage ones. And the 100th episode was a let down.
S6 started sh!t because of how S5 ended - that wedding (told you Susan would get back with Mike), Lynette holding the longest recorded pregnancy (s5 finale to S6 finale), Bree and Karl's boring affair, Gabby and her neice? The Bolen's were boring as ******, Eddie was blatantly the strangler because he appeared from nowhere, Katherine just turnign lesbian and fleeing was an insult to her character, and the plane crash was the worst disaster ever. At least the finale set S7 on the right track
S7 was still light and panto compared to S1-4 but at least it tried to come full circle bringing Paul and Felicia back. And Renee was a good Edie replacement but criminally underused. After Paul's shooting it got worse again but Gabby FINALLY got a meaty story in the final few eps! And once Orson left Bree was free to try new stories again!
I just want S8 to be darker again, have more (and better) stories, include a few more night scenes, use all the characters to their full potential, and have a decent thought-out mystery like S1 again