See Also: 'A Weekend In The Country' Episode Guide

Online reviewers have weighed in on the third episode of season three of Desperate Housewives.

Here's what they had to say about "A Weekend In The Country":

• Lindsay Soll at EW.com was happy to see John back, but didn't like the Scavos' or Susan's stories.

  Overall, the Lynette-Nora-Tom plot was pointless tonight. Just like Susan and Ian's magical mountain getaway. It was painful watching them subtly flirt with each other. Why was Susan so awkward when she found the condoms in Ian's suitcase? She didn't think he only brought her to his cabin so they could go bird watching, did she? After a long, drawn-out tiff between the budding couple over how many people they each had had sex with, they finally slept together. Hallelujah.

  You can read her full analysis over at EW.com.

• Dave Anderson at TV Guide Online disagreed, and enjoyed Susan's getaway. "I enjoyed the Susan/Ian 'weekend in the country' plot since they were taking 'it' so slowly. It's fun to see a couple in the early stages go back and forth with the 'how many people have you been with?' conversation. I'm usually the one who pulls a Susan and tries to make it look like I haven't been too much of a slut. Loved that she whittled 11 intimate lovers down to nine and said: 'Nine lovers does not make me a slut!'"

• But Jen Creer at TV Squad wasn't a fan of the Susan story. "I think there must be a team of writers for Desperate Housewives who write for each character, and I'd just like to say to the team in charge of Susan: Stop. It. Stop. It. I like Teri Hatcher. I like Dougray Scott. Please make them break up. Just write a show for Dougray. They are terrible together. They have no chemistry. Watching them in scenes together is painful. Please, make this storyline go away."

  Jeff Commings at AZNightBuzz.com felt it was "sweet" that Susan was Ian's second woman he'd slept with. "Susan was letting her guard down and becoming the second woman Sir Ian McCutie has ever had sex with. There's something sweet about a man who's been with only one woman, but I imagine that he always wanted to try different pastures, judging by the dozen condoms he packed in his bag for his weekend trip with Susan."

• There is also brief recap at Television Without Pity, where visitors have so far rated it a B+.

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