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Online reviewers have weighed in on the latest Desperate Housewives episode.

Here's what they had to say about "You'll Never Get Away From Me":

• Candice, in her review at Desperatefans.org, said the quality of episodes this season has been too variable, and said she didn't agree with Bree taking the lie detector test in this episode. "I don't believe that Bree is in love with George, but she sure has feelings for the creep. I know all you Bree fan's can't fathom how this could happen—frankly, I'm having a little trouble myself—but it makes for good television. Although, wouldn't it be nice if we got a chance to see the grieving widow before she starts playing hide the handcuffs with Georgy? I guess we'll have to wait and see."

• But Jeff at Desperate for Desperate Housewives said this was the best episode of the season, and commended the writers' use of the cast:

  Another thing I like about the show overall this season is that even though they have a huge cast listed in the opening title and credits, they’re not attempting to cram everyone into every episode, or into every bit of the episodes. They’re all being used when necessary to the plot, and being left aside when not. Despite the cast size, the show hasn’t forgotten that the leads of the show are Bree, Gabrielle, Lynette, and Susan, and I appreciate that.

  The full review can be found at Desperate for Desperate Housewives, as well as a scene-by-scene summary.

• Michael Slezak reviewing for EW.com said he was sorry to see Felicia Tilman heading out of Wisteria Lane:

  Unfortunately, it looks like Harriet Sansom Harris's Mrs. Tilman is heading for the airport, too. The show's most underrated actress delivers every line as if she were teaching a comedy master class. And her wicked performance seems to inspire the writers to new heights, for instance: ''Funny thing, since he beat me and threw me down the stairs, we just don't stay in touch like we should.'' Let's hope Mrs. Tilman doesn't stay away too long. Wisteria Lane could certainly benefit from her menacing/nurturing vibe, and her penchant for snooping on the neighbors, especially with Betty and Bree's mysteries both in need of some clearing up.

  To read his full analysis, in which he also said the comical violence in the episode made him "laugh with such wicked abandon", visit EW.com.

• Sarah Gilbert at TV Squad continued to have problems with Susan Mayer. "I think Susan has hit a new low with her ridiculous and terrifically petty ultimatum with her daughter. Not that Edie is any better—she may even be worse, actually. But... in what world is it OK to make your daughter choose between you and her dad's girlfriend? Over a stupid church talent show? I was so disgusted with her I was almost angry, over a completely made-up person's foibles. It did set up a couple of great lines, though, like Edie: 'and this is church, so you know they're going to be judging you!' Haha."

• However Damian J. Holbrook at TV Guide Online was not a fan of Lynette's boss's actions. "First off, Joely Fisher['s character] needs to go. I get that she's supposed to be the boss from hell, but come on. She's Cruella De Ville with a boob job and a better benefits package. And Lynette darting from staff meeting to computer screen to video IM with her kid? Nope. Not buying it, even on sale."

• John Duran at InsidePulse.com posted a recap of the episode and in his "final word" said: "It's good to see Phyllis go, but I bet she'll be back. Anyway, the Applewhites are still endlessly interesting, and it's the only thing keeping me from deserting this show, forever. Well, that and I love Mr. Jaffer.

• Erin McMaster recapped the episode at Blogcritics.org.

• There is also brief recap at Television Without Pity, where visitors have so far rated the episode B in a poll.

• Robert Bianco at USAToday said the show as "clinging to old plots while fumbling with new ones" and lacked cohesion amongst the cast. "What's missing is an overarching story strong enough to tie the episodes and the housewives together. Mary Alice's suicide didn't just launch Housewives. By forcing the remaining friends to re-evaluate their lives while uniting them in a quest to understand Mary Alice's death; it set the tone for the show and lent it depth. So far this year, there's no such link among these four women. Indeed, in three weeks we've hardly seen the four stars together. And they didn't share a scene last night at all."

• Amy Amatangelo at Zap2it is also losing faith in the show. "Mild concern. That's how I would describe what I'm feeling about Desperate Housewives. That's usually how it starts when I begin to fret about a TV show I love." In her full article, she points out some of the plot points which annoy her.

• A review at New York Daily News said the show had lots its more subtle humor:

  What's wrong so far this season, for the most part, has been the tone. Seeing Felicity Huffman's Lynette back in the corporate world was a good touch, but not when her boss, played by Joely Fisher, is such a cartoonish shrew. Subtle digs, jabs and thrusts, not cartoon mallets and anvils, should be the weapons of choice. Think of the smug sexiness last season of neighborhood madam Maisy Gibbons (Sharon Lawrence), and her verbal jousts with Marcia Cross's Bree, to recall what's missing so far this sophomore season.

• Finally, too tide you over until the next new episode, there is a new edition of Desperate Houseflies online.

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