See Also: 'The Miracle Song' Episode Guide

Online reviewers have weighed in on the last new episode of Desperate Housewives in 2006.

Here's what they had to say about "The Miracle Song":

• Dave Anderson at TV Guide Online said the show was keeping him guessing. "It's always a treat when we get answers to questions that have been baffling our minds. But in the true Desperate Housewives tradition, questions still remain unanswered, so our head-scratching never truly comes to an end. Alma is alive and has been in hiding and in cahoots with Gloria all this time. But where has she been? Has she been hiding because Orson was the one who killed Monique or did Mike? Since Mike still has amnesia, he doesn't even know (although Monique's blood was on Mike's wrench — uh-oh)."

• Jen Creer at TV Squad was also buzzing with questions. "Mike's arrest turns out to be great news for Orson, doesn't it? Did Orson maybe run Mike over because he knew Mike was guilty? Whoa! Orson was hospitalized for depression. Interesting; I wonder what age that was? Did anybody see what year that was? It looked like his mother faked his being sent to boarding school when he was in the hospital instead. So, is that what she's holding over him? When it seems perfectly likely that she put him there? I am sure more will be revealed. It's so nice to see Orson's past finally come leaking through the cracks in his carefully laid foundation." She also took the opportunity to point out that she predicted weeks ago that Alma would be alive.

• But Jeff Commings at AZNightBuzz.com said he was floored by the developments of the episode. "With Mike in jail, Bree forgave Orson and subsequently kicked Mommie Dearest out of the house. I thought that would be the last I would see of Dixie Carter for a long time, but when she snuck out of the house towards a black car at the end of the block, revealing the very living emobodiment of Alma, Orson’s supposedly dead wife, I couldn't move or speak for about five minutes. Of all the shockers they have given us over the years, that certainly tops everything they've dished out."

• Meanwhile Annie Barrett at EW.com said she thought Desperate Housewives did Christmas justice:

  Not to worry. Mistletoe, check! Bad Santa, check! Deep-dish pizza, check! Elf in a wheelchair who dies because the neighborhood thought her brother was a pedophile, check! All the staples of the holidays were accounted for, nestled amongst the dusty religious figures in Edie's hilariously labeled box of 'Winter Crap.' I loved how awesomely, absurdly lavish that block party was. The only thing missing was Zach Young standing off to the side with a guilty expression, because he'd sneaked in and set up the whole thing without Bree's permission.

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

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

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