I also write for our sister blog, TVSquad. I review Desperate Housewives, when it's not in re-runs. At the end of the most recent season, one of the characters, Lynnette, played by Felicity Huffman, was diagnosed with what could be Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. They will play out her cancer in the fourth season of the show. At the season finale, she was about to begin chemotherapy. I have been meaning to write about this here, because I think it's a brave and beautiful thing that both the show and the network are choosing a storyline that will be, with any luck, authentic, raw, emotional, and difficult. So, I was dismayed by this comment, by person called 'Spense:'
I'm sorry, but I have no interest in seeing Lynette diagnosed with cancer. It would not be great to see her fight through it, it would just be horribly depressing. Yes, felicity huffman is the actress who could pull it off, but the marriage problems are enough to deal with. It's bad enough that every day you hear of someone else getting cancer. It's just depressing, and to be honest i might stop watching if they do go through with it.
