The seventh season premiere of “Desperate Housewives” brought back the drama and intensity that has characterized the show from its infancy. With mixed up babies, the return of old friends and rivals and new excitement from secret agendas to blossoming romances, the plot is as convoluted, intricate and fascinating as always. 

The drama begins with a flashback of Mary Alice Young’s (Brenda Strong) suicide and the imprisonment of her husband. Though Paul Young (Mark Moses) was sent to jail for murdering Felicia Tilman (Harriet Sansom Harris), Mary-Alice’s sister, he is released from prison when the sister is found alive. In last season’s finale, Susan (Teri Hatcher) blindly rents her house to Paul, forced to leave Wisteria Lane because of her financial problems.

The news of Paul's return spreads fast, and the women are just as confused as the audience about what will happen next. Paul vows that he will seek revenge and punish his neighbors for not supporting him during his trail or visiting him the many years he was in prison. Felecia similarly vows that she will do anything to see Paul back in prison since she believes he single handedly murdered her sister. 

In more Wisteria Lane news, one parent finds out one of his daughters is not biologically his, while another parent finally confesses her son's secret. 

The central guest start of the premiere is Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry, Lynette’s (Felicity Huffman) college friend. Lynette’s relationship with Renee starts out with witty and competitive banter but turns into something quite sentimental and touching. Though Renee boasts her glamorous life, she is about to lose everything she once held dear; she found out her husband is having an affair and now has no where to turn. 

Also taking center stage is Bree's disillusionment after Orson (Kyle McLaughlan) moves out - lucky for her, the producers of the show thought ahead and contracted Mr Megan Fox, aka Brian Austin Green to attend to Bree's plumbing (her house of course).  Elsewhere off Wisteria Lane, the Delfinos (Teri Hatcher and James Denton) are dealing with heavy financial problems and having to opt between Mike moving to Alaska to make some quick money or partaking in her landlord’s (played by another superstar guest, Lainie Kazan) sultry entrepreneurial endeavors. 

The show, as usual, does a phenomenal job of effortlessly mixing together plotlines to create a seamless episode. The usual closing motif, narrated by Mary- Alice, sums up the themes and underlying premises of the show in a manner that excites viewers for what's to come. The best part of "Desperate Housewives" are the cliff hangers, and the season premiere ended with a cracking one that would leave the viewer with chills. 

The preview for next week leaves viewers at the edge of their seats, anticipating the drama to come (including possible sparks between Renee and Lynette’s husband Tom, Mike finding out about Susan’s new vocation, Gabrielle learning the truth about her daughter, and a possible murder…). The show does do an incredible job week after week of over dramatizing each upcoming episode, sometimes even drawing exaggerated expectations.