Too Much Of A Good Thing

I have been following Desperate Housewives for some seasons now, and I am increasingly feeling the TooMuchOfAGoodThing Syndrome. At first, the scandals and all were well and good. There's no place that doesn't have its share of secrets, even if they're dark ones. However, it becomes absurd when it's clear that almost everyone in the neighbourhood has some real deep, dark secret, and just about everyone involved seems to have some sort of violent and/or murderous solution to their problems. I mean seriously...how many murders can one expect in a community this small! Moreover, the solutions to some problems are plain overkill (pun intended). I think the producers are trying to stuff as many good ideas in to keep the show feeling fresh. Unfortunately, they're only succeeding in making the show increasingly absurd. I guess there's no real way to keep such a series going for long. Not unless you have great minds working on the scripts.