Desperate Housewives

First aired

October 3, 2004

Ended

Avg. episode: 42m

Desperate Housewives
EnglishMysteryDramaComedy

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

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Cast

  • Teri Hatcher

    Teri Hatcher

    Susan Mayer

  • Felicity Huffman

    Felicity Huffman

    Lynette Scavo

  • Marcia Cross

    Marcia Cross

    Bree Van de Kamp

  • Eva Longoria

    Eva Longoria

    Gabrielle Solis

  • Ricardo Chavira

    Ricardo Chavira

    Carlos Solis

  • Doug Savant

    Doug Savant

    Tom Scavo

  • James Denton

    James Denton

    Mike Delfino

  • Brenda Strong

    Brenda Strong

    Mary Alice Young

  • Vanessa Williams

    Vanessa Williams

    Renee Perry

Media

Seasons 9

Specials

Specials

17 Episodes
Season 1

Season 1

200423 Episodes

Mary Alice Young, a seemingly perfect housewife commits suicide, fearing that a dark secret, involving her, her husband, and their son would be exposed.

Season 2

Season 2

200523 Episodes

The seemingly perfect lives in the suburban neighborhood of Fairview are shaken by the arrival of the mysterious Betty Applewhite.

Season 3

Season 3

200623 Episodes

The residents of Fairview deal with the arrival of the mysterious Orson Hodge.

Season 4

Season 4

200717 Episodes

Katherine Mayfair and her family are introduced as the center of the season's mystery.

Season 5

Season 5

200824 Episodes

The season's mystery is centered around Edie Britt's third husband Dave Williams.

Season 6

Season 6

200923 Episodes

Angie Bolen and her family are the focus of this season's mystery.

Season 7

Season 7

201023 Episodes

After losing both her husband and her business, Bree slowly begins the process of rebuilding her life, first by telling her friend Gabrielle a secret that could end their friendship, and then by starting up a romance with her much younger contractor Keith Watson. In the meantime, the Solises discover that their daughter Juanita was swapped at birth, and Lynette is visited by her old college roommate Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams), who later moves to the lane permanently. Bob and Lee find their way back to one another, and Susan and Mike's financial situations lead them to move to an apartment in the city and to take on jobs they don't want to endure through, whereas Paul Young, Mary Alice's widower, moves back to Wisteria Lane to wreak havoc.

Season 8

Season 8

201123 Episodes

The housewives deal with covering up the murder of Gabrielle's stepfather Alejandro Perez.

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