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Desperate Housewives

2004 to 2012 Mystery, Drama, Comedy 8 seasons

TMDB rating 7.9/10 Ended

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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Seasons8

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

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    TMDB rating 7.7/10

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

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    TMDB rating 7.9/10

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

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    TMDB rating 7.7/10

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

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    TMDB rating 8.0/10

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

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    TMDB rating 8.1/10

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

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    TMDB rating 7.9/10

  • 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.

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    TMDB rating 7.2/10

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

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    TMDB rating 7.3/10

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Cast and details

  • Teri HatcherSusan Mayer
  • Felicity HuffmanLynette Scavo
  • Marcia CrossBree Van de Kamp
  • Eva LongoriaGabrielle Solis
  • Ricardo ChaviraCarlos Solis
  • James DentonMike Delfino
  • Brenda StrongMary Alice Young
  • Doug SavantTom Scavo
  • Shawn PyfromAndrew Van de Kamp
  • Nicollette SheridanEdie Britt
  • Andrea BowenJulie Mayer
  • Kyle MacLachlanOrson Hodge
Created by
Marc Cherry
Network
ABC
First aired
Oct 3, 2004
Latest episode
May 13, 2012

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2026

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