Desperate Housewives

The Story

A primetime soap with a truly contemporary take on "happily every after," this new hour- long drama takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem.

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) … 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.

Her small circle of girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash… and so messy. There's Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), the divorcee and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), the ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as the mother of four unmanageable kids; Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), the Martha Stewart on steroids, whose family is about to mutiny; and Gabrielle Solis, the ex-model with everything she's every wanted – a rich husband, a big house – so what is she doing with John, the 17-year-old gardener (Jesse Metcalfe)? And there are her neighbors, including serial divorcee Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), whose romantic conquests have everyone buzzing.

Then there are the men: Hunky new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), a supposedly widowed plumber who has Susan and Edie vying for his attention; Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp), who's just told Bree he wants a divorce; Gabrielle's better half, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira), who figures he bought his wife a $15,000 diamond necklace, so she should do whatever he tells her; as for Mary Alice's newly-widowed husband, Paul (Mark Moses), there must be a reason why he's acting so suspiciously – and why he's digging up the pool in the middle of the night!

From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive, and she's planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor's closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb.

Cast

Teri Hatcher .... Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman .... Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross .... Bree Van De Kamp
Eva Longoria .... Gabrielle Solis
Nicolette Sheridan .... Edie Britt
Steven Culp .... Rex Van De Kamp
Ricardo Chavira .... Carlos Solis
Mark Moses .... Paul Young
Andrea Bowen .... Julie Mayer
Jesse Metcalfe .... John Rowland
Cody Kasch .... Zach Young
Brenda Strong .... Mary Alice Young
Jamie Denton .... Mike Delfino
Shane Kinsman .... Porter Scavo
Brent Kinsman .... Preston Scavo
Zane Huett .... Parker Scavo
Doug Savant .... Tom Scavo
Lucille Soong .... Yao Lin

Season One

101. Pilot
102. Ah, But Underneath
103. Pretty Little Picture
104. Who's that Woman?
105. Come in, Stranger
106. Running to Stand Still
107. Anything You Can Do
108. Guilty
109. Suspicious Minds
110. Come Back to Me
111. Move On
112. Every Day a Little Death
113. Your Fault
114. Love Is in the Air (a.k.a. What I Did for Love)
115. Impossible
116. The Ladies Who Lunch
117. There Won't Be Trumpets
118. Children Will Listen
119. TBA
120. TBA