Desperate Housewives

2004 • 8 Seasons • 177 Episodes

“Secrets. Romance. Murder. All on one street”

★ 7.9 / 10 (2,160 votes)

Mystery Drama Comedy

Synopsis

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.

About This Series

Desperate Housewives is a 2004 mystery, drama, comedy series created by Marc Cherry. The series spans 8 seasons and 177 episodes. It has earned an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10 based on 2,160 votes on TMDB. The series stars Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Ricardo Chavira among its cast of 9 credited actors.

Seasons & Episodes

• Season 1

  23 episodes • 2004

  1. E1 Pilot
  2. E2 Ah, But Underneath
  3. E3 Pretty Little Picture
  4. E4 Who's That Woman?
  5. E5 Come In, Stranger
  6. E6 Running to Stand Still
  7. E7 Anything You Can Do
  8. E8 Guilty
  9. E9 Suspicious Minds
  10. E10 Come Back to Me
  11. E11 Move On
  12. E12 Every Day a Little Death
  13. E13 Your Fault
  14. E14 Love Is in the Air
  15. E15 Impossible
  16. E16 The Ladies Who Lunch
  17. E17 There Won't Be Trumpets
  18. E18 Children Will Listen
  19. E19 Live Alone and Like It
  20. E20 Fear No More
  21. E21 Sunday in the Park with George
  22. E22 Goodbye for Now
  23. E23 One Wonderful Day

• Season 2

  23 episodes • 2005

  1. E1 Next
  2. E2 You Could Drive a Person Crazy
  3. E3 You'll Never Get Away from Me
  4. E4 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  5. E5 They Asked Me Why I Believe in You
  6. E6 I Wish I Could Forget You
  7. E7 Color and Light
  8. E8 The Sun Won't Set
  9. E9 That's Good, That's Bad
  10. E10 Coming Home
  11. E11 One More Kiss
  12. E12 We're Gonna Be All Right
  13. E13 There's Something About a War
  14. E14 Silly People
  15. E15 Thank You So Much
  16. E16 There Is No Other Way
  17. E17 Could I Leave You?
  18. E18 Everybody Says Don't
  19. E19 Don't Look at Me
  20. E20 It Wasn't Meant to Happen
  21. E21 I Know Things Now
  22. E22 No One Is Alone
  23. E23 Remember

• Season 3

  23 episodes • 2006

  1. E1 Listen to the Rain on the Roof
  2. E2 It Takes Two
  3. E3 A Weekend in the Country
  4. E4 Like It Was
  5. E5 Nice She Ain't
  6. E6 Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
  7. E7 Bang
  8. E8 Children and Art
  9. E9 Beautiful Girls
  10. E10 The Miracle Song
  11. E11 No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
  12. E12 Not While I'm Around
  13. E13 Come Play Wiz Me
  14. E14 I Remember That
  15. E15 The Little Things You Do Together
  16. E16 My Husband, the Pig
  17. E17 Dress Big
  18. E18 Liaisons
  19. E19 God, That's Good
  20. E20 Gossip
  21. E21 Into the Woods
  22. E22 What Would We Do Without You?
  23. E23 Getting Married Today

• Season 4

  17 episodes • 2007

  1. E1 Now You Know
  2. E2 Smiles of a Summer Night
  3. E3 The Game
  4. E4 If There's Anything I Can't Stand
  5. E5 Art Isn't Easy
  6. E6 Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
  7. E7 You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
  8. E8 Distant Past
  9. E9 Something's Coming
  10. E10 Welcome to Kanagawa
  11. E11 Sunday
  12. E12 In Buddy's Eyes
  13. E13 Hello, Little Girl
  14. E14 Opening Doors
  15. E15 Mother Said
  16. E16 The Gun Song
  17. E17 Free

• Season 5

  24 episodes • 2008

  1. E1 You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
  2. E2 We're So Happy You're So Happy
  3. E3 Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else
  4. E4 Back in Business
  5. E5 Mirror, Mirror
  6. E6 There's Always a Woman
  7. E7 What More Do I Need?
  8. E8 City on Fire
  9. E9 Me and My Town
  10. E10 A Vision's Just a Vision
  11. E11 Home Is the Place
  12. E12 Connect! Connect!
  13. E13 The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
  14. E14 Mama Spent Money When She Had None
  15. E15 In a World Where the Kings are Employers
  16. E16 Crime Doesn't Pay
  17. E17 The Story of Lucy and Jessie
  18. E18 A Spark. To Pierce the Dark.
  19. E19 Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know
  20. E20 Rose's Turn
  21. E21 Bargaining
  22. E22 Marry Me a Little
  23. E23 Everybody Says Don't
  24. E24 If It's Only in Your Head

• Season 6

  23 episodes • 2009

  1. E1 Nice Is Different than Good
  2. E2 Being Alive
  3. E3 Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover
  4. E4 The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues
  5. E5 Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
  6. E6 Don't Walk on the Grass
  7. E7 Careful the Things You Say
  8. E8 The Coffee Cup
  9. E9 Would I Think of Suicide?
  10. E10 Boom Crunch
  11. E11 If...
  12. E12 You Gotta Get a Gimmick
  13. E13 How About a Friendly Shrink?
  14. E14 The Glamorous Life
  15. E15 Lovely
  16. E16 The Chase
  17. E17 Chromolume No. 7
  18. E18 My Two Young Men
  19. E19 We All Deserve to Die
  20. E20 Epiphany
  21. E21 A Little Night Music
  22. E22 The Ballad of Booth
  23. E23 I Guess This Is Goodbye

• Season 7

  22 episodes • 2010

  1. E1 Remember Paul?
  2. E2 You Must Meet My Wife
  3. E3 Truly Content
  4. E4 The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside
  5. E5 Let Me Entertain You
  6. E6 Excited and Scared
  7. E7 A Humiliating Business
  8. E8 Sorry Grateful
  9. E9 Pleasant Little Kingdom
  10. E10 Down the Block There's a Riot
  11. E11 Assassins
  12. E12 Where Do I Belong
  13. E13 I'm Still Here
  14. E14 Flashback
  15. E15 Farewell Letter
  16. E16 Searching
  17. E17 Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed
  18. E18 Moments in the Woods
  19. E19 The Lies Ill-Concealed
  20. E20 I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday
  21. E21 Then I Really Got Scared
  22. E22 And Lots of Security...; Come on Over for Dinner

• Season 8

  22 episodes • 2011

  1. E1 Secrets That I Never Want to Know
  2. E2 Making the Connection
  3. E3 Watch While I Revise the World
  4. E4 School of Hard Knocks
  5. E5 The Art of Making Art
  6. E6 Witch's Lament
  7. E7 Always in Control
  8. E8 Suspicion Song
  9. E9 Putting It Together
  10. E10 What's to Discuss, Old Friend?
  11. E11 Who Can Say What's True?
  12. E12 What's the Good of Being Good?
  13. E13 Is This What You Call Love?
  14. E14 Get Out of My Life
  15. E15 She Needs Me
  16. E16 You Take for Granted
  17. E17 Women and Death
  18. E18 Any Moment
  19. E19 With So Little to Be Sure of
  20. E20 Lost My Power
  21. E21 The People Will Hear
  22. E22 Give Me the Blame; Finishing the Hat

• Specials

  53 episodes

  1. E1 Unaired Pilot
  2. E2 Oprah Winfrey is the New Neighbor
  3. E3 Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry
  4. E4 All the Juicy Details
  5. E5 The More You Know, the Juicier it Gets
  6. E6 Time to Come Clean
  7. E7 The Juiciest Bites
  8. E8 Secrets & Lies
  9. E9 Another Desperate Housewife (1)
  10. E10 Another Desperate Housewife (2)
  11. E11 Another Desperate Housewife (3)
  12. E12 Another Desperate Housewife (4)
  13. E13 Another Desperate Housewife (5)
  14. E14 Another Desperate Housewife (6)
  15. E15 Another Desperate Housewife (7)
  16. E16 Another Desperate Housewife (8)
  17. E17 A Stroll Down Wisteria Lane with Creator Marc Cherry
  18. E18 Behind the Scenes with The View's Meredith Vieira
  19. E19 Dressing Wisteria Lane
  20. E20 Season 1 Deleted Scenes
  21. E21 Season 1 Gag Reel
  22. E22 Secrets of Wisteria Lane
  23. E23 Marc & Mom
  24. E24 Directing Desperate Housewives
  25. E25 Desperate Role Models
  26. E26 Fashion and Couture
  27. E27 Juicy Bites
  28. E28 Season 2 Deleted Scenes
  29. E29 Unaired Story Lines
  30. E30 Season 3 Deleted Scenes
  31. E31 On Set with Eva
  32. E32 Here Comes the Bride
  33. E33 Desperate Moments Reflections on a Season
  34. E34 Cherry Picked: Creator Mark Cherry Favorite Scenes
  35. E35 Amas de Casa Deseperadas The Ladies Go Latin
  36. E36 Season 3 Gag Reel
  37. E37 Getting Desperate From Beginning to End
  38. E38 Spare Time Hanging with the Men of Wisteria Lane
  39. E39 Season 4 Gag Reel
  40. E40 What More Do? I Need A Very Good Read
  41. E41 I Know Things Now: Desperate Housewive Celebrates 100
  42. E42 So Very Teri
  43. E43 Season 5 Gag Reel
  44. E44 Miss Piggy Gets Desperate
  45. E45 Master Class
  46. E46 Season 6 Gag Reel
  47. E47 Desperate For Trivia
  48. E48 Growing Up on Wisteria Lane
  49. E49 Season 7 Gag Reel
  50. E50 I Guess This is Goodbye
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Cast

Teri Hatcher

as Susan Mayer

Felicity Huffman

as Lynette Scavo

Marcia Cross

as Bree Van de Kamp

Eva Longoria

as Gabrielle Solis

Ricardo Chavira

as Carlos Solis

Doug Savant

as Tom Scavo

James Denton

as Mike Delfino

Brenda Strong

as Mary Alice Young

Vanessa Williams

as Renee Perry

Crew