Desperate Housewives / Season 1

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Season 1 of Desperate Housewives
Original title Desperate Housewives
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Episodes 23
Country of production United StatesUnited States United States
First broadcast October 3, 2004 - May 22, 2005 on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 April 4, 2005 - November 21, 2005 on SRF two + ORF one
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This article contains all episodes of the first season of the American dramedy series Desperate Housewives , sorted by the US American premiere . They were broadcast from October 3, 2004 to May 22, 2005 on the US broadcaster ABC . The German-language first broadcast was broadcast by the Swiss free TV broadcaster SRF Zwei and the Austrian free TV broadcaster ORF eins from April 4 to November 21, 2005.

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Leading roles
Susan Mayer Teri Hatcher 23
Lynette Scavo Felicity Huffman 23
Bree van de Kamp Marcia Cross 23
Gabrielle Solis Eva Longoria 23
Edie Britt Nicollette Sheridan 15th
Rex van de Kamp Steven Culp 1 22nd
Carlos Solis Ricardo Antonio Chavira 22nd
Paul Young Mark Moses 19th
Julie Mayer Andrea Bowen 22nd
John Rowland Jesse Metcalfe 15th
Zach Young Cody Kasch 2 14th
Mary Alice Young Brenda Strong 23
Mike Delfino James Denton 20th
Guest roles
Preston Scavo Brent Kinsman 20th
Porter Scavo Shane Kinsman 20th
Penny Scavo Dylan and Jordan Cline 18th
Tom Scavo Doug Savant 17th
Parker Scavo Zane Huett 16
Andrew van de Kamp Shawn Pyfrom 10
Danielle van de Kamp Joy Lauren 10
Martha Huber Christine Estabrook 9
Noah Taylor Bob Gunton 6th
Karl Mayer Richard Burgi 1 4th
Natalie Klein Nike Doukas 2
Dr. Albert Goldfine Sam Lloyd 5
Helen Rowland Kathryn Harrold 1 3
Yao Lin Lucille Soong 6th
Ashley Bukowski Emily Christine 3
Mr. Shaw Richard Roundtree 5
Jonathan Lisco John Newton 2
Elenora Butters Mary Pat Gleason 1
Juanita "Mama" Solis Magnifying Glass Ontiveros 6th
Ida Greenberg Pat Crawford Brown 4th
Mr. Lentz Harry S. Murphy 2
Alberta Pious Betty Murphy 1
Maisy Gibbons Sharon Lawrence 3
Dr. For sure Gregg Daniel 2
Jordana spirit Stacey Travis 2
Dan Peterson Edward Edwards 2
Kendra Taylor Heather Stephens 2
Janie Peterson Elizabeth Storm 2
Father Crowley Jeff Doucette 3
Justin Ryan Carnes 5
Claire Marla Sokoloff 3
Alejandro Perez 3 1
Felicia Tilman Harriet Sansom Harris 9
George Williams Roger Bart 6th
Detective Copeland Conor O'Farrell 3
Karen McCluskey Kathryn Joosten 2
Detective Sullivan Nick Chinlund 2
Tish Atherton Jill Brennan 1
Mona Clarke Maria Cominis 1
Ruth Ann Heisel Dagney Kerr 1
Sophie Bremmer Lesley Ann Warren 4th
Morty Flickman Bob Newhart 2
Reverend Sikes Dakin Matthews 1
Annabel Foster Dagney Kerr 3
Dr. Lee Craig Terry Bozeman 2
Matthew Applewhite Mehcad Brooks 2
Betty Applewhite Alfre Woodard 2
Deirdre Taylor Jolie Jenkins 4th 1
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Deirdre can be seen briefly in a photo

Episodes

No.
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( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (AT / CH) Director script
1 1 Dirty laundry pilot Oct 3, 2004 Apr 4, 2005 Charles McDougall Marc Cherry
The housewife Mary Alice Young shoots herself in her house. She is found by her talkative neighbor Martha Huber. A few days after the suicide there is a memorial service at which Mary Alice's four best friends and neighbors Lynette, Bree, Gabbi and Susan also remember her. They all live on Wisteria Lane. It appears that Paul Young, Mary Alice's husband, knows more about his wife's suicide than he wants his mourners to know.

Lynette Scavo, a mother of four, has sacrificed her career for her family and is overwhelmed with raising her children. Her husband Tom is mostly on business trips.

Bree Van de Kamp, the most perfectionist of the friends, has an argument with her family, who can no longer cope with their lifestyle. She lives with her husband Rex and their pubescent children Andrew and Danielle. A joint restaurant visit ends with Rex being hospitalized due to an onion allergy. Rex accuses Bree of being responsible.

Susan Mayer, divorced and mother of one daughter, is the chaotic housewife on the street. Her fourteen-year-old daughter Julie is often more sensible than she is. At the funeral service, Susan meets new neighbor Mike. Susan is interested in him and would like to meet him, but Edie Britt, the men's magnet on the street, has her eye on him too. When Susan mistakenly thinks Edie is having fun with Mike, she accidentally starts a fire and Edie's house burns down. When the four housewives start packing up Mary Alice's things a little later, they accidentally discover a threatening letter that Mary Alice received on the day she died. The four women start to wonder what the line: “I know what you did!” Is all about.

2 2 Under the surface Ah, but Untereath Oct 10, 2004 Apr 11, 2005 Larry Shaw Marc Cherry
Gabrielle, who has a relationship with her gardener John, fears that her husband will find out about their affair and decides to have fun with John elsewhere instead of in her home. When he gives her a red rose that is as perfect as she is, she realizes that she is much more to him than just an affair.

When Martha and Edie are looking for jewelry in their burned down house, she discovers a glass measuring cup that does not belong to Edie, as Edie assures her. When she notices that Susan has bought a new mug, it occurs to her that Susan might have something to do with the fire, which she keeps to herself for now.

Like Edie, Susan continues to vie for Mike. At the end of a joint dinner, an unfortunate act by Susan leads to Mike's dog Bongo swallowing her earring. Mike rushes with him to the vet, which ends the appointment abruptly. Bongo doesn't take any damage, but Susan still feels guilty. Mike reveals to her that he means so much Bongo because he was entrusted to him by his late wife, and she realizes that he still loves his wife.

While Bree and Rex see marriage counselor Dr. Going to Albert Goldfine, maybe to save her marriage, which is on the brink of collapse, Lynette is still overwhelmed with the upbringing of her three lively sons. They also act out of control while driving. When she tells Martha about it, she advises her to simply stop, abandon the children and drive on to teach them a lesson. After a short time, she should then collect them again; this measure was very effective for herself at the time. Not everything goes as planned, but for the first time Lynette has success with her children.

3 3 The naked truth Pretty Little Picture Oct 17, 2004 Apr 18, 2005 Arlene Sanford Marc Cherry
When Susan's ex-husband Karl picks up his daughter over the weekend, there is another argument between the former couple. After Susan wants to talk to Karl, which escalates again, she locks herself naked from her house, and Mike finds her lying in her hedge. In the end, Brandy, the new woman at Karl's side, gives her the apology that Karl had hoped for.

Bree throws a dinner in memory of her late friend. When Rex admits to Carlos that he and Bree are going to a marriage counselor about difficulties in their marriage, Bree is so outraged that she embarrasses her husband to the bone in front of her friends. Rex then moves into a motel.

Lynette, who has just left the children to her husband Tom, who has just returned from a business trip, to attend dinner at Bree's, is pleased to see on her return that he sees what she does every day in a different light.

Meanwhile, Gabrielle is struggling with the demands of little Ashley, who has just moved into the next house and surprised her and John while kissing. In order to keep her from telling something, she feels compelled to respond to Ashley's ever-renewed wishes.

Zach Young, Mary Alice's son, is outraged that his father Paul hasn't even published an obituary notice in the newspaper and accuses him of looking like he has already forgotten about Mary Alice. Later he finds the revolver with which his mother shot herself. Meanwhile, Bree comes across Dr. Goldfine on a tape on which conversations between him and Mary Alice were recorded. Paul, on the other hand, learns from a report on television that the chest that he sunk in a river has surfaced again and that body parts were found when opening it.

4th 4th By all means Who's That Woman? Oct 24, 2004 Apr 25, 2005 Jeff Melman Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy
Susan is blackmailed by Martha, who knows that she caused the fire in Edie's house. This not only leads to her exploiting Susan financially, but also to the fact that she is forced to withdraw from Mike in favor of Edie. In collaboration with her daughter Julie, however, Susan manages to get the corpus delicti , the measuring cup, back so that Martha has nothing against her in her hand.

A cable fitter who has an accident at work in Carlos and Garielle's house is suspected by Carlos of having an affair with his wife. He looks for him and knocks him down, but then finds out that the man is homosexual .

Lynette is asked by Mrs. Butters, the teacher of her twins, to give her children ADD pills , but she does not have the heart. She prefers to take a pill herself to calm down.

After her husband moves out, Bree has big problems with her son Andrew, who is increasingly distancing himself from her and also shows a lack of respect. She and friends surprise him in a striptease bar.

Through the tape stolen by Bree, the friends learn that Mary Alice's real name is Angela and that she has had nightmares about a woman. When she confronts her widower Paul, who wants to sell the marital home because of too many painful memories, the note found in Mary Alice's belongings, he tells them that his wife has written herself notes to remember that have become really hateful over time be. The women do not believe a word of him, but start speculating what the reason for this lie is.

5 5 Intruders Come in, stranger Oct 31, 2004 May 9, 2005 Arlene Sanford Alexandra Cunningham
To get information about his neighborhood, Mike breaks into Alberta Pious House, which of course does not go unnoticed. A neighborhood watch is then set up in Wisteria Lane. The police officer involved in the case, Thompson, flirts with Susan, who at first feels flattered, but then quickly realizes that this man does not suit her. Mike saves her from stalking after she abruptly bids farewell to the police officer in an infamous neighborhood of Fairview. In the car both come closer.

Carlos continues to suspect that Gabrielle is cheating on him and calls his mother Juanita to help, who is now constantly monitoring his wife. Despite everything, Gabrielle finds a way to put her out of action for a while.

Lynette and her husband Tom do everything in their power to get their twin sons into a private school. After the help Bree asked for fails to recommend the boys in Berkley, she exhausts her sons to such an extent that they are so exhausted at a performance at school that, for once, they remain very quiet and obedient. Only after they have been accepted does the director have to recognize who he has brought into the house.

When Bree surprises Zach scrubbing the floor his mother died on, and he implies that Mary Alice killed herself for doing something bad, she feels sorry for her but is also curious to see what's behind hides his remark and does not invite him to a pre-Christmas dinner without ulterior motive. When Bree cancels a second meal because of a last-minute invitation from Rex, Zach breaks into her house and decorates the entire living room for Christmas. When Paul indignantly confronts him, the two of them fight.

6th 6th Battlefields Running to Stand Still Nov 7, 2004 May 16, 2005 Fred Gerber Tracey Stern
After Zach assaulted his father, Paul admitted him to a youth psychiatric facility. The women on Wisteria Lane wonder where the boy has gone. Susan spies on Paul and finds out where Zach is. She hatches a plan how she can visit Zach with Julie's help to find out his secret. Zach tells Julie that he did something to a certain Dana .

After discovering that her mother-in-law is addicted to gambling, Gabrielle uses this to her advantage and sets her down in front of a casino to have fun with John. After Juanita lost $ 15,000, Gabrielle initially has it in hand, but Juanita quickly realizes that Gabrielle knew of her weakness and is now certain that her daughter-in-law is having an affair.

Bree's attempt to seduce Rex at the motel in order to get him to come back home fails as she is simply unable to contain her fussyness, at least during the lovemaking. Even in a later conversation, Bree gets stuck.

When a play is coming up at her twins' new school, Lynette joins the organization team. There she met Maisy Gibbons, with whom she had difficulties from the start. A power struggle breaks out between the two. In order to be able to contribute to changes in Little Red Riding Hood's script , Lynette takes on the task of sewing costumes for the children. Since Maisy is always making new demands, Lynette is soon at the end of her strength. After she has decided to swallow one of the ADD tablets, she is effortlessly able to cope with all tasks.

7th 7th Winner and Loser Anything You Can Do Nov 21, 2004 May 23, 2005 Larry Shaw John Pardee & Joey Murphy
Susan tells her neighbors that Zach is in a mental hospital and that he spoke to her daughter about a mysterious Dana . A little later she comes across a blanket that she bought from Paul when he liquidated his household, on which the name Dana is embroidered.

Lynette clashes with Tom when she interferes in her home with a proposition during a business lunch she prepares using her miracle pills.

John does not want to accept the role that Gabrielle assigned him anymore and transfers her to meet Danielle. Gabrielle then assures Danielle that she will help her recommend her to a modeling school in New York.

The Van de Kamp family come together to inform the children that Rex has filed for divorce. Bree is upset when Andrew tells her that he would rather live with his father. To prevent this, Rex gives Andrew a sports car and assures Danielle that she wants to finance her modeling career. Andrew causes a hit and miss accident. He runs up to Juanita, who, after taking a photo of her daughter-in-law and John red-handed, escapes from the house in front of John, who wants to take the camera from her. Before the ambulance arrives, Gabrielle can get the camera. After Bree sees who hit Juanita, she gathers the family together for a chat.

Susan's date with Mike is canceled because of a certain Kendra. She is the daughter of Mike's employer Noah Taylor, and wants to get Mike to stop working for her father, which he refuses. Kendra later advises Susan to ask Mike why he moved to Wisteria Lane.

Paul hired Edie to sell his house asap. He suspects that Edie may have written the ominous note to his wife. When the private detective Jerry Shaw hired by him confirms his suspicions, he wants to punish Edie for it.

8th 8th Guilty Guilty Nov 28, 2004 May 30, 2005 Fred Gerber Kevin Murphy
Susan finds a lot of money and a gun in Mike's house. When Mike finds out Susan has been snooping on his things, he tells her to leave. But both of them quickly realize that they can't do without each other and spend their first night together. Bree and Rex remove the traces of Andrew's deed. After all evidence has been destroyed, Andrew goes back to normal life. Bree doesn't like this. John confessed to Father Crowley about his affair with Gabrielle. Gabrielle feels guilty about Juanita and Carlos after talking to the priest. Lynette is completely overwhelmed with her mother role. Her despair goes so far that she dreams of Mary Alice helping her in a suicide. After the dream, Lynette escapes from home and collapses in a park. Bree and Susan take care of Lynette and encourage her. When Jerry Shaw tries to kill Edie, he finds out at the last minute that it was not Edie but Martha who wrote the threatening letter to Mary Alice. Paul pays Martha a visit and kills her with a blender.
9 9 The confession Suspicious minds Dec 12, 2004 June 6, 2005 Jerry Shaw Jenna Bans
Gabrielle organizes a charity fashion show to do something good. However, after John's mother finds out about his affair, she believes the affair is Susan. So Helen ruined Susan's appearance at the fashion show. Gabrielle finally confesses to Helen that it was she who slept with John. Before Gabrielle Carlos can confess the affair, he is taken away by the FBI. Lynette is fully committed to poaching a nanny from another family. Bree wants to punish her son for the car accident. When she found out about his marijuana use, she blackened him to his swim coach and Andrew was kicked out of the team. Paul buries Martha in the forest. Zach broke out of the mental hospital and finds shelter with Julie.
10 10 Hide and seek Come back to me Dec 19, 2004 June 13, 2005 Fred Gerber Patty Lin
Susan notices that her daughter Zach is hiding with her. After Mike and Susan bring Zach to see his father, Julie is mad at her mother. Gabrielle is busy stowing her furniture in Bree's garage as the FBI is about to confiscate all of the items Carlos bought. When Carlos asks her to get his passport so he can get out of jail, Gabrielle burns him in anger. After Rex had a heart attack at the prostitute Maisy Gibbons and had to be hospitalized, Bree also found out about her husband's antics. Bree swears revenge on her husband. Lynette is jealous of her nanny Claire, who seems to be more popular with her boys than she is. Edie worries that she hasn't seen Martha for a while. Finally she calls the police who are standing in front of Martha's locked front door.
11 11 The great search Move On Jan. 9, 2005 June 20, 2005 John David Coles David Schulner
Karl has been abandoned by his new girlfriend and is now trying to get Susan back. But when Susan learns from Edie that Karl and Edie already had a quarrel, Susan finally closes her ex-husband and now knows for sure that she belongs to Mike. Gabrielle tries to get out of money with a job as a car hostess. Bree is interested in the pharmacist George Williams. Andrew is angry with his mother for falling into a new love affair so quickly that Bree tells him that Rex cheated on her. After Lynette learns that Tom is attracted to the nanny Claire, she quits Claire. Martha's sister Felicia Tilman came to see Edie on Wisteria Lane because she was sure Martha was no longer alive. The entire road goes in search of Martha in the forest. After they are unsuccessful, Paul makes his way to Martha's body again and removes a ring to hide it in Mike's garage and thereby arouse suspicion on him. Martha Huber's body is discovered by a man in the forest.
12 12 Ashes on my head Every Day A Little Death Jan. 16, 2005 June 27, 2005 David Grossman Chris Black
The housewives learn that Martha's body has been found. Susan learns from Felicia that Martha kept a diary. Before Felicia and the police find out about the arson at Edie's house, Susan confesses to Edie. Edie begins to blackmail Susan into joining her friends. Carlos is released from prison but has an ankle cuff and is not allowed to leave the house. He wants a child and swaps Gabrielle's birth control pills. George accidentally shoots himself in the leg on a date with Bree. When George wants more from Bree, he is turned down by her. Parker is smeared with gum in his hair by his brothers. Lynette shaves off his hair. When Lynette goes to childcare yoga, everyone believes Parker has cancer and Lynette enjoys the benefits of it until she is discovered.
13 13 Caught! Your fault Jan. 23, 2005 5th Sep 2005 Arlene Sanford Kevin Etten
Paul lures Zach on the wrong track that Dana is still alive. Susan is concerned that Julie and Zach are in a relationship. When she learns that Julie knows about Zach's secret and Zach gets angry, she wants to forbid the relationship, but Zach and Julie don't listen to Susan. Helen and her husband Bob insist that Gabrielle get John to study instead of working for a minimum wage. To do this, she has to make it clear to John that the affair is over for good. Bree and Rex remain preoccupied with their divorce. Lynette's father-in-law Rodney comes to visit the Scavos and is caught red-handed by Lynette with another woman. Lynette is outraged, also that Tom does not disapprove of Rodney's behavior.
14th 14th Love is in the air Love is in the air Feb 13, 2005 Sep 12 2005 Jeff Melman Tom Spezialy
Lynette has a big neighborhood fight with the elderly resident Karen McCluskey because Lynette's children keep stealing things from Karen. After Mike is shot by a neighbor in a spy break-in, he is treated by a doctor friend of Noah's. However, the wound breaks open again when Mike and Susan eat together, whereupon Mike is admitted to the hospital and Susan is very worried. Lynette eventually brings Susan the things that her children stole from Mike's garage. It is, among other things, bloody jewelry by Martha Huber. Bree and Rex start a fresh start. Rex finally confides in Bree and tells her that he has a thing for BDSM . Bree wants to get involved, but it is very difficult for her. When Felicia sees a picture of Mary Alice, she realizes that she knows Mary Alice by the name Angela Forrest, with whom she used to work in Utah .
15th 15th Lots of lies Impossible Feb 20, 2005 19 Sep 2005 Larry Shaw Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy
Noah Taylor hires Detective Sullivan to tell Susan about Mike's past, who is very disappointed. Their daughter Julie is also disappointed in Zach. After being bullied at his own house party, he implies that he could kill them all with his mother's revolver. A friend of John's, Justin, offers Gabrielle as a free gardener, but plans to sleep with Gabrielle. When she confronts him, he says that he wants to make sure he's gay. Justin is caught red-handed at Zach's party with Andrew Van de Kamp. Andrew's mother, Bree, finds a condom and finds out it belongs to her daughter, Danielle, as she plans to sleep with John. Bree makes sure John rejects her and succeeds. Danielle is disappointed in John. After Tom was promoted and would be even less at home, Lynette tells the boss's wife how reluctant she wanted Tom to be abroad. As a result, Lynette achieves that Tom is demoted again.
16 16 The little black book The Ladies Who Lunch 27 Mar 2005 26 Sep 2005 Arlene Sanford Alexandra Cunningham
Susan and Edie begin investigating whether Martha has been killed by Paul and find a video in Paul's house. After Susan distanced herself from Mike, they find each other again. Gabrielle struggles financially after her house had a sewage problem. After Maisy Gibbons is jailed for prostitution, it becomes public that Rex was a suitor of Maisy. After Bree learns of Gabrielle's problems and realizes that she has no clean slate either, she helps her friend financially. Lynette is upset when a mother spreads a rumor that the Scavo twins had spread lice at the school.
17th 17th Heroes There Won't Be Trumpets Apr 3, 2005 Oct 3, 2005 Jeff Melman Joey Murphy & John Pardee
Susan has an argument with Edie as Susan meets with Edie's construction worker. Mike explains his past to Susan in a letter, and Susan begins to forgive Mike. Juanita Solis dies in hospital due to a mistake by a nurse. Gabrielle and Carlos are paid a large amount by the hospital for this and their money worries are over. Bree has her son Andrew sent to a camp for hard-to-educate teenagers. Lynette befriends the deaf Alisa Stevens, whose husband harasses her. Lynette stands up for her, but soon realizes that this was not a good idea.
18th 18th Mother's happiness Children Will Lists Apr 10, 2005 Oct 10, 2005 Larry Shaw Kevin Murphy
Susan is unhappy when she learns that her mother wants to move in with her. Gabrielle is forcibly forced by Carlos to sign an amended prenuptial agreement so that Gabrielle would not break up with him while in custody. Gabrielle seeks sexual comfort in John. After Bree had to take care of Lynette's children and hit Porter for being naughty, Lynette is furious with Bree. Bree goes to Andrew's camp with Rex and has to find out from him that Andrew is gay.
19th 19th Lonely Hearts Live Alone and Like It Apr 17, 2005 Oct 17, 2005 Arlene Sanford Jenna Bans
Susan is annoyed by her mother, who keeps inviting other men over. After Carlos blackmailed Gabrielle, Gabrielle tries to get back at him and makes him jealous. Carlos then destroys the marriage contract. Lynette saved Karen's life and is considered a good friend by Karen afterwards. Lynette rejects her, but then she feels sorry for Karen and starts to help her. Mike and Noah are devastated when they are certain that Deirdre was murdered. Bree is unhappy with Andrew's outing and invites Reverend Sikes to his home. Andrew blames his mother for this and tells Sikes in private that he has a plan to bully his mother.
20th 20th spring feelings Fear No More May 1, 2005 Oct 24, 2005 Jeff Melman Adam Barr
Edie tells Paul that she was snooping around his house with Susan. Paul then explodes Susan's kitchen. Susan turns to a private investigator, but she has no idea that this is Jerry Shaw, who already works for Paul. Gabrielle notices that she is pregnant and that Carlos has changed her pill. Lynette notices that Tom has been working with his ex-girlfriend Annabel Foster for a long time and becomes jealous. Rex is jealous too, noticing that the pharmacist George is interested in Bree.
21st 21st The promise Sunday In The Park With George May 8, 2005 Oct 31, 2005 Larry Shaw Katie Ford
Kendra tells Susan that Mike wasn't a drug dealer and that he killed the cop in self-defense. Susan is overjoyed and wants to give Mike a second chance. Gabrielle tells John that he suspects he might be the father of her baby. Gabrielle can only stop him from telling Carlos the truth about their affair at the last minute. Lynette wants to get her sex life with Tom going again. Felicia takes care of Zach and makes it clear to Paul that she has him in hand.
22nd 22nd Head over heels Goodbye for Now May 15, 2005 Nov 7, 2005 David Grossmann Josh Senter
Susan notices that there are still some inconsistencies in Mike's life and tries to shadow him. Meanwhile, Mike is confirmed by Felicia in his suspicion that Paul was behind Deirdre's death and kidnaps Paul. Gabrielle angrily tells Carlos that he is not the only one who will be the father of the child. When Gabrielle pays Justin a visit, Carlos believes Justin is the affair and beats him up. Since Justin is also gay, Carlos is arrested for homophobia . When Annabel is promoted in front of Tom and Tom wants to confront the boss, he makes it clear that Lynette prevented his promotion. When Tom becomes abusive, he is fired. George breaks into Bree's house and discovers Rex's sex toys. He tells Bree that Rex told him about his inclinations. Rex has a heart attack, but Bree takes her time to drive her husband to the hospital.
23 23 Everything is wonderful One Wonderful Day May 22, 2005 Nov 14, 2005 Larry Shaw Kevin Murphy, Tom Spezialy, John Pardee, Marc Cherry , Joey Murphey
Mike kidnapped Paul and wants to kill him. Zach realizes this, knocks Felicia down and kidnaps Susan. When Paul tells Mike about his past, Mike lets him go. After Tom is fired, he decides to be a househusband and let Lynette work. Carlos's court hearing is coming up. When John announces in the courtroom that it was he who was having an affair with Gabrielle, Carlos knocks him down in front of the judge. Bree needs Dr. Craig learn that her husband Rex has died in the hospital.

Episode specifics

No. episode Specialty
1 Dirty laundry (pilot) First episode of the series. Mary Alice Young, who dies in this episode, now serves as the narrator on the series. Nicollette Sheridan's former fiancé makes a guest appearance as a police officer in this episode. Director Charles McDougall was awarded an Emmy for directing the pilot episode , as was Michael Berenbaum, who received the award in the category “Best Single-Camera Picture Editing in a Comedy Series”.
2 Under the surface (Ah, But Underneath) Dr. Albert Goldfine and Helen Rowland make their first appearance in this episode.
3 The Naked Truth (Pretty Little Picture) Gabrielle's housekeeper Yao Lin makes her first appearance in this episode. Emmy nomination in the category "Best Art Direction for a Single Camera in a Comedy Series"
4th By all means (Who's That Woman?) Elenora Butters and Jerry Shaw make their first appearance in this episode. The character Jerry Shaw is named after a director of the series, Larry Shaw.
5 Intruders (Come In, Stranger) Juanita Solis, Alberta Fromme, Ida Greenberg and Noah Taylor appear for the first time in this episode. As Juanita Solis, Lupe Ontiveros received an Emmy nomination for “Best Guest Actress” in a comedy series for her guest appearance in season 1.
6th Battlefields (Running to Stand Still) Jordana Geist, Maisy Gibbons, Mrs. Truesdale and Dr. Certainly appear for the first time in this episode.
7th Winner and Loser (Anything You Can Do) Lynette's tablet dependency from episodes 6 through 8 earned Felicity Huffman a Prism Award.
8th Guilty ( guilty ) Recurring guest actor Father Crowley makes his first appearance in this episode. Martha Huber is murdered by Paul in this episode, but appears in flashbacks in the next episodes and seasons. Mary Alice appears in a vision of Lynette. Felicity Huffman received an Emmy Award in the category "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for portraying Lynette in this episode.
9 The Confession (Suspicious Minds) Andrew's friend Justin makes his first appearance in this episode. Alejandro Perez can also be seen briefly in a flashback, Alejandro becomes one of the leading roles in Season 8's Secret. This episode received Emmy nominations in the categories “Best Art Direction for a Single Camera in a Comedy Series” and “Best Costumes in a Series”. There was a Prism Award nomination in the "Best Episode - Comedy" category.
10 Hide and Seek (Come Back To Me)
11 The Great Search (Move On) George Williams and Felicia Tilmann make their first appearance in this episode.
12 Ashes on my head (Every Day a Little Death)
13 Caught! (Your Fault) Tom mentions something he did. However, it doesn't turn out until season 7 that he had a one night stand with Reneé Perry.
14th Love is in the air (Love Is in the Air) Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey makes her first appearance in this episode. Since then she has appeared regularly until the end of the series. Since her role in season 1 was only intended as a guest appearance, Joosten received an Emmy award for best guest actress for this episode.
15th Lots of Lies (Impossible) You first find out about Andrew Van de Kamp's homosexuality, but he comes out later in the season. Detective Sullivan appears for the first time in this episode.
16 The Little Black Book (The Ladies Who Lunch) Mona Clarke and Tish Atherton appear for the first time in this episode. Maisy Gibbons has her last appearance in this episode.
17th Heroes (There Won't Be Trumpets) The nurse Ruth Ann Heisel has her first appearance in this episode. Juanita Solis dies in this episode. However, your character still appears in season 8 as a flashback and as a ghost apparition.
18th Mutterglück (Children Will Listen) Sophie Bremer and Morty Flickman appear for the first time in this episode.
19th Lonely Hearts (Live Alone and Like It) Reverend Sikes makes his first appearance on the series. The sentence Bree said to Andrew when he came out I would always love you, even if you were a murderer. , Also has Marc Cherry's mother said to him when he has outed himself.
20th Spring fever (Fear No More) Melinda McGraw as Annabel Foster makes her first appearance in this episode. Christine Estabrook as Martha Huber can be seen as a guest appearance in a flashback in this episode.
21st The Promise (Sunday In The Park With George) Richard Roundtree as Jerry Shaw made his final appearance in this episode.
22nd Head over heels (Goodbye for Now) Melinda McGraw as Annabel Foster makes her final appearance in this episode. Dr. Lee Craig (Terry Bozeman) appears for the first time. Also new characters in this episode are Betty and Matthew Applewhite, who want to hide the season 2 secret.
23 Everything is wonderful (One Wonderful Day) First season finale. Mary Alice and Deirdre appear in a flashback. The season secret is resolved in this episode. Steven Culp as Rex Van de Kamp dies in this episode.

Season Secret: Mary Alice's Death

Mary Alice's death is the big secret of the first season of Desperate Housewives. Here is a list of the facts about the secret that were revealed during the season:

episode discovery
1
 Mary Alice kills herself with a headshot in her living room.
Something is hidden in the swimming pool in the garden of the house.
Paul seems to know more about Mary Alice's suicide.
Paul digs the swimming pool of his house that night. Zach joins them and Mary Alice's voice reports that Zach has seen something like this before.
Mike Delfino is shadowing something in Wisteria Lane and has a gun with him.
The housewives find a letter addressed to Mary Alice with their belongings that says, “I know what you did. It makes me sick. I'll give it away. "
2
 Paul lifts a chest from the excavated swimming pool and sinks it into the river.
Mike first mentions his former girlfriend Deirdre.
Mike is spying on his neighborhood.
3
 Paul wants to keep Mary Alice's gun for protection.
The chest is found by the police and contains human remains.
Bree finds a Mary Alice Young tape in Dr. Goldfine's office.
Mary Alice lived in fear.
4th
 The housewives learn from the tape that Mary Alice's real name is Angela and that she constantly has nightmares about a certain girl.
5
 Mike breaks into Alberta Pious House to spy on the neighborhood.
Mike was hired by Noah Taylor for his acts and tasked with looking for someone bad on Wisteria Lane.
6th
 Susan buys a blanket from Paul with the name Dana embroidered on it. On the same day, Zach tells Julie about a certain Dana .
7th
 Dana was a baby.
Mike gets a visit from a certain Kendra. She's spying on Wisteria Lane because her sister has disappeared.
8th
 Martha Huber sent the threatening letter to Mary Alice, her goal was to blackmail Mary Alice.
9
 Zach remembers his parents cleaning up blood back then.
In the chest that Paul had thrown into the river, there were the remains of a dismembered woman.
12
 It was Mike's ex-girlfriend Deirdre, whose body was buried in Mary Alice's garden.
Mike's employer, Noah Taylor, was the father of the missing Deirdre.
Mike has killed once before because of Deirdre.
13
 Paul tells Zach that Dana is still alive and that Zach didn't kill her. This was supposed to be a distraction to Zach, but this information is really true.
14th
 Felicia recognizes Mary Alice in a photo as Angela Forrest, with whom she worked in Utah.
Deirdre has gotten into a difficult, confused position.
15th
 Mike Delfino was in jail for drug trafficking and manslaughter.
16
 A video proves that Mary Alice used to work with Felicia Tilman in Utah as Angela Forrest.
18th
 A woman wanted to kidnap Zach.
Felicia had seen Zach before as a baby.
Dana was no other child, Zach's previous name given by his actual mother was Dana.
19th
 In this episode it is learned that there is a clear connection between the secret of Mary Alice and the secret of Mike.
20th
 Zach is the son of Deirdre and moved to Fairview with Mary Alice and Paul.
Deirdre was a drug addict.
Through Felicia's hints, Martha learned of Mary Alice's secret and wrote the letter.
22nd
 Mike wasn't a drug dealer and only killed the cop in self-defense.
Kendra was a drug addict.
23
 Denouement: Mary Alice Young and her husband Paul Young bought a baby from heroin addict Deirdre Taylor, who they named Zach from now on, and fled to Fairview to start a new life. When Deirdre suddenly stood on her doorstep and demanded her son back, the Youngs refused to surrender the child. A fight ensued, in the course of which Deirdre was stabbed by Mary Alice. Paul buried the body in a toy chest under the swimming pool that was being built. However, the couple did not expect their neighbor Martha Huber to find out the secret. Her sister Felicia Tilman had worked with Mary Alice in a Utah hospital before she fled to Fairview. When Mary Alice receives an anonymous ransom note, she shoots herself. After his wife dies, Paul begins digging up the swimming pool, uncovering a toy chest that he throws into a river. This chest contains the remains of Deirdre, and as luck would have it, it is washed ashore again. When Paul learns that Martha wrote the letter to his wife, he kills her out of anger and tries to leave Fairview. Since Zach does not want to leave town mainly because of his neighbor Julie, Paul is forced to stay there. When Mike learns that Deirdre was killed by the Youngs, he kidnaps Paul to kill him. Mike fails, however, because Paul tells him about Deirdre's baby and Mike learns that the Youngs had looked after his son for years.

Flashbacks in the series

In the season, memories from earlier appear often. In addition to the flashback episodes mentioned in the main article, where the entire episode is based on these flashbacks, all the flashbacks of the first season that the roles remember are listed here. In flashbacks, dead characters usually appear in guest roles.

episode person memory Guest role
1
Susan Mayer
 At Mary Alice's funeral, Susan remembers that the four friends were sitting at their living room table with Mary Alice and Mary Alice mentioned there that no one has an easy and problem-free life.
20th
Felicia Tilman
 Felicia remembers an earlier conversation with her late sister Martha, which shows that Martha heard through hints from Felicia that Mary Alice and Paul have a great secret. In hindsight, that's why Mary Alice shot herself.
Martha Huber († S01)
23
Paul Young
 Flashbacks at the beginning and the end of the episode show how Mary Alice and Paul bought their child from the drug addict Deirdre because Mary Alice was sterile. After Deirdre wanted the child back after her withdrawal, a fight broke out. Deirdre was stabbed to death by Mary Alice and buried under the swimming pool by Paul.
Mary Alice Young († S01)
Deirdre Taylor (†)

Relay deaths

episode person Kind of death action
1
Mary Alice Young
Gunshot wound (suicide)
 After Mary Alice learns that her neighbor Martha Huber knows about her secret and uses it to blackmail her, Mary Alice commits suicide with her revolver.
8th
Martha Huber
Strangulation
 In revenge that Martha is to blame for the death of his wife, Paul Young first kills Martha Huber with a mixer, then strangles her and buries her in the forest.
17th
Juanita Solis
Staircase fall
 After Juanita was run over by Andrew Van de Kamp in her car, she was in a coma for a long time. When she woke up one night, she left her room, fell down the stairs, and died from her injuries.
23
Rex Van de Kamp
Heart failure
 Rex Van de Kamp is given false medicine by George Williams and dies as a result of another heart attack.

Awards

Emmy

Golden Globe Awards

  • 2005 - 5 nominations, including 2 awards:
    • Best TV Series - Comedy / Musical
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical ( Teri Hatcher )
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical ( Felicity Huffman )
    • Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical ( Marcia Cross )
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie ( Nicollette Sheridan )

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • 2005 - 2 awards:
    • Best Acting Company - Comedy
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Teri Hatcher )

People's Choice Award

  • 2005 - 1 award:
    • Best New TV Series - Drama

Teen Choice Awards

  • 2005 - 7 nominations, including 4 awards:
    • Best New TV Series
    • Best cast in a TV series
    • Best New Discovered Actress in a TV Series ( Eva Longoria )
    • Best New Discovered Actor in a TV Series ( Jesse Metcalfe )
    • Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy ( Jesse Metcalfe )
    • Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy ( Eva Longoria )
    • Best TV Series - Comedy

Prism Awards

  • 2005 - 4 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best Multi-Episode Storyline - Comedy (1.06-1.08: Lynette's drug addiction)
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series ( Marcia Cross )
    • Best Actress in a Comedy Series ( Felicity Huffman )
    • Best Episode - Comedy (Suspicious Minds)

Satellite Awards

  • 2005 - 4 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best TV Series - Musical / Comedy
    • Best Actress in a Series - Musical / Comedy ( Marcia Cross )
    • Best Actress in a Series - Musical / Comedy ( Felicity Huffman )
    • Best Actress in a Series - Musical / Comedy ( Teri Hatcher )
  • 2005 - 2 nominations, including 1 award:
    • Best Actress in a Series - Musical / Comedy ( Felicity Huffman )
    • Best DVD Release in a TV Series (The Complete First Season)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Desperate Housewives: TV series broadcast dates . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved July 26, 2013.