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Housewives:
 * Lynette Scavo** (Felicity Huffman)- Mom of a million; business woman; pregnant (AGAIN)
 * Bree Van de Kamp** (Marcia Cross)- Perfect housewife (of the 50s); owns catering company; had affair (cheated on husband, led to his paralysis)
 * Gabrielle Solis** (Eva Longoria Parker)- Ex-model; Latina; cheated on husband with gardener (husband went to prison for beating the gardener- accidentally beat up the wrong person and was temporarily blind); skinny; no job; 2 daughters and niece
 * Susan Mayer** (Teri Hatcher)- Klutz; married to Mike, son MJ; Daughter Julie with Karl; Caught in wrong place at wrong time (accidentally shot Katherine); helps stripper
 * Katherine Mayfair** (Dana Delany)- Crazy; Dated Mike; Went psychotic when he broke up with her to get back with Susan; checked into asylum; daughter (lied to her about Mike) comes to hospital to help housewives get Katherine into hospital; allows a stripper to live with her; questions her sexuality
 * Edie Britt** (Nicollette Sheridan)- Blonde; promiscuous; bi* of the show; died in fatal car accident and electrical wire; son Travers; real estate agent; seduces men of the show, including husbands of the housewives
 * Mary Alice Young** (Brenda Strong)- Narrator; suicide within first episode of the first season; leaves son Zach (psychotic) and husband Paul; her death leads to the discovery of their family's many problems; came back in recent episode, depicted side of assertiveness and maternal; beginning of dark side of //Desperate Housewives

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