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By Osama M. Al-AbdulrazzaQ osama_a@unique.com.kw
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esperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series that premiered on ABC on October 3, 2004. The show was created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios. The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the American town of Fairview. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor, as they work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their – at the surface – beautiful suburban neighborhood. The show features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Hodge, Eva Longoria Parker as Gabrielle Solis, and Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young. The Story On a sunny day, in the heart of America, the loveliest of suburbs, housewife Mary Alice Young killed herself. Now she takes us into the lives of her friends, family and neighbors... Her circle of girlfriends on Wisteria Lane includes Bree Hodge, who recently battled the demons of widowhood, alcoholism and vengeful children...she remarried
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and now tries to keep her image of perfection even as everything crumbles around her. Lynette Scavo, who struggles with balancing the complications of work, family issues and now cancer, Susan Mayer, until recently a divorcee and single mom, finally got her happy ending when she tied the knot with the handsome plumber next door but is now faced with the challenges of a blended family. Newlywed Gabrielle Marquez, the ex-model who seems to be unlucky in love. And serial divorcee Edie Britt, the free spirited real estate maven whose love life has everyone buzzing. Then there are the men: Mike Delfino, a plumber who is the on-again/off- again love of Susan’s life; Lynette’s adorable husband, Tom, who, it’s turning out, has his own share of secrets, Gabrielle’s ex-husband, Carlos, Mary Alice’s widowed husband, Paul, who is in prison for the murder of a neighbor, Bree’s husband, Orson Hodge who ran Mike over and put him in a coma. Joining the neighborhood is Katherine Mayfair, who years ago lived on Wisteria Lane, who moves into Mike’s old house with her new young gynecologist husband. 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.