While undergoing chemotherapy, Lynette wears wigs to conceal her illness and avoid the pity of friends and neighbors. Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman unveils the bald truth as her character Lynette in the hit series is shown to be battling the effects of cancer.
Awardwinning actress Huffman begins the fourth season of the hit show, which began last week, bald from the effects of chemotherapy. In thr beginning of season 5 her hair looks like a wig and changes a lot so I was curious. They probably used a bald cap and added thin pieces of hair, and her hair looked weird because they kept using a variation of wigs.
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Press ESC to cancel. She confronts Orson regarding their failed marriage, who remains determined to salvage their relationship. Orson admits his guilt for blackmailing Bree, going on to describe it as a small price to pay for their future happiness.
Taking this motto as her own, Bree consummates her affair with Karl. The couple choose a seedy motel room as their romantic rendezvous but Bree begins to worry that she will lose Susan's friendship. Her feelings are further enforced upon hearing that Susan would hypothetically shun someone she knew who dated Karl. Karl's affections for Bree become increasingly serious and she reminds him she exclusively seeks a no-strings-attached sexual affair.
Nonetheless, Bree later becomes jealous when she discovers Karl has been seeing other women outside of their relationship. Bree eventually comes to realize she is starting to develop feelings for Karl and accepts the former's invitation to join him on a romantic weekend in Las Vegas.
Unbeknownst to Bree, Katherine has become increasingly unhinged due to loosing Mike to Susan and is struggling with an unbearable workload at the company.
A catering event is ruined due to Katherine's mental collapse and Bree fires her the next day, urging her to seek professional help. Bree and Karl are caught having sex at the motel by the maid, who is judgmental of Bree's actions and warns her of the consequences of committing adultery.
Bree opens up to the maid and reveals that she feels consistently guilty and wishes Orson would stop loving her because she no longer feels deserving. Fearing she is beginning to fall in love, Bree decides to end her affair with Karl.
However, she is persuaded otherwise when Karl proposes. Bree reluctantly agrees to think over his proposition of becoming a changed man if they wed. Karl also presents her with an antique brooch, which he formally gave to Susan during their marriage, who later identifies it and becomes suspicious, as does Orson.
Despite attempting to project an image of wedded bliss to neighbors, Bree continues to beg Orson for a divorce. With Katherine gone, Bree decides to hire new neighbor Angie Bolen as her assistant chef after tasting her Italian cuisine at a dinner party.
Subsequent to clashes of personality, Bree eventually befriends Angie and divulges details about her failing marriage. Bree's efforts to hide her extramarital affair almost fail when she is seconds from being caught by Orson but is assisted by Angie in covering it up. Determined to free herself from her marriage, Bree and Karl develop a scheming plan: stage photographs of Orson meeting with a fellow ex-con and blackmail him with the threat of being returned to jail for breaking his parole conditions.
Susan learns of Bree's relationship with her ex-husband Karl and, although she feels initially betrayed, eventually gives the couple her blessing. Despite Susan's criticism of his shortcomings and indiscretions, Bree confesses her love for Karl. Bree begins to put her blackmail plan into action by arranging a meeting between Orson and ex-con Lamar Banjamin and organizes secret photos to be taken. Bree presents Orson with the photographs and blackmails him with the threat of jail unless he agrees to sign the divorce papers.
Orson subsequently learns of Bree's affair at the neighborhood Christmas block party and engages in a violent fist-fight with Karl inside a make-shift Santa's Workshop.
Bree attempts to break the two men apart moments before a private airplane flying a marriage proposal from Karl makes an emergency crash-landing onto the lane. The plane smashes into the workshop with Bree, Orson and Karl still inside.
Once rescued from the debris, Bree is rushed to hospital where she is notified of Karl's death. Descending into a hysterical fit of emotion, Bree is sedated and dreams of her future if she had married Karl. Bree awakes to the news that Orson survived the ordeal but his injuries have left him paralyzed from the waist down. Still in grief, Bree attempts to atone for her sins and deal with her guilt by removing Orson from hospital and caring for him at home. Their relationship is, naturally, incredibly strained and at first he refuses to communicate.
Attempting to seek revenge, Orson makes Bree wait on him hand and foot. Bree, reluctantly, continues to act as a house-servant for Orson and acts on his every whim. Eventually snapping and refusing to take anymore, Bree wheels Orson outside and washes him down with the garden hose.
Orson announces his resentment for Bree for being instrumental in putting him in a wheelchair and admits his struggles with his miserable life prospects as a paraplegic. Bree begs Orson for forgiveness. When Orson descends into a suicidal depression, Bree places him on suicide watch and attempts to nurse him to sound mental health.
The estranged couple attend a wedding anniversary, whereby Orson attempts to roll himself into a swimming pool to drown. Bree manages to stop him in time and declares her love for him. Agreeing to work through their problems, Bree and Orson reconcile. Bree seeks the counsel of new Wisteria Lane resident, and ex-stripper, Robin Gallagher to assist her reconnect romantically with Orson.
Robin suggests Bree restart their sex life which prompts Bree into attempting to give Orson a lap-dance. This goes horribly wrong yet Bree's attempts to mend their broken relationship is clearly transparent to Orson, who finally manages to forgive Bree for her infidelity. A mysterious man by the name of Sam Allen visits Bree, insisting he understands her values and wishes to work for her.
Although hesitant, Bree is impressed by his ideas and hires him. Meanwhile, one of Bree's employees, Tad, keeps causing havoc at the company, but Andrew continually defends him. Andrew gets frustrated when Bree plans to fire Tad. Sam assumes that Andrew is having an affair with Tad, which proves to be correct. Bree is upset with Andrew and Sam hints to her that she should let him go. Bree is reluctant. Impressed by Sam's skills, Bree quickly promotes him to vice-president, much to Andrew's anger.
While visiting Sam's home, Bree is stunned to see a photo of Rex and Sam. Sam admits Rex was his father and that he spent years watching Bree's family, wondering why Rex chose them over him. He reveals he decided to introduce himself to Bree after his mother's recent death. Initially betrayed and shocked, Bree ultimately welcomes Sam into her life. Bree finds herself at odds with Andrew, who suspects Sam has an ulterior motive.
Andrew becomes increasingly hostile towards Sam, much to Bree's disappointment. Later, Bree confides in Sam that she has enjoyed talking about Rex again because it makes her realize how much she misses him and he tells her she can talk about Rex to him any time.
Andrew and Orson both believe Sam is up to something so they decide to team up in order to protect Bree and expose Sam's true intentions. Orson talks to Bree about Sam and while Bree talks about trying to make Sam feel like part of the family, Sam eavesdrops from around the corner and makes a smirk that indicates a hidden agenda. Andrew goes out of his way to attempt to convince Bree about how Sam is manipulating her and she becomes frustrated. She takes Sam's previous advice and fires Andrew.
Sam is alarmed to hear that she plans to eventually take Andrew back in. Shortly afterwards, the food is sabotaged at a dinner Bree is giving while trying to pitch an idea for a new cookbook. Bree sets the sprinklers off to avoid the embarrassment of people eating the food and rejecting the cookbook. Bree believes Sam when he says that it must be Andrew as he hadn't returned the test kitchen keys; however, Orson points out that this kind of smart, subtle sabotage is more in Sam's style.
Bree becomes concerned. Julie Mayer's attacker is revealed to be Eddie Orlofsky , a teenage boy whom Bree had previously hired to do chores for her. In a flashback, Bree gives Eddie dating advice. She even gives him extra money to buy gifts for the girl he likes.
Bree goes to talk to Barbara when Eddie's object of affection ends up being Danielle. She returns the necklace Eddie left for Danielle and asks Barbara to "let Eddie down easy. Worse, she goes on to say, "The only girl I ever thought he'd end up with would be blind, deaf or inflatable. Eddie tells Bree, "I don't want a friend. I want somebody to love me. Bree decides to dig deeper into Sam's mysterious behavior after she sees him being extremely rude to his supposedly dead mother, Lillian , not to mention Rex's ex.
Bree confronts Lillian and she learns that when Sam was 4, Rex asked for full-time custody and Lillian declined — a secret to which Bree was never privy. A few months ago, Sam learned of Rex's offer, and something snapped, and his plan to worm his way into Bree's life was set into motion.
Bree reveals that she knows the secret to Sam, who has a violent tantrum, and smashes a vase. Bree admits to Orson that she is afraid of Sam. Bree attempts to pay Sam off and gives him a check, which he refuses to take, and tears up. In retaliation, Bree brings in a couple of retired police officers who intimidate him, while having tea and scones.
Sam retreats. Bree, having thought she'd scared him off, is shocked when Sam returns to blackmail her - unless she signs over her entire company to him, he'll tell the police that Andrew ran down Carlos' mother.
Bree tells Orson and Andrew about the blackmail threat. She reluctantly signs over her company to Sam in order to silence him. He asks her not to hate him, before leaving her forever. Meanwhile, Orson resents Bree for sending him to prison because of running over Mike, yet giving up her company in order to save Andrew from the same fate.
He admits he respected Bree for holding him to her high standards, yet now that respect is gone because she dropped her standards to protect Andrew. Bree insists she had no choice but to protect Andrew, and Orson tells her there is always a choice, and his choice is to no longer be her husband. Bree is heartbroken. She later asks Andrew to have permission to do something she should've done a long time ago - confess to Gaby. Bree confesses Andrew's role in Mama Solis' hit-and-run to Gabrielle and they decide to keep it a secret from Carlos.
Meanwhile, Bree and Orson part ways, as he collects his belongings and leaves. Once he's left, Bree begins to look at some family photos, but is distracted by her peeling wallpaper.
She tries to stick it back up, with little luck, and eventually tears the entire wall bare. She hires a contractor, Keith Watson , to help redecorate her home.
Soon, Bree learns that Orson has begun a relationship with his physical therapist and she struggles to come to terms with how quickly he has moved on. Later, Keith suggests Bree decorate her dining room in a moonstruck yellow. You have other options. At the hospital, Bree learns that Juanita will be fine, and Gaby forgives her for the accident.
Subsequently, Bree and Andrew begin to converse about Keith and he informs her that Keith is too young for someone her age. This resonates with Bree and she returns home. After becoming excited by a shirtless Keith, she promptly fires him and he angrily leaves. She eventually overcomes her concerns regarding the age difference and her recent divorce from Orson, and locates Keith in a local bar.
She explains that she enjoys his company and that she actually could use someone like him in her life right now. He agrees to return to work on her house. Bree finally picks up the courage to invite Keith over for dinner, but just as she is about to do so, his girlfriend shows up. New neighbor, Renee Perry , invites Bree out "stud hunting" at a night-club, and Bree takes up this offer.
At the club, they see Keith and Renee immediately dives on him. Bree learns from the bar waiter that Keith is now single and she is horrified at the sight of him and Renee become increasingly flirtatious. Bree heads for the bathroom and makes herself look sexy to distract Keith Back on Wisteria Lane, Bree destroys her sprinkler system and calls Keith to repair them.
They agree to go out on a date and the next day, a furious Renee informs Bree that she is willing to fight her for Keith's love. Bree's date with Keith is ruined when Renee calls Danielle and Benjamin to come and visit. Renee thinks that if Keith figures out that Bree is a grandma, he'll be put off.
Anxious to take her revenge, Bree discovers that Renee is terrified of little people after a circus incident in her childhood. While Renee is on her date with Keith in a fancy restaurant, Bree hires her friend from church, who is a dwarf, to approach Renee, and when he does, she gets freaked out. Later, Renee makes Keith decide who he wants to date - her or Bree.
He ultimately picks Bree. Bree is exhausted after many all-nighters of sex with Keith's unrestricted libido. Later, he confesses that he was only trying to impress her because Bree seemed too conservative and sophisticated for him after Bree reveals she can't keep up with him. They tell each other that they like each other the way they are. Bree, while taking a visit to Keith's apartment, is mortified by the fact that he is living with an attractive female roommate, Mimi.
After spending the night at the apartment, the next morning, Bree speaks to Mimi and is relieved that there is not a romantic connection between her and Keith. While sorting through Keith's mail, Bree notices a letter from the Department of Corrections and discovers that he has a violent history - he is on probation for assault. Later, at Renee's Halloween party, Bree is approached by a drunken man, who tries to advance on her.
She calls over Keith, who grabs the man and violently demands he leave the party. Bree screams for Keith to calm down and he storms off. He confesses to Bree that he knows she wants to break up with him since finding out about his probation. Bree denies this and acknowledges that everyone has problems - she informs him of her alcohol addiction; "Did you not know you're dating the biggest lush in Fairview? Bree is stunned to learn that she is starting menopause.
Mary drops hints about Bree being menopausal through dinner and after finally admitting the secret to Keith, an ashamed Bree leaves the restaurant and heads home. Keith finds her and informs her that having children with his DNA isn't important - they can always adopt.
Bree sadly tells him that she doesn't want any more children and an upset Keith tells her to forget the conversation so they continue being happy. As an apology for her behavior at the restaurant, Mary comes to Bree's home with flowers, wherein Bree discovers how rocky her marriage has been since her husband returned from the military. Bree encourages her to tell him how he feels. This culminates over Thanksgiving dinner, which ends up with Keith's parents deciding to get a divorce.
With his parent's dissolved marriage, Keith is somewhat discouraged from proposing to Bree in the future, but his father puts him straight. Oblivious to Keith's plans to propose, Bree invites Richard along with the couple on numerous dates in order to help him overcome his divorce woes.
Whilst on a date, Bree encounters an old friend who she sets Richard up with. However, she turns out to be less than stable and the date ends badly, when the engagement ring Keith arranged to be placed in the starter course is unveiled amidst all the chaos. Keith is upset with everyone, including Bree, for ruining his engagement plans. Bree goes to Keith's apartment but finds his father, Richard, there, who implies that Bree should be with him instead of Keith.
Keith decides to propose to Bree. Bree is not ready to tie the knot and they compromise on Keith moving in instead. However, Richard convinces Keith that Bree isn't serious about the relationship and, ultimately, he decides not to move in. The next day, Richard stops by to work on Bree's garden.
While there, Bree is threatened by an ex-con from Paul Young 's halfway house next door. Richard deals with the criminal and, while attempting to comfort a distressed Bree, tries to kiss her.
Bree informs Keith. A fight breaks out between father and son which Bree eventually manages to break up by firing a firing a hand-gun into the air. A riot in turn breaks out on Wisteria Lane but Bree manages to rescue Keith from the battling neighbors. Bree is questioned about the shooting of Paul Young. Meanwhile, Bree is thrown when Orson returns, claiming he was dumped by his girlfriend.
Keith is annoyed at how Bree is willing to let Orson stay with them. Over dinner, Orson makes it clear he doesn't think Keith is a good choice for Bree as they have nothing in common and Orson understands her more, the two throwing food at one another.
Bree goes to see Orson's ex, who reveals that Orson was the one who broke up with her as he's still in love with Bree. She confronts him and Orson confesses how he feels and thinks Bree is too good for Keith. Keith is angered at Bree continuing to want Orson to stay with them, saying that she's still in love with her ex. Bree responds by shoving him down in her manure-covered lawn, getting herself dirty to prove how much she's changed. Bree, on Reverend Sykes' advice, attempts to help Beth Young and invites her for a get together with the girls.
Beth finds a gun the same type that was used to shoot Paul with and wrongly accuses Bree and the others of attempting to frame her. Bree meets Amber James , Keith's ex-girlfriend, who has been raising Keith's son. Bree agrees to help Amber in finding out if Keith would like the opportunity to meet his son and become a father.
Bree questions Keith whether he is happy that the two of them can never have children and he responds that there was a time in his life where he would have loved to have been a father but that it doesn't matter to him anymore because he has her.
Bree selfishly lies to Amber and tells her that Keith doesn't want to meet his son. Bree, scared of losing Keith, gives Amber a check to keep her quiet. Bree has a late night meeting with Amber.
It transpires that the check she gave her will take five days to clear. Amber needs bills paying right away so Bree offers to give her a cashiers check. The new money exchange takes place at a pizza place, where Amber asks Bree to watch her son, Charlie, while she runs to the bank. He meets Charlie. Back home, Bree finally comes clean and tells Keith that Charlie is his son. Bree continues to see how quickly Keith and Charlie connect. Bree knows she can't leave her home and friends and reluctantly, she decides to let Keith go.
She informs him that his love for his son is more important than his love for her. The two split on a bittersweet note. A depressed Bree talks to Reverend Sykes about recent events. Sykes suggests that Bree should substitute her sorrows with helping Susan find a kidney donor in the neighborhood, following the announcement of Susan's dilemma.
Bree throws a dinner party and forces the guests to get blood-tested to see if there is a possible match. The results are revealed and both Bree and Beth Young are the only suitable donors.
Bree visits Beth and tells her that she'll be Susan's donor as she wants to give her life purpose, following her mid-life crisis. Bree receives a call from Karen McCluskey in the early hours of the morning, telling her that Andrew is on her couch, passed out.
Bree goes over to the house with Alex and they collect Andrew. They take him home, and then she and Alex talk about Andrew's recent alcohol addiction. Alex mentions that he is thinking of leaving Andrew because of the seriousness of the problem, but Bree pleads with him not to - she'll help her son.
Bree secretly takes Andrew to an AA meeting. Bree later confronts Andrew about his problem and Andrew admits that Alex has left him because of his addiction.
Andrew, despite Bree's advice, refuses to attend another AA meeting. Instead, the two of them have their own private meeting. Bree encourages Andrew to go to rehab but is jarred when alternately, he decides to make amends by telling Carlos about running over his mother. When Carlos invites Andrew on a camping trip, Bree and Gabrielle fear the worst and follow them. Seeing Carlos with a bloody towel and a dirty shovel, Bree blurts out what Andrew did, just before her son enters the cabin.
Carlos is outraged over this but eventually forgives Andrew. However, when Bree comes to thank him for not pressing charges, Carlos coldly tells her he won't forgive her for hiding the truth all these years and that they're no longer friends. Carlos forbids she and Gabby from seeing each other also. Bree and Gabrielle continue to see each other behind Carlos' back.
However, Carlos eventually finds out after he finds a strand of Bree's hair on Gabrielle's coat. Bree is surprised to find Gaby at her door, shortly after, and it appears that Carlos and Gaby have split after Carlos found out about the continuing friendship.
Bree agrees to let Gabrielle stay with her but is shocked when Juanita and Celia are also ushered in. Juanita and Celia Solis begin frustrating Bree when they continue to damage her home and belongings. Bree attempts to teach the girls to be properly behaved, which only works after Carlos tells them of Bree's involvement in their grandmother's death, and they become petrified of her. One night, Juanita calls the police and tells them that Bree is trying to kill her and Celia and police detective Chuck Vance responds to the call.
Carlos and Chuck sort the misunderstanding out and the Solis' reconcile. Bree goes out on a date with Chuck. When Bree discovers that Chuck pulled information on her prior the date, she demands he take her home. On the drive back to Wisteria Lane, Chuck picks up a prostitute , with plans of taking her back to the woman's center.
Chuck tries to persuade the prostitute to give up her 'profession' and reevaluate her life by giving her false information about Bree - he pretends Bree was a prostitute 15 years ago but gave it up and set up a successful catering company. Bree is offended but ultimately sees that Chuck is good at heart and gives him a second chance. Lee informs Bree that he recognizes Chuck from a local gay bar. Bree becomes increasingly suspicious when she realizes the two have yet to have sex.
After a dinner date, Bree insists that Chuck take her to a gay bar, where several patrons and a waiter recognize him. Chuck tells her that he had worked undercover in the bar, and Bree's suspicions of her beau's sexuality conclude. Bree and Renee shop at the boutique run by Chuck's soon-to-be ex-wife; Bree hopes that making a large purchase will encourage her to more rapidly agree to the divorce terms.
Instead, Bree and Renee inadvertently tip Doreen off to Bree's dating Chuck; while Doreen expresses sympathy, she uses her knowledge of the romance to make additional property demands. Chuck tells Bree that he has agreed to Doreen's increased demands to allow them to move on in their relationship. The two slip out of a progressive dinner party and head to Bree's home to make love.
Bree forgets all about the main course she is cooking for the party and it ultimately burns. During the final course of the party, Bree along with Lynette and Susan walk into Gaby's house to discover that Carlos has murdered Alejandro Perez , Gaby's stepfather, who raped her as a child. Bree spearheads the decision to cover up the murder to protect Carlos, thus earning his forgiveness for keeping the secret about his mother's hit-and-run for all those years.
Following her agreement with the other housewives to cover up the murder of Gaby's step-father, Bree's relationship with Chuck begins to suffer. Becoming constantly paranoid that he will suspect her involvement, she begins to use sex as a way to keep him distracted.
The situation gets progressively worse when Bree discovers a note in the mail worded identically to the one that drove Mary Alice Young to suicide over 12 years ago - "I know what you did. It makes me sick. I'm going to tell. Bree, fearing she will share the same fate as her long departed friend, shows the note to Gaby and the pair agree not to tell Susan or Lynette. Bree then seeks out the counsel of Mary Alice's widower, Paul , who notifies her that the only other person who knew about the original note was the police detective to whom he confessed the murder of Martha Huber, Chuck Vance.
Believing Chuck is the note's author, Bree suspects he might be secretly investigating her. She decides to break up with him and does so over dinner at a restaurant.
It transpires that Chuck had plans on proposing to Bree that night. Not taking rejection well, Chuck warns Bree that she has made a very big mistake.
However, things are temporarily put on hold when Danielle moves back home following her divorce from Leo. Bree is typically appalled when she discovers her daughter has since set up an online sex swing business but, realizing how critical she has been over the years, decides to support Danielle's ambitions by financing her from afar as a silent partner. Having avoided church over her guilt in burying Alejandro, Bree is convinced by Reverend Sykes to give charity at a local soup kitchen.
Bree helps out and gives a moving speech, which attracts the attention of new neighbor and property developer, Ben Faulkner. Ben convinces her to recite a similar speech to the city council to assist his plans to construct low-income housing.
Ben's plans come to fruition thanks to Bree, who is soon horrified to learn that the development site is Chapman Woods, the exact location of Alejandro's grave. After a failed attempt at preventing Ben's workers from breaking ground, Bree teams up with Gaby and Lynette to dig up Alejandro's corpse to move it elsewhere. They travel to Chapman Woods in the dead of night only to find someone has already beaten them to the site and exhumed the body.
Bree learns that Ben is responsible for the disappearance of the corpse. She confesses to her involvement and Ben keeps her secret by hiring Mike to rebury the corpse beneath the construction foundations at the site. Chuck returns, investigating Alejandro's missing persons report, and targets Bree as a suspect in a twisted scheme to seek revenge due to the break up. Susan and Lynette learn of the blackmail note and their trust in Bree falls apart.
Suspecting foul play, Chuck begins harassing Bree on a regular basis. After he finally pieces clues together and plans on initiating a formal investigation, Bree is abandoned by Susan, Lynette and Gabrielle because of the secrets she has been keeping.
Distressed, Bree is driven to break her sobriety and gives in to her old alcohol addiction. Bree, now completely isolated from her friends, heads out to a bar and makes a routine out of becoming heavily intoxicated. Chuck, now digging deeper into Gabrielle's stepfather's disappearance, causes Bree to snap.
She checks herself into a motel room with a bottle of champagne and a gun, with the intention of shooting herself in the head. Bree, seconds away from putting a bullet through her brain, is interrupted by Renee. Learning of Bree's suicide plan, Renee insists on nursing her back to sound mental health. Bree receives a second note, similar to first, reading "You're Welcome", following the death of Chuck in a hit-and-run.
Bree shares the new note with Gaby and Lynette, but the pair continue to shun her. Bree's depression continues and she spends her days drinking alone. Renee, trying to desperately cheer her friend up, takes Bree out to a dive bar, where she hits on a random man and eventually ends up going home with him. Although their romantic evening doesn't go exactly to plan, Bree still gets a thrill from letting loose and becoming a 'bad girl.
Bree continues picking up random men from the dive bar and hopes her neighbors won't discover her latest "hobby. Sikes tries to talk Bree out of her new pick-up-style, but she is reluctant to take his advice.
Later, at the local church bake sale, Bree makes a scene and lets everyone know that she is the "town whore" and her indecent behavior becomes the talk of Fairview. Susan, Lynette and Gaby become worried about Bree when they count how many men they've seen her with in the last week and decide the time has come for them to reach out and help her. The girls plan an intervention but Bree won't have any of it and she rejects her friend's support. At the dive bar the next night, a skeezy guy attempts to rape Bree.
Her life is saved by her ex-husband, Orson, who uses a taser to scare away Bree's attacker. Orson moves back in with Bree and manages to help get her life back on track.
He invites Bree to his coastal cabin in Maine and advices her not to try and patch up her friendship with Susan, Lynette and Gaby. As the two pack ready to leave for Maine, Orson tells his ex-wife about how he has since learned how to drive and how he is a changed man - in fact, he was responsible for Chuck Vance's death and was the sender of the blackmail note, all in a twisted scheme to win back Bree's heart.
Bree is unaware of Orson's motives. Before the two leave for Maine, Bree forces Orson to stop at his apartment to pick up a hat she once bought him. Before she has a chance to enter, Orson removes all evidence of his scheme from eye-sight photos and clippings of Alejandro's murder etc. Orson admits that he was behind the letters, as well as attempting to isolate Bree from her friends so he could have her all to himself.
Bree banishes Orson from her life. Later, Orson calls her and appears to suggest he's going to kill himself, making Bree feel guilty. But instead, Orson posts a brown envelope containing incriminating evidence to the Fairview Police Department. Bree makes up with the girls and they celebrate the end of their cover-up nightmare when in fact police have read Orson's package and are hightailing it to Ben's construction site. Meanwhile, a cancer-stricken Karen McCluskey approaches Bree and asks to help her die.
Bree reluctantly commits to granting Karen's wish but confides in Renee that she actually has no such plan to do so. After stringing Mrs McCluskey on, Bree opens up about her own suicide attempt and pleads Karen to reconsider as it will undermine everything she has accomplished. Karen accepts her fate. A homicide detective asks Bree to come down to the police station shortly before Mike's funeral services. In the interrogation room, the detective questions her about Alejandro.
The cops can't get a read on Bree, but they do, however, lift her fingerprints off a coffee mug she used and match it with fingerprints found on the corpse of Alejandro, which they had previously dug up. Bree gets a visit from Andrew, who wants to introduce her to his fiancee - flaky, former member of Overeaters Anonymous Mary Beth. Bree is skeptic of Andrew's motives, although he insists he has changed and is no longer gay.
Eventually, Bree realizes Andrew is only marrying Mary Beth to help with his financial troubles, and in response, she invites her son's gay friends along to a surprise engagement party in an attempt to sabotage the couple's relationship. Soon, Mary Beth reveals to Bree that she is more than aware of Andrew's sexuality, but has chosen to settle with him rather than being alone.
Bree convinces her to split up with Andrew and she does so. Meanwhile, Ben is questioned about the discovery of Alejandro's body, but is eventually cleared - Bree calls him to thank him for covering up the murder. Little does she know that, in a disguised surveillance van outside, the cops are listening to the entire conversation.
Bree is arrested at Renee's bridal shower for Alejandro's murder and is referred to Trip Weston , a hot-shot lawyer with a knack for getting hardened criminals off murder charges, by friend Bob Hunter.
Although he wows Bree by concocting genius excuses for every piece of incriminating evidence, he sends her packing because her case isn't challenging enough. He changes his mind however, when Bree is hauled back in to the police station over some new evidence - a map found in Alejandro's hotel room with Wisteria Lane circled and Bree's house number written on it, though the digits were sneakily penciled in by one of Chuck's detective friends, Murphy , who has an all-consuming vendetta against Bree.
Trip frees Bree from his clutches and explains that he will take on her case because he can tell she knows who really murdered Alejandro. At the pre-trial, the prosecutors suggest that Alejandro could have been one of the many men Bree slept with during her promiscuous period, which helps strengthen the theory that she was responsible for his murder.
Bree is embarrassed when Trip wants her to be open with him about the numerous notches on her bedpost and she refuses to talk. He ultimately convinces her to open up. Soon, Bree is wooed by Trip and after a nudge from Susan, Lynette and Gaby, realizes that she has a crush on him. Bree's lust for Trip escalates. Meanwhile, at the court hearing, Bree is painted as an alcoholic prostitute, but Susan, Lynette and Gaby all provide accounts of the night of the progressive dinner party, proving there was no way she could have murdered Alejandro.
However, Bree's suicide note is presented in which she confessed to feeling guilty over committing a crime to the court.
During a recess, Trip discovers Gaby's connection to Alejandro and urges Bree to come clean about her friend's involvement. When Bree tells him she can't betray her friends, Trip reminds her what is at stake — her freedom. With Karen's illness worsening, Bree, along with the other housewives, agree to look after her until the very end. Meanwhile, things don't work in Bree's favor regarding the trial after Renee tells the jury she saw Bree with a shovel the night of the murder.
The court has a recess, in which Tripp lets Bree know that she's in serious trouble. Then he kisses her. Moments later, Bree spills all the details of what happened the night Alejandro died. She makes Tripp promise to not use this information against her friends.
Yet, Trip goes against her wishes; a livid Bree is horrified when Gaby is called to testify. The truth is finally revealed. A flustered Bree demands another recess, but the judge refuses. Bree pretends to faint so the court will be adjourned for the day. The next day, Karen who has since learned the truth about the murder of Alejandro is called to the stand and lies to the judge and jury by revealing herself as murderer.
Due to Karen's failing health, she is spared any jail time and all charges are dropped against Bree. The residents of Wisteria Lane all throw a party to celebrate Bree's acquittal. Bree shuns Trip for betraying her. To thank Karen for protecting her, Bree hunts for an old record of "Wonderful, Wonderful" by Johnny Mathis to fulfill her elderly neighbor's wish of listening to the song while she passes.
Refusing to have any form of communication with Trip, Bree however soon learns that he located Karen's record before her. Throughout its run, Desperate Housewives featured an ensemble cast of famous guest stars. For one, supermodel Heidi Klum — who's undergone a stunning transformation — played herself in a Season 6 arc, during which she encountered Gaby and Angie while out and about. Klum appeared to be unimpressed, as she remembered all too well that Gaby played a joke that resulted in her losing a magazine cover.
She played Sherri Maltby, who Gaby mentored for a beauty pageant. Lastly, remember Maxine, who was arrested on charges of slavery in Season 2? You might not think you know who Stephen Sondheim is, but if you like watching television shows, movies, and musicals, it's quite likely you've come across his work, or references to his work. Sondheim is a composer and lyricist, who The New York Times refers to as "the American musical's supreme artist of ambivalence.
Though he is 90 years old now, and well and truly past the peak of his career, his work is still referenced often in popular culture. Examples include Jennifer Aniston singing one of his songs on The Morning Show , the inclusion of a few of his songs on The Politician , and references to his work on Marriage Story and Joker.
Sondheim has a unique link to Desperate Housewives , too. The New York Times reports that "every Desperate Housewives episode title is a Sondheim lyric," which is a fascinating hidden detail.
Can you figure out which musical the titles refer to? Across eight seasons of Desperate Housewives , 52 characters have died , mostly under suspicious circumstances.
That's right, 52! Considering the series began with a death, perhaps we should have seen the other hidden details coming. According to ScreenRant , some of these untimely passings include the death of Mary Alice Young, who ended her own life unexpectedly; the death of Rex Van de Kamp, who was killed as a result of his medications being swapped by pharmacist George Williams who was in love with Bree ; the death of Karl Mayer, due to a plane crashing into a house he happened to be inside of at the time; and the death of Edie Brit, who was electrocuted in a truly shocking way.
Arguably the most emotional death on Desperate Housewives is perhaps the murder of Mike Delfino. His character arc included a mysterious past, a son he didn't know existed, jail time, a coma, and so many more unfortunate incidents. His time on Wisteria Lane was ultimately cut short when he was shot to death outside his home, depriving him and Susan of a long, happy life together.
Hardcore fans of Desperate Housewives would have noticed the hidden detail that Season 4 has fewer episodes than the other seasons — only 17, as opposed to 23 or Well, as it turns out, there's a reason for this.
Desperate Housewives was affected by the Hollywood writers' strike in ABC reported that the program was one of the first major series to be shut down as a result of the strike, which started after producers and writers couldn't come to an agreement. Marc Cherry, who created the series, acted as a lead negotiator for the Writers Guild of America during this turbulent moment. Tensions were high at the time, to the point that writers were outside of a Desperate Housewives set in Los Angeles protesting.
ABC also reported that Eva Longoria, who played the glamorous Gaby Solis on the show, supported the picketers, and even brought out some pizza for them to snack on while protesting.
Fans who've watched the series from the very beginning might remember the very first of many car accidents on this show. This particular wreck was caused by Andrew, Bree's then-teenage son. According to The Spinoff , an intoxicated Andrew hit Juanita, a. The accident can be viewed on YouTube , if you need to refresh your memory, or if you're just catching up.
This scene is mirrored in Season 7, when Bree accidentally hits Gaby and Carlos' daughter Juanita with her car. This results in young Juanita being taking to the hospital, which sets the scene for a surprising storyline with hidden details.
Remember the iconic opening scene in the pilot episode of Desperate Housewives? It follows Mary Alice Young's supposedly uneventful day, during which she tends to the garden, cooks, cleans, does laundry, and works on household projects. But it ends quite shockingly with her raising a gun to her temple and pulling the trigger, thus ending her life.
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