Desperate Housewives

ABC’sDesperateHousewivesis famous for its campy soap opera house flavor and distaff friendships . James Denton , who is starring in the filmPerfect Harmony , shared that since his lineament dies at the final stage of the serial , it would be tough for his quality to come back in a reboot . Denton said , " There has n’t been much talk of the town about it . I do gibe with you that it seems like a no - brainer , but it would have to be my evil twin , which they ’re not above , I ’m trusted , " according toYahoo ! News .

Lynette Scavo ( Felicity Huffman ) , Susan Mayer ( Teri Hatcher ) , Bree Van De Kamp ( Marcia Cross ) , and Gaby Solis ( Eva Longoria ) have a bond that would make a good deal of multitude envious as they ’re there for each other all the clip . While their friendship is the sum of the series , the show is also known for pour down off many characters . While some mean - spunky ne’er - do - wells deserved to go , a caboodle did n’t .

update on October 22nd , 2022 by Aya Tsintziras : In the years since the last of Desperate Housewives aired , it has been fun to see the cast take on other projects . Cross play Jean Peck in several episode of the strike Netflix thriller You and Longoria has had roles on Empire , Brooklyn Nine - Nine , and Telenovela . When looking back on Desperate Housewives , it ’s impossible not to remember the many tragical death that take place over the seasons . Several buff favorite characters passed away , which still feel grievous , and their release changed the show perpetually .

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Rex Van De Kamp

Pharmacist George Williams ( Roger Bart ) is in electric charge of Rex ’s ( Steven Culp ) prescriptions in time of year 1 , and he decide to kill Rex . This becomes one of the wilder storylines on a series know for some plotlines that go in vivid steering that no one could have predicted .

This is n’t an incredibly tragical death because Bree and Rex ’s marriage ceremony was failing and it never seemed like she really loved him . But since the passing of a primary character ’s spouse is no small thing , this was still an authoritative bit in the serial .

Karl Mayer

Karl Mayer ( Richard Burgi ) is n’t a appealing part and is one of theworstDesperate Housewiveshusbands , and he dies in a idle manner in the season 6 episode " If … " When a plane crashes into a home , he happens to be inside it and does n’t pull round .

Susan ’s ex - husband and the founder of her nipper never treated her the room that he should have , but his demise was still a little worked up . Susan started wondering if there was a way for her to stay with Karl , and she mean about how things could have worked out . While Karl care for Susan awfully during their wedding and after , Susan will always remember her former partner and the father of her daughter and his death is difficult for her .

Ida Greenberg

Ida Greenberg passes off in time of year 4 after living on Wisteria Lane and being part of the other characters ' casual aliveness . When a crack devastate the surface area , Ida is a hoagy who serve Lynette and Tom Scavo and their child run and detect safety .

Ida ’s death is the hardest on Karen McCluskey , as the two were buddy , and it ’s heartbreaking watching Karen understand that she has lose someone who was so important to her . This death was a pitiful , tough reminder that anything can happen to anyone when they least expect it .

Lillian Simms

Lillian Simms ’s niece , Katherine Mayfair , is n’t a lover favorite eccentric as she has a pot of baggage and secrets and is n’t always decent to other people . Lillian ’s death is tragical as she was holding onto a horrible computer storage and Katherine did n’t want her to secernate anyone . Katherine and Lillian knew that Katherine ’s child Dylan die in a tragic fortuity and that Katherine adopt a girl and told everyone that this was her girl .

In season 4 , Lillian passes off , and she is a touch on Wisteria Lane with a few other former residents in the series finale . While viewers did n’t get to know Lillian very well , this is still an upsetting storyline as Lillian had to go for onto so much sorrow and pain in the neck .

Juanita Solis

It ’s very emotional for Carlos ( Ricardo Antonio Chavira ) when his female parent Juanita ( Lupe Ontiveros ) dies . fall behind a parent is never easy , making this one of the saddest passage onDesperate Housewives .

This death is n’t as tragical as some others because while Carlos is devastated , Gaby did n’t have a great relationship with her female parent - in - law . Juanita knew that Gaby was cheating on her son and hat her for it and did n’t endeavor to see things from Gabby ’s perspective , which is that she feel turn a loss and alone in her marriage .

Glen Wingfield

In the season 5 episode " Connect ! Connect ! , " Lynette shares that her x - stepdad Glen ( Richard Chamberlain ) has died , which is really tough for her .

Lynette thought that her parent got dissociate because Glen had an matter but he tells her that he is brave and that ’s the reason why the marriage transgress up . This changes Lynette ’s entire perspective on her family and she fend for him . It ’s really distressing to learn that Glen died when the reference had been remedy their relationship as Lynette realise that she lose a lot of time with him and that thing could have been much legato and happy between them .

Paige Dash

It ’s always tragic when a child dies , making Paige Dash ’s ( Madeleine Michelle Dunn ) decease one of the most worked up moment on the show .

This death is even unfit since Susan is the one who kills Paige . Mike says that he was take the car that killed Paige , but it was really Susan . Paige was only three years one-time at the meter of the railway car crash , making this one of the hardest deaths to come to terms with . Of theDesperate Housewivesmain character , Susan is one of the most well - written , and this experience changes her as she feels fearsome guilty conscience about her part in the accident .

Edie Brit

Edie Brit ( Nicollette Sheridan ) dies in the 5th time of year upon being electrocute . This death is n’t as worked up as some others but while not everyone loves Edie , it ’s still a shocking present moment on the show and one that fans might not have encounter coming .

The other main characters endure on Wisteria Lane have a complicated human relationship with Edie , which make this an even bigger storyline . But since Edie is part of their social forget me drug , she is one of them , and it ’s incredibly tough for Gabby , Lynette , Bree , and Susan to say auf wiedersehen as they never opine that something like this would happen .

Eli Scruggs

It ’s really devastating when Eli Scruggs ( Beau Bridges ) passes off , make this a last that tugs on the heartstrings every sentence that viewers think about it .

This storyline is also well - done and take into account the feelings that the other main characters are dealing with during this unmanageable time . When Eli has a centre attack , TV audience find out how much he cared about the people in the neighborhood , and how much they love him in return . He had a bond with everyone and he is truly omit on Wisteria Lane .

Mary Alice Young

WhenDesperate Housewivesbegins , viewers learn that Mary Alice Young ( Brenda Strong ) ended her own biography , and that was all beat to rooter everywhere .

Mary Alice ’s dying is the impulsion for the story at great , forcing her best friends to search at their lives and what makes them felicitous . No one expected this to happen , so it ’s a really big mint within this show ’s universe . Mary Alice ’s friends realize that there is a spate about their friend that they did n’t know and this give up off the show ’s major motif that everyone keeps secrets .

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