All good things eventually come to an end, and in the final season of this landmark show, the stakes are at an all-time high. Winner of both the 2005 and 2006 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy - "Desperate Housewives" is a primetime soap with a truly contemporary take on "happily ever after." The series, which takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia -- where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem -- began with Mary Alice Young inside her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, taking her own life. Commenting from her elevated point of view, she took us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors.
For Season Eight, Carlos' murder of Gaby's abusive stepfather and the cover up by Susan, Gaby, Bree and Lynette had far-reaching effects. Feelings of guilt began to overcome everyone in different ways, and the knowledge that someone out there knows what they have done has rattled the ladies to their core. Susan withdrew from her friends and family, but found solace in an art class; Gaby continues to ensure that Carlos gets well, as his guilt weighed so heavily upon him that he began drinking heavily and ended up in rehab; Lynette and Tom continue to grapple with their difficult separation; and Bree's life began spiraling into despair when her friends abandoned her after they blamed her for scorning Detective Chuck Vance and causing him to take out his vengeance on them. But with the recent murder of Vance, could one of the ladies be his assassin? Meanwhile, sexy neighbor Ben Faulkner remains Renee's first order of business.
"Desperate Housewives" stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Charles Mesure as Ben Faulkner and Madison de la Garza as Juanita Solis, with Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young and James Denton as Mike Delfino.
Marc Cherry created the series. Cherry is executive producer, along with George W. Perkins, Bob Daily, Sabrina Wind, Matt Berry, David Grossman, Jeff Greenstein and Marco Pennette. "Desperate Housewives" is produced by ABC Studios.
