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Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Series · TV-14 · 42 min · ★ 7.9 · 72% critics
MysteryDramaComedy
In a picture-perfect suburb, a woman takes her own life, and her story is shared through the lives of her family, friends, and neighbors. From an elevated viewpoint, the show looks at what’s happening behind the polished doors—and the secrets inside.
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129 hours to watch · 179 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2004–2012
- Release date
- 2004-10-03
- Network
- ABC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (2,075 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Desperate Housewives if you like glossy neighborhood drama with humor and ongoing secrets, and you don’t mind emotional, sometimes dark topics; Not for you if you want light, purely feel-good TV—also skip it if you prefer the vibes of Charmed or Good Girls.
Pros: darkly funny tone; suburb drama; intriguing mystery setup | Cons: can feel cringey; heavy on drama; some find it overrated
Themes
- housewife
- female friendship
- neighbor
- neighborhood
- suspenseful
Cast & crew
Teri Hatcher
as Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman
as Lynette Scavo
John Bobek
as Tucker
Matthew Glave
as Detective Foster
- MA
María Conchita Alonso
as Lucia
Melise
as Violet
Thomas Kopache
as Raymond
- MT
Myra Turley
as Peggy
Marcia Cross
as Bree Van de Kamp
Eva Longoria
as Gabrielle Solis
Created by Marc Cherry
Episodes8 seasons · 179 episodes
Season 123 episodes
- S1E1Pilot43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E2Ah, But Underneath43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E3Pretty Little Picture43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E4Who's That Woman?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E5Come In, Stranger43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E6Running to Stand Still43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E7Anything You Can Do43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E8Guilty43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E9Suspicious Minds43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E10Come Back to Me43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E11Move On43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E12Every Day a Little Death43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E13Your Fault43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E14Love Is in the Air43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E15Impossible43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E16The Ladies Who Lunch43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E17There Won't Be Trumpets43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E18Children Will Listen43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E19Live Alone and Like It43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E20Fear No More43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E21Sunday in the Park with George43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E22Goodbye for Now43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E23One Wonderful Day43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 223 episodes
- S2E1Next44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E2You Could Drive a Person Crazy43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E3You'll Never Get Away from Me43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E4My Heart Belongs to Daddy43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E5They Asked Me Why I Believe in You43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E6I Wish I Could Forget You43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E7Color and Light42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E8The Sun Won't Set43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E9That's Good, That's Bad44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E10Coming Home44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E11One More Kiss43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E12We're Gonna Be All Right44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E13There's Something About a War43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E14Silly People43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E15Thank You So Much44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E16There Is No Other Way43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E17Could I Leave You?44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E18Everybody Says Don't43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E19Don't Look at Me43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E20It Wasn't Meant to Happen44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E21I Know Things Now44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E22No One Is Alone44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E23Remember88mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 323 episodes
- S3E1Listen to the Rain on the Roof43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E2It Takes Two43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E3A Weekend in the Country43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E4Like It Was43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E5Nice She Ain't43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E6Sweetheart, I Have to Confess43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E7Bang43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E8Children and Art43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E9Beautiful Girls43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E10The Miracle Song43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E11No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E12Not While I'm Around43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E13Come Play Wiz Me43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E14I Remember That43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E15The Little Things You Do Together45mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E16My Husband, the Pig43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E17Dress Big43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E18Liaisons43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E19God, That's Good43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E20Gossip43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E21Into the Woods43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E22What Would We Do Without You?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E23Getting Married Today43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 417 episodes
- S4E1Now You Know43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E2Smiles of a Summer Night43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E3The Game43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E4If There's Anything I Can't Stand43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E5Art Isn't Easy42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E6Now I Know, Don't Be Scared43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E7You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E8Distant Past43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E9Something's Coming43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E10Welcome to Kanagawa43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E11Sunday43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E12In Buddy's Eyes43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E13Hello, Little Girl43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E14Opening Doors43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E15Mother Said43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E16The Gun Song43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E17Free44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 524 episodes
- S5E1You're Gonna Love Tomorrow43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E2We're So Happy You're So Happy43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E3Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E4Back in Business43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E5Mirror, Mirror43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E6There's Always a Woman43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E7What More Do I Need?42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E8City on Fire43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E9Me and My Town42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E10A Vision's Just a Vision43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E11Home Is the Place43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E12Connect! Connect!44mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E13The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E14Mama Spent Money When She Had None43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E15In a World Where the Kings are Employers43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E16Crime Doesn't Pay43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E17The Story of Lucy and Jessie43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E18A Spark. To Pierce the Dark.43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E19Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E20Rose's Turn43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E21Bargaining43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E22Marry Me a Little43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E23Everybody Says Don't43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E24If It's Only in Your Head43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 623 episodes
- S6E1Nice Is Different than Good43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E2Being Alive43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E3Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E4The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E5Everybody Ought to Have a Maid43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E6Don't Walk on the Grass43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E7Careful the Things You Say43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E8The Coffee Cup43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E9Would I Think of Suicide?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E10Boom Crunch43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E11If...43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E12You Gotta Get a Gimmick43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E13How About a Friendly Shrink?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E14The Glamorous Life43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E15Lovely43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E16The Chase43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E17Chromolume No. 743mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E18My Two Young Men43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E19We All Deserve to Die43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E20Epiphany43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E21A Little Night Music43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E22The Ballad of Booth43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E23I Guess This Is Goodbye43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 723 episodes
- S7E1Remember Paul?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E2You Must Meet My Wife43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E3Truly Content43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E4The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E5Let Me Entertain You43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E6Excited and Scared43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E7A Humiliating Business43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E8Sorry Grateful43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E9Pleasant Little Kingdom43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E10Down the Block There's a Riot43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E11Assassins43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E12Where Do I Belong43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E13I'm Still Here43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E14Flashback43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E15Farewell Letter43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E16Searching43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E17Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E18Moments in the Woods43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E19The Lies Ill-Concealed43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E20I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E21Then I Really Got Scared43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E22And Lots of Security...43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E23Come on Over for Dinner43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 823 episodes
- S8E1Secrets That I Never Want to Know43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E2Making the Connection43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E3Watch While I Revise the World42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E4School of Hard Knocks43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E5The Art of Making Art43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E6Witch's Lament42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E7Always in Control43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E8Suspicion Song43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E9Putting It Together43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E10What's to Discuss, Old Friend?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E11Who Can Say What's True?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E12What's the Good of Being Good?42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E13Is This What You Call Love?43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E14Get Out of My Life43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E15She Needs Me42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E16You Take for Granted43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E17Women and Death43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E18Any Moment43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E19With So Little to Be Sure of42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E20Lost My Power42mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E21The People Will Hear43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E22Give Me the Blame43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E23Finishing the Hat43mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu