Season 1

The first season of Desperate Housewives revolves around the desperate events and situations in the lives of the four main housewives: Susan, Lynette, Bree and Gabrielle as well as related characters. The season follows many themes such as romance, mystery, economic issues, crime and betrayal. This article contains episode summaries for the first season of Desperate Housewives.
==Season Summary==
In the United States, original episodes of season one aired between October 3, 2004 and May 22, 2005.
===Cast===
====Starring====
*Teri Hatcher - Susan Mayer (23/23)
*Felicity Huffman - Lynette Scavo (23/23)
*Marcia Cross - Bree Van de Kamp (23/23)
*Eva Longoria - Gabrielle Solis (23/23)
*Nicollette Sheridan - Edie Britt (15/23)
*Steven Culp - Rex Van de Kamp (21/23)
*Ricardo Antonio Chavira - Carlos Solis (22/23)
*Mark Moses - Paul Young (19/23)*
*Andrea Bowen - Julie Mayer (22/23)
*Jesse Metcalfe - John Rowland (15/23)
*Cody Kasch - Zach Young (14/23)
*Brenda Strong - Mary Alice Young (23/23)
*and James Denton - Mike Delfino (20/23)
Note: The billing order for the cast is different in the pilot episode.
*Also featured in archive footage in episode 1.12, accounting for a 20th appearance.
====Recurring Guest Stars====
*Brent Kinsman - Preston Scavo (20/23)1
*Shane Kinsman - Porter Scavo (20/23)1
*Doug Savant - Tom Scavo (17/23)1
*Zane Huett - Parker Scavo (15/23)1
*Joy Lauren - Danielle Van de Kamp (10/23)
*Shawn Pyfrom - Andrew Van de Kamp (10/23)
*Harriet Sansom Harris - Felicia Tilman (9/23)
*Christine Estabrook - Martha Huber (8/23)
*Roger Bart - George Williams (6/23)
*Lupe Ontiveros - Juanita "Mama" Solis (6/23)
*Lucille Soong - Yao Lin (6/23)
*Ryan Carnes - Justin (5/23)
*Bob Gunton - Noah Taylor (5/23)
*Sam Lloyd - Dr. Albert Goldfine (5/23)2
*Richard Roundtree - Mr. Shaw (5/23)
*Pat Crawford Brown - Ida Greenberg (4/23)
*Lesley Ann Warren - Sophie Bremmer (4/23)
*Richard Burgi - Karl Mayer (3/23)
*Jeff Doucette - Father Crowley (3/23)
*Terry Bozeman - Dr. Lee Craig (2/23)
*Mehcad Brooks - Matthew Applewhite (2/23)
*Nick Chinlund - Detective Sullivan (2/23)
*Kathryn Joosten - Karen McCluskey (2/23)
*Alfre Woodard - Betty Applewhite (2/23)
*Jill Brennan - Tish Atherton (1/23)
*Maria Cominis - Mona Clarke (1/23)
*Dakin Matthews - Reverend Sikes (1/23)
*Betty Murphy - Alberta Fromme (1/23)
1 Each was credited in but absent from an additional episode.
2 Not credited in "1.04", in which only his voice is featured.
===Main Plot Points===
*Mary Alice committing suicide and setting off the first mystery of the series.
*Susan's growing relationship with new neighbor, Mike Delfino.
*Lynette dealing with her troublesome kids.
*Bree's perfect world falling apart right in front of her eyes.
*Gabrielle struggling to hide her affair from her fearsome husband, Carlos.
*Edie's competing with Susan for Mike's love, with things only getting worse from there.
==Episode Summaries==
 	 	 	 	 	
01	"Pilot" 	09	"Suspicious Minds" 	17	"There Won’t Be Trumpets"
02	"Ah, But Underneath" 	10	"Come Back to Me" 	18	"Children Will Listen"
03	"Pretty Little Picture" 	11	"Move On" 	19	"Live Alone and Like It"
04	"Who’s That Woman?" 	12	"Every Day a Little Death"	20	"Fear No More"
05	"Come In Stranger" 	13	"Your Fault" 	21	"Sunday in the Park with George"
06	"Running to Stand Still"	14	"Love is in the Air" 	22	"Goodbye for Now"
07	"Anything You Can Do" 	15	"Impossible" 	23	"One Wonderful Day"
08	"Guilty" 	16	"The Ladies Who Lunch" 	 	
===Pilot===
===Ah, But Underneath===
===Pretty Little Picture===
===Who's That Woman?===
===Come In Stranger===
===Running to Stand Still===
===Anything You Can Do===
===Guilty===
===Suspicious Minds===
===Come Back to Me===
===Move On===
===Every Day a Little Death===
===Your Fault===
===Love is in the Air===
===Impossible===
===The Ladies Who Lunch===
===There Won't Be Trumpets===
===Children Will Listen===
===Live Alone and Like It===
===Fear No More===
===Sunday in the Park with George===
===Goodbye For Now===
===One Wonderful Day===
==Notes==
*The characters of Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis are the only ones who physically appear in every single episode of the season. Mary Alice Young provides voice-overs for all 23 episodes as well, and is physically seen in 5 of them.
*This is the only season to feature the characters of Rex Van de Kamp and John Rowland as series regulars.
*The first four seasons were sponsored by Sprite.
*The first ten episodes aired on the Disney Channel on December 24, 2004 alongside the first thirteen episodes of Complete Savages as part of a one-night event.
==See Also==
*Desperate Housewives: The Complete First Season
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