Season 6

This article contains episode summaries for the sixth season of Desperate Housewives.
==Season Summary==
In the U.S., original episodes of season six aired between September 27, 2009 and May 16, 2010.
===Cast===
====Starring====
*Teri Hatcher - Susan Delfino (23/23)
*Felicity Huffman - Lynette Scavo (23/23)
*Marcia Cross - Bree Hodge (23/23)
*Eva Longoria Parker - Gabrielle Solis (23/23)
*Ricardo Antonio Chavira - Carlos Solis (21/23)
*Doug Savant - Tom Scavo (23/23)
*Kyle MacLachlan - Orson Hodge (19/23)
*Dana Delany - Katherine Mayfair (15/23)
*Drea de Matteo - Angie Bolen (20/23)
*Maiara Walsh - Ana Solis (10/23)*
*with Brenda Strong - Mary Alice Young (23/23)
*and James Denton - Mike Delfino (23/23)
*Also seen in archive footage in "Epiphany", accounting for an 11th appearance.
====Also Starring====
*Andrea Bowen - Julie Mayer (11/23)*
*Kathryn Joosten - Karen McCluskey (12/23)* **
*Jeffrey Nordling - Nick Bolen (16/23)***
*Beau Mirchoff - Danny Bolen (18/23)*
*Charlie Carver - Porter Scavo (13/23)
*Joshua Logan Moore - Parker Scavo (12/23)
*Kendall Applegate - Penny Scavo (11/23)
*Madison De La Garza - Juanita Solis (17/23)
*Mason Vale Cotton - MJ Delfino (13/23)****
*Credited only in the episodes in which they appear.
**Credited before the "also starring" cast in "I Guess This is Goodbye".
***Not credited in "Don't Walk on the Grass".
****Also seen in archive footage in "Epiphany", accounting for a 14th appearance.
====Recurring Guest Stars====
*Daniella Baltodano - Celia Solis (12/23)*
*Josh Zuckerman - Eddie Orlofsky (12/23)**
*Kevin Rahm - Lee McDermott (11/23)
*Tuc Watkins - Bob Hunter (10/23)
*Orson Bean - Roy Bender (9/23)
*Richard Burgi - Karl Mayer (9/23)
*Shawn Pyfrom - Andrew Van de Kamp (9/23)
*Sam Page - Sam Allen (7/23)
*John Barrowman - Patrick Logan (5/23)
*Julie Benz - Robin Gallagher (5/23)
*Max Carver - Preston Scavo (5/23)
*Maria Cominis - Mona Clarke (5/23)
*John Rubinstein - Principal Hobson (3/23)
*Jeff Doucette - Father Crowley (2/23)
*Jesse Metcalfe - John Rowland (2/23)
*Christine Clayburg - Newscaster (1/23)
*Michael Dempsey - Detective Murphy (1/23)
*Lyndsy Fonseca - Dylan Mayfair (1/23)
*Zane Huett - Parker Scavo (younger) (1/23)
*Brent Kinsman - Preston Scavo (younger) (1/23)
*Shane Kinsman - Porter Scavo (younger) (1/23)
*Joy Lauren - Danielle Katz (1/23)
*Dakin Matthews - Reverend Sikes (1/23)
*Mark Moses - Paul Young (1/23)***
*Dale Waddington - Nurse (1/23)
*Was credited in but absent from two additional episodes.
**Not credited in "Being Alive".
***Not credited.
===Main Plot Points===
*Bree develops a romantic affair with Karl Mayer, eventually makes up with Orson and is faced with a new addition to her family.
*Lynette tries to conceal her pregnancy from those around her, and strikes up a friendship with a less than reputable character.
*Susan and Mike get married, and Katherine has a nervous breakdown; later, the Delfinos struggle financially, and Katherine falls for someone unexpected.
*Julie is attacked by an unknown assailant, who then targets other women.
*Gabrielle becomes the legal guardian of her snotty, bratty teen niece, is forced to homeschool Juanita, and helps the new family on the block.
*Angie Bolen and her family move to the lane, running away from something ... or someone.
==Episode Summaries==
 	 	 	 	 	
01	"Nice is Different Than Good" 	09	"Would I Think of Suicide?" 	17	"Chromolume No.7"
02	"Being Alive" 	10	"Boom Crunch" 	18	"My Two Young Men"
03	"Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover" 	11	"If..." 	19	"We All Deserve to Die"
04	"The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues"	12	"You Gotta Get a Gimmick" 	20	"Epiphany"
05	"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" 	13	"How About a Friendly Shrink?"	21	"A Little Night Music"
06	"Don't Walk on the Grass" 	14	"The Glamorous Life" 	22	"The Ballad of Booth"
07	"Careful the Things You Say" 	15	"Lovely" 	23	"I Guess This is Goodbye"
08	"The Coffee Cup" 	16	"The Chase" 	 	
===Nice is Different Than Good===
===Being Alive===
===Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover===
===The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues===
===Everybody Ought to Have a Maid===
===Don't Walk on the Grass===
===Careful the Things You Say===
===The Coffee Cup===
===Would I Think of Suicide?===
===Boom Crunch===
===If...===
===You Gotta Get a Gimmick===
===How About a Friendly Shrink?===
===The Glamorous Life===
===Lovely===
===The Chase===
===Chromolume No. 7===
===My Two Young Men===
===We All Deserve to Die===
===Epiphany===
===A Little Night Music===
===The Ballad of Booth===
===I Guess This is Goodbye===
==Notes==
*The characters of Susan Delfino, Lynette Scavo, Bree Hodge, Gabrielle Solis, Tom Scavo and Mike Delfino are the only ones to be physically seen in every single episode of the season. In addition to them, Mary Alice Young provides voice-overs for all 23 episodes, and is physically seen in 1 of them.
*This is the only season to feature Angie Bolen, Ana Solis, Nick Bolen and Danny Bolen as series regulars. It is also the last season to feature Orson Hodge, Katherine Mayfair and Julie Mayer as regulars.
*13 characters die during this season, more than during any other season.
==See Also==
*Desperate Housewives: The Complete Sixth Season
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