Desperate Housewives

- Season 1

(2004)

Mary Alice takes her own life, taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors; At Mary Alice's funeral, Susan meets Mike, a new neighbour.

Gabrielle goes to great lengths to hide her affair with her gardener, John; Lynette tries to discipline her twin boys with tough love; Bree and Rex try marriage counseling.

The housewives decides to organize the dinner Mary Alice was organizing; Gabrielle is blackmailed by a 9 year old girl; Bree tries to hide her broken marriage; Karl returns to discuss terms with Susan.

Martha Huber learns that Susan had something to do with Edie's house fire and tries to blackmail her. Carlos is suspicious of Gabrielle cheating on him but gets the wrong guy; the cable guy.

A break-in on Wisteria Lane leaves the neighbors feeling vulnerable; After Rex takes the kids away for the weekend, Bree finds herself bonding with Zach; Gabrielle takes drastic measures to keep Juanita oblivious to her secret.

Lynette locks horns at the twins' school with officious mom Maisy Gibbons; Susan continues to investigate the mystery of Zach's sudden disappearance; Juanita comes closer to discovering Gabrielle's dirty little secret affair.

Susan is miffed when Mike gets an unexpected house guest named Kendra; Andrew gets into a serious car accident that puts Mama Solis in the hospital; Mr. Shaw comes closer to solving who was blackmailing Mary Alice.

Bree and Rex cover up Andrew's accident; Susan grows suspicious of Mike's real reason for moving to Wisteria Lane; Gabrielle questions the priest, who John confessed her adulterous affair to.

Gabrielle decides to organize a glamorous Halston fashion show; Bree and Rex are now at odds with each other on how to punish Andrew; The police investigate the skeletal body in a toy chest that Paul Young dumped in the river, and begin to close in on his secret.

Bree finds out that Rex is cheating, and he has a heart attack; Susan plans to take her relationship with Mike to the next level; Lynette, suspicious of her new nanny Claire, decides to secretly videotape her.

Edie organizes a neighborhood search for Mrs. Huber, just as her sister arrives on Wisteria Lane; Bree agrees to a separation and asks an attractive pharmacist on a date; Susan's ex-husband, Karl, suddenly returns for a visit; Lynette's fears Tom is attracted to their nanny.

The residents of Wisteria Lane learn the fate of Martha Huber; Susan confesses to Edie about her role in her house fire; Bree finds George getting a little too close for comfort; Carlos is released on bail, and placed under house arrest.

Lynette learns Tom's father secret; Susan is disturbed by Julie's relationship with Zach; Rex attempts to reconcile with Bree; John's parents demand Gabrielle for help.

Susan looks forward to a romantic date with Mike until she learns a surprising fact; Lynette's neighbor accuses her twins of thievery; Bree learns of Rex's sexual needs; Gabrielle's work adventures continue.

Mike is questioned in Martha's murder; Justin tries to blackmail Gabrielle; Tom wants a big promotion, but Lynette fears she would be left alone with the kids even more; Julie learns of Zack's dark side.

Maisy Gibbons' series of unfortunate events shocks Wisteria Lane; Gabrielle and Carlos' sewer system goes out; Lynette learns of a rumour that her twins started a head lice epidemic; Susan finds a surprising ally after her breakup with Mike.

Mama Solis awakens from her coma, as Gabrielle and Carlos fret over their financial issues; Lynette befriends a deaf woman; Bree encounters more trouble when disciplining Andrew; Susan finds herself attracted to Edie's hunky new contractor.

Susan's mother pays an unexpected visit; Gabrielle faces Carlos' wrath; While babysitting Lynette's children, Bree punishes the twins for misbehaving; Felicia gets closer to Zach, revealing more disturbing details about his family.

Lynette learns that no good deed goes unpunished when she befriends Mrs. McClusky; Susan's mother decides to try to jump-start her and her daughter's love lives; Bree forces Andrew to talk to the family priest about his conflicted sexuality.

Gabrielle plans a big party to bid farewell to Carlos and begins to suspect she's pregnant; George Williams returns, much to Rex's displeasure; Lynette learns Tom's old girlfriend, has been hired at his firm again; Susan and Julie encounter strange behavior from the Young family.

George continues to worm his way into Bree's life; Lynette tries to spice up her sex life; Susan hires Mr. Shaw to investigate the Young family; Felicia takes action to help Zach.

Susan and Mike decide to move in together; Lynette takes steps to make sure Annabel doesn't come between her and Tom; Bree comes to a realization about George; Carlos' legal problems take a turn for the worse; Martha Huber's journal falls into the hands of Susan and Julie.

Tensions and conflicts endure between the different characters as the season comes to an end but leaves you hanging for what is to come.