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Series: 'Desperate Housewives'
Episode Title: 'Pilot'
Episode Number: 101
Synopsis: "In the series premierelooking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Her small circle of girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash... and so messy. There's Susan Mayer, the divorcee and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo, the ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as the mother of four unmanageable kids; Bree Van De Kamp, the Martha Stewart on steroids, whose family is about to mutiny; and Gabrielle Solis, the ex-model with everything she's ever wanted - a rich husband, a big house - so what is she doing with John, the 17-year-old gardener? And there are her neighbors, including serial divorcee Edie Britt, whose romantic conquests have everyone buzzing.
Then there are the men: Hunky new neighbor Mike Delfino, a supposedly widowed plumber who has Susan and Edie vying for his attention; Rex Van De Kamp, who's just told Bree he wants a divorce; Gabrielle's better half, Carlos, who figures he bought his wife a $15,000 diamond necklace, so she should do whatever he tells her; as for Mary Alice's newly-widowed husband, Paul, there must be a reason why he's acting so suspiciously - and why he's digging up the pool in the middle of the night!
From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive, and she's planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor's closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb." Original Airdate: October 03, 2004
Rerun: May 29, 2005 Credits
Written By: Marc Cherry
Directed By: Charles McDougall
Guest Stars:
Notes
- Touchstone originally filmed a version of the pilot in which Sheryl Lee played the role of Mary Alice Young, Kyle Searles played the role of John Rowland, and Michael Reilly Burke played the role of Rex van der Kamp. When ABC picked up the show, the scenes in which these characters appeared were re-filmed with Brenda Strong, Jesse Metcalfe and Steve Culp. Searles can still briefly be seen in a few scenes at Mary-Alice's wake.
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