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Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. Execu

(26 total)

Seasons

Season 1 (2)Season 3 (4)Season 7 (8)Season 8 (12)

Characters

Mary Alice Young (24)Brenda Strong (24)Marc Cherry (10)Bob Daily (3)Annie Weisman (3)Sheila Lawrence (2)Joe Keenan (2)Marco Pennette (2)Wendy Mericle (2)Brian Tanen (2)

“Yes, love can bring out the best in us...the confidence to move on, the courage to tell the truth, the strength to keep hoping, but sometimes what surprises us the most isn't what love brings out but who it brings back.”

— Sheila Lawrence, Marc Cherry, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Confidence, Courage, strength

“When we see an opportunity in life, we have to take it. Whether it's the hope of winning back the love of our life, a shot at proving our worth, or the chance to show a child the right path, but sometimes when we answer the call we have no idea what opportunity awaits us.”

— Marc Cherry, Sheila Lawrence, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

Tagged: Opportunity, Love of your life, Chance

“In life we all make plans, but sometimes they don't turn out the way we expected. By trying to help out, we may damage a relationship. By attempting to reach out, we may push someone further away. By digging into the past, we may enrich our present.”

— Jason Ganzel, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

Tagged: plans, unexpected, Pushing Away, Relationship, Damage

“Keeping secrets is a lonely business. That's why we all search for someone to confide in: an ally who will understand, an advisor who we can trust, a friend who will never judge.”

— Wendy Mericle, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

Tagged: Secrets, Lonely, ally, Advisor

“It isn't easy giving up power admitting that we might need help from friends and neighbors, deciding that a loved one might know what's best for us, giving up our better judgment for a slightly darker agenda, but for some the hardest kind of power to give up is the power to control their own desires…”

— Wendy Mericle, Mary Alice Young, Brenda Strong, imdb.com

Tagged: Power, Neighbors, desires

“It's so important to say these things when you can because when it's over, it's over.”

— Bob Daily, Roy Bender, Orson Bean, imdb.com

Tagged: It's Over