All is not as it seems on Wisteria Lane, the pristinely manicured suburban setting of television's hottest prime-time soap. We learn this within the first few minutes of the DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES pilot episode, when seemingly sane and happy housewife Mary Alice Young removes a revolver from a drawer and shoots herself in the head. In the process of trying to make sense of her sudden and inexplicable suicide, Mary Alice's friends end up revealing just as many secrets about themselves and their neighbours as they do about her past. Each episode follows the ups and downs in the lives of bored trophy wife Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), klutzy-yet-charming Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), frustrated stay-at-home-mom Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), anal-retentive homemaker Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) and man-eater Edie (Nicollette Sheridan). Throughout the 5 series, each woman faces her fair share of drama and does her part in helping to uncover a string of mysteries that go deeper than anyone can imagine. The fifth series sees events flash forward five years, revealing the mysteries of the intervening years through clever flashbacks. The sixth series settles back down to real-time, but not for long; as a devastating plane crash changes the lives of everyone on Wisteria Lane. This release also includes the seventh and eighth and final series.
Product Identifiers
EAN
8717418368395
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115993993
Product Key Features
Actor
James 'jamie' Denton, Kyle MacLachlan, Nicollette Sheridan, Andrea Bowen, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Brenda Strong, Shawn Pyfrom, Ricardo Chavira, Doug Savant, Teri Hatcher
Film/TV Title
Desperate Housewives-Series 1-8-Complete
Director
David Grossman, Larry Shaw
Language
English
Run Time
8256 Mins
Release Year
2012
Format
DVD
Franchise
Desperate Housewives
Features
Audio Commentaries\Extended Scenes\Deleted Scenes
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
60
Certificate
15
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle - There are almost too many things to love in "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES." Felicity Huffman is -- as usual -- phenomenal as a mother down to her last, shredding nerve. Hatcher is a huge surprise here, giving self-effacing, disheveled and sadly hopeless Susan a spirit that makes you root for her. Cross is almost too perfect as uptight Bree, managing to give the character more shadings than merely insanely perfect. Sheridan is a veteran at the vixen role but brings a level of vicious humor to it this time and Longoria is pretty much all the hot anyone can handle., DVD Verdict - The guiltiest pleasure on television, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES has broken every commandment in the Bible and every law on the books. But we wouldn't have it any other way. The show has made housewives hot, and America has noticed. We've all learned "sometimes evil drives a minivan."
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Creator
Marc Cherry
Movie/TV Title
Desperate Housewives - Series 1-8 - Complete
Writer
Marc Cherry
Consumer Advice
Contains crude sex references, moderate language, moderate violence, moderate sex and medicinal drug abuse