TheseriesbeganwithMaryAliceYoung(BrendaStrong)leavingherperfecthouseintheloveliestofsuburbs--andendingitall.Nowshetakesusintothelivesofherfamily,friendsandneighbors,commentingfromherelevatedP.O.V.

　　HercircleofgirlfriendsonWisteriaLaneincludeSusanMayer(TeriHatcher),thedivorceeandsinglemomwhowillgotoextraordinarylengthsforlove;LynetteScavo(FelicityHuffman),whorecentlywentfrombeingastay-at-homemotheroffourbacktoherfasttrackcareerinadvertising;BreeVanDeKamp(MarciaCross),MarthaStewartonsteroids,whoserecentwidowhoodhascompletelyreekedhavoconherperfectlife;andGabrielleSolis,theex-modelwitheverythingshe’severwanted–arichhusband,abighouse,andnowababytogowithitall…theproblemisshe’snotsurewhothefatheris;andserialdivorceeEdieBritt(NicolletteSheridan),thefreespiritedrealestatemavenwhoselovelifehaseveryonebuzzing.EnternewcomerBettyApplewhite(AlfreWoodard)andherhandsometeenageson,Matthew(MehcadBrooks),whomysteriouslymovedintoahousethey’dneverseeninthemiddleofthenight.