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Desperate Housewives
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Pilot

  • Episode aired Oct 3, 2004
  • TV-14
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
1.7K
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Felicity Huffman, Zane Huett, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Dylan Cline, and Jordan Cline in Desperate Housewives (2004)
ComedyDramaMysteryRomance

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Charles McDougall
  • Writer
    • Marc Cherry
  • Stars
    • Teri Hatcher
    • Felicity Huffman
    • Marcia Cross
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    8.5/10
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    • Director
      • Charles McDougall
    • Writer
      • Marc Cherry
    • Stars
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Marcia Cross
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Teri Hatcher
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    • Susan Mayer
    Felicity Huffman
    Felicity Huffman
    • Lynette Scavo
    Marcia Cross
    Marcia Cross
    • Bree Van De Kamp
    Eva Longoria
    Eva Longoria
    • Gabrielle Solis
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Edie Britt
    James Denton
    James Denton
    • Mike Delfino
    Steven Culp
    Steven Culp
    • Rex Van De Kamp
    Ricardo Chavira
    Ricardo Chavira
    • Carlos Solis
    • (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
    Mark Moses
    Mark Moses
    • Paul Young
    Brenda Strong
    Brenda Strong
    • Mary Alice Young
    Andrea Bowen
    Andrea Bowen
    • Julie Mayer
    Cody Kasch
    Cody Kasch
    • Zach Young
    Jesse Metcalfe
    Jesse Metcalfe
    • John Rowland
    Christine Estabrook
    Christine Estabrook
    • Martha Huber
    Doug Savant
    Doug Savant
    • Tom Scavo
    Brent Kinsman
    Brent Kinsman
    • Preston Scavo
    Shane Kinsman
    Shane Kinsman
    • Porter Scavo
    Zane Huett
    Zane Huett
    • Parker Scavo
    • Director
      • Charles McDougall
    • Writer
      • Marc Cherry
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    10Br4ve-trave1or

    Binge ready

    A series that aired in 2004 and here I am in June 2018 just bingeing it away! The very first episode of Desperate Housewives proves one final thing that's most important to anyone besides me who may not have seen it yet, IT HOLDS UP PERFECTLY TO TODAY! I MEAN IT...JUST PERFECTLY!

    This episode got a 10 because it had all the ingredients to make a masterful 45 minutes of entertainment. From eva Longoria mowing the lawn at night in a dress so that the garden boy isnt fired by her husband, to Terry fletcher seeing Micahel Delfino (what a suspicious name??) and relieved and saying, "Its fine, it's fine, everthing fine!" While she glowes with a huge smile in front of a house she just burnt down.

    Theres even a muder myster going on too in the background to add intrigue and what do you know the man with the phony sounding name may be a bad guy or hey, maybe not. And the end with the intriguing letter that Mary Ellis, who is narrating the episode and the one who commits suicide opening up the episode.

    This show Desperate Housewives, a good name too, is defintely a series that seems binge worthy with 180 episodes!!!

    This episode was pure fun and flashes of laughter!! It got me itching for the next episode button so here I go!!! 10/10
    10garrettkelley-91059

    Really good pilot

    I've watched a lot of shows so I've watched a lot of pilots. This is one of the best. Everything seems so perfect, but you never know what could be hiding below the surface.
    7martinandersson_3

    Hilaroius!

    I loved this episode! I bought the Desperate Housewives box, but i had only seen one episode. So i sat down and watched the first episode (pilot) and laughed so much! My favorite character is Lynette (Felicity Hauffman). She was so funny! I also loved all the other characters; Susan (Teri Hatcher), Bree (Marcia Cross), and the other girls and boys. Bree was such a cool woman, when everything had to be perfect. And Susans food was a great sequence! Lynette was a great woman who had so many children's (i loved went in the pool at the funeral). How can i say this... Well, great episode with great actresses. Many quick and funny lines and it felt good. I'm looking forwards to the other episodes!
    9blanbrn

    Great sexy tease and interesting entertainment that helped start a legendary soap opera!

    The Pilot episode from October of 2004 of "ABC's" "Desperate Housewives" was one that was entertaining and sexy it had me like many others hooked as a viewer from the start. It all begins when mother and housewife Mary Alice has her perfect life ended. Now it's the journey and travels of the lives of her four best friends Susan(Teri Hatcher) Lynette(Felicity Huffman) Bree(Marcia Cross) and Gabrielle(Eva Longoria). From the get go secrets and behind the scenes business is shown. Susan as a single mom has a crush on new neighborhood hunk Mike, and sexy model turned socialite trophy wife Gabrielle(Eva Longoria) is playing her field of vices by having an affair with her 17 year old gardener John.(And wow I must say the seduction scene help set the tone for the whole series as being intimate and sexy love Gabrielle in that very sexy multi colored bra and panties!) Both Bree and Lynette are crazy dealing with kids and family. Together this episode started it as it was a taste of the many mysteries to come over the years and seasons.
    10chaz8180-702-293487

    Probably the best pilot in TV history

    When this show first started I veered away from it because I thought it was just some just-for-ladies show. I didn't start watching it until 2009 and I started watching Season 1 with my to-be wife. We both loved the show but this pilot knocks it out of the park we just started watching it again last night on Hulu.

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    • Trivia
      Shooting the pilot took 13 days.
    • Goofs
      The women are all standing in front of Edie's burning house. As Bree turns to her husband, Rex, it is actually the actor who played Rex in the unaired pilot (Michael Rielly Burke) and not the actor who replaced him (Steven Culp).
    • Quotes

      Mary Alice: [narrating voice over, about Edie] Susan had met the enemy. And she? Was a slut.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Fade Into You
      (uncredited)

      Written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback

      Performed by Mazzy Star

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Unaired Pilot
    • Filming locations
      • Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Wysteria Lane)
    • Production companies
      • Cherry Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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    • Runtime
      • 43m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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