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It is actually based on the novel 'The Devil's Circle', and also inspired by real events. Post-WWII Singapore is seldom depicted on screen, and so this is something refreshing.

Far from more just a retelling of history, it is also on real lives upended by the ending of the war, and how it is still playing out in peace time, and the constant question of identity.

Even if it may seemed that there are different stories being told, it was to be all interwoven towards the climax.

It is actually very gripping and twists and turns where one may not expect.

In a way, it is like rewatching from the beginning. But back when it first aired on local television, I initially watched on and off the few seasons before giving up. But when second chance presented itself years later recently, I gave it another go, and stayed on to the end.

It might had began with the mystery of Mary Alice Young, but as the seasons went on, it also expanded to the newer residents coming to Wisteria Lane, and while some had left and never return, others stayed on. And there are those who were there from the beginning, like Mary Alice's friends on the lane in Susan Mayer, Gabrielle Solis, Bree Van Der Kamp, Lynette Scavo.

But still, despite the title, the housewives on the lane are not always desperate even in their separate lives, as they are always there for each other no matter what in good times and the bad.

What kept it enjoyable watching overall was the various storylines through the seasons with a mystery to focus on. Not only that, Mary Alice will always have something to comment on her friends and neighbours from beyond the grave. It is often than not, someone will always have something to hide.

It was actually one of the first few American TV series that I first know of being aired on local television at where I am, where for a long time, I know more of the theme music than the series itself. I was slightly too young to watch it then (disclosure: I was six when it first aired), but had to watch from the beginning when it landed on Disney+.

There is a reason why people still believe in the unexplained, the supernatural, aliens, or maybe not all at the same time. The occasional debates on whether it is really 'out there', or just something to cling onto. And then you get Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, and how while there are times when their respective belief systems gets challenged, there are also the comedic and touching moments between the two.

The quality of the series might had gone down a little as it went on, but towards the end, it improved and also indirectly addressing issues in our time.

Always remember: The truth is out there, if you believe!