Ahead of the show’s final on RTÉ Two next Tuesday (June 5) John Byrne takes a daily, season-by-season look back on Desperate Housewives and some of the show’s guest stars over the course of its eight glorious years.
Four days to go . . .
SEASON FOUR
Interrupted by the 2007 writers’ strike that caused serious disruption to American TV shows, there were fewer episodes than any other season, but there was the most spectacular moment in the show’s history to that point, when a tornado struck Wisteria Lane.
The event turned a huge cliffhanger and attracted an audience of over 20m in the US. The most poignant moment occurred when Lynette discovered that Mrs McCluskey’s house - where her children had been before the storm - was demolished. In the second part Lynette finds her kids alive, and learns that elderly neighbour Ida died while saving them.
Elsewhere that season: Katherine Mayfair arrives on Wisteria Lane. Lynette battles cancer. The season ends with a five-year flash forward. Susan and Mike have a baby. During the hurricane, Victor is killed and Carlos is struck blind.
Where Have I seen that face before?
John Slattery as Victor Lang
After meeting him and marrying him, season four sees Gaby and Victor Lang gradually grow apart until the point comes when he learns that she’s been seeing ex-husband Carlos, he tells her of his discovery while they’re out on a boat and she knocks him overboard. Victor survives, but before he can do anything to Gaby or Carlos (although he does shoot at Carlos) he gets killed when a tornado strikes Fairview, and a flying stake impales Victor and kills him.
John Slattery is an actor and director, best known for his role as Roger Sterling on AMC's Mad Men. Previously he’s played Will Truman's brother Sam on Will & Grace; Michael Cassidy, Amy's estranged husband, on Judging Amy; and politician Bill Kelley on Sex and the City.
