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Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, David Grossman, Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.

Desperate Housewives is also in my favorite TV shows list.Just the ordinary life of the housewives in town of Fairview, but has got so many fans to sit in the front of TV.  Desperate Housewives TV series has won many awards, such as ALMA Award, Golden Globes…., and I am sure more will come to Desperate Housewives.

Now,  those beautiful housewives go to the season 5 story, and the latest episode is 18th.   I collected some links of Desperate Housewives Season 5, and if you missed the on air time, just watch it online.

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Watch the Latest Episode: Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 19: Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know

Story of Desperate Housewives Season 5

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The fifth season began airing on September 28, 2008, with the time period jumping 5 years after the previous season, with some flashbacks to events which happened between the two periods. One of the first mysteries revolves around Edie Britt’s new husband, Dave Williams, played by Neal McDonough. Dave is looking for revenge on someone on Wisteria Lane (later revealed to be Mike Delfino). Susan is dealing with being a single mother and a new romance. Bree and Orson are having marriage problems as she is so focused on her career. Gabrielle and Carlos are dealing with the stress of being parents while struggling with Juanita’s obesity problems, Carlos gets the news that his sight may soon return. Lynette and Tom learn that their son is having an affair with a married woman. Playing off of the disaster theme of the previous two seasons, a large-scale fire threatens to change all of their lives. While Carlos gets his sight back and accepts a new profession, Gabrielle has to struggle with their two daughters, Juanita and Celia.

This season featured the show’s 100th episode, revolving around Eli Scruggs (played by Beau Bridges) a handyman who had an important input in all of the ladies’ lives. This episode featured flashbacks and returning characters, such as Martha Huber and Rex Van de Kamp. The episode aired on ABC on Sunday, January 18, 2009.

Desperate Housewives Season 5
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 1: You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow
Original Air Date—28 September 2008
The story of the ladies on Wisteria Lane are moved ahead five years in time to when Susan flirts with her painter, after Mike having been gone for so long, but not willing to commit to a relationship. Bree denies all the help “her” company has received from her partner. Lynette still has problems in getting Tom to see the light when it comes to their over exuberant twins. Edie moves back to Wisteria Lane with a new husband.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 2: We’re So Happy You’re So Happy
Original Air Date—5 October 2008
Bree fails to notice the effect of her working long hours at cooking company is having on her home life as Orson, whom is revealed to have spent two years in prison after confessing to attempting to kill Mike, and whom begins to resent her. Meanwhile, Susan fails to notice that her ex-husband Mike, and her new painter boyfriend Jackson, being friends isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Lynette fails to notice the impending doom regarding the new way she’s bonded with one of her sons, Porter, after her loyal other son, Parker, gives her advice on how to approach him. Gabrielle fails to notice that she has fallen in social status due to her life change, and Carlos’ new status as a stay-at-home masseuse. Elswhere, suspicion grows regarding Edie’s new husband, Dave Williams, and his mysterious past as the elderly Mrs. McCluskey enlists Katherine’s help to uncover more about Edie’s new husband, and what his reasons for insisting to Edie that they have moved back to Wisteria Lane.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 3: Kids Ain’t Like Everybody Else
Original Air Date—12 October 2008
Danielle returns to Wisteria Lane with her son in tow, only to face psychological warfare from her mother, Bree. Susan tries to protect her son, MJ, from a bully, only to find out it’s Gabrielle’s daughter who is the bully, which puts a rift between the mothers. Tom’s midlife crisis cure includes starting up a garage band with Edie’s husband, Dave, who’s under close scrutiny by some of the neighbors.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 4: Back in Business
Original Air Date—19 October 2008
Bree’s new cookbook and entrepreneurial success has the women of Wisteria Lane feeling jealous, especially Lynette who’s longing for a taste of her bread winning days as an ad executive leads her to lend an unsolicited hand to Bree’s marketing plan. Meanwhile, M.J.’s drawing of a family portrait of him, Susan, and Jackson has left Mike feeling like he’s not a presence in his son’s life anymore. Gabrielle hatches a plan to have more sex with Carlos, but their daughter, Juanita, gets a first-hand view of it. Susan teaches a reluctant M.J. how to fall off his bicycle when Jackson begins teaching him to ride instead of Mike. Also, Dave’s motives for moving to the neighborhood continue to take shape as he continue to hide his prison background from Edie as well as his violent temper he keeps under control with numerous sedatives, and he also persuades Mike to move into a house that he buys down the street, by working behind the scenes to have some mysterious and sinister plan for everyone involved.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 5: Mirror, Mirror
Original Air Date—26 October 2008
Periodic flashbacks to the past five years explain some of the missing pieces that were left unanswered. Driven by his hidden and twisted agenda, Dave convinces Susan to throw Mrs. Karen McCluskey a surprise party for her 70th birthday. As everyone gets ready for the party, Jackson wants to take his relationship with Susan to the next level by moving in together. Susan flashes back to how she forced Mike to end their marriage, and how Jackson came into her life and who was turned on by her neurotic and unpredictable behavior. Gabrielle is concerned she might be pregnant, again. Gabby flashes back to how she became pregnant, twice, and only Carlos was happy about it. Tom tells Lynette he’s sold the pizzeria as part of his plan to relive his youth by planning a cross-country road trip. Lynette flashes back to how an accident with Tom made him decide to live life as fully and recklessly as he could. Bree continues to have problems with unemployed Orson who wants to work for her catering company. Bree flashed back to how she fell off the wagon the day when Orson was sent to prison for three years for the hit-and-run attempt on Mike, and how Katherine came to her rescue by insisting that she be made a partner in her business. Also, an outraged Mrs. Karen McCluskey has the entire neighborhood questioning her sanity when she discovers that Dave had broken into her house, and she attacks him at her party, which is all his clever ploy to remove her from the scene so no one can stop him from carrying out his secret plan for revenge against the entire neighborhood for something from his past.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 6: There’s Always a Woman
Original Air Date—2 November 2008
Gabrielle has a fit when one of Carlos’ massage clients, the wealthy Virginia Hildebrand, makes them an offer they can’t refuse, but a startling discovery leaves Gabby second guessing. Meanwhile, Lynette grows suspicious that Tom is cheating on her with the sultry Anne Schilling, a promoter who wants to book Tom’s new garage band for a show, while one of the Scavo twins, Porter, gets grounded for getting into trouble with the law… again. Susan and Jackson break up when she wants to continue to keep their tryst casual, while he wants to move forward with their romance. Later, when Susan shows up at his house to tries to surprise him, she finds surprise is on her she she finds a naked woman in his shower. Elsewhere, the bond between Bree and Katherine grows, when Bree meets Orson’s old college roommate, Peter, and she tries to set him up with the lonely Katherine. Also, Mrs. McCluskey enlists the help of her shady younger sister, Roberta, to dig up dirt on Dave and to find out what his plans are for the entire neighborhood, while the superficial Edie continues to be in denial to Dave’s temper and the secrets he is hiding when he contradicts his life story to her.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 7: What More Do I Need?
Original Air Date—9 November 2008
Lynette and Tom uncover an unpleasant truth about Porter that he is romantically involved with the blond, femme fatal Anne Schilling. Meanwhile, Gabrielle suspects Carlos’ best massage client, Virginia, has ulterior motives. Bree’s moment of weakness with her cookbook could bring her great embarrassment and shame, while Katherine’s not-so-little secret is unveiled. Susan learns of Jackson’s true passion. Also, Mrs. McCluskey’s sister, Roberta, unearths a disturbing fact about Dave when she discovers that he spent time in prison, and that he’s connected to someone who lives, or had lived, on Wisteria Lane.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 8: City on Fire
Original Air Date—16 November 2008
Susan’s daughter, Julie, comes to visit with her surprising new boyfriend, an older man named Lloyd. Gabrielle uncovers the unsettling truth about Virgina Hildebrand’s past and why she’s obsessed with moving into the Solis’ lives. Katherine has a confession to make to Susan that she is now involved with Mike. Meanwhile, Bree becomes more nervous when a reporter looks to expose her imperfections, since Bree’s entire life is built around perfection. Lynette learns that Porter and his older love interest, Anne Schilling, plan to leave Fairview and run away. Lynette begins to suspect that Anne is conning Porter by claiming that she is pregnant, and beings to doubt that she is being abused by her husband. Dave’s psychologist, Dr. Heller, arrives in Fairview looking for Dave, and has a fateful confrontation with him. Elsewhere, everyone gathers at a nightclub to see Dave, Tom, and Mike play in the annual “Battle of the Bands” when a fire breaks out, threatening the lives of those in attendance in which several people will die, but one hero will emerge… so it seems.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 9: Me and My Town
Original Air Date—30 November 2008
In the aftermath of the devastating nightclub fire, Susan deals with the fact that the recovering Mike is now involved with Katherine. Meanwhile, Porter gets accused of setting the fire, and Lynette decides to protect him despite not believing his innocent claims that he did not start the fire. Lynette also confronts Annie in which she bribes her to leave town and never see Porter again. Bree deals with Orson’s snoring habit resulting from his broken nose, and in trying to deal with her sleepless nights, has an unfortunate reaction to one too many sleeping pills to cope with it. Carlos learns that there’s a possibility he could get his sight back, but this isn’t good news for Gabrielle who doesn’t want him to see her as she is now. Elsewhere, Dave (the real culprit of the fire) struggles with hiding his guilt, while he begins planting evidence that Porter is the guilty party for setting the fire.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 10: A Vision’s Just a Vision
Original Air Date—7 December 2008
As Carlos’ sight begins to return, he begins to see what sacrifices Gabby made to keep her family intact, while Porter gets arrested after Dave tells the police he saw the boy coming out of the storeroom just before the fire. While Katherine’s new romance comes to bloom with Mike, it’s his son who doesn’t approve. And Dave keeps seeing a mysterious woman holding a child all over the neighborhood, including his own doorstep.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 11: Home Is the Place
Original Air Date—4 January 2009
Susan turns to Lee for companionship as the secret is out that Preston has been taking the heat for Porter. Gabby turns up the heat on Carlos to get a “real job” and Bree feels the heat when Andrew’s future mother-in-law comes to Wisteria Lane for a visit. Edie feels Dave slipping away while the neighbor and her sister continue to investigate him.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 12: Connect! Connect!
Original Air Date—11 January 2009
Dave bunks in at Mike’s after being thrown out by Edie, who ends up locked in a basement with Susan. Katherine puts Mike on the hot seat by mentioning her offer to move away. Bree’s future “son-in-law” defends Orson when she belittles his purchase savvy. Lynette finds out where her son is hiding, which brings her face to face concerning the issues between her and her mother.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 13: The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Original Air Date—18 January 2009
When a neighborhood handyman named Eli Scruggs passes away, the residents of Wisteria Lane come to realize just how much he affected their lives. Gabrielle recalls how Eli helped her make new friends when she first moved in, including her friendship with the late Mary Alice Young. Lynette remembers how Eli came to her aide when she was overwhelmed in raising her wild kids, and as a result, neglected Penny. Susan remembers on how he repeatably helped her stay sane and was always there for her as a shoulder to cry on each time a man walked out of her life and was the only man who accepted her slightly-insane and neurotic personalty. Edie looks back on their “special friendship” she had with Eli at numerous times. Finally, Bree thinks fondly of how a small gesture Eli once made that helped get her to where she is today.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 14: Mama Spent Money When She Had None
Original Air Date—8 February 2009
Bree reaps the success of her new book by treating herself to a new car, which irks Lynette since she had to sell Tom’s Mustang for some extra cash. Meanwhile, Susan is determined to send M.J. to the best school, even though she and Mike can’t afford the high tuition. Gabrielle joins Edie’s no nonsense boot camp to get herself back into shape. Also, Lee is conflicted over whether or not to tell Lynette and Tom some disturbing facts about Dave whom he begins to suspect of setting the nightclub fire and lying about Porter setting it.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 15: In a World Where the Kings Are Employers
Original Air Date—15 February 2009
Susan starts her new job as a teacher’s aide to MJ’s school in order to give her son the best that she never had. But when Mike leaves their son in Katherine’s care while he works, naturally in Susan’s case, anger and jealousy pervade. Meanwhile, Lynette tells Tom that they may have to sell the Scavo’s Pizzeria since business continues to go bad, but he stubbornly refuses to cave in. Carlos receives a generous bonus when Gabrielle discovers Carlos’ boss’ dirty little secret of him cheating on his wife. Also, Orson confronts Bree when he learns she’s given Andrew a raise without consulting him first. After his confrontation with Tom, Dave begins to get more nervous when he thinks that the his neighbors are beginning to suspect he’s up to no good. But it’s Edie who begins to suspect Dave’s intentions the most.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 16: Crime Doesn’t Pay
Original Air Date—8 March 2009
In the aftermath of the Scavo Pizzara going under, Bree tells Lynette she’ll help Tom secure a new job at her company. But even the best intentions will reach a tempestuous end when a dinner engagement set up results in both Lynette and Tom competing against each other for the job, and Bree discovers Orson’s growing kleptomania habit. Meanwhile, Gabrielle finds herself in a precarious position when Carlos’ adulterous boss, Brad, begins using Gaby to cover for himself as he continues to cheat on his wife. Susan becomes more unsettled after Katherine moves in with Mike and has a painting that Susan painted removed from the house. Also, Edie begins to investigate more into Dave’s past after a chance encounter with an old acquaintance of Dave’s whom is the priest who performed the funeral for Dave’e wife and daughter.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 17: The Story of Lucy and Jessie
Original Air Date—15 March 2009
As Susan continues to work as a teachers’ aide, she tries stay on the personnel officer, Jessie’s, good side since she will be evaluating Susan’s performance. But Jessie, who happens to be a closeted lesbian, mistakes Susan’s stuttering and lame attempts to be friendly as come-ons. Meanwhile, Edie begins looking for more information at a local newspaper office on information on the people who died in Mike’s car accident years earlier, and discovers the connection between the victims, and Dave, who continues to badger Mike into taking him and Katherine out on a camping trip. Lynette interviews for an ad job for herself, and soon answers one. Bree forces Orson to attend therapy sessions for their marital troubles, as well as his kleptomania. Following the death of his boss, Carlos gets a promotion, which will lead to him working with Lucy, an overweight, but attractive woman in her late 30s… and who happens to be Carlos’s ex-roommate and very first love interest.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 18: A Spark. To Pierce the Dark.
Original Air Date—22 March 2009
Bree considers selling her cooking business to save her marriage to Orson, but soon goes back on her word when both of their egos get in the way. Meanwhile, Lynette is threatened by Lucy at her new office job, while Gabrielle and Carlos cross boundaries as Carlos has no time for her, and Lynette decides to play Lucy and Carlos against one another. Elsewhere, Katherine volunteers to accompany Mike and Dave on a camping trip while he plots to murder her with a gun he brings. Susan’s ex-husband, Karl, returns and enrolls his troubled son, Evan, in her class where a gruesome drawing by the petulant youngster disturbs her. Also, Edie continues investigating Dave’s past and finally learns about Dave’s connection to Mike, but at the end learns the fatal way just how seriously deranged her husband is.
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 19: Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know
Original Air Date—19 April 2009
Susan, Bree, Gabrielle, and Lynnette learn that Edie is in a coma at the hospital and in critical condition from her car accident… and they pay a visit to her son, Travers, as his school to inform them about Edie’s condition. Frequent flashbacks from the wives tribute Edie in her final moments when it looks like she may not make it. Meanwhile, Bree’s marriage is troubled to the limits when Orson resumes his thievery and keeps to himself that he was partly responsible for Edie’s car accident.
Next US airings:
Sun. Apr. 19    9:00 PM    ABC
Desperate Housewives Season 5, Episode 20: Rose’s Turn
Original Air Date—26 April 2009
A housewife is stopped by the police outside Fairview and is caught with a picnic basket fulled with guns and knives. Orson’s thieving only gets worse, especially when Mrs. McCluskey ID’s him as the burglar who broke into her house the previous night, and it leads to his arrest. Bree tries to arrange legal counsel for Orson, but soon discovers that Orson has blossomed into a full-on sociopath who expresses no guilt or remorse for his crimes, and is confident that he will be exonerated of all charges when Mrs. McCklusky may not be a reliable witness due to her senile memory. Meanwhile, Tom and Gabrielle square-off against one another over being the unemployed spouse, while Carlos saves Lynette after she falls and hits her head in the shower. Also, Dave continues to plan Katherine’s murder to make Mike suffer, but eventually realizes that he has been targeting the wrong person who was responsible for the car accident years earlier, and he now zeros in on his other target: Susan.
Next US airings:
Sun. Apr. 26    9:00 PM    ABC
Season 5, Episode 21: Episode #5.21
Original Air Date—3 May 2009
Season 5, Episode 22: Episode #5.22
Original Air Date—10 May 2009
Season 5, Episode 23: Episode #5.23
Original Air Date—17 May 2009
Season 5, Episode 24: Episode #5.24
Original Air Date—17 May 2009
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