Taking the stand as a witness, desperate producer george perkins revealed that james dentons hunky plumber character, mike delfino, will be killed off on the sun. Desperate housewives is an american soap opera mystery comedydrama television series created by marc cherry and produced by abc studios and cherry productions. James dentons sexy plumber mike delfino is the one leaving the desperate. James denton didnt seem to have a problem with his character, mike delfino, being killed off in last nights episode of desperate housewives its actually brilliant, denton told ew. This article reveals the major plot developments of sunday nights episode. Karl mayer is a fictional character portrayed by richard burgi and created by television producer and screenwriter marc cherry for the abc television series desperate housewives. Series 1 of the series about life on suburban wisteria lane revolves around the mysterious suicide of resident mary alice young brenda strong. She appears as a ghost when susan drives away from wisteria lane at the end of the final episode. Soon after suddenly arriving on wysteria lane, katherine started a catering business with bree. What did you think of desperate housewives big death. With teri hatcher, felicity huffman, marcia cross, eva longoria. Desperate housewives death mike killed james denton. He was the exhusband of housewife susan mayer teri hatcher and father of julie mayer andrea bowen, as well as a successful practitioner of family law.
Zachary zach young is the son nonlegal of paul and mary alice. The character is played by actress andrea bowen, and first appeared in the pilot episode of the series in 2004. She began as susan mayer, transitioned to susan delfino, but emotionally concluded the series as susan bremmer, a woman who had lived a lot of life and was still just coming into her own. Mikes murder served as a fitting, albeit depressing, bookend back to season 1, when his move onto the lane was one of the major catalysts that kicked off the series, as referenced in mikes final. Last week ended with a bang when mike delfino took a bullet to the chest and bled out in the arms of his wife. Fans of hit us show desperate housewives will recall season five ended with mike delfino getting married. To susan and mary alice, driving the latter to suicide evil redhead. She drove mary alice to suicide, and paul young ends up strangling her to death back for the finale. The second of three children born to a dentist and his wife in nashville, tennessee, denton grew up in goodlettsville, tennessee, attended goodlettsville high school, briefly played basketball at a junior college, then went on to graduate with honors from the national champion university of tennessee at knoxville, snagging a degree in. Sundays episode, which covered the aftermath of the sudden untimely gunfire death of mike delfino james denton, also taught us three things about matters back. One night, edie finds dave in conversation with his hallucinations, and dave reveals that he is a widower and struggles with the memory of.
Still, as much as you expected it, it was hard to keep from showing emotion when resident good guy mike delfino took a bullet to the chest and proceeded to bleed out in the arms of his wife, susan. The following is a list of characters who have been killed off in the series, or that were already dead to begin with, organized into individual seasons andor periods of time. Desperate housewives star teri hatcher has admitted that she thought killing off mike delfino was a bad idea last nights episode in the us saw hatchers character susan lose her onscreen. Mikes death, while harrowing, motivated her to turn inward and begin to cultivate a sense of identity separate from her value as a romantic partner. This seasons mystery sees the housewives deal with covering up the murder of gabrielles stepfather, alejandro perez, from. Desperate housewives women and death tv episode 2012. See more ideas about desperate housewives, james denton and housewife.
Maynard james mj delfino mike and susans young son, who is probably not. Mike delfinos death was a smart move, and heres why. She is the daughter of susan delfino teri hatcher and karl mayer richard burgi. Characters whose deaths, in a timeline, fit a specific season or period of time, are included in the. Desperate housewives season 3 episode 1 rotten tomatoes. On the show, delfino plays the husband of terri hatchers characters susan. Desperate housewives major character death revealed. But what viewers didnt see was who wisteria lanes resident plumber, played by james. In previous episodes, mike delfino james denton learns that he is the biological father of zach young, whose adopted parents, mary alice brenda strong and paul, killed mikes previous girlfriend and zachs biological mother years earlier. Desperate housewives showrunner on mikes heroic ending.
There are still five episodes of desperate housewives left, but fans will say an early goodbye to one fairview resident when wisteria lane gathers. Focusing on the lives of the titular suburban women, the dramedy ran on abc for eight seasons and launched or relaunched the careers of teri hatcher, felicity huffman, marcia cross, and eva longoria. Season 3 of abcs hit primetime drama desperate housewives gets underway with mike james denton still in a coma after being hit by a car six months ago, and susan teri hatcher holding out hope. Desperate housewives is an american television comedydramamystery series created by marc cherry and produced by abc studios and cherry productions. Bree is called in for questioning about alejandros murder. She has distinctive red hair and is a petty blackmailer and nosy neighbor. Mike delfinos death may not have been a shock, but it was still a pretty upsetting moment especially for a show that tends to be light hearted more often than not. Julie has a baby with porter scavo in season eight. If you havent been following along, the cast and crew of desperate housewives is currently entrenched in reallife courtroom. Other executive producers since the fourth season included bob daily, george w. Dave begins to see vivid hallucinations of his wife lila dash and their daughter, paige the people killed in the crash that broke up mike and susan delfinos marriage, and tells them he will make mike pay. Tonights installment therefore paid tribute to the neighbor, friend, father and. Fortyeight characters have been killed on desperate housewives since the abc soap premiered on october 3, 2004, but perhaps none died as memorably as. See more ideas about james denton, desperate housewives and catherine bell.
The reports of a major characters death on the final season of desperate housewives might be settled as a result of testimony in the trial between nicolette sheridan and the shows producers. Julie alexandra mayer is a fictional character on the abc television series desperate housewives. Julie is susans daughter from her first marriage to karl. Edie tried to call mike to warn him, and dave tried to strangle her, and she ran out of the house. By the end of the series, katherine had entered a serious relationship with a younger woman and moved to paris. Desperate housewives was renewed for an eighth season by abc on may 17, 2011. She had a relationship with mike delfino which later ended when he remarried susan. Yep, the photo here tells you what you need to know. It originally aired for eight seasons on abc from october 3, 2004 until may, 2012 for a total of eight seasons and 180 episodes. Desperate housewives james denton on mike delfinos 3 women paley center, 2009. The character was also romantically involved in the series with. They share custody of julie, though she lives primarily with susan. Desperate housewives focuses on the residents living in the suburban neighborhood of wisteria lane.
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