List of Desperate Housewives episodes

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy drama-mystery that premiered on October 3, 2004 on ABC. Seasons one through eight have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Desperate Housewives follows the lives of four women – Susan (Teri Hatcher), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), Bree (Marcia Cross) and Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) – through the eyes of Mary Alice (Brenda Strong), their deceased friend and neighbor.

The vast majority of the episodes are titled after lyrics by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Episodes were broadcast on Sunday nights at 9/8c. During the course of the series, 180 episodes of Desperate Housewives aired, including seven specials over eight seasons, between October 3, 2004, and May 13, 2012.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Rank	Average viewership (in millions)	18–49 Rank	18–49 Rating
			First released	Last released
1	23		October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)	May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)	4[1]	24.13[1]	3	10.4[2]
2	24		September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4[3]	23.99[3]	3	9.3[4]
3	23		September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	10[5]	19.18[5]	5	6.9[6]
4	17		September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)	6[7]	17.83[7]	3	7.0[8]
5	24		September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	9[9]	14.80[9]	5	5.3[10]
6	23		September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	20[11]	12.82[11]	9	4.8[12]
7	23		September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	26[13]	11.17[14]	18	3.8[15]
8	23		September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	37[16]	8.76[16]	27	3.6[17]

Episodes

Season 1 (2004–05)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Charles McDougall	Marc Cherry	October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)	21.64[18]
2	2	"Ah, But Underneath"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	October 10, 2004 (2004-10-10)	20.03[19]
3	3	"Pretty Little Picture"	Arlene Sanford	Oliver Goldstick	October 17, 2004 (2004-10-17)	20.87[20]
4	4	"Who's That Woman?"	Jeff Melman	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24)	21.49[21]
5	5	"Come In, Stranger"	Arlene Sanford	Alexandra Cunningham	October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)	22.14[22]
6	6	"Running to Stand Still"	Fred Gerber	Tracey Stern	November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)	24.60[23]
7	7	"Anything You Can Do"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	November 21, 2004 (2004-11-21)	24.21[24]
8	8	"Guilty"	Fred Gerber	Kevin Murphy	November 28, 2004 (2004-11-28)	27.24[25]
9	9	"Suspicious Minds"	Larry Shaw	Jenna Bans	December 12, 2004 (2004-12-12)	21.56[26]
10	10	"Come Back to Me"	Fred Gerber	Patty Lin	December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19)	22.34[27]
11	11	"Move On"	John David Coles	David Schulner	January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09)	25.20[28]
12	12	"Every Day a Little Death"	David Grossman	Chris Black	January 16, 2005 (2005-01-16)	24.09[29]
13	13	"Your Fault"	Arlene Sanford	Kevin Etten	January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23)	25.95[30]
14	14	"Love Is in the Air"	Jeff Melman	Tom Spezialy	February 13, 2005 (2005-02-13)	22.30[31]
15	15	"Impossible"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20)	24.18[32]
16	16	"The Ladies Who Lunch"	Arlene Sanford	Alexandra Cunningham	March 27, 2005 (2005-03-27)	24.08[33]
17	17	"There Won't Be Trumpets"	Jeff Melman	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	April 3, 2005 (2005-04-03)	24.61[34]
18	18	"Children Will Listen"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Murphy	April 10, 2005 (2005-04-10)	25.55[35]
19	19	"Live Alone and Like It"	Arlene Sanford	Jenna Bans	April 17, 2005 (2005-04-17)	25.27[36]
20	20	"Fear No More"	Jeff Melman	Adam Barr	May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01)	25.69[37]
21	21	"Sunday in the Park with George"	Larry Shaw	Katie Ford	May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08)	26.10[38]
22	22	"Goodbye for Now"	David Grossman	Josh Senter	May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)	25.28[39]
23	23	"One Wonderful Day"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy & Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy & Kevin Murphy	May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)	30.62[40]

Season 2 (2005–06)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"Next"	Larry Shaw	Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	28.36[41]
25	2	"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"	David Grossman	Chris Black & Alexandra Cunningham	October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02)	27.11[42]
26	3	"You'll Never Get Away from Me"	Arlene Sanford	Tom Spezialy & Ellie Herman	October 9, 2005 (2005-10-09)	26.06[43]
27	4	"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"	Robert Duncan McNeill	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)	25.78[44]
28	5	"They Asked Me Why I Believe in You"	David Grossman	Alan Cross	October 23, 2005 (2005-10-23)	25.22[45]
29	6	"I Wish I Could Forget You"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Etten & Josh Senter	November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	23.93[46]
30	7	"Color and Light"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry	November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)	25.93[47]
31	8	"The Sun Won't Set"	Stephen Cragg	Jenna Bans	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)	25.92[48]
32	9	"That's Good, That's Bad"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Murphy	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)	25.89[49]
33	10	"Coming Home"	Arlene Sanford	Chris Black	December 4, 2005 (2005-12-04)	25.52[50]
34	11	"One More Kiss"	Wendey Stanzler	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)	23.72[51]
35	12	"We're Gonna Be All Right"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)	22.52[52]
36	13	"There's Something About a War"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Etten	January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)	25.33[53]
37	14	"Silly People"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Tom Spezialy	February 12, 2006 (2006-02-12)	23.47[54]
38	15	"Thank You So Much"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller	February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)	23.41[55]
39	16	"There Is No Other Way"	Randy Zisk	Bruce Zimmerman	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)	22.20[56]
40	17	"Could I Leave You?"	Pam Thomas	Scott Sanford Tobis	March 26, 2006 (2006-03-26)	21.41[57]
41	18	"Everybody Says Don't"	Tom Cherones	Teleplay by : Jenna Bans & Alexandra Cunningham Story by : Jim Lincoln	April 2, 2006 (2006-04-02)	21.82[58]
42	19	"Don't Look at Me"	David Grossman	Josh Senter	April 16, 2006 (2006-04-16)	20.02[59]
43	20	"It Wasn't Meant to Happen"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)	21.30[60]
44	21	"I Know Things Now"	Wendey Stanzler	Kevin Etten & Bruce Zimmerman	May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07)	21.33[61]
45	22	"No One Is Alone"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Chris Black	May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)	21.03[62]
46 47	23 24	"Remember"	Larry Shaw	Teleplay by : Marc Cherry & Jenna Bans Story by : Alexandra Cunningham & Tom Spezialy	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	24.23[63]

Season 3 (2006–07)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
48	1	"Listen to the Rain on the Roof"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Jeff Greenstein	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	24.09[64]
49	2	"It Takes Two"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)	21.42[65]
50	3	"A Weekend in the Country"	Wendey Stanzler	Bob Daily	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)	20.96[66]
51	4	"Like It Was"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)	20.64[67]
52	5	"Nice She Ain't"	David Warren	Alexandra Cunningham & Susan Nirah Jaffee	October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)	19.71[68]
53	6	"Sweetheart, I Have to Confess"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Josh Senter	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)	21.24[69]
54	7	"Bang"	Larry Shaw	Joe Keenan	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)	22.65[70]
55	8	"Children and Art"	Wendey Stanzler	Kevin Etten & Jenna Bans	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)	22.27[71]
56	9	"Beautiful Girls"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Susan Nirah Jaffee	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)	21.63[72]
57	10	"The Miracle Song"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)	21.43[73]
58	11	"No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds"	Sanaa Hamri	Alexandra Cunningham & Josh Senter	January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07)	18.71[74]
59	12	"Not While I'm Around"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Kevin Etten	January 14, 2007 (2007-01-14)	16.76[75]
60	13	"Come Play Wiz Me"	Larry Shaw	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin	January 21, 2007 (2007-01-21)	17.14[76]
61	14	"I Remember That"	David Warren	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)	18.10[77]
62	15	"The Little Things You Do Together"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry & Joe Keenan	February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)	18.51[78]
63	16	"My Husband, the Pig"	Larry Shaw	Brian A. Alexander	March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)	18.31[79]
64	17	"Dress Big"	Matthew Diamond	Kevin Etten & Susan Nirah Jaffee	April 8, 2007 (2007-04-08)	15.93[80]
65	18	"Liaisons"	David Grossman	Jenna Bans & Alexandra Cunningham	April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15)	16.35[81]
66	19	"God, That's Good"	Larry Shaw	Dahvi Waller & Josh Senter	April 22, 2007 (2007-04-22)	15.91[82]
67	20	"Gossip"	Wendey Stanzler	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	April 29, 2007 (2007-04-29)	17.17[83]
68	21	"Into the Woods"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)	17.16[84]
69	22	"What Would We Do Without You?"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13)	16.13[85]
70	23	"Getting Married Today"	David Grossman	Joe Keenan & Kevin Murphy	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	18.82[86]

Season 4 (2007–08)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
71	1	"Now You Know"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	19.32[87]
72	2	"Smiles of a Summer Night"	David Grossman	Bob Daily & Matt Berry	October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)	17.82[88]
73	3	"The Game"	Bethany Rooney	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	October 14, 2007 (2007-10-14)	18.89[89]
74	4	"If There's Anything I Can't Stand"	Larry Shaw	Alexandra Cunningham & Lori Kirkland Baker	October 21, 2007 (2007-10-21)	18.21[90]
75	5	"Art Isn't Easy"	David Grossman	Jason Ganzel	October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28)	18.28[91]
76	6	"Now I Know, Don't Be Scared"	Larry Shaw	Susan Nirah Jaffee & Dahvi Waller	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)	18.58[92]
77	7	"You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover"	David Warren	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11)	18.63[93]
78	8	"A Distant Past"	Jay Torres	Joe Keenan	November 25, 2007 (2007-11-25)	18.64[94]
79	9	"Something's Coming"	David Grossman	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)	20.65[95]
80	10	"Welcome to Kanagawa"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg & Jordon Nardino	January 6, 2008 (2008-01-06)	19.78[96]
81	11	"Sunday"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham & Lori Kirkland Baker	April 13, 2008 (2008-04-13)	16.37[97]
82	12	"In Buddy's Eyes"	Larry Shaw	Jeff Greenstein	April 20, 2008 (2008-04-20)	15.75[98]
83	13	"Hello, Little Girl"	Bethany Rooney	Susan Nirah Jaffee & Jamie Gorenberg	April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)	16.35[99]
84	14	"Opening Doors"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Jordon Nardino	May 4, 2008 (2008-05-04)	16.76[100]
85	15	"Mother Said"	David Warren	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	May 11, 2008 (2008-05-11)	15.43[101]
86 87	16 17	"The Gun Song Free"	Bethany Rooney David Grossman	Bob Daily & Matt Berry Jeff Greenstein	May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)	16.84[102]

Season 5 (2008–09)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
88	1	"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	18.68[103]
89	2	"We're So Happy You're So Happy"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	15.69[104]
90	3	"Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else"	Bethany Rooney	Joe Keenan	October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12)	15.51[105]
91	4	"Back in Business"	Scott Ellis	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)	15.49[106]
92	5	"Mirror, Mirror"	David Grossman	Jeff Greenstein	October 26, 2008 (2008-10-26)	15.95[107]
93	6	"There's Always a Woman"	Matthew Diamond	John Paul Bullock III	November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	15.93[108]
94	7	"What More Do I Need?"	Larry Shaw	Matt Berry	November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)	15.85[109]
95	8	"City on Fire"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16)	16.84[110]
96	9	"Me and My Town"	David Warren	Lori Kirkland Baker	November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30)	15.81[111]
97	10	"A Vision's Just a Vision"	Larry Shaw	David Flebotte	December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07)	16.09[112]
98	11	"Home Is the Place"	David Grossman	Jamie Gorenberg	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	14.39[113]
99	12	"Connect! Connect!"	Ken Whittingham	Jordon Nardino	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	13.79[114]
100	13	"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Bob Daily	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)	13.08[115]
101	14	"Mama Spent Money When She Had None"	David Warren	Jason Ganzel	February 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)	13.82[116]
102	15	"In a World Where the Kings Are Employers"	David Grossman	Lori Kirkland Baker	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	14.01[117]
103	16	"Crime Doesn't Pay"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	13.65[118]
104	17	"The Story of Lucy and Jessie"	Bethany Rooney	Jordon Nardino	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	14.60[119]
105	18	"A Spark. To Pierce the Dark."	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	14.75[120]
106	19	"Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know"	Larry Shaw	Matt Berry	April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)	13.85[121]
107	20	"Rose's Turn"	David Warren	Dave Flebotte	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	13.64[122]
108	21	"Bargaining"	David Grossman	David Schladweiler	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	13.49[123]
109	22	"Marry Me a Little"	Larry Shaw	Jason Ganzel	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	12.29[124]
110 111	23 24	"Everybody Says Don't If It's Only In Your Head"	Bethany Rooney David Grossman	John Pardee & Joey Murphy Jeffrey Richman	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	13.96[125]

Season 6 (2009–10)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
112	1	"Nice Is Different Than Good"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	13.64[126]
113	2	"Being Alive"	David Grossman	Matt Berry	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	14.64[127]
114	3	"Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover"	Andrew Doerfer	Bob Daily	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	13.42[128]
115	4	"The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues"	David Warren	Alexandra Cunningham	October 18, 2009 (2009-10-18)	13.68[129]
116	5	"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)	14.18[130]
117	6	"Don't Walk on the Grass"	David Grossman	Marco Pennette	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)	14.08[131]
118	7	"Careful the Things You Say"	Bethany Rooney	Peter Lefcourt	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	13.80[132]
119	8	"The Coffee Cup"	Larry Shaw	Dave Flebotte	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	14.72[133]
120	9	"Would I Think of Suicide?"	Ken Whittingham	Jason Ganzel	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	12.78[134]
121	10	"Boom Crunch"	David Grossman	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	December 6, 2009 (2009-12-06)	14.86[135]
122	11	"If..."	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	15.35[136]
123	12	"You Gotta Get a Gimmick"	David Grossman	Joe Keenan	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10)	14.03[137]
124	13	"How About a Friendly Shrink?"	Lonny Price	Jason Ganzel	January 17, 2010 (2010-01-17)	11.32[138]
125	14	"The Glamorous Life"	Bethany Rooney	Dave Flebotte	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	11.44[139]
126	15	"Lovely"	David Warren	David Schladweiler	February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)	10.92[140]
127	16	"The Chase"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	February 28, 2010 (2010-02-28)	10.89[141]
128	17	"Chromolume No. 7"	Lonny Price	Marco Pennette	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	12.01[142]
129	18	"My Two Young Men"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	10.84[143]
130	19	"We All Deserve to Die"	Larry Shaw	Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott	April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)	10.62[144]
131	20	"Epiphany"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry	April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)	11.29[145]
132	21	"A Little Night Music"	David Warren	Matt Berry	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	12.12[146]
133	22	"The Ballad of Booth"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	11.36[147]
134	23	"I Guess This Is Goodbye"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	12.75[148]

Season 7 (2010–11)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 7

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
135	1	"Remember Paul?"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	701	13.06[149]
136	2	"You Must Meet My Wife"	Larry Shaw	Dave Flebotte	October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)	702	13.23[150]
137	3	"Truly Content"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Matt Berry	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	703	12.38[151]
138	4	"The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside"	David Grossman	Jason Ganzel	October 17, 2010 (2010-10-17)	704	12.67[152]
139	5	"Let Me Entertain You"	Lonny Price	Sara Parriott & Josann McGibbon	October 24, 2010 (2010-10-24)	705	12.16[153]
140	6	"Excited and Scared"	Jeff Greenstein	Jeff Greenstein	October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31)	706	11.10[154]
141	7	"A Humiliating Business"	Larry Shaw	Marco Pennette	November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)	707	12.72[155]
142	8	"Sorry Grateful"	David Grossman	Annie Weisman	November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)	708	11.92[156]
143	9	"Pleasant Little Kingdom"	Arlene Sanford	Dave Flebotte	December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)	709	11.36[157]
144	10	"Down the Block There's a Riot"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)	710	11.60[158]
145	11	"Assassins"	David Warren	John Paul Bullock III	January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02)	711	12.19[159]
146	12	"Where Do I Belong"	David Grossman	David Schladweiler	January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)	712	12.83[160]
147	13	"I'm Still Here"	Lonny Price	Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott	January 16, 2011 (2011-01-16)	713	10.25[161]
148	14	"Flashback"	Andrew Doerfer	Matt Berry	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)	714	9.20[162]
149	15	"Farewell Letter"	David Grossman	Marco Pennette	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	715	10.58[163]
150	16	"Searching"	Larry Shaw	Jeff Greenstein	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)	716	11.35[164]
151	17	"Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed"	David Warren	Annie Weisman	April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)	717	9.05[165]
152	18	"Moments in the Woods"	David Grossman	John Paul Bullock III	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	718	9.11[166]
153	19	"The Lies Ill-Concealed"	Larry Shaw	David Schladweiler	April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)	719	10.15[167]
154	20	"I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday"	David Warren	Jason Ganzel	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)	720	9.44[168]
155	21	"Then I Really Got Scared"	Larry Shaw	Valerie A. Brotski	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	721	10.00[169]
156 157	22 23	"And Lots of Security... Come on Over for Dinner"	David Grossman Larry Shaw	Joe Keenan Bob Daily	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	722 723	10.25[170]

Season 8 (2011–12)

Main article: Desperate Housewives season 8

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
158	1	"Secrets That I Never Want to Know"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)	9.93[171]
159	2	"Making the Connection"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Matt Berry	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	9.16[172]
160	3	"Watch While I Revise the World"	David Warren	John Paul Bullock III	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)	8.63[173]
161	4	"School of Hard Knocks"	David Grossman	Marco Pennette	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	8.27[174]
162	5	"The Art of Making Art"	Lonny Price	Dave Flebotte	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)	9.17[175]
163	6	"Witch's Lament"	Tony Plana	Annie Weisman	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	9.28[176]
164	7	"Always in Control"	Jeff Greenstein	Jeff Greenstein	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	8.78[177]
165	8	"Suspicion Song"	Jennifer Getzinger	David Schaldweiler	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	9.29[178]
166	9	"Putting It Together"	David Warren	Sheila Lawrence	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	8.20[179]
167	10	"What's to Discuss, Old Friend"	David Grossman	Wendy Mericle	January 8, 2012 (2012-01-08)	8.84[180]
168	11	"Who Can Say What's True?"	Larry Shaw	Brian Tanen	January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)	7.91[181]
169	12	"What's the Good of Being Good"	Ron Underwood	Jason Ganzel	January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22)	7.48[182]
170	13	"Is This What You Call Love?"	David Grossman	David Schladweiler & Valérie A. Brotski	February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)	6.40[183]
171	14	"Get Out of My Life"	James Hayman	Cindy Appel	February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)	7.65[184]
172	15	"She Needs Me"	Randy Zisk	Jason Ganzel	March 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)	8.21[185]
173	16	"You Take for Granted"	Jeff Greenstein	Matt Berry	March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)	8.39[186]
174	17	"Women and Death"	David Grossman	Annie Weisman	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)	9.03[187]
175	18	"Any Moment"	Randy Zisk	Sheila Lawrence	March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)	8.81[188]
176	19	"With So Little to Be Sure Of"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Marco Pennette	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	8.49[189]
177	20	"Lost My Power"	David Grossman	Wendy Mericle	April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)	8.02[190]
178	21	"The People Will Hear"	David Warren	Brian Tanen	May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)	9.22[191]
179 180	22 23	"Give Me the Blame Finishing the Hat"	Larry Shaw David Grossman	Bob Daily Marc Cherry	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	11.12[192]

Specials

No.	Title	Narrators	Aired between	Original release date
1	"Oprah Winfrey Is The New Neighbour"	Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young	"Your Fault" (Episode 13) "Love Is In The Air" (Episode 14)	February 3, 2005 (2005-02-03)
2	"Sorting Out The Dirty Laundry"	Tracy Fraim	"Live Alone And Like It" (Episode 19) "Fear No More" (Episode 20)	April 24, 2005 (2005-04-24)
3	"All the Juicy Details"	Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young	"Coming Home" (Episode 33) "One More Kiss"(Episode 34)	January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
4	"The More You Know, The Juicer It Gets"	Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young	"Don't Look At Me" (Episode 42) "It Wasn't Meant To Be"(Episode 43)	April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)
5	"Time To Come Clean"	Marc Cherry	"Remember (Part 2)" (Episode 47) "Listen To The Rain on the Roof"(Episode 48)	September 3, 2006 (2006-09-03)
6	"The Juiciest Bites"	Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young	"My Husband the Pig" (Episode 63) "Dress Big"(Episode 64)	April 1, 2007 (2007-04-01)
7	"Secrets and Lies"	Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young	"Getting Married Today" (Episode 70) "Now You Know"(Episode 71)	September 23, 2007 (2007-09-23)

Ratings

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
	1	21.64	20.03	20.87	21.49	22.14	24.60	24.21	27.24	21.56	22.34	25.20	24.09	25.95	22.30	24.18	24.08	24.61	25.55	25.27	25.69	26.10	25.28	30.62	–
	2	28.36	27.11	26.06	25.78	25.22	23.93	25.93	25.92	25.89	25.52	23.72	22.52	25.33	23.47	23.41	22.20	21.41	21.82	20.02	21.30	21.33	21.03	24.23	24.23
	3	24.09	21.42	20.96	20.64	19.71	21.24	22.65	22.27	21.63	21.43	18.71	16.76	17.14	18.10	18.51	18.31	15.93	16.35	15.91	17.17	17.16	16.13	18.82	–
	4	19.32	17.82	18.89	18.21	18.28	18.58	18.63	18.64	20.65	19.78	16.37	15.75	16.35	16.76	15.43	16.84	16.84	–
	5	18.68	15.69	15.51	15.49	15.95	15.93	15.85	16.84	15.81	16.09	14.39	13.79	13.08	13.82	14.01	13.65	14.60	14.75	13.85	13.64	13.49	12.29	13.96	13.96
	6	13.64	14.64	13.42	13.68	14.18	14.08	13.80	14.72	12.78	14.86	15.35	14.03	11.32	11.44	10.92	10.89	12.01	10.84	10.62	11.29	12.12	11.36	12.75	–
	7	13.06	13.23	12.38	12.67	12.16	11.10	12.72	11.92	11.36	11.60	12.19	12.83	10.25	9.20	10.58	11.35	9.05	9.11	10.15	9.44	10.00	10.25	10.25	–
	8	9.93	9.16	8.63	8.27	9.17	9.28	8.78	9.29	8.20	8.84	7.91	7.48	6.40	7.65	8.21	8.39	9.03	8.81	8.49	8.02	9.22	11.12	11.12	–

Desperate Housewives : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[193]