Orson Hodge
| Orson Hodge | |
|---|---|
 Kyle MacLachlan as Orson Hodge | |
| First appearance | Don't Look at Me (episode 2.19) |
| Created by | Marc Cherry |
| Portrayed by | Kyle MacLachlan |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Dentist |
| Family | Edwin Hodge (father; deceased) Gloria Hodge (mother) |
| Spouse | Alma Hodge (ex-wife; deceased) Monique Polier (ex-lover; deceased) Bree Hodge (wife) |
| Children | Andrew Van De Kamp (step-son) Danielle Van De Kamp (step-daughter) |
| Relatives | Henry Mason (father-in-law) Eleanor Mason (step-mother-in-law) |
Orson Hodge is a fictional character on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The character is played by Kyle MacLachlan.
Character history
To me, he always has the shifty look of a guy who knows where the bodies are buried...and he should know. He buried them.
Up to season 2
Orson Hodge, born on June 28, 1959, grew up in a very religious household. When he was sixteen, his father Edwin had an affair with another woman. When the truth came out it caused a scandal at their church and he became depressed, drinking heavily. One day his mother, Gloria asked Orson to stay with him, saying she had to visit a sick friend but Orson later left because he had plans with his friends. When he returned his father had apparently commited suicide. Orson would later spend time at a mental hospital for psychological depression since his mother blamed him for his father's death.
By the time he was an adult, Orson had become a dentist.
He was set up by his mother and his girlfriend to get married when he got her pregnant. However he never came to love her and began an affair himself with Monique Pollier. When Alama found out she decided to punish him by faking her own death. However since their was no body and no evidence (a stressed Orson had cleaned everything up), he never went in jail. Yet Alma's friend Caroline Bigsby became his archnemesis, constantly accusing him to have killed his wife. Free he tried to begin a new life with Monique but found her dead with his mother saying it was an accident (later revealed to be a murder). He had to hide the body when Mike Delfino, whom Monique had called, came to do some plumbing. He later buried her at the country club, his mother having removed Monique's teeth to prevent identification. All of this would soon come to haunt him however. Indeed, he met Susan at a movie theater and helped her get Mike jealous[1]. He then met Bree who was residing at the hospital he stayed in while he came to visit an old friend and instantly became attracted to her. He then proceeded to cover his track by running over Mike and leave him for dead[2].
Season 3
After six months of dating, Orson proposed to Bree and even though she was a bit scared at first she said yes. Mike, though alive, wasn't a threat anymore as he had a retrograde memory loss from his coma. Unfortunately for them Carolyn made a come back. They still got married, even though Bree had to ask him if he hadn't killed his wife first[3]. They were about to go to honeymoon but canceled at the last minute when Bree saw Andrew on TV and decided to go after him only to be rejected. It was ultimately Orson who talked him into coming back, making him realize he would hurt himself just as much as his mother otherwise[4]s accusations for the time being, especially after Orson told Bree that her husband had an affair which ultimately led to Carolyn holding several people hostage (including Edie, Julie, Lynette, Austin and Nora) and killing Nora[5].
She then tried to reunite Orson with his family, by finding his mother who was revealed to not be senile as he had told Bree[6]. This backfired when Gloria tried to drive Bree away from Orson by revealing he also has an affair with Monique[7] but Mike Delfino's arrest cleared her suspicions for the time being[8]. This, however, turned Susan into Orson's arch nemesis. Gloria then had Alma, who wasn't dead after all come and try to get Orson back herself. She tried to "repair" her miscarriage by raping Orson after having Gloria drug him while she faked suicide to have him come to his home unsuspecting[9]. Bree however sided with her husband, leading Gloria to sabotage her ladder, making her land at the hospital. Orson's trouble worsened as Andrew, who thought he was the culprit since he had partly eavesdropped his confession to Bree, threatened him to meet "bad Andrew" and Mike, whose bail had been paid by Zach Young, then began to remember the night of Monique's murder and confronted Orson on the top of the hospital where he visited Bree, ultimately accidentally pushing him from the roof[10].
Everything ended well however, as Bree and Susan reconciled after her accident and Orson used the well timed death of Alma, her suicide letter and his mother's stroke to frame them for his lover's death, clearing Mike's name at the same time. After a last visit at his mother's bed, whom he told she was never to see him again[11], he and Bree departed to their honeymoon, though not before sending a pregnant Danielle to a convent to avoid scandal. When they returned, it was revealed that Bree had a fake pregnant belly and they would raise the child as their own[12].
Season 4
This proved to not be that easy as they had to prevent anybody from touching Bree's belly and even once make up a story to explain why a fork had entered Bree's belly without her noticing[13]. They also had to deal with genuinely pregnant Susan who wanted to go to Bree's ob-gyn and Danielle's various trouble, even endangering her baby's life by rollerblading[14]. Although Orson wanted to throw the towel, he decided to continue to pretend his wife was pregnant when a teary-eyed Bree told him this baby was her second chance at parenting. They have appeared to be succesful as only Phyllis Van de Kamp and Adam Mayfair have found out and both have agreed to keep the secret, although before that they had to foil Phyllis' ploy to get back at Bree by having Danielle stay and raise the kid with her by using the girl's crave for fun[15].
Trivia
- Alma, Monique and Bree, Orson's lovers, are all redheads. Alma commented on this after meeting Bree in "No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds," asking Orson "What is it with you and redheads?" Interesting to note is, Amanda (Played by Julie White) was/is also a redhead.
References
- ^ Don't Look at me, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Remember, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ It Takes two, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ A Week-End In the Country, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Bang, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Children and Art, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Beautiful Girls, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ The Miracle song, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Come Play wiz me, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ I Remember that, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ The little things we do together, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Getting married today, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ now You know, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ The Game, Desperate Housewives episode
- ^ Art isn't easy, Desperate Housewives episode