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 aired		Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
1	23	October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)	May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)	4^[1]	23.69^[1]
2	24	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4^[2]	21.70^[2]
3	23	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	10^[3]	16.70^[3]
4	17	September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)	6^[4]	17.52^[4]
5	24	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	9^[5]	15.66^[5]
6	23	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	20^[6]	12.83^[6]
7	23	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	26^[7]	11.85^[8]
8	23	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	37^[9]	10.60^[9]

Episodes

Season 1 (2004–05)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Charles McDougall	Marc Cherry	October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)	100	21.64^[10]
2	2	"Ah, But Underneath"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	October 10, 2004 (2004-10-10)	101	20.03^[11]
3	3	"Pretty Little Picture"	Arlene Sanford	Oliver Goldstick	October 17, 2004 (2004-10-17)	102	20.87^[12]
4	4	"Who's That Woman?"	Jeff Melman	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24)	103	21.49^[13]
5	5	"Come In, Stranger"	Arlene Sanford	Alexandra Cunningham	October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)	104	22.14^[14]
6	6	"Running to Stand Still"	Fred Gerber	Tracey Stern	November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)	105	24.60^[15]
7	7	"Anything You Can Do"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	November 21, 2004 (2004-11-21)	106	24.21^[16]
8	8	"Guilty"	Fred Gerber	Kevin Murphy	November 28, 2004 (2004-11-28)	107	27.24^[17]
9	9	"Suspicious Minds"	Larry Shaw	Jenna Bans	December 12, 2004 (2004-12-12)	108	21.56^[18]
10	10	"Come Back to Me"	Fred Gerber	Patty Lin	December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19)	109	22.34^[19]
11	11	"Move On"	John David Coles	David Schulner	January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09)	110	25.20^[20]
12	12	"Every Day a Little Death"	David Grossman	Chris Black	January 16, 2005 (2005-01-16)	111	24.09^[21]
13	13	"Your Fault"	Arlene Sanford	Kevin Etten	January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23)	112	25.95^[22]
14	14	"Love Is in the Air"	Jeff Melman	Tom Spezialy	February 13, 2005 (2005-02-13)	113	22.30^[23]
15	15	"Impossible"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20)	114	24.18^[24]
16	16	"The Ladies Who Lunch"	Arlene Sanford	Alexandra Cunningham	March 27, 2005 (2005-03-27)	115	24.08^[25]
17	17	"There Won't Be Trumpets"	Jeff Melman	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	April 3, 2005 (2005-04-03)	116	24.61^[26]
18	18	"Children Will Listen"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Murphy	April 10, 2005 (2005-04-10)	117	25.55^[27]
19	19	"Live Alone and Like It"	Arlene Sanford	Jenna Bans	April 17, 2005 (2005-04-17)	118	25.27^[28]
20	20	"Fear No More"	Jeff Melman	Adam Barr	May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01)	119	25.69^[29]
21	21	"Sunday in the Park with George"	Larry Shaw	Katie Ford	May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08)	120	26.10^[30]
22	22	"Goodbye for Now"	David Grossman	Josh Senter	May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)	121	25.28^[31]
23	23	"One Wonderful Day"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy & Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy & Kevin Murphy	May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)	122	30.62^[32]

Season 2 (2005–06)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"Next"	Larry Shaw	Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	201	28.36^[33]
25	2	"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"	David Grossman	Chris Black & Alexandra Cunningham	October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02)	202	27.11^[34]
26	3	"You'll Never Get Away from Me"	Arlene Sanford	Tom Spezialy & Ellie Herman	October 9, 2005 (2005-10-09)	203	26.06^[35]
27	4	"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"	Robert Duncan McNeill	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)	204	25.78^[36]
28	5	"They Asked Me Why I Believe in You"	David Grossman	Alan Cross	October 23, 2005 (2005-10-23)	205	25.22^[37]
29	6	"I Wish I Could Forget You"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Etten & Josh Senter	November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	206	23.93^[38]
30	7	"Color and Light"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry	November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)	207	25.93^[39]
31	8	"The Sun Won't Set"	Stephen Cragg	Jenna Bans	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)	208	25.92^[40]
32	9	"That's Good, That's Bad"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Murphy	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)	209	25.89^[41]
33	10	"Coming Home"	Arlene Sanford	Chris Black	December 4, 2005 (2005-12-04)	210	25.52^[42]
34	11	"One More Kiss"	Wendey Stanzler	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)	211	23.72^[43]
35	12	"We're Gonna Be All Right"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)	212	22.52^[44]
36	13	"There's Something About a War"	Larry Shaw	Kevin Etten	January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)	213	25.33^[45]
37	14	"Silly People"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Tom Spezialy	February 12, 2006 (2006-02-12)	214	23.47^[46]
38	15	"Thank You So Much"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller	February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)	215	23.41^[47]
39	16	"There Is No Other Way"	Randy Zisk	Bruce Zimmerman	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)	216	22.20^[48]
40	17	"Could I Leave You?"	Pam Thomas	Scott Sanford Tobis	March 26, 2006 (2006-03-26)	217	21.41^[49]
41	18	"Everybody Says Don't"	Tom Cherones	Teleplay by : Jenna Bans & Alexandra Cunningham Story by : Jim Lincoln	April 2, 2006 (2006-04-02)	218	21.82^[50]
42	19	"Don't Look at Me"	David Grossman	Josh Senter	April 16, 2006 (2006-04-16)	219	20.02^[51]
43	20	"It Wasn't Meant to Happen"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy	April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)	220	21.30^[52]
44	21	"I Know Things Now"	Wendey Stanzler	Kevin Etten & Bruce Zimmerman	May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07)	221	21.33^[53]
45	22	"No One Is Alone"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Chris Black	May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)	222	21.03^[54]
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)	223 224	24.23^[55]

Season 3 (2006–07)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	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)	301	24.09^[56]
49	2	"It Takes Two"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)	302	21.42^[57]
50	3	"A Weekend in the Country"	Wendey Stanzler	Bob Daily	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)	303	20.96^[58]
51	4	"Like It Was"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)	304	20.64^[59]
52	5	"Nice She Ain't"	David Warren	Alexandra Cunningham & Susan Nirah Jaffee	October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)	305	19.71^[60]
53	6	"Sweetheart, I Have to Confess"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Josh Senter	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)	306	21.24^[61]
54	7	"Bang"	Larry Shaw	Joe Keenan	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)	307	22.65^[62]
55	8	"Children and Art"	Wendey Stanzler	Kevin Etten & Jenna Bans	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)	308	22.27^[63]
56	9	"Beautiful Girls"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Susan Nirah Jaffee	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)	309	21.63^[64]
57	10	"The Miracle Song"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)	310	21.43^[65]
58	11	"No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds"	Sanaa Hamri	Alexandra Cunningham & Josh Senter	January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07)	311	18.71^[66]
59	12	"Not While I'm Around"	David Grossman	Kevin Murphy & Kevin Etten	January 14, 2007 (2007-01-14)	312	16.76^[67]
60	13	"Come Play Wiz Me"	Larry Shaw	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin	January 21, 2007 (2007-01-21)	313	17.14^[68]
61	14	"I Remember That"	David Warren	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)	314	18.10^[69]
62	15	"The Little Things You Do Together"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry & Joe Keenan	February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)	315	18.51^[70]
63	16	"My Husband, the Pig"	Larry Shaw	Brian A. Alexander	March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)	316	18.31^[71]
64	17	"Dress Big"	Matthew Diamond	Kevin Etten & Susan Nirah Jaffee	April 8, 2007 (2007-04-08)	317	15.93^[72]
65	18	"Liaisons"	David Grossman	Jenna Bans & Alexandra Cunningham	April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15)	318	16.35^[73]
66	19	"God, That's Good"	Larry Shaw	Dahvi Waller & Josh Senter	April 22, 2007 (2007-04-22)	319	15.91^[74]
67	20	"Gossip"	Wendey Stanzler	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	April 29, 2007 (2007-04-29)	320	17.17^[75]
68	21	"Into the Woods"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)	321	17.16^[76]
69	22	"What Would We Do Without You?"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13)	322	16.13^[77]
70	23	"Getting Married Today"	David Grossman	Joe Keenan & Kevin Murphy	May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)	323	18.82^[78]

Season 4 (2007–08)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
71	1	"Now You Know"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	401	19.32^[79]
72	2	"Smiles of a Summer Night"	David Grossman	Bob Daily & Matt Berry	October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)	402	17.82^[80]
73	3	"The Game"	Bethany Rooney	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	October 14, 2007 (2007-10-14)	403	18.89^[81]
74	4	"If There's Anything I Can't Stand"	Larry Shaw	Alexandra Cunningham & Lori Kirkland Baker	October 21, 2007 (2007-10-21)	404	18.21^[82]
75	5	"Art Isn't Easy"	David Grossman	Jason Ganzel	October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28)	405	18.28^[83]
76	6	"Now I Know, Don't Be Scared"	Larry Shaw	Susan Nirah Jaffee & Dahvi Waller	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)	406	18.58^[84]
77	7	"You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover"	David Warren	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11)	407	18.63^[85]
78	8	"A Distant Past"	Jay Torres	Joe Keenan	November 25, 2007 (2007-11-25)	408	18.64^[86]
79	9	"Something's Coming"	David Grossman	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)	409	20.65^[87]
80	10	"Welcome to Kanagawa"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg & Jordon Nardino	January 6, 2008 (2008-01-06)	410	19.78^[88]
81	11	"Sunday"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham & Lori Kirkland Baker	April 13, 2008 (2008-04-13)	411	16.37^[89]
82	12	"In Buddy's Eyes"	Larry Shaw	Jeff Greenstein	April 20, 2008 (2008-04-20)	412	15.75^[90]
83	13	"Hello, Little Girl"	Bethany Rooney	Susan Nirah Jaffee & Jamie Gorenberg	April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)	413	16.35^[91]
84	14	"Opening Doors"	David Grossman	Dahvi Waller & Jordon Nardino	May 4, 2008 (2008-05-04)	414	16.76^[92]
85	15	"Mother Said"	David Warren	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	May 11, 2008 (2008-05-11)	415	15.43^[93]
86 87	16 17	"The Gun Song Free"	Bethany Rooney David Grossman	Bob Daily & Matt Berry Jeff Greenstein	May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)	416 417	16.84^[94]

Season 5 (2008–09)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
88	1	"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	501	18.68^[95]
89	2	"We're So Happy You're So Happy"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	502	15.69^[96]
90	3	"Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else"	Bethany Rooney	Joe Keenan	October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12)	503	15.51^[97]
91	4	"Back in Business"	Scott Ellis	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)	504	15.49^[98]
92	5	"Mirror, Mirror"	David Grossman	Jeff Greenstein	October 26, 2008 (2008-10-26)	505	15.95^[99]
93	6	"There's Always a Woman"	Matthew Diamond	John Paul Bullock III	November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	506	15.93^[100]
94	7	"What More Do I Need?"	Larry Shaw	Matt Berry	November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)	507	15.85^[101]
95	8	"City on Fire"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16)	508	16.84^[102]
96	9	"Me and My Town"	David Warren	Lori Kirkland Baker	November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30)	509	15.81^[103]
97	10	"A Vision's Just a Vision"	Larry Shaw	David Flebotte	December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07)	510	16.09^[104]
98	11	"Home Is the Place"	David Grossman	Jamie Gorenberg	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	511	14.39^[105]
99	12	"Connect! Connect!"	Ken Whittingham	Jordon Nardino	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	512	13.79^[106]
100	13	"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry & Bob Daily	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)	513	13.08^[107]
101	14	"Mama Spent Money When She Had None"	David Warren	Jason Ganzel	February 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)	514	13.82^[108]
102	15	"In a World Where the Kings Are Employers"	David Grossman	Lori Kirkland Baker	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	515	14.01^[109]
103	16	"Crime Doesn't Pay"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	516	13.65^[110]
104	17	"The Story of Lucy and Jessie"	Bethany Rooney	Jordon Nardino	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	517	14.60^[111]
105	18	"A Spark. To Pierce the Dark."	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	518	14.75^[112]
106	19	"Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know"	Larry Shaw	Matt Berry	April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)	519	13.85^[113]
107	20	"Rose's Turn"	David Warren	Dave Flebotte	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	520	13.64^[114]
108	21	"Bargaining"	David Grossman	David Schladweiler	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	521	13.49^[115]
109	22	"Marry Me a Little"	Larry Shaw	Jason Ganzel	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	522	12.29^[116]
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)	523 524	13.96^[117]

Season 6 (2009–10)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
112	1	"Nice Is Different Than Good"	Larry Shaw	Marc Cherry	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	601	13.64^[118]
113	2	"Being Alive"	David Grossman	Matt Berry	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	602	14.64^[119]
114	3	"Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover"	Andrew Doerfer	Bob Daily	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	603	13.42^[120]
115	4	"The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues"	David Warren	Alexandra Cunningham	October 18, 2009 (2009-10-18)	604	13.68^[121]
116	5	"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)	605	14.18^[122]
117	6	"Don't Walk on the Grass"	David Grossman	Marco Pennette	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)	606	14.08^[123]
118	7	"Careful the Things You Say"	Bethany Rooney	Peter Lefcourt	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	607	13.80^[124]
119	8	"The Coffee Cup"	Larry Shaw	Dave Flebotte	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	608	14.72^[125]
120	9	"Would I Think of Suicide?"	Ken Whittingham	Jason Ganzel	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	609	12.78^[126]
121	10	"Boom Crunch"	David Grossman	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	December 6, 2009 (2009-12-06)	610	14.86^[127]
122	11	"If..."	Larry Shaw	Jamie Gorenberg	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	611	15.35^[128]
123	12	"You Gotta Get a Gimmick"	David Grossman	Joe Keenan	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10)	612	14.03^[129]
124	13	"How About a Friendly Shrink?"	Lonny Price	Jason Ganzel	January 17, 2010 (2010-01-17)	613	11.32^[130]
125	14	"The Glamorous Life"	Bethany Rooney	Dave Flebotte	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	614	11.44^[131]
126	15	"Lovely"	David Warren	David Schladweiler	February 21, 2010 (2010-02-21)	615	10.92^[132]
127	16	"The Chase"	Larry Shaw	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	February 28, 2010 (2010-02-28)	616	10.89^[133]
128	17	"Chromolume No. 7"	Lonny Price	Marco Pennette	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	617	12.01^[134]
129	18	"My Two Young Men"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	618	10.84^[135]
130	19	"We All Deserve to Die"	Larry Shaw	Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott	April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)	619	10.62^[136]
131	20	"Epiphany"	David Grossman	Marc Cherry	April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)	620	11.29^[137]
132	21	"A Little Night Music"	David Warren	Matt Berry	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	621	12.12^[138]
133	22	"The Ballad of Booth"	Larry Shaw	Bob Daily	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	622	11.36^[139]
134	23	"I Guess This Is Goodbye"	David Grossman	Alexandra Cunningham	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	623	12.75^[140]

Season 7 (2010–11)

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

Season 8 (2011–12)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
158	1	"Secrets That I Never Want to Know"	David Grossman	Bob Daily	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)	801	9.93^[163]
159	2	"Making the Connection"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Matt Berry	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	802	9.16^[164]
160	3	"Watch While I Revise the World"	David Warren	John Paul Bullock III	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)	803	8.63^[165]
161	4	"School of Hard Knocks"	David Grossman	Marco Pennette	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	804	8.27^[166]
162	5	"The Art of Making Art"	Lonny Price	Dave Flebotte	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)	805	9.17^[167]
163	6	"Witch's Lament"	Tony Plana	Annie Weisman	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	806	9.28^[168]
164	7	"Always in Control"	Jeff Greenstein	Jeff Greenstein	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	807	8.78^[169]
165	8	"Suspicion Song"	Jennifer Getzinger	David Schaldweiler	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	808	9.29^[170]
166	9	"Putting It Together"	David Warren	Sheila Lawrence	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	809	8.20^[171]
167	10	"What's to Discuss, Old Friend"	David Grossman	Wendy Mericle	January 8, 2012 (2012-01-08)	810	8.84^[172]
168	11	"Who Can Say What's True?"	Larry Shaw	Brian Tanen	January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)	811	7.91^[173]
169	12	"What's the Good of Being Good"	Ron Underwood	Jason Ganzel	January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22)	812	7.48^[174]
170	13	"Is This What You Call Love?"	David Grossman	David Schladweiler & Valérie A. Brotski	February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)	813	6.40^[175]
171	14	"Get Out of My Life"	James Hayman	Cindy Appel	February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)	814	7.65^[176]
172	15	"She Needs Me"	Randy Zisk	Jason Ganzel	March 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)	815	8.21^[177]
173	16	"You Take for Granted"	Jeff Greenstein	Matt Berry	March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)	816	8.39^[178]
174	17	"Women and Death"	David Grossman	Annie Weisman	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)	817	9.03^[179]
175	18	"Any Moment"	Randy Zisk	Sheila Lawrence	March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)	818	8.81^[180]
176	19	"With So Little to Be Sure Of"	Tara Nicole Weyr	Marco Pennette	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	819	8.49^[181]
177	20	"Lost My Power"	David Grossman	Wendy Mericle	April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)	820	8.02^[182]
178	21	"The People Will Hear"	David Warren	Brian Tanen	May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)	821	9.22^[183]
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)	822 823	11.12^[184]

Specials

No.	Title	Narrators	Aired between	Original air 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

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

Season		Episode number
Season		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	–

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[185]

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[lover-120] "TV Ratings: Once again, Sunday Night Football, House, Grey's win week with adults 18–49; NCIS leads with total viewers". TV by the Numbers. October 13, 2009. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[blues-121] "TV Ratings: Yet again Sunday Night Football, House, Grey's win week with adults 18–49; NCIS leads with total viewers". TV by the Numbers. October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

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[careful-124] "TV Ratings: V premiere bests Grey's Anatomy; NFL and MLB top weekly charts". TV by the Numbers. November 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[coffee-125] "TV Ratings: Sunday Night Football, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS; top weekly broadcast charts". TV by the Numbers. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[suicide-126] "TV Ratings: Sunday Night Football Big Bang, Dancing With the Stars and NCIS top weekly broadcast charts". TV by the Numbers. December 2, 2009. Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[boom-127] "TV Ratings: NFL, Desperate Housewives, House, The Office and NCIS repeat top weekly broadcast charts". TV by the Numbers. December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-12-11. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[if-128] "TV Ratings: Pro and College Football and Desperate Housewives top weekly viewing". TV by the Numbers. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[gimmick-129] "TV Ratings: Pro and College Football and The Simpsons and NCIS top weekly viewing". TV by the Numbers. January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[shrink-130] "TV Ratings: American Idol, Indianapolis Colts, NCIS and The Big Bang Theory top weekly viewing". TV by the Numbers. January 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2010.

[glamorous-131] "TV Ratings: Grammy Awards, American Idol, House and NCIS top weekly viewing". TV by the Numbers. February 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved February 2, 2010.

[lovely-132] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol Still Top Show of Week With Adults 18–49". TV by the Numbers. February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2010.

[chase-133] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, Olympics Top Weekly Broadcast Network Viewing". TV by the Numbers. March 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

[chromolume-134] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, Big Bang Theory, NCIS Top Weekly Broadcast Charts". TV by the Numbers. March 16, 2010. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.

[men-135] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, NCIS, Undercover Boss, House Top Weekly Broadcast Charts". TV by the Numbers. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved March 23, 2010.

[die-136] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol Takes Top 2 Ratings Spots; Glee Is Week's Top 18–49 Scripted Show". TV by the Numbers. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

[epiphany-137] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, Glee Sing to Adults 18–49; Dancing With the Stars Dances to the Top With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. April 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01. Retrieved April 27, 2010.

[music-138] "TV Ratings Top 25: Idol, Glee Tops With 18–49 ; Dancing Leads With Viewers". TV by the Numbers. May 4, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

[booth-139] "TV Ratings Top 25: DWTS Again Tops With Viewers; Idol, Glee Still Tops With 18–49". TV by the Numbers. May 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved May 14, 2010.

[goodbye-140] "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol Back On Top With Both Viewers and Adults 18–49". TV by the Numbers. May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

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[s7e11-151] Seidman, Robert (January 4, 2011). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: Football, More Football, Desperate Housewives and Soy Tu Dueña Finale Top Week 15 Viewing". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011.

[s7e12-152] Seidman, Robert (January 11, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Cleveland' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters' Down; No Change for 'The Cape' or 'Bob's Burgers'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[s7e13-153] Gorman, Bill (January 19, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Bob's Burgers' Adjusted Down; Plus 'Golden Globes,' 'Undercover Boss,' 'CSI:Miami' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.

[s7e14-154] Gorman, Bill (February 15, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Desperate Housewives,' 'America's Funniest Home Videos,' 'Dateline' Adjusted Up; 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Simpsons' Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011.

[s7e15-155] Seidman, Robert (February 23, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2011.

[s7e16-156] Seidman, Robert (March 8, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Secret Millionare,' 'Celebrity Apprentice' Adjusted up ; 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Bob's Burgers,' 'Cleveland Show' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.

[s7e17-157] Seidman, Robert (April 5, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: "Desperate Housewives," "Secret Millionaire," "American Dad," "Celebrity Apprentice" Adjusted Up; "Cleveland" Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.

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[s7e21-161] Sunday Final Ratings: "Desperate Housewives", "Amazing Race", "American Dad", "Family Guy" Adjusted Up; "Brothers & Sisters" Adjusted Down, TV By the Numbers, May 10, 2011

[s7e22and23-162] TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: "American Idol", "The Voice", "Modern Family", "Dancing with the Stars", "NCIS" Top Week 34 Viewing, TV By the Numbers, May 17, 2011

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