That noise you hear is the sound of property values plummeting on Wisteria Lane. This November on Desperate Housewives, the most dangerous street in America will be the site of yet another calamity, this time a neighborhood plane crash.
“It’s going to be my cliffhanger for the first half of the season,” series creator Marc Cherry says of the tragedy, which, he adds, will “affect everyone’s lives.”
Since the story is still in the planning stages, many of the biggest details — including who’ll be on board the small aircraft and who’ll be in its path — are still, as it were, up in the air. But this much Cherry knows for sure: The catastrophe will not claim the life of a housewife. “I’d love to kill somebody ’cause that’s just what I do,” he laughs. “But the truth is, right now I don’t have anyone major dying.”
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Well, Parker *is* going to Europe…
its porter i think. and hes already left.
I’m really tired of Marc Cherry’s big budget “catastrophe’s” when they don’t result in any ensuing damage. Edie’s house burned down and was replaced in 5 seconds. Susan’s house burned down and was replaced in 5 seconds. The tornado absolutely destroyed the neighborhood (and Bree’s house), and all the property damage was replaced in 5 seconds. I have no idea what happened to the nightclub that burnt down last year, but I’m sure somewhere in Fairview its been rebuilt already. These storylines are “fun” in that they are used as shell’s to kill of random characters, but it would be way more realistic if some of the property damage could stick around for a while, no? I’m sure whoever’s house the plane crashes into doesn’t have to worry too much, b/c it will be rebuilt 1 or 2 episodes later. (They must keep the members of “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” on staff at the Wisteria Lane Homeowner’s Association, no?)
Implausable, totally unrealistic, 3 words all TV shows have in common nowadays. IQ below 80 required to watch end to end & enjoy. Housewives has jumped the shark. The bell tolls.
if you have a problem with it why do u watch it, desperate housewives is an awesome show and why are u complaining, i hate people that complain bout shows, but they must like it because there reading this post!!!!!
Totally unrealistic? Um… yeah. That about describes tv since its beginning! Days go by in a one hour timeslot in tv land. Would you rather watch an hour of people getting ready for work… then tune in next week for the exciting COMMUTE IN TRAFFIC (same day, of course, because it is done in real time). Get a grip!
Well, maybe Drea De Matteo’s family will be gone just as quickly as John Slattery. I don’t have a feel for them yet. I’m not too excited about them just yet, but they’re not the Applewhites either.
No major Death? then what’s the point? Stunt for sweeps? How about character development? I hope this plane crash doesn’t ‘jump the shark.” lol
he said no housewife dies, perhaps it’s a husband or child
or causes a miscarriage?
Wondering how this is going to turn out.
And curious to know if anyone has heard if Desperate Housewives confirmed John Barrowman for a guest appearance?
Oooh…he’s hot
Is Gale Harold still on the show? I miss seeing his face though he’s been sadly underused on DH.
No. Thankfully Gale Harold is not still on the show.
Of course, Mr or Mrs No ;P. Surely you prefer James Denton because you are both equally boring
Maria- no such thing yet, though apparently he’s still in talks. I would doubt it with how busy his schedule is. He’s currently doing the West End and almost immediately after, a show in Cardiff.
This may not be the cause of a Housewife death, but how about a miscarriage? We all know that Lynette really doesn’t want the babies but an abortion is out of the question – so could we be seeing her spend the 2nd half of the season dealing with the grief and “guilt” this would cause?
Is an abortion really out? DH would finally be daring again if they had the guts.
That’s not an area I’d want to get into on a show like this – you’ve got a loving marriage and stable family life so it would be very hard to convince viewers that this is where a woman’s choice should be utilized to end a pregnancy – with twins, no less.
Are abortions really daring? It’s not the 70’s.
Well, in the last episode they did say it had been three months. So, I would think abortion would be out — I doubt ABC wants to go there.
I think an abortion is out because at the end of last night’s episode it was clear she was telling her other children about the pregnancy. You don’t do that if you’re planning an abortion.
That’s not gutsy. Something like abortioned should never be glamourized.
Hope this isn’t a “jump the shark” stunt.
don’t you mean another one ?!?
Gee. Another stunt. Let’s try gripping story, Marc.
what does ‘jump the shark’ mean again lol???
I believe it refers to an episode of “Happy Days,” something about Fonzie jumping over a shark on his motorcycle, but I’m not 100% sure.
Actually, Fonzie was on waterskis…but yes he jumped an actual shark (on the show). Now it is a term which refers to the exact moment (usually a dramatic stunt) where a show has gone off the rails.
*yawn*
“Jumping the shark” is where a show is desperate for ratings and does some absurd plot point. It comes from where The Fonz jumped the shark episode of Happy Days.
Marc Cherry needs to learn how to follow through on his little sweep stunts… That’s what made season 1 great; you never knew what could happen, EVER.
First a hostage situation, then a tornado, then a fire, now a plane crash! And how many people major have been killed off on this show?!?! Hey Cherry, want to get people’s attention try killing off some major characters.
Boring….. a plane crash that’s it. Kill somebody already and please let it be the new family. Drea sucks always has.
Please Lynette no more kids. Its ridiculous to have children you don’t want.
I predict a situation where Lynette’s pregnancy is in jeopardy and she recognizes she really wants the babies after all. Of course they’ll be fine.
I love movie/tv news and I live for my copy of EW in my mail on fridays but I miss the days when you didn’t know every plot detail before the episode aired. Desperate Housewives is really bad at releasing all of the plot twists before it happens. Edie’s Death, the plane crash, and Kathy Najimys role and exactly what she is there to do. Cop who is still jealous of Susan. Takes all the fun out of watching the episodes.
Desparate, indeed. At least that’s what this story line sounds like.
Well, Marc Cherry also indicated that Mike would marry Katherine and that didn’t pan out. Maybe this shark jump won’t happen either. Let’s all dream
yes, an abortion is out of the question given she’s 3 months pregnant in the show.
What about Julie? Any guesses as to who knocked her up?
Hey the last time he made an announcement like this was the tornado storyline…look how that fizzled
Another catastrophe? If the show hadn’t become ridiculous enough already then this…
Can you get anymore boring that that. I mean: tornadoes, a fire at a bar, a hostage situation. Then the characters that get killed off aren’t even major characters. If I don’t like todays episode, Im tuning out.
What the hell happened to Housewives? The first season was fresh, fun, and exciting. Now the show has become so formulaic and tired…every year someone new moves into the street and they have a *shocking* secret, which turns into that season’s mystery (which is figured out by the audience by mid-season).
Now these November sweeps stunts are becoming predictable and commonplace (and no one important ever dies yet there’s always a life-threatening situation). And in this interview, Cherry revealed pretty much what lots of us figured out already: he doesn’t plan out anything. No wonder recent seasons have disjointed feelings to them.
This show is boring…Thankgoodness for On Demand as this show needs to end next season. No wonder viewership is down. I will be deleting this from scheduled recordings if this doesn’t pick up.
This is like watching another Final Destination movie….Focus on the characters instead and kill Susan for Frucks sake…..Her and Mike are killing the show, quit bringing in new neighbors with a dark past…quit pointing guns at people face….kill a Housewive!!!! Make storylines about someone who kills their boss.
I agree 100%!!! Get ready of Susan and Mike. They have to be the most boring soap couple since…I don’t know when. A cliffhanger where we don’t know who that cement-faced boofhead married? Is that really the best Cherry could come up with?
Co-sign on getting rid of Susan. I always FF through her scenes because her ditzy airhead routine is so tiresome.
I always skip half of season 3 when I watch the dvd set….Her romance w/ Ian (annoying accent) was the worst of all….same w/ season 5, Jackson killed it for me…..Kill her off and have Julie move in permanently.
lol yes kill her and karl.
it’s obvious Marc cherry’s planning on killing off either Karl or Orson in the plane crash OR something along the lines of that. I mean, spoilers say that the whole Bree/Karl/Orson thing will take a huge turn after Orson finds out and that it’ll end on a major cliffhanger. $100 says Bree is on that plane with Karl or Orson. maybe both..?
people can only complain here. If u dont like the show, just dont watch it.! ur whining asses.
It would make sense to kill Katherine, her stalker storyline will get old really fast. The show is very cast heavy as it is, have the balls to kill off someone, Cherry! I agree though, the plane crash idea seems kinda goofy. After the Tornado, what can really top that in terms of a disaster….it seems like an easy out because anyone who has been to Universal Studios knows thats where Desperate Housewives is filmed and right next to it they have the wreckage from the plane crash of Lost. It’s like he walked out on the lot and went, “Gee, I’ll just use this stuff on my set.”
Lynette’s entire family surviving the tornado was when the show jumped the shark for me. I stopped watching after that because the lame tornado stunt had no major repercussions and it sounds like this plane crash won’t either. Cherry needs to step up his game and kill off someone major who is related to the housewives.
I think it’s time this show went bats**t crazy. You know when Melrose just turned insane? They have been doing the same boring storyline for too long now. I want a lot more partner swapping and secret evil twin cousins.
Hehe I loved how insane Melrose Place got! Haven’t seen a show that has had the balls to go that nuts in a long time.