There are many sub plots going on in this......the common theme is sex.........esp. extra marital sex.......hence the name,,,,,,,,,,but there is a ton of mysterious stuff going on as well............in the 1st season..........like the 1st episode..........a single man and his son move into a house on "Wisteria lane"..........he is seen burying his dead wife, or someone else..............a pharmacist is having an affair with someone's wife, and husband goes to that pharmacy.............and the pharmacist poisons him to death.....

Also, u see the different racial relations.............Eva Longoria..........and her husband.........sex with minors.........Eva goes and screws the guy that mows the lawn...............also, church and religion play a part.............as Eva L. husband is rich, and she tries to bribe a priest to let her daughter in a Catholic school, her daughter is a terrible student...........which is why of course she tries to bride the priest...........

Later seasons[edit]

In August 2009, Marc Cherry said that Desperate Housewives would be on television for a few more years, stating that the series still "has a lot of life left in it." He told The Wrap:

Steve McPherson (ABC Entertainment president) and I agree that we shouldn't keep the show going for more than a couple [of] years past my seven-year initial contract. We don't want it to just fade away. We've been in negotiations. I expect to sign my new deal soon to set up a future scenario for the show. Someone else will run the show after season seven and I will serve as executive producer from a distance.

He went on to explain that he felt the program had been revitalized by the five-year leap forward for season five, saying: "Yes, I think it worked well. It was a way to start fresh and let everyone start from scratch in a way".^[38]

In October 2009, Cherry signed a two-year deal with ABC that could keep Desperate Housewives on the air until 2013.^[39] The stars of Desperate Housewives finalized new deals to make way for Season 8,^[40][41] and signed at the price of $12 million.^[42]

Originally, Marc Cherry hinted that Desperate Housewives would end in 2013^[43] and in April 2011, Eva Longoria confirmed that there would definitely be an eighth season and expressed hopes for a ninth.^[44]Desperate Housewives was officially renewed by ABC on May 17, 2011 for an eighth season.^[10]

es was revealed.