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Desperate Housewives

2004–2012 · 8 seasons · 180 episodes · Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

7.7IMDb · 157k votes

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Best season: 8.2; Season 4. Weakest is season 6, at 7.9
Top episode: 9.5; S3 E7 · Bang
Lowest episode: 7.5; S8 E11 · Who Can Say What's True?
Finale: 9.1; +1.1 against the show's 8.0 average

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IMDb rating of every Desperate Housewives episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.4	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.8	8.1	8.4	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.7	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.9	7.8	8.1	8.8
Season 2	8.0	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8
Season 3	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.0	9.5	7.8
Season 4	8.4	8.0	8.2	8.0	7.9	8.4	7.9	7.9
Season 5	8.0	7.7	7.8	7.7	8.3	7.9	7.8	8.6
Season 6	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.7	7.5	7.7
Season 7	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.0	7.8	7.6
Season 8	8.2	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.9	8.0