All's not what it seems in Wisteria Lane
Behind the white picket-fenced veneer of suburbia in Wisteria Lane, all is not as it seems. A bevy of surgically enhanced wives spin a web of crime and secrets, with deceased neighbour Mary Alice Young narrating as she follows her former friends negotiating those timeless themes: life and love.
The cast includes former Lois Lane actress Teri Hatcher and glamour mag favourite Eva Longoria Parker. Show creator Marc Cherry, also responsible for producing TV smash show The Golden Girls, is said to have based the character of Bree Van Der Kamp on his mother. Ah, but which character are you?
Currently in its sixth season, Desperate Housewives has millions of viewers worldwide. And the drama continues off the set as well. In 2007, striking Hollywood writers converged on the L.A. set as part of their industrial action to disrupt filming in the Toluca Lake suburb. While in September it emerged that Kathryn Joosten, who plays feisty neighbour Mrs McCluskey, is fighting a second bout of lung cancer.
Is Wisteria Lane up your alley enough to make it into your Timeless 50?