New chosen TV drama

I've now had to choose another TV drama, so I decided to do Desperate Housewives because I love it and it is coming back on TV tomorrow!


In the near future I'm going to be analysing episodes for the following things:

• Representation
• Sound/Music
• Camera Work - movement/ shot types
• Costume
• Lighting
• Body Language
• Location
• Hair and Make-up
  
• Degree of Realism
  
• Narrative
  

What is it about?

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 POV. Her husband's acting suspicious, the neighbors are talking, and her girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash… and so messy. From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive and she's planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor's closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb. In the end of the episode, the girls find a threatening note written to Mary Alice, while a ghost of Mary Alice is standing in her yard looking at them.

Mary Alice narrates each episode, opening and closing each episode with some kind of message/moral/observation.

These are the main characters:

Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher)

Karl Mayer - first husband. Divorced now.

Mike Delfino - second husband. Divorced now.

Julie Mayer - daughter (20s). Daughter of Karl.

Jackson Braddock - boyfriend.

Maynard "MJ" Delfino - son (6yrs?). Son of Mike.

Currently living at 4353 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State, with Jackson and MJ. Susan's occupation is a teacher's assitant at her son's school and a former children's book illustrator. She is a huge klutz (clumsy).

Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman)

Tom Scavo - husband.

Preston & Porter Scavo - eldest twin sons, currently 18ish

Parker Scavo - younger son, currently 14ish

Penny Lynne Scavo - daughter, currently 10ish

Kayla Huntington-Scavo - Tom's daughter from another woman, who has been sent away, so is no longer living with Lynette.

Currently living at 4355 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State, with her family (not Kayla). Lynette used to work in advertising, but now co-owns a pizzeria with her husband. She is a bit of a ball-breaker.

Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross)

Orson Hodge - second and current husband.

Rex Van de Kamp - first husband, died of a heart attack a few seasons ago.

Andrew Van de Kamp - son, gay, 25ish.

Danielle Katz - daugher, married to Jewish lawyer Leo Katz.

Benjamin Tyson Katz - grandson, but she was posing as his mother to save face because Danielle was only a teenager.

Bree lives at 4354 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State, with Orson. She is a famous chef. She is recognized for her perfectionist attitude and work ethic, which at times borders on neurosis and obsessive compulsion.

Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria Parker)

Carlos Solis - first and third husband.

Victor Lang - second husband. Politician. Killed by Carlos in self-defence.

Juanita Solis - eldest daugher. 7ish.

Celia Solis - youngest daughter. 4ish.

Gabrielle lives at 4349 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State, with her husband Carlos and their two children. She has always been the shallow, money-grabbing, model who had affairs. She got back together with her first husband (cheated on her second husband with him) and now she is a mother and Carlos was blind for 5 years, so she's shed all her expensive clothes and is a full-time mother and wife who made many sacrifices. Her character has deepened, and her and Carlos really love each other.

Edie Britt (Nicolette Sheridan)

Dave Williams - current husband.

Edie lives at 4362 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State with Dave. Edie is a realtor and is a serial divorcée who has had many relationships throughout the show's duration, most notably with Karl Mayer Mike Delfino and Carlos Solis, the ex-husbands of lead characters Susan Mayer and Gabrielle Solis respectively.

Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany)

Adam Mayfair - ex-husband.

Dylan Mayfair/Davis - daughter, accidentally killed, so adopted another child as Dylan. Married to Bradley with a baby.

Katherine lives at 4356 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State, alone for now, but plans to move in with Mike Delfino. She has a very sarcastic personality but frequently gets serious. She is also very secretive. After her secret is revealed (about accidentally killing and replacing her daughter), she is much more calm and relaxed.

Those are the MAIN characters and their immediate family. There's LOADS, but 5 main women, with Katherine kind of making her way into the main group.