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Revision as of 18:05, 4 March 2008
| Alma Hodge | |
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| File:Alma Hodge.jpg Valerie Mahaffey as Alma Hodge. | |
| First appearance | Listen to the Rain on the Roof (episode 3.01) |
| Last appearance | The Little Things You Do Together (episode 3.15) |
| Created by | Marc Cherry |
| Portrayed by | Valerie Mahaffey |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Housewife |
| Family | Orson Hodge (ex-husband) Gloria Hodge (former mother-in-law) Edwin Hodge (former father-in-law) Agnes (aunt) |
Alma Hodge is a fictional character of the ABC dramedy series "Desperate Housewives". She is the ex-wife of Orson Hodge. The character was created by Marc Cherry and portrayed by Valerie Mahaffey.
Story
Early Life
Alma tricked a man named Orson into marrying her by getting pregnant. Alma believed that the baby would help Orson grow feelings for her, feelings that she nurtured for him but that got no response from Orson. But something wrong happened with the baby, and Alma had to perform a miscarriage. And she was soon trapped in a loveless marriage. Despite her great relationship with her mother-in-law, Gloria, and despite her attempts to make her husband feel good and her best intentions for them to be happy, Orson didn't seem to give her the love she so desperately needed.
Meanwhile, Orson was having an affair with Monique Polier, and when Alma found out about this, she threatened to leave her husband. Orson didn't object to her departure, and Alma thought that it wasn't enought to leave him, she had to make him pay.
The Mystery
A year after her disappearance, Orson married Bree Van de Kamp, and at their announcement party Carolyn Bigsby, Orson's old neighbor, showed up saying that he had murdered Alma. A wave of suspition arose, and Susan Mayer tried her best to prove that Orson did in fact kill Alma and his mistress Monique, who was found dead and buried, especially when Mike was arrested for her murder. Carolyn even gave Bree some incriminating pictures of Alma after supposedly being beat up by Orson. He explains that they got into a fight and that she fell down the stairs, an excuse that Bree accepted. Previously, Orson had learnt that Harvey Bigsby, Carolyn's husband, had cheated on her with Monique. Gloria Hodge then comes to live with the family, especially because Bree is afraid of an old woman being all by herself.
The Comeback
When Alma comes back, Bree faints after knowing she is alive. Apparently, Alma disappeared mysteriously because she wanted people to think that her husband had murdered her, so that he would pay for the things he had done. Bree invites her to a dinner party with her friends, especially to show Susan that she is alive and that Orson isn't a murderer. Before the party, Alma injects herself with hormones. During dinner, Detective Ridley takes Orson to ask him some questions about Monique's murder, and Bree discovers that Susan was the one who called the police, so she ends their friendship. Alma then buys a house in Wisteria Lane, the one in which Betty Applewhite used to live, and settles in. When the Hodges discover that Alma is staying as their neighbor, Bree wants her husband to get rid of her. Orson goes to talk to her, but Alma manipulates him, blackmailing over running over Mike Delfino in his car and burying Monique Polier, so he exits. Alma then trains a parrot to say "Don't tell Bree.", and when Bree visits her to tell her to move away, she listens to the parrot and drops a glass of lemonade. When reaching for paper to clean it up, Bree discovers a picture of Orson and Monique and a bag containing Monique's teeth hidden under the linoleum. She leaves and gives Orson the teeth. He plants them in Alma's house, stating that she won't find them and that she will now leave them alone, or else he will call the police and tell them that Alma murdered Monique and kept her teeth.
The Revenge
Orson receives a phone call from his mother. He goes to Alma's house to find out that she attempted suicide by slashing her wrists.
She even wrote a suicide letter, saying that if she can't live with Orson, she doesn't want to live at all.
Gloria doesn't seem to want to call an ambulance as she'd rather keep it between them. She offers Orson a drink, and he gets dizzy after drinking it. He asks Gloria if she's poisoned him, and she feels offended. Orson then notices that Alma is up from the bed, looking well, and unveiling a lingerie. The two women throw Orson on the bed, and Gloria then leaves them. Alma tells her ex-husband she's been injecting herself with hormones,
and it becomes clear she is going to rape him.
When Bree arrives home, Andrew tells her Orson left to Alma's, and when she arrives there, she finds the two of them together in bed. Bree notices her husband is unconscious, and she discovers two bottles of pills, one contains sleeping pills, and the other one contains viagra. Bree realizes Alma raped her husband, so she punches her in the face, calls Andrew, and asks him to bring a wheelbarrow.
Gloria's Evil Plan
The morning after, Bree tells Orson that Alma raped him, and he finally tells her the truth about what happened with Monique Polier. Orson goes to Alma's to tell her it's all over, that he told Bree the truth and that he doesn't need to worry about her anymore. She tells him she may be pregnant, to which he responds that he doesn't care. Alma then realizes that there is nothing else to be done, but Gloria doesn't give up, so she locks Alma in the attic of her house and plans to kill Bree.
The Accident
After Alma tries to escape from her attic through the ceiling, she falls from the roof to her death. Orson then discovers her dead body, and plants her fake suicide note and the bag containing Monique's teeth in her house, making it seem to Detective Ridley that she killed Monique and commited suicide. The charges against Mike Delfino were dropped, and Bree and Orson went on a honeymoon they had been counting on for so long.
