Acquaintances of Bree Van de Kamp

The following are fictional characters in the American television series Desperate Housewives. They are all family members and acquaintances of Bree Van de Kamp, one of the protagonists of the series.

Immediate family

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The Van de Kamps as they appear in the Pilot. From left to right: Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew, Steven Culp as Rex, Marcia Cross as Bree, and Joy Lauren as Danielle.

Orson Hodge

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Rex Van de Kamp

Dr. Rex Van de Kamp M.D. (Steven Culp) was the doctor husband of Bree Mason, the two meet while attending Lake Forest College at a meeting of the young Rebublicans. Also Rex is the father of Andrew and Danielle. Rex asked Bree for a divorce during the pilot episode, stating that he could no longer "live in this detergent commercial," but the cause of their blase marriage was later revealed to be rooted in Rex's failing to ask his wife to dominate him. Due to Bree's inability to sexually satisfy him, he embarked on an affair with local homemaker/prostitute Maisy Gibbons. Rex suffered a near-fatal heart attack while sleeping with Maisy. When Rex was in the hospital Bree threatened to eviscerate him, after discovering Rex's affair with Maisy by seeing that she had signed him in at the hospital. As a result of Rex having another heart attack, the couple came to realize that they should be nice to one another in the time they had left. However, the Van de Kamp's pharmacist, George Williams, fell obsessively in love with Bree and became jealous of their marriage, strengthened by Rex's rudeness toward George. This culminated in George tampering with Rex's prescriptions. As a result of Rex not receiving the proper medication to prevent further heart complications, he suffered another heart attack and died. Rex died thinking Bree had poisoned him after all that he had put her through, especially in the past year. In Rex's final moments, he wrote a letter to her saying that he understood why she had killed him and that he forgave her.

Since his death, Rex has appeared in flashbacks in the season 2 finale "Remember". The flashbacks included the Van de Kamps first moving to Wisteria Lane in 1994 and meeting Mary Alice Young. When Bree tried to pressure Mary Alice into punishing Andrew for stealing one of the Youngs' garden ornaments, Rex assured Mary Alice, "We're not weird, we just seem like we are." In another flashback, he was at the local drug store buying hair dye with Bree in 2001 to get rid of purple Danielle had put in her hair. This showed Rex and Bree's on-going debate on how to discipline their children, in which Rex was much more lax than his wife. In a nod to season one, the man who sells them the hair dye is George Williams, the pharmacist who would later murder Rex.

For season 3, episode 16, "My Husband, the Pig", which focused primarily on the men of Desperate Housewives (Carlos Solis, Tom Scavo, Mike Delfino, Orson Hodge, and Ian Hainsworth), Rex took over the role of narrating the episode from beyond the grave, the role that in almost every other episode was taken by Mary Alice Young.

Rex makes another onscreen appearance in flashbacks in the 100th episode called "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened". Bree recalls how neighborhood handyman Eli Scruggs inspired her to write her own cookbook. This turn of events begins when Rex and Bree are hosting a brunch attended by Lynette and Tom Scavo. Bree complains about her erratic stove and Rex tells her that he cannot afford to buy her a new one, teasing her and saying that if his income is not adequately supporting them, maybe she should get a job of her own. As a reaction to this Bree begins compiling recipes and suggests to Rex that she write her own cookbook. Rex patronizes Bree calling her idea foolish and demeans her by telling her that he will buy her the new stove and she should not take him so seriously in future. Disheartened, Bree throws away her notes. It is Eli that retrieves them and gives them to Bree after Rex's funeral suggesting that she go ahead with the idea. This episode also reveals that Rex, along with Carlos Solis, was present in the crowd outside Mary Alice Young's house following her suicide.

In season six, a young man named Sam Allen be-friends Bree and ingratiates his way into her business and the family. Sam reveals that he is the secret son of Rex Van de Kamp and was conceived before Bree had met Rex. Sam explains that when his mother found out she was pregnant, Rex had met and fallen in love with Bree. Rex visited Sam on a few occasions but Sam's mother discouraged a relationship. Sam explained that his mother died and he decided to search for Bree. It is later revealed that Sam's mother is alive and well and Sam had in fact begun searching for Bree when he found a letter written by Rex asking Sam's mother for custody.

Andrew Van de Kamp

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Danielle Van de Kamp

Danielle Katz (née Van de Kamp) (Joy Lauren) is the daughter of Bree and Rex Van de Kamp. She is also Andrew's younger sister. During her sophomore year, Danielle was the head of her high school's abstinence club. After finding a condom in the laundry basket, Bree discovers that Danielle is planning to lose her virginity to her ex-boyfriend, John Rowland, in order to lure him back to her. Bree visits John and advises him not to accept Danielle's offer. John then permanently ends the relationship, leaving Danielle devastated and heartbroken; this is also the first step towards Danielle becoming a bit strained of being around her mother because she thinks she will get more attention from her parents if she behaves more like her brother.

Danielle soon found love in Matthew Applewhite, a new African-American neighbour on Wisteria Lane. While looking for his brother in the Van de Kamp yard, Danielle finds him and asks if she is looking for someone. Matthew politely lies claiming he's looking for her. She then basically asks him out by subtlely suggesting that if he were to ask her out, she'd say yes. After her mother discovers Matthew hiding under Danielle's bed, Bree attempts to put the brakes on their relationship. Danielle appears to need a boyfriend in order to feel good about herself, and is preoccupied with her looks. She played as an accomplice to Matthew's scheme in order to have Caleb "put down" so that he and his mother would not have to move. Danielle then discovers Matthew locked in the basement as punishment and frees him after hitting Betty on the head with a crow bar. Danielle and Matthew then run away together, leaving Bree feel she has no choice but to voluntarily admit herself to a mental institution. Bree escapes from there, desperately trying to protect her daughter.

Later, it is discovered by Bree that Danielle was sleeping with her history teacher, and attempts to sabotage the relationship. When Danielle is dumped by him, she reveals their affair to her teacher's wife, going as far as to get him fired and possibly criminally charged. Soon afterward it is revealed that Austin McCann and Danielle were having an affair behind Julie Mayer's back, and later blackmailing Austin into not ending it, or she would reveal it to Julie. They are discovered by Susan and Edie, and Susan tells Julie. As of "My Husband, the Pig", Danielle is pregnant with Austin's child. She refuses to have an abortion when Austin suggests it, and does not argue with Orson's decision that the child will be put up for adoption. Bree pretends she is pregnant, intending to raise her grandchild herself. Bree and Orson have commented that Danielle is studying abroad, although she is still in America, located at a convent being cared for by nuns. In the episode "The Game", Orson informs Bree that Danielle had a fall due to her rollerblading. Bree is furious and tells the nuns caring for Danielle to restrict her to her room until the baby is born. In the episode "If There's Anything I Can't Stand", Danielle goes to stay at Phyllis Van de Kamp's nursing home. Danielle wanted to have the baby and bring up the child there. Bree seems unable to change her mind, until she decided to surpass Phyllis by allowing Danielle to attend the party-college in Miami and giving her a convertible. Danielle chose the car over the baby and decided to give the baby to Bree. In episode 4.06 Danielle attends a Halloween party hosted by Bob and Lee. She tells people that she is a clone of Bree. While Bree is yelling at her for coming she realizes that her water broke, so Danielle gave birth at home to a baby boy named Benjamin. Danielle agreed with Bree that giving Bree the newborn baby would be more solid and he would be more protected. The next morning, Danielle left Wisteria Lane, and moved to Miami to go to college.

In the following season, five years have passed and it is revealed in a flashback that Danielle returned for her son, leaving Bree devastated. She remains estranged from her mother for several years but eventually agrees to bring her son and new husband, Leo, a lawyer, to visit. The reunion is short lived, however, when Bree constantly criticizes the way Danielle is raising Benjamin (such as being vegetarians, home schooling, and practicing Judaism). An angry Danielle departs early along with her family, leaving her relationship with her mother strained once again.

In Season Six, Danielle appears in the episode "My Two Young Men", at the family meal Bree organizes for her half brother, Sam Allen. She is also mentioned several times throughout the season. It is revealed near the end of the sixth season that a drunken Danielle revealed to her half brother, Sam, that their brother, Andrew, ran over Carlos Solis's mother a decade earlier (Season One). This event is not seen by the audience, however.

Danielle and Benjamin visit Bree in the fourth episode of season 7.

Extended family

Benjamin Katz

Benjamin Tyson Katz (né Hodge) (Jake Soldera) is Danielle’s and Austin McCann's biological child, and thus Bree's grandson. Bree faked a pregnancy to make seem like he was her son by Orson and adopted him immediately after his birth to save her daughter (and herself, to some degree) from scandal. Danielle gave birth to Benjamin on Halloween when Dr. Adam Mayfair delievered him in Bree's kitchen. Danielle reclaimed her son when he was three years old. He was adopted later by her husband Leo Katz. He later appears in the 7 season.

Phyllis Van de Kamp

Phyllis Van de Kamp (Shirley Knight) is Rex's mother. She has always had a very cold relationship with Bree, disapproving of her marriage to Rex and accusing her of making her son's life miserable. After Rex's death, she continues to disrupt Bree's life and manipulated Danielle Van De Kamp to finally get revenge on Bree.

Phyllis first appears in the second season when she arrives for Rex's funeral. However, while she is there, she and Bree soon come to blows. An example of this is when they argue about what tie Rex will be buried in, and what stories the Vicar will tell about Rex at his funeral. However, Phyllis only wrote about Rex's life before he met Bree and tells Bree that it was because it was the happiest time of his life. Bree is insulted and bans her from the funeral. However, when Andrew and Danielle beg Bree to let Phyllis attend, Bree gives in and tells her she is welcome to attend. During the funeral however, Bree finds Rex wearing the orange tie which she had forbidden Phyllis to put on Rex and she takes Tom Scavo's tie during the service and puts it on Rex, with the guests looking in shock. Soon after, Phyllis calls a decective who is looking into Rex's death and informs them that Bree has a boyfriend. Suspecting foul play, the detectives exhume Rex to examine his body. When Bree learns what Phyllis has done, she packs her bags and sends her home.

Phyllis appears in the episode 4.04 at Bree's baby party and discovers that Danielle is actually pregnant and Bree intends to raise the baby as her own. Phyllis later leaves but turns up at the end of the episode in the place where Danielle is staying and takes Danielle to stay with her. Danielle packs her things right away. However, Andrew informs Bree that the only reason Danielle wants to stay with Grandma and raise her baby is because she will be offered a cushy life. However, Bree outbids Phyllis and offers Danielle a convertible which would have been a surprise for her birthday if she wasn't living with Phyllis and the college of her choice. Therefore, Danielle goes home with Bree and Orson. Bree feels sorry for Phyllis and tells her that she will be allowed to babysit the child on weekends.

Henry Mason

Henry Mason (Ronny Cox) is Bree’s father. He is a prosecutor who says the simplest explanation is always the best one. He and his second wife, Eleanor, come for a visit in the second season. He lives in Rhode Island with Eleanor

Eleanor Mason

Eleanor Mason (Carol Burnett) is Bree’s stepmother who is a very uptight and proper lady for whom appearances mean everything. A lot of what Bree says comes from this woman. She and her husband, Henry, come for a visit in the second season to mediate between Andrew and Bree. She can be rather critical of Bree, making a comment about her "awful" peanut butter cookies. Bree responds by saying "those were kick-ass peanut butter cookies". She lives in Rhode Island with Henry.

Fern Mason

Fern Mason (Fiona Hale) is Bree's aunt, who was always kind to Bree, and of whom Bree is very fond of, and speaks of often. She was always there for Bree after her mother died. She currently lives in Philadelphia. Aunt Fern's only appearance in the series has been at Bree's wedding to Orson.

Gloria Hodge

Gloria Hodge (Dixie Carter) is Orson's scheming mother. When first introduced, she was just Orson's mother who had a drinking problem (even bribing Andrew for it) but it was soon revealed that she was very devious and knew many secrets of Orson's past.

When Orson was a teenager, Gloria killed her unfaithful husband and staged his death as a suicide. Orson blamed himself for his 'suicide' because he was supposed to be watching over his depressed father but opted instead to sneak out. Gloria would exploit her son's guilt to make him do the things she wanted him to do. Gloria made Orson feel so guilty that he became extremely depressed and had to be committed to a mental institution. When Gloria discovered Orson was cheating on Alma, she decided to go to his mistress Monique's house. Gloria ended up killing Monique "in self-defense" when she told her to stay away from Orson, and Monique attacked her. Orson discovered Gloria standing over Monique's body and Gloria guilted Orson, with his father's suicide, to help her hide Monique's body. Orson obliged and after the deed was done, he sent Gloria to live in a nursing home. Gloria reappeared after Orson and Bree's wedding. She tried to convince Bree to leave Orson by telling her he's a bad person and revealing his affair with the deceased Monique Polier. She knew that giving Bree that information would plant seeds of suspicion about his innocence in his first wife's disappearance and his mistress's death. But, in the end, Gloria did not succeed in separating them. Gloria then decides to team up with Alma to separate Orson and Bree. Gloria subsequently gives Orson sleeping pills combined with Viagra so that he can be raped by Alma, who thinks having a baby with Orson will get them back together. Bree, realising that Alma has raped Orson, punches her and knocks her out and attempts to get Orson home. When Alma accepts defeat and threatens to call the police and implicate everyone, Gloria locks her in an upstairs closet and then attempts to get Bree out of the way, once and for all. After Bree returns home from the hospital after her accident, Gloria goes over to their house. Danielle is watching Bree, but Gloria tricks her into bringing her mother a bowl of soup with sleeping pills in it, then sends her off to the party at the Scavo's pizzeria opening. With Bree alone, she then takes a knife from the kitchen and heads upstairs to finish Bree off. Once Andrew finds Danielle at the pizzeria, he races home to protect his mother from Orson's "crazy mother." She surprises him as he runs up the stairs, hitting him in the face with a cane and causing him to fall down the stairs. Orson, after finding out his mother's plan, also races home from the hospital. He finds Gloria trying to slit Bree's wrists in the bathroom (a scene strikingly similar to the one he found his father in). At this point, he realizes Gloria had killed his father. He stops Gloria from hurting Bree, but in doing so, causes her to have a stroke she needs an ambulance for. Before taking her to Alma's lawn, he says, "you need an ambulance. It's too bad there's no one here who'd dream of calling you one." As he carries his mother to Alma's house, he finds Alma herself, killed by a fall from the roof. He leaves Gloria with her and returns home. By the time Ida Greenberg finds Alma and Gloria, Gloria's stroke has caused total paralysis, unable to speak or move (though her brain remains active). 8 years later it is unknown if she is still alive as she has not been mentioned or seen. Her return however is very unlikely due to the death of Dixie Carter on April 10, 2010.

Alma Hodge

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An unhappy Orson, with his wife Alma and his mother Gloria

Alma Hodge (Valerie Mahaffey) was Orson's first wife. Alma tricked him into marrying her by getting pregnant, thinking that having a baby together would make Orson fall in love with her. Unfortunately she had a miscarriage and had trapped herself in a loveless marriage. Despite her great relationship with her mother-in-law, Gloria, and attempts to make their marriage work, Orson simply did not love Alma the way she loved him and had an affair with Monique Polier. When Alma found out about this, she threatened to leave him but Orson did not object so Alma decided she had to make him pay. A year after her disappearance, Orson married Bree, and at their announcement party Carolyn Bigsby, Orson's old neighbour, showed up saying that he had murdered Alma, thus arising a wave of suspicion.

When Alma returned, Bree faints after knowing she is alive. Apparently, Alma was in Winnipeg with her aunt and she feigned a mysterious disappearance 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 question him about Monique's murder, and Bree thinks Susan 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 their neighbour, Bree wants her husband to get rid of her. Orson visits her house and tries to convince her to leave. Alma tells him she thinks they still have a chance to be happy together and proceeds to blackmail him over running over Mike Delfino in his car and burying Monique Polier. Orson accepts defeat and leaves. Alma then trains a parrot to say "Don't tell Bree", and when Bree visits her to tell her to move away, she hears the parrot and drops a glass of lemonade. When reaching in the pantry for paper towels 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.

Orson receives an emergency phone call from his mother. He goes to Alma's house and finds out through his mother that Alma attempted suicide by slashing her wrists and even wrote a suicide note, saying that if she can't live with Orson, she doesn't want to live at all. Gloria didn't 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 wearing 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 go Alma's, and when she arrives there, she finds the two of them in bed together. Bree notices her husband is unconscious and discovers two bottles of pills, one of sleeping pills and one of viagra. Bree realizes Alma raped Orson so she punches her in the face, calls Andrew, and asks him to bring a wheelbarrow.

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 she can do to make Orson love her. Gloria, however, doesn't give up and locks Alma in the attic and plans to kill Bree. After Alma tries to escape from her attic through the window, she falls from the roof to her death. Orson discovers her dead body and plants the suicide note and the bag containing Monique's teeth in her house, making it seem to Detective Ridley that she killed Monique and committed suicide. The charges against Mike Delfino were dropped, and Bree and Orson went on a honeymoon they had been planning for so long.

Edwin Hodge

Edwin Hodge (Carl Mueller) is Orson’s father. Just like his wife Gloria, Edwin was a deeply religious man. However, after it came to light that he'd had an affair with another woman, he became depressed and turned to alcohol. One night Orson found him dead in the bathtub with his wrists cut. Everyone thought of it as suicide, and Orson was eventually forced to be put into a mental institution to get rid of his feelings of guilt. Years later, as Orson catches his mother attempting to kill Bree, he comes to understand that it was Gloria who had killed his father as well.

Leo Katz

Leo Katz (Andrew Leeds) is Danielle's husband, son-in-law of Bree and Orson, brother-in-law of Andrew, and adopted father of Benjamin Katz. Leo is a lawyer. He is also Jewish and a vegetarian. He married Danielle during the five year jump, and later legally adopted Benjamin.

Alex Cominis

Dr. Alex Cominis (Todd Grinnell) is the fiancé of Andrew and future son-in-law of Bree and Orson. He is a plastic surgeon and resides with Andrew on Wisteria Lane, in a house which Bree purchased for them. He is quick to point out Bree's selfishness, which Bree has come to appreciate. Alex appeared in the gay porn film "Rear Deployment" while putting himself through medical school. Alex has not seen in season six, but it was revealed that Andrew cheated on him. They are however still a couple but their wedding is yet to be seen. Alex is also yet to appear in season seven.

Melina Cominis

Melina Cominis (Joanna Cassidy) is the possessive mother of Alex and rival with Bree for Alex's and Andrew's affections.

Sam Allen

Sam Allen (Samuel Page) is a young man who comes to work for Bree in the second half of season 6. He quickly wins Bree over with his business know-how, but he receives heavy criticism from Andrew, who believes he is hiding something. Later when Bree goes to drop off a basket of muffins after Sam and Andrew get into a violent fight, she discovers that Sam is Rex's son. Bree is shocked by the revelation but later decides to speak with him. He reveals that Rex and his mother had a one night stand before he met Bree and they produced him. Rex visited him a few times but after a while Sam's mother asked him to stop, citing it hurt Sam too much. Sam tells Bree he always wondered why Rex chose his new family over him and this makes Bree feel guilty. Bree decides to incorporate Sam into the family and organizes a family dinner (including Danielle) so everyone can get to know each other. Sam becomes a rival to Andrew in the company, as well as for Bree's affection. He tries to discredit Andrew and prove him unreliable. Sam plots to make Bree fire Andrew, which she later does, but after she reveals to him that since she has a love-and-hate relationship with her son, and it's most likely that Andrew would return. After, an important client dinner is sabotaged, Sam points a finger at Andrew. When Bree tells Orson what occurred, he says that it couldn't be Andrew because it's seems something well planned, and Bree begins to suspect Sam's true intentions. Bree's suspicions also arise when Sam acted weird around a woman who was working at the grocery store they were shopping at. Wanting to know the truth, Bree visits the lady and finds out it's Sam mother. Bree is shocked because Sam had previously told her his mother had recently died. When Bree confronts Sam, Sam reveals that a few months before he started working for Bree he discovered a letter from Rex offering assistance to raise Sam. When Sam asked his mother about the letter, she says that she declined his offer and decided to raise Sam on her own. Sam tells Bree that he was extremely angry at his mother at robbing him of a chance with his affluent father. When Bree tries to reason with Sam, Sam violently yells at Bree and throws a vase across the room. Bree becomes scared of Sam and decides to tell him to leave. Sam retaliates by telling Bree he will not be going anywhere. Bree attempts to use two detective friends to threaten and scare Sam but her plans fail. Sam tells her that if she doesn't hand over her company to him then he'll tell the cops Andrew was the one who ran over Carlos Solis's mother. Sam tells her that a drunken Danielle had told him about the incident at the dinner party in an attempt to bond with him. At the end of season six, Bree signs over her company to Sam.

Season 1 introduced acquaintances

Albert Goldfine

Dr. Albert Goldfine (Sam Lloyd) is supposedly known as the "number one" marriage counsellor in Fairview. He first appears in the second episode, "Ah, But Underneath", when Rex and Bree have their first appointment with him. Bree talks "small talk" with Dr. Goldfine and focuses on his jacket due to her obsessive-compulsive ways. She returns later and fixes his jacket during a private session. Goldfine, slightly seduced by her domestic ways, asks Rex the following session, "Regardless of her flaws, have you ever stopped and said thank you for all she does for you around the house?" Dr. Goldfine appears again in "Pretty Little Picture", where Bree sees a tape labeled with Mary Alice’s name. Bree steals it and later shares it with the other housewives. Dr. Goldfine makes an appearance in the fourteenth episode, "Love is in the Air", where he encourages Bree to finally ask Rex about his true sexual feelings on domination. He returned in season two to give Bree advice regarding her feelings about being a widow and her relationship with George Williams. However, George found out that Doctor Goldfine was advising Bree to take their relationship slowly and promptly stalked him on his exercise path. George beat up Dr. Goldfine and threw him over a bridge; it was found out later that he had survived. Dr. Goldfine mentioned to Bree that his attacker had a blue bike - Bree had seen George with a blue bike earlier that day. This makes Bree realize the depths of George’s obsession with her.

Maisy Gibbons

Maisy Gibbons (Sharon Lawrence) is a married mother who was found to be selling sex to various men around the neighbourhood, including Rex Van De Kamp. Maisy first appears on episode 6, Running to Stand Still where she enters Desperate Housewives as part of the Scavo storyline. She was in charge of the arrangements for the Little Red Riding Hood Play at Barcliff Academy. Lynette decided to help out, making her entrance into the parenting community of the school. The two squared off immediately, arguing over political correctness of the play. Maisy put Lynette down and puts her in her place. Midway through the episode, Lynette uses her business skills to unite the mom-clique to go against Maisy and her ideas. Lynette takes over costuming and finds it difficult to have enough time to work. Lynette meets a fellow mom and is told about ADD meds. She decides to start taking them herself along with her new friend. This is the moment Lynette gets hooked. Lynette finally tells Maisy off, gaining the respect of the mom-clique and becoming one of the head members.

Maisy reappears in episode 10, Come Back to Me where she becomes part of the Van De Kamp storyline. It is revealed that she is the neighborhood prostitute of Fairview. She sleeps with Rex Van De Kamp to fulfill his needs of "domination". Shortly after, Rex suffers a heart attack as a result of his sexual excitement. Maisy takes him to the hospital but Bree discovers that his "wife" dropped him off and Bree found her signature. Bree visits Maisy and talks about the affair. Bree then tells Rex he can have a divorce after all.

Maisy reappears in episode 16, The Ladies Who Lunch where she is arrested for solicitation. She is taken outside by undercover detectives and police where she is shamed of her prostitute-like attire. Maisy then runs across the south side of Oak Street only to be hauled off by two detectives (one holding her arms, the other holding her legs) to Eagle State Women's Correctional Facility (Fairview). Bree tries to bribe Maisy to erase Rex from her black book of "customers." The plan fails and Maisy strikes back at Bree by releasing the original black book. This caused the Van De Kamp family to receive harsh criticism and alienation from other groups.

Justin

Bree discovers Andrew (left) and Justin (right) in bed.

Justin (Ryan Carnes) is Andrew's first boyfriend. Justin first appears in season one as John Rowland's room-mate, and is privy to his affair with Gabrielle. Justin has not yet decided on his sexuality and tries to blackmail Gabrielle into having sex with him to prove to himself that he is not gay. She, however, refuses but helps him accept his sexuality. Afterwards, his relationship with Andrew becomes more serious. Ironically, Justin is later beaten up by Carlos Solis, who mistakenly believes he is having an affair with Gabrielle.

In season two, Andrew confides in Justin that he had to stop loving his mother because he did not want to get hurt any more, and that Bree had to be punished because she said he was damned for his sexuality. When Andrew needs fuel for his emancipation bid, he forces his boyfriend to hit him and passes off the bruises as having been inflicted by Bree. Justin is also with Andrew when he tells his mother he will accuse her of molesting him if she does not let him go. Justin tends throughout his screen time to do whatever Andrew wants, although he often appears thoroughly embarrassed by Andrew's behavior towards his mother.

Justin is heartbroken when he finds out Andrew is planning to move to Rhode Island with his grandparents, and when Bree asks him why, he replies his parents kicked him out when they first heard he was gay. Andrew told him he should be ashamed of them because they were too stupid to know how great he was. Justin asks Bree how she cannot love someone like that. Bree then persuades Justin to supply her with gay magazines and videos, which she plants among Andrew's things for his grandparents to find. They leave Andrew behind and revoke his trust fund. Having seen Justin's love for Andrew, Bree becomes more accepting of their relationship, and regularly invites him to dinner. Although never stated, it appears that Andrew and Justin lost contact when Bree forced Andrew onto the streets. When Andrew returns, there is no mention of Justin and Andrew appears to have moved on, as he takes an interest in Austin McCann. Susan Mayer makes a brief reference to Justin almost two years after his last appearance.

George Williams

George Williams (Roger Bart) is a pharmacist who begins a relationship with Bree after her discovery of her husband's extramarital affair with the neighbourhood prostitute, Maisy Gibbons. Things are going extremely well until Bree shoots off his toe (by accident) with a gun that was given to her as a gift by George. He returns after a short absence and begins to lust after Bree. Rex takes offense to this, and it culminates with George being pushed into a pool at Carlos Solis's going-away party. Motivated by his obsession for Bree, George begins replacing Rex's heart medication with dangerous amounts of potassium. This ultimately proves fatal for Rex.

After Rex's death, George attempts to move his and Bree's relationship forward but it is revealed that she feels guilty about her relationship with George and is still attached to Rex. While on vacation with Bree, George drugs her by talking her into mixing antihistamines with alcohol. George decides against taking advantage of Bree in this way but when she wakes up, he tells her that he won't wait much longer, thereby finally getting Bree into bed. George proposes to her and she feels pressured into agreeing. After Bree tells George about her chat with Dr. Goldfine in which he suggested she and George were taking their relationship too fast, George attacks Dr. Goldfine and throws him over a bridge. Dr. Goldfine is injured but survives.

After the bridge incident, George becomes more possessive. He objects to Bree's reluctance to wear her engagement ring and becomes angry that she still feels the relationship is moving too quickly. Bree, in turn, becomes annoyed when she sees her engagement to George announced in the newspaper. This announcement brings George's ex-fiancée to Bree's house, where she warns Bree that George is unstable. Bree dismisses her, refusing to believe her. Later, while Bree and George are out having dinner, they meet Bree's old college boyfriend, Ty Grant. He asks Bree to dance and she agrees. George's overreaction to this leads Bree to end her relationship with George. In retaliation, George steals Ty's valet ticket from his jacket, speeds off in his car, takes it out to some remote location, and sets it on fire.

George starts stalking Bree and tries to get her back by singing to her in front of her house during a dinner party. Bree takes out a shotgun and blows out his speaker as a result. George then finds out the police are closing in on him and have also searched his house after Bree went to the police, suspecting George was involved in Dr. Goldfine's attack. George retreats to a hotel room (in the same hotel where Bree is co-hosting a charity event) and has a bellman give her a note. He then overdoses on sleeping pills which ultimately leads to his death. When Bree arrives, George begs her to call an ambulance, but she has just spoken to Detective Barton, saying he has evidence that George is responsible for Rex's death. She tells George that she has called the ambulance while he was sleeping, and then sits and watches him die.

Tish Atherton

Tish Atherton (Jill Brennan) is member of the Fairview Country Club. She is often seen in episodes but usually only has one or two lines. As seen in Color and Light in season 2, Tish has a daughter. She likes to gossip, especially about Maisy Gibbons, she likes dinner parties at Bree Van de Kamp’s house and she enjoys dropping her child off at playdates, while she is at the salon. She also appears to be very fickle and superficial. She was recently mentioned in conversation. She was also a close friend of the late Carolyn Bigsby.

Lee Craig

Dr. Lee Craig (Terry Bozeman) was a friend of Rex's, as well as his doctor. He informed Rex that Bree was probably the one to poison him. He was the one who informed Bree of Rex’s death. He informed Detective Barton of the likely chance that Bree murdered Rex. He appeared in season three as Mike’s doctor. He told Susan that Mike will probably not wake up from his coma. He is proved wrong when Mike does wake up. He tells Edie that he has lost his memory of the past two years. He is the nephew of Ida Greenberg.

Reverend Sykes

Reverend Sykes (Dakin Matthews) is reverend at the local Presbyterian church. He first appeared in the episode "Live Alone and Like It", when he met with Andrew about his sexual orientation. Andrew tells him he plans on getting revenge by "rocking" Bree’s world (which Sykes cannot warn Bree about due to the rules of confession). Sykes presided over Rex’s funeral and was the celebrant at Bree and Orson’s marriage. Bree has made many references to him during the series.

Season 2 introduced acquaintances

Detective Barton

Detective Barton (Kurt Fuller) is a detective who accused Bree of murdering Rex on You Could Drive a Person Crazy. He continues suspecting her on "You'll Never Get Away from Me". He even digs up Rex’s body. He found her innocent on "They Asked Me Why I Believe In You". On "That's Good, That's Bad", he discovers that George is the culprit. On "Coming Home", he informs Bree that his men found George dead in his hotel room. Bree pretends to be surprised. His most recent appearance is "We're Gonna Be All Right" when he arrests Bree for driving under the influence of alcohol. He feels bad about this later, so he makes it up to Bree by giving her information on Curtis Monroe, the dead guy they found in front of the Applewhites' house. He also flirts with her on that same episode.

Sam Bormanis

Samuel "Sam" Bormanis (Bruce Jarchow) is Andrew’s lawyer whom he gets to emancipate him. Bree is polite and civil with him, as always, despite his role as Andrew’s lawyer. Noting her consummate civility, he tells Andrew that presentation is paramount in open court, and that if Bree knows anything it is presentation. He advises Andrew that if he really wants to be free of his mother, his best chance is to convince her that she is better off without him. This leads Andrew to tell Bree that he will accuse her of sexual molestation if he doesn’t get his way.

Peter McMillan

Peter McMillan (Lee Tergesen): Bree’s AA supervisor who has a romantic relationship with her. He also suffers from sexual addiction. Andrew found this out and used this knowledge to his advantage when he seduced Peter into sleeping with him to get back at Bree.

Season 3 introduced acquaintances

Carolyn Bigsby

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Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn Bigsby.

Carolyn Bigsby (Laurie Metcalf) was Orson's former nosy neighbor. She caught Orson thoroughly cleaning the house, and after learning that Alma was missing after she left Orson, she became suspicious that Orson killed Alma. Carolyn warned Bree about him, but Bree married him anyway. Carolyn pressed further, showing Bree pictures of a bruised up Alma, and police reports where Alma claimed Orson beat her. When she kept nagging Bree about leaving Orson, Bree retaliated by telling her about Harvey's affair with Monique. Carolyn then went to Harvey's store to kill him, but failed and panics about the rest of the customers in the store. She has to keep reminding Nora Huntington and Lynette Scavo to stop talking, Nora points out that Lynette is trying to "steal" her daughter, Kayla Huntington, Carolyn then looks at Lynette disgusted, Lynette tries to explain hers and Nora's difficult relationship and mentions that Nora tried to seduce her husband Tom Scavo. When Carolyn hears that she shoots Nora in the chest, shocking the rest of the hostages and Lynette. Carolyn then asked Lynette not to look at her that way as she knew she wanted Nora dead, Lynette becomes disgusted and says to Carolyn that she deserved to be cheated on. Angry Carolyn raised the gun and shot Lynette in the arm because Art Shephard, the new neighbor, threw a can at her head, causing her to fall over and drop the gun and just shoot Lynette in the shoulder. Carolyn raced back to get the gun and as she wrestled with Austin McCann to get the gun back. Maya, another hostage, picked up the gun and shot Carolyn in the head, killing her instantly. The hostages leave the supermarket soon after.

Monique Polier

Monique Polier (Kathleen York) is a flight attendant who had affairs with both Harvey Bigsby and Orson Hodge while they were married to Carolyn Bigsby and Alma Hodge respectively. Upon finding out her son was cheating on Alma with Monique, Gloria Hodge went to Monique's house and murdered her by hitting her on the head with Mike Delfino's wrench. Mike had at the time been fixing Monique's sink and stepped out to get an extra part. Gloria convinced Orson that she had killed Monique in self defense and upon Mike's return, Orson paid him and ushered him out of the house quickly so that he and Gloria could bury Monique. Memory loss and the presence of Mike's number written on Monique's hand implicated Mike in Monique's death. Monique wrote Mike's phone number on her arm so that "she would not forget his phone number". Bree Hodge finds Monique's teeth under Alma's floorboards as Gloria had removed them so that police couldn't identify Monique's body.

Robert Falati

Robert Falati (Anthony Azizi) was Danielle’s married 35 year old history teacher, with whom she has an affair. He leaves her after Bree pays him a little visit, persuading him (while blackmailing him) to leave her daughter.

Harvey Bigsby

Harvey Bigsby (Brian Kerwin) is Carolyn’s husband and a friend of Orson’s, who makes Carolyn apologize to Bree about telling Bree that Orson had killed Alma. Harvey confides in Orson that he had an affair with Monique Polier, and is later questioned by police. Orson shares this information with Bree, who maliciously tells Carolyn. Carolyn then tracks Harvey down to the supermarket where he works as a manager with a gun. While holding customers hostage, Carolyn drinks wine and eats cookies, telling her hostages that Harvey didn't want to have children with her and encouraged her to go on a diet while also lamenting other problems in their marriage.

Detective Ridley

Detective Ridley (Ernie Hudson) is the detective investigating the murder of Monique Polier. When Mike’s phone number turns up on Monique’s hand, Ridley investigates him and gets a search warrant for his house. However, he doesn’t find anything to build a case on but later catches Mike burying his tool box, and arrests him for Monique’s murder. Susan then implicates Orson but as Alma Hodge later is found dead with a suicide note, the case is considered solved. Mike and Ridley part ways with a handshake.

Season 7 introduced acquaintances

Keith Watson

Keith Watson (Brian Austin Green) is Bree's contractor who is helping her redecorate her house. Bree initially see's him as just an employee until he calls her "hot" and she begins to develop feelings for him. Whilst staring at him absent mindedly she backs her car over Jaunita Solis, the event is witnessed by Andrew who tells her he is too you for her. Bree returns home and see's a shirtless Keith and fires him only to hire him back after a rather uncomfortable talk with Karen about sex and age differences. Bree begins to subtly flirt with Keith only to discover he has a girlfriend, she is upset but not surprised and agrees to go on a night out with Renee. Keith is alos out and Renee attempts to pick him up. Bree at first is fine because he isn't single but when she learns he is she tries to warn Renee off but she doesn't listen. In an act of desperation Bree breaks her sprinkler system and calls for Keiths urgent assistance. Whilst there the two agree to go on a date. Her date is ruined when Renee calls Danielle and Benjamin and invites them to stay at Bree's because she's lonely. Keith then goes on a date with Renee and Bree in turn sabotages that by playing on her fear of midgets and asking one of her church friends (who is a midget) to scare Renee. Renee admits defeat and backs away from Keith. Officially dating now Bree and Keith begin getting initmate. However Bree is exhausted after many all-nighters of sex with Keith's unrestricted libido. Later, he confesses that he was only trying to impress her (because Bree seemed too conservative and sophisticated for him) after Bree reveals she can't keep up with him. They tell each other that they like each other the way they are.