Desperate Housewives
Remember (1)
TV Flash files “Remember (1)” as hour 46 of 180 in the TV Flash guide — Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) on ABC, season 2, episode 23, aired 2006-05-21, 43 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E23: listed hour 46 of 180 in the Desperate Housewives guide, hour 23 of 24 in season 2. It aired 2006-05-21 (43 min). The listed hour before it is “No One Is Alone” (S02E22). Next is “Remember (2)” (S02E24).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Part 1 of two, Susan moves into a trailer while Betty's attempt to move away from Wisteria Lane unobtrusively fails miserably; Lynette learns about the other woman in Tom's life; Gaby has a surrogate peek into Xiao-Mei's past; Bree's sanitarium "rest" proves less than restful; and Zach, needing money for Paul's legal bills, requires prodding to act decisively. Meanwhile, flashbacks recall move-in day for the Wisteria ladies.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Remember (1) sit in the Desperate Housewives guide?
S02E23 is listed hour 46 of 180 — hour 23 of 24 in season 2, season 2 episode 23.
When did Desperate Housewives S02E23 air?
Remember (1) aired 2006-05-21 and is listed at 43 minutes.
Where should I start Desperate Housewives?
The pilot. Mary Alice is the first leak, the lawn is the rope line, and the four women are already not amicable. Starting mid-mystery is how you miss who owed whom.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Four women, one lane, a narrator who already knows the bodies. Watch it when you want soap that dresses like a mystery and gossips like a crime blotter. The lawns are the red carpet; the HOA is the publicist; nobody on Wisteria was ever amicable, including the dead.
Flash: a lawn so even it looks like a press kit, and a woman who is already dead enough to narrate. Desperate Housewives premiered on ABC in 2004 like a velvet-rope crime scene — Teri Hatcher’s Susan, Felicity Huffman’s Lynette, Marcia Cross’s Bree, Eva Longoria’s Gaby, Nicollette Sheridan’s Edie circling the wreckage while Brenda Strong’s Mary Alice told on everybody from the other side of the hedge. The museum desk wants “suburban satire.” Cute. The lane is an afterparty with an HOA. **They are not amicable.**…
Filed against
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- Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp
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- Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis
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- Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt
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- Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young
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