" desperate housewives " with Mary Alice Young committed suicide in order to cover up a career in advertising began . In each episode , she will identity of the dead , from the outsider 's point of view , with the manner of narration about the lives of friends . This is also the drama production on one of the highlights . Her friends include : Susan Mayer, a constant ups and downs in the journey of love , divorced single mother; Scavo, Lynette ' , the mother struggling with career and family ; Bree Van De Kamp, raised two problem children of widows ; Gabielle Solis, she had done the popular model , with what many women dream of - a rich husband , luxury baby to a happy marriage but refused to rest her . ... A divorce many times Edie Britt, the real estate economy , people, her love life is a mess . ...