Desperate Housewives: Season 3
Buena Vista (2006)
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
In Collection
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IMDB   7.7
995 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 2   12
Teri Hatcher Susan
Felicity Huffman Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross Bree
Nicollette Sheridan Edie Britt
Brenda Strong Mary Alice
Ricardo Antonio Chavira Carlos Solis
James Denton Mike Delfino
Kyle MacLachlan Orson Hodge
Eva Longoria Parker Gabrielle Solis  
Ricardo Chavira Carlos Solis
Andrea Bowen Julie Mayer
Brent Kinsman Preston Scavo  
Shane Kinsman Porter Scavo  
Doug Savant Tom Scavo
Zane Huett Parker Scavo
Director Larry Shaw
David Grossman
Producer Marc Cherry
John Blair
Writer Marc Cherry


What dark secrets lie behind the well-manicured front lawns of Wisteria Lane? Murder? Suicide? Sex? Adultery? Try all the above, and that's just the first episode. Desperate Housewives has enraptured millions with its steamy tales of supposedly mild-mannered suburbanites. Whether it's Lynette struggling to raise her three rambunctious boys, or Gabrielle trying to prove she's more than just a token trophy wife, the women of Desperate Housewives never fail to keep the thrills coming and the audience's temperature rising.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    24-09-2006  1.  Listen to the Rain on the Roof
It is raining on Wisteria Lane, six months after Mike was run over. He is now in a coma, with Susan by his side. Bree gets engaged to Orson. Gabrielle and Carlos are getting divorced, but they are briefly reunited when their 8½ months pregnant surrogate Xiao-Mei runs away. While adjusting to having another child around the house, Lynette realizes that the girl's mother, Nora, is more than she can handle.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Marc Cherry  / Jeff Greenstein 
Guest starring:  Mike Baldridge, Dennis W. Hall, Jeanne Sakata, Gwendoline Yeo, Laurie Metcalf, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Michael Krepack, Charlie Dell
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    01-10-2006  2.  It Takes Two
It's wedding day for Bree and Orson but things don't go quite as planned. Meanwhile, the body of a dead woman believed to be Orson's ex-wife is recovered, which interrupts the reception. Susan goes on a date with Ian, but trouble ensues when his in-laws show up at the restaurant. When Nora breaks up with her boyfriend, Lynette decide to hook up Nora with someone. Edie lets her 18-year-old nephew Austin come live with her for some time. Lastly, Xiao-Mei goes into labor.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Kevin Murphy  / Jenna Bans 
Guest starring:  Michael Yavnieli, Jason-Shane Scott, Dougald Park, Jim Jansen, Martin Grey, Fiona Hale, Rick Fitts, Mary Margaret Lewis, Dakin Matthews, Peter Jason, Gwendoline Yeo, Laurie Metcalf, Kiersten Warren
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    08-10-2006  3.  A Weekend in the Country
It is a holiday weekend on Wisteria Lane. Bree and Orson are going on their honeymoon, while Gabrielle and Lynette are going a spa vacation and Tom is going on a camping trip with the kids. Meanwhile Susan is going on a quiet romantic getaway with Ian, not sure if she's cheating on Mike. However, things don't go as planned.
Director:  Wendey Stanzler  Writer:  Bob Daily 
Guest starring:  Lucia Sullivan, Bryna Weiss, Christine Clayburg, Michelle Pierce, Ralph Cole Jr., Reid Godshaw
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    15-10-2006  4.  Like It Was
Mike has woken up from his coma, and has no recollection of the past two years, and Edie is there to fill in the blanks. Susan is still in the country with Ian, when she receives the news. Bree finds her family is anything but perfect. Lynette is determined not to let Parker quit baseball because he made a commitment, even though he's terrible at it. Carlos moves back into the Solis house, much to Gabrielle's displeasure.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Joey Murphy  / John Pardee 
Guest starring:  Felice Heather Monteith, Greg 'Christopher' Smith, Terry Rhoads, Anthony Azizi, Lisa Banes, Roger Ranney, Chet Grissom, Michael Durrell, Brian Kary
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    22-10-2006  5.  Nice She Ain't
The divorce between Gabrielle and Carlos reaches new levels of bitterness. Susan is determined to jog Mike's memory, and realizes Edie has been posing as his girlfriend since he woke up. Tom decides that his dream is to open a pizza parlor, and Lynette is not delighted. Bree tries to break up Danielle and her history teacher, who's been having an affair with her. Meanwhile, Mike's phone number is discovered on a dead woman's body.
Director:  David Warren  Writer:  Alexandra Cunningham  / Susan Nirah Jaffee 
Guest starring:  Evelina Oboza, Rick Scarry, Rick Fitts, Anthony Azizi, Marco Sanchez, Wendy Worthington, Mae Whitman, Paul Keeley, Raf Mauro, Kiersten Warren, Kristen Reshes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    29-10-2006  6.  Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
Susan professes her love for Ian. Gabrielle and Carlos try to rekindle their love. Bree is confronted with Orson's past. In the meantime, Nora and Lynette go to war.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Dahvi Waller  / Josh Senter 
Guest starring:  Christopher Michael Moore, Doug Fisher, Kathy Byron, Brian Kerwin, Brenda Julian, Michael Durrell, Felice Heather Monteith, Kiersten Warren, Michael Bofshever, David Fabrizio, Laurie Metcalf, Kathleen York
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    05-11-2006  7.  Bang
Everyone's lives on Wisteria Lane are forever changed when Carolyn Bigsby holds shoppers hostage at a local supermarket. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Carlos finish dividing their assets: Gabrielle gets the house, and Carlos gets everything in it. Susan is preparing to go to Paris with Ian.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Joe Keenan 
Guest starring:  Matt Roth, Kiersten Warren, Joe Sabatino, Christine Clayburg, Anne Bellamy, Kathleen Gati, Maile Flanagan, Matt Casper, Michael Bofshever, John C. Moskoff, Michael Durrell, Brian Kerwin, Laurie Metcalf
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12-11-2006  8.  Children and Art
Lynette returns home from the hospital. Gabrielle decides to get back into modeling and travels to New York. Susan comes home to find Austin and Julie making out on her couch. Bree meets her antagonistic mother-in-law Gloria, with whom Orson is in a quarrel. Detective Ridley has Mike's house searched.
Director:  Wendey Stanzler  Writer:  Jenna Bans  / Kevin Etten 
Guest starring:  Ingrid Sanai Buron, Lenny Schmidt, Betty Murphy, Wendy Worthington, David Fabrizio, Thomas Silcott, Barbara Gruen, Kate Mulligan, Cierra Ramirez, Ian Paul Cassidy, Allison Miller, Debra Monk, Matt Roth, Richard Burgi
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    19-11-2006  9.  Beautiful Girls
Gabrielle takes a shot at training potential young beauty queens. After discovering a wall of photos of half-naked boys in his basement, Lynette is convinced her new neighbor Art is a pedophile. Susan stays at Ian's house and clashes with his butler. Carlos asks Mike if he could stay with him for a while. With his mother living in the Hodge house temporarily, another part of Orson's past is revealed.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Dahvi Waller  / Susan Nirah Jaffee 
Guest starring:  Winifred Freedman, Jodi Taffel, McKenna Palmer, Juliette Goglia, McKenzie Applegate, Patrick Y. Malone, Alec Mapa, Matt Roth, Jennifer Dundas, Ian Abercrombie
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    26-11-2006  10.  The Miracle Song
The residents of Wisteria Lane celebrate their annual holiday block party. Meanwhile, Gabrielle sets her eyes on a father of a girl she's coaching. Mike is arrested for Monique's murder. Thanks to Lynette, mothers of the neighborhood arrange a protest against Art. This causes his sister a heart attack. And Susan has to cook dinner for Ian's parents.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Bob Daily 
Guest starring:  Mark Deklin, Lenny Schmidt, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Roth, Alec Mapa, Kathleen Bailey, Juliette Goglia, Josh Henderson
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    07-01-2007  11.  No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
Tom and Lynette try to make Kayla feel like a part of the family. Alma Hodge decides to pay Orson and Bree a visit. Susan visits Mike in jail to tell him about the lawyer Ian got him. Gabrielle accuses Carlos of trying to sabotage her relationship with Bill. Bree organizes a dinner party to show Susan that Alma is alive.
Director:  Sanaa Hamri  Writer:  Alexandra Cunningham  / Josh Senter 
Guest starring:  Rachel Fox, Mark Deklin, Mark Moses, Josh Henderson, Ernie Hudson, Cristos, Stacy Hall, Myra Turley
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    14-01-2007  12.  Not While I'm Around
Bree isn't happy Alma has moved to Wisteria Lane. Gabrielle's secret admirer is revealed. The new Scavo Pizzeria faces an uncertain future. Julie and Austin go to Edie about giving them parental consent to buy birth control pills.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Kevin Murphy  / Kevin Etten 
Guest starring:  Cody Kasch, Josh Henderson, P.J. Byrne, Richard Herd, Mark Moses, Kathryn Joosten
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    21-01-2007  13.  Come Play Wiz Me
Gabrielle cannot avoid Zach. Mike's new lawyer suggests he pleads guilty, but Susan doesn't agree with that. Gloria informs Bree that she and Alma believe Bree is the other woman. Instead of going back to work Lynette pretends to be ill so she can help Tom promote the pizzeria at a food fair.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Valerie Ahern  / Christian McLaughlin 
Guest starring:  Chloe Moretz, Amy Aquino, Don Jeffcoat, Mark Moses, Kathryn Joosten, Alec Mapa, Mitch Silpa, Rachel Fox, Currie Graham
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11-02-2007  14.  I Remember That (1)
Ian proposes to Susan. The Scavo pizzeria prepares for its grand opening. Mike visits a hypnotherapist in hopes of remembering Monique. Gabrielle's romantically interested in a lawyer, but he's working for Zach who wants her for himself. Bree is hospitalized after a fall, after being tricked to climb on a ladder to retrieve Monique's teeth.
Director:  David Warren  Writer:  Joey Murphy  / John Pardee 
Guest starring:  Josh Henderson, Brennan Elliot, Dixie Carter, Kathleen York
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    18-02-2007  15.  The Little Things You Do Together (2)
All of Wisteria Lane gathers at Pizzeria Scavo for the grand opening event, while one resident meets an untimely fate and another accepts a marriage proposal.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Marc Cherry  / Joe Keenan 
Guest starring:  Kathleen York, Carl Mueller, Wendy Worthington, Donna Cherry, Richard Penn, Stephen O'Mahoney
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    04-03-2007  16.  My Husband, The Pig
Edie gets an unexpected visit from her son. An unexpected pregnancy causes complications. Victor Lang, a man in his 40s running for mayor of Fairview, introduces himself for Gabrielle. The deceased Rex Van De Kamp narrates.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Brian Alexander 
Guest starring:  Steven Culp
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    08-04-2007  17.  Dress Big
Susan meets her in-laws and finds out some family. Victor is still taking his chances with Gabrielle, while she has a devastating catastrophe at her home. Lynette is encountering new problems at the pizzeria while an unexpected relationship develops on Wisteria Lane.
Director:  Matthew Diamond  Writer:  Kevin Etten  / Susan Nirah Jaffee 
Guest starring:  Challen Cates, Jake Cherry, Miriam Flynn, Dougray Scott, Paxton Whitehead, Wayne Lopez, John Slattery, Lynn Redgrave, Kylie Sparks, John Bobek
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    15-04-2007  18.  Liaisons
Susan considers moving from Wisteria Lane to London. Later, an accident causes Ian, Susan, and their car to find themselves stranded in a lake. Tom feels threatened by the interest a new Scavo's Pizzeria employee Rick shows in Lynette. While debating his opponent in the mayoral election, Victor Lang witnesses something disturbing.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Alexandra Cunningham  / Jenna Bans 
Guest starring:  Kenneth Kimmins, John Harnagel, Dougray Scott, Wayne Lopez, Jake Cherry, John Slattery, Pat Crawford Brown, Rachel Fox, Kathryn Joosten
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    22-04-2007  19.  God, Thats Good!
Gabrielle and Victor will make an unexpected twist in their relationship and will also face a crisis as a video of them sharing a passionate moment in an elevator was caught on tape and is now being used to blackmail them. Edie gets into a fight with one of the ladies that will ruin their "friendship" while another lady on Wisteria Lane ends up in the hospital.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Dahvi Waller  / Josh Senter 
Guest starring:  Dougray Scott, Kathryn Joosten, John Slattery, Peri Gilpin, Jason Gedrick, Pat Crawford Brown, Todd Sherry, Cody McMains, Darien Pinkerton, Kerstin Pinkerton, Christine Clayburg, Kim Delgado
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    29-04-2007  20.  Gossip
Susan goes to the therapist and realizes she must choose between Ian and Mike. Travers is having a birthday party which only spells trouble for Mrs. McCluskey, Gabrielle's engagement party is upstaged by an unexpected announcement and the neighborhood is full of gossip about the dead body found on Wisteria Lane.
Director:  Wendey Stanzler  Writer:  Joey Murphy  / John Pardee 
Guest starring:  Stacey Travis, Kylie Sparks, John Bobek, Judyann Elder
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    06-05-2007  21.  Into The Woods
Susan goes into the woods to try to find Mike. Gabrielle gets into an argument with a meter man who gives her a ticket. Victor is elected mayor, and Gabrielle goes back to teach the meter man a lesson. Edie's ex-husband comes back to collect Travers. Lynette realizes she has feelings for another man.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Alexandra Cunningham 
Guest starring:  Scott Atkinson, Greg Evigan, Rusty Schwimmer, Simon Brooke, Jeffrey Stubblefield, Brendan Patrick Connor, Todd Kimsey, Christine Clayburg
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    13-05-2007  22.  What Would We Do Without You?
While Tom tries to save his marriage, Mike and Susan get engaged. However, Susan's happiness is short-lived when she realizes Gabrielle has stolen her cancelled wedding with Ian. Meanwhile, Edie wants Carlos to move in with her, and she's ready to do anything to make it happen.
Director:  Larry Shaw  Writer:  Bob Daily 
Guest starring:  Pamela Shaddock, Ellen Geer, J. Michael Flynn, William Ragsdale
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    20-05-2007  23.  Getting Married Today
As Gabrielle prepares for her fairy tale wedding, Bree returns to Fairview with a surprise. Meanwhile, Lynette's mother Stella pays her a visit after finding out Lynette has cancer. Finally, Susan and Mike tie the knot in an unexpected location.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Kevin Murphy  / Joe Keenan 
Guest starring:  Kerstin Pinkerton, Darien Pinkerton, Ridge Canipe, K Callan, Steve Tyler, Mike Farrell
Edition Details
Series Desperate Housewives
Distributor Buena Vista Home Entertainement
Release Date 26-11-2008
Packaging Keep Case
Subtitles English; Dutch; French; German
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [German]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6