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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - "One Wonderful Day" - It's a not-so-wonderful day in the neighborhood, as past actions come back to haunt the men and women of Wisteria Lane. Meanwhile, the ladies get a new neighbor (Emmy winner Alfre Woodard as Betty Applewhite), on "Desperate Housewives," SUNDAY, MAY 22 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/RON TOM) BRENDA STRONG, MARK MOSES
One Wonderful Day
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Aired 05/22/05

When Gabrielle, Susan, and Lynette show up at the hospital, Bree confides that she feels guilty because she and Rex were having a fight when he had his heart attack and that now he needs a pacemaker.

Before his operation, Rex apologizes for being a bad husband. She tells him he's going to be just fine and that "the best is yet to come."

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  • Mass Wisteria Their friend Mary Alice may be gone, but the women of Wisteria press on as they desperately balance all of the secrets, seductions and surprises that come with life in the suburbs. A lot happened in the debut season of Desperate Housewives, but there's still much more to come! Now you're a Season 1 Pro! Show off your skills with the Season 1 QuizBrowse all Flashback Galleries
  • As we near the end of a memorable journey down Wisteria Lane, relive the events that led us to the current entanglements of our favorite Desperate Housewives. We're summarizing each season with galleries of photos accompanied by brief recaps of just what went down on the Lane. Check out this Season 1 tribute; then keep an eye out for a follow-up Season 1 Flashback Quiz. Enjoy!Browse all Flashback Galleries
  • Mass Wisteria Their friend Mary Alice may be gone, but the women of Wisteria press on as they desperately balance all of the secrets, seductions and surprises that come with life in the suburbs. A lot happened in the debut season of Desperate Housewives, but there's still much more to come!
  • Secrets Revealed Paul Young finally comes clean about his and Mary Alice's secret: a drugged-out Deirdre sold them her baby to feed her habit. They fled to Wisteria Lane and changed their names, but she still found them. Mary Alice killed Deirdre by accident when she forcibly tried to take Zach/Dana away from them. They hid her body where they thought it would never be found—in a toy chest buried under their new pool.