Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 3, 2004
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 179
Networks: ABC
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Comedy

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Secrets. Romance. Murder. All on one street

TMDB Rating: 7.9 (1922 votes)

Overview

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

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Season 1

23 episodes • 2004Avg: 7.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot	Oct 3, 2004	7.5
2	Ah, But Underneath	Oct 10, 2004	7.9
3	Pretty Little Picture	Oct 17, 2004	8.0
4	Who's That Woman?	Oct 24, 2004	8.0
5	Come In, Stranger	Oct 31, 2004	7.4
6	Running to Stand Still	Nov 7, 2004	7.6
7	Anything You Can Do	Nov 21, 2004	7.6
8	Guilty	Nov 28, 2004	8.1
9	Suspicious Minds	Dec 12, 2004	7.5
10	Come Back to Me	Dec 19, 2004	7.7
11	Move On	Jan 9, 2005	7.9
12	Every Day a Little Death	Jan 16, 2005	7.8
13	Your Fault	Jan 23, 2005	7.6
14	Love is in the Air	Feb 13, 2005	7.7
15	Impossible	Feb 20, 2005	7.2
16	The Ladies Who Lunch	Mar 27, 2005	7.6
17	There Won't Be Trumpets	Apr 3, 2005	7.6
18	Children Will Listen	Apr 10, 2005	7.4
19	Live Alone and Like It	Apr 17, 2005	7.2
20	Fear No More	May 1, 2005	7.1
21	Sunday in the Park with George	May 8, 2005	7.5
22	Goodbye for Now	May 15, 2005	7.8
23	One Wonderful Day	May 22, 2005	8.4

Season 2

23 episodes • 2005Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Next	Sep 25, 2005	8.3
2	You Could Drive a Person Crazy	Oct 2, 2005	8.4
3	You'll Never Get Away from Me	Oct 9, 2005	8.5
4	My Heart Belongs to Daddy	Oct 16, 2005	8.0
5	They Asked Me Why I Believe in You	Oct 23, 2005	8.3
6	I Wish I Could Forget You	Nov 6, 2005	8.4
7	Color and Light	Nov 13, 2005	8.4
8	The Sun Won't Set	Nov 20, 2005	8.4
9	That's Good, That's Bad	Nov 27, 2005	8.8
10	Coming Home	Dec 4, 2005	8.2
11	One More Kiss	Jan 8, 2006	8.4
12	We're Gonna Be All Right	Jan 15, 2006	7.2
13	There's Something About a War	Jan 22, 2006	8.5
14	Silly People	Feb 12, 2006	8.3
15	Thank You So Much	Feb 19, 2006	8.3
16	There Is No Other Way	Mar 12, 2006	8.1
17	Could I Leave You?	Mar 26, 2006	8.0
18	Everybody Says Don't	Apr 2, 2006	7.1
19	Don't Look at Me	Apr 16, 2006	7.9
20	It Wasn't Meant to Happen	Apr 30, 2006	8.1
21	I Know Things Now	May 7, 2006	8.7
22	No One Is Alone	May 14, 2006	8.6
23	Remember	May 21, 2006	8.7

Season 3

23 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Listen to the Rain on the Roof	Sep 24, 2006	7.9
2	It Takes Two	Oct 1, 2006	8.0
3	A Weekend in the Country	Oct 8, 2006	7.4
4	Like It Was	Oct 15, 2006	7.9
5	Nice She Ain't	Oct 22, 2006	7.8
6	Sweetheart, I Have to Confess	Oct 29, 2006	8.0
7	Bang	Nov 5, 2006	9.5
8	Children and Art	Nov 12, 2006	7.3
9	Beautiful Girls	Nov 19, 2006	7.7
10	The Miracle Song	Nov 26, 2006	7.9
11	No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds	Jan 7, 2007	7.7
12	Not While I'm Around	Jan 14, 2007	7.1
13	Come Play Wiz Me	Jan 21, 2007	8.0
14	I Remember That	Feb 11, 2007	8.0
15	The Little Things You Do Together	Feb 18, 2007	8.5
16	My Husband, the Pig	Mar 4, 2007	8.3
17	Dress Big	Apr 8, 2007	8.7
18	Liaisons	Apr 15, 2007	7.3
19	God, That's Good	Apr 22, 2007	7.6
20	Gossip	Apr 29, 2007	8.6
21	Into the Woods	May 6, 2007	8.3
22	What Would We Do Without You?	May 13, 2007	7.4
23	Getting Married Today	May 20, 2007	8.0

Season 4

17 episodes • 2007Avg: 8.2Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Now You Know	Sep 30, 2007	8.8
2	Smiles of a Summer Night	Oct 7, 2007	7.7
3	The Game	Oct 14, 2007	8.7
4	If There's Anything I Can't Stand	Oct 21, 2007	8.0
5	Art Isn't Easy	Oct 28, 2007	7.4
6	Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared	Nov 4, 2007	9.0
7	You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover	Nov 11, 2007	8.3
8	Distant Past	Nov 25, 2007	8.2
9	Something's Coming	Dec 2, 2007	9.2
10	Welcome to Kanagawa	Jan 6, 2008	8.5
11	Sunday	Apr 13, 2008	7.6
12	In Buddy's Eyes	Apr 20, 2008	7.0
13	Hello, Little Girl	Apr 27, 2008	8.5
14	Opening Doors	May 4, 2008	8.0
15	Mother Said	May 11, 2008	8.2
16	The Gun Song	May 18, 2008	8.8
17	Free	May 18, 2008	7.9

Season 5

24 episodes • 2008Avg: 8.3Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	You're Gonna Love Tomorrow	Sep 28, 2008	7.1
2	We're So Happy You're So Happy	Oct 5, 2008	7.3
3	Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else	Oct 12, 2008	8.3
4	Back in Business	Oct 19, 2008	8.2
5	Mirror, Mirror	Oct 26, 2008	8.5
6	There's Always a Woman	Nov 2, 2008	8.0
7	What More Do I Need?	Nov 9, 2008	8.2
8	City on Fire	Nov 16, 2008	8.7
9	Me and My Town	Nov 30, 2008	8.2
10	A Vision's Just a Vision	Dec 7, 2008	8.6
11	Home Is the Place	Jan 4, 2009	8.5
12	Connect! Connect!	Jan 11, 2009	8.3
13	The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened	Jan 18, 2009	9.5
14	Mama Spent Money When She Had None	Feb 8, 2009	8.2
15	In a World Where the Kings are Employers	Feb 15, 2009	8.0
16	Crime Doesn't Pay	Mar 8, 2009	7.8
17	The Story of Lucy and Jessie	Mar 15, 2009	8.0
18	A Spark. To Pierce the Dark.	Mar 22, 2009	9.0
19	Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know	Apr 19, 2009	8.7
20	Rose's Turn	Apr 26, 2009	8.3
21	Bargaining	May 3, 2009	7.4
22	Marry Me a Little	May 10, 2009	8.3
23	Everybody Says Don't	May 17, 2009	8.5
24	If It's Only in Your Head	May 17, 2009	8.8

Season 6

23 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Nice Is Different Than Good	Sep 27, 2009	7.3
2	Being Alive	Oct 4, 2009	8.3
3	Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover	Oct 11, 2009	8.2
4	The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues	Oct 18, 2009	8.0
5	Everybody Ought to Have a Maid	Oct 25, 2009	8.2
6	Don't Walk on the Grass	Nov 1, 2009	8.2
7	Careful the Things You Say	Nov 8, 2009	8.0
8	The Coffee Cup	Nov 15, 2009	8.3
9	Would I Think of Suicide?	Nov 29, 2009	8.2
10	Boom Crunch	Dec 6, 2009	8.8
11	If...	Jan 3, 2010	8.3
12	You Gotta Get a Gimmick	Jan 10, 2010	8.2
13	How About a Friendly Shrink?	Jan 17, 2010	8.3
14	The Glamorous Life	Jan 31, 2010	7.3
15	Lovely	Feb 21, 2010	7.6
16	The Chase	Feb 28, 2010	8.3
17	Chromolume No. 7	Mar 14, 2010	7.8
18	My Two Young Men	Mar 21, 2010	8.0
19	We All Deserve to Die	Apr 18, 2010	8.3
20	Epiphany	Apr 25, 2010	8.8
21	A Little Night Music	May 2, 2010	8.3
22	The Ballad of Booth	May 9, 2010	8.2
23	I Guess This Is Goodbye	May 16, 2010	8.6

Season 7

23 episodes • 2010Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Remember Paul?	Sep 26, 2010	7.3
2	You Must Meet My Wife	Oct 3, 2010	8.0
3	Truly Content	Oct 10, 2010	8.0
4	The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside	Oct 17, 2010	8.0
5	Let Me Entertain You	Oct 24, 2010	8.0
6	Excited and Scared	Oct 31, 2010	8.0
7	A Humiliating Business	Nov 7, 2010	6.3
8	Sorry Grateful	Nov 14, 2010	8.0
9	Pleasant Little Kingdom	Dec 5, 2010	7.2
10	Down the Block There's a Riot	Dec 12, 2010	8.6
11	Assassins	Jan 2, 2011	8.2
12	Where Do I Belong	Jan 9, 2011	8.0
13	I'm Still Here	Jan 16, 2011	8.0
14	Flashback	Feb 13, 2011	6.7
15	Farewell Letter	Feb 20, 2011	8.2
16	Searching	Mar 6, 2011	8.0
17	Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed	Apr 3, 2011	8.2
18	Moments in the Woods	Apr 17, 2011	8.2
19	The Lies Ill-Concealed	Apr 24, 2011	8.0
20	I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday	May 1, 2011	8.2
21	Then I Really Got Scared	May 8, 2011	8.4
22	And Lots of Security...	May 15, 2011	8.6
23	Come on Over for Dinner	May 15, 2011	8.8

Season 8

23 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Secrets That I Never Want to Know	Sep 25, 2011	8.4
2	Making the Connection	Oct 2, 2011	8.0
3	Watch While I Revise the World	Oct 9, 2011	8.0
4	School of Hard Knocks	Oct 16, 2011	8.2
5	The Art of Making Art	Oct 23, 2011	8.0
6	Witch's Lament	Oct 30, 2011	8.2
7	Always in Control	Nov 6, 2011	8.2
8	Suspicion Song	Nov 13, 2011	8.2
9	Putting It Together	Dec 4, 2011	8.6
10	What's to Discuss, Old Friend?	Jan 8, 2012	8.4
11	Who Can Say What's True?	Jan 15, 2012	8.0
12	What's the Good of Being Good?	Jan 22, 2012	8.2
13	Is This What You Call Love?	Feb 12, 2012	7.2
14	Get Out of My Life	Feb 19, 2012	8.0
15	She Needs Me	Mar 4, 2012	8.0
16	You Take for Granted	Mar 11, 2012	8.2
17	Women and Death	Mar 18, 2012	8.6
18	Any Moment	Mar 25, 2012	8.0
19	With So Little To Be Sure Of	Apr 1, 2012	8.2
20	Lost My Power	Apr 29, 2012	8.0
21	The People Will Hear	May 6, 2012	8.0
22	Give Me the Blame	May 13, 2012	8.6
23	Finishing the Hat	May 13, 2012	9.0

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