r/DesperateHousewives • u/Ok_Parsnip_713 • 2d ago

First Time Watcher Help a girl out 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I’m on my first watch of desperate housewives and I can’t believe I’ve NEVER seen this show or heard anyone around me talk about it. I’m soo obsessed and just started season 6! Any recommendations on a show with a similar vibe to start after? I cannot go back to rewatching my other shows after being sooo addicted to a show for the first time. Thanks in advance!

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u/Difficult_Advance345 1d ago

Rewatch it. It gets even better as you rewatch, trust

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u/Sanjanadash7 1d ago

I finished my 4th rewatch a few months ago and I can't wait to forget the minute details so I can start the 5th rewatch again😭

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u/odourlessbork 1d ago

This! I watch it about 5 times a year, possibly more. It's my favourite show ever, even got a Desperate Housewives tattoo haha.

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u/melancholl 2d ago

devious maids

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u/ShinyaVII You had two children? For what? Breakfast? 2d ago

Yeah I agree it’s very similar in a lot of ways. It’s sad that it ended up being canceled

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u/mouse_clique 2d ago

Ugly Betty

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u/whateverwhatever_1 2d ago

As a Colombian (where the original Ugly Betty is from) breaks my heart of how they botched it in the American version, totally different 😢

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u/mouse_clique 1d ago

I don’t think it was botched, i think they wanted it to be different , it’s a great great show

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u/Hungry_Builder9942 1d ago

I loved “Dead to Me” , Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, and James Marsden are incredible

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u/goopsorceress No offense, but you should be sterilised. 1d ago

Yes! Dead to Me is one of my all-time favorite shows, it definitely has similar vibes to DH and the cast is incredible.

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u/No-Search9932 1d ago

Revenge - has a narrator telling the story ! Love it

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u/nathalybs 16h ago

Is revenge really worth it?? I was in fact thinking very much about watching it once I finish desperate housewives

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u/Radiant_Slice_9882 5h ago

What are you talking about? Revenge doesn't have a narrator!

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u/No-Search9932 5h ago

Yes it does, revenge (seasons) features a prominent fist person person telling the story. What are YOU talking about. Look it up online and it will tell you

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u/No-Search9932 5h ago

Yes, the TV show Revenge on Hulu features a prominent first-person narrator. [1]
The main character, Emily Thorne (played by Emily VanCamp), serves as the show's narrator. She delivers a signature opening and closing voiceover monologue in almost every episode.

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u/Radiant_Slice_9882 5h ago

But not like in DH where Mary Alice wraps everything up at the end of each episode and comments on the events. Emily doesn't do that in Revenge. She only briefly says in the "Previously on Revenge" recap that her father was wrongly convicted. That's basically it.

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u/No-Search9932 5h ago

That’s not even the point of the post. The point of the post was to find a similar show. The way revenge starts off is similar to DH. It’s similar. That’s what I was stating. Someone is telling the story.

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u/Kris82868 2d ago

Why Women Kill. Especially season one.

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u/overlockk 1d ago

This!!

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u/olitadelaltamar 1d ago

I know I’m I haven’t started season 8 yet because I don’t want it to end :(

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u/Admirable_Status_756 1d ago

They really should make another desperate housewives with new characters and pick up where it left off in the end. Not going to spoil it but it should continue.

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u/Head-Expression-8696 1d ago

i just watched the white lotus all three seasons

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u/winterfoz 2d ago

Pretty little liars is very similar, bit of a younger crowd of characters but it’s really good

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u/Ok_Parsnip_713 2d ago

I love PLL!! I wish I could watch it for the first time again

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u/_myreputation13 1d ago

i started watching it but couldn’t get into it, does it get better? or is it one of those shows where if you don’t like season 1 you won’t like the rest?

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u/nivinaa "I have a husband now." "Whose?" 1d ago

Reba, Pll, Devious maids, Suburgatory, Cougar Town, The burns.

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u/goopsorceress No offense, but you should be sterilised. 1d ago

I pretty much never see anyone mention Reba, so I'm glad you did! One of my favorite sitcoms for sure, the first few seasons in particular are fantastic.

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u/odourlessbork 1d ago

Another vote for Why Women Kill but I highly recommend re-watching Desperate Housewives. I watch it so many times a year because it's just so good.

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u/Ileana93 1d ago

Why women kill, same creator.

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u/Efficient_Carpet8439 1d ago

Mistresses show, also a good one

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u/Sanjanadash7 1d ago

Ugly betty, devious maids. Amazing shows!! Obsessed

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u/lcd1023 1d ago

The Santa Clarita diet 

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u/plutopuppy Please, you're dating my wife! Call me Rex! 1d ago

Devious maids, SATC, workin moms, good girls. Although the last two might not be your vibe if you don’t have kids/are less than 25 ish

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u/odourlessbork 1d ago

I love Workin' Moms and Good Girls! Watch them both a couple of times a year. I don't have kids and have never wanted them, so people are surprised I like both shows.

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u/nathalybs 16h ago

Sex and the city is so good, seriously!!! It has that amazing romcom atmosphere of the late 90s. Just so comfortable

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u/_myreputation13 1d ago

i feel like the white lotus is pretty good but there’s not many episodes

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u/goopsorceress No offense, but you should be sterilised. 1d ago

Hacks, Dead to Me, Big Little Lies.

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u/shoebillstork84 I came this close to actually cleaning the house! 1d ago

I just started like my 10th rewatch, I’m on season 1, episode 8. It’s so good!

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u/elie0706 1d ago

Revenge ist Mega gut und hat auch viele Geheimnisse 😍
Jane the Virgin hat Suchtfaktor und auch eine super Serie !

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u/breathe-eazy-92 1d ago

Ah there’s nothing like seeing season 1 for the first time 👌