Desperate Housewives: How Susan Became The Show's Accidental Villain... | Explained

Go to zocdoc.com/thetake to find and book a top-rated doctor today! 📺 Susan Mayer was Desperate Housewives’ ‘anchor character’ – the everywoman who show creator Marc Cherry designed to be loveable and relatable. But although on paper Susan was inoffensive, there was something about her that audiences loved to hate. Over the course of eight seasons, the Housewives met with murder, fraud, bribery and so much more – so… what exactly was it about Susan, a seemingly innocent girl next door type, that made her the show’s unintentional villain for so many?


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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:41 The unintentional villain
04:29 Thanks to ZocDoc!
05:54 When men writing what they think women are like goes wrong...
10:23 How writers try to deal with irritating characters
11:53 Things might have been different for Susan today



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