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- Overview
- Biography
- Behind Closed Doors
- Trivia
Bree Weston (née Mason, previously Van de Kamp and Hodge) was Wisteria Lane's resident neurotic and perfectionist homemaker, whose strong resolve and proper demeanor were both her greatest assets, as well as the source of nearly all her personal trouble. She describes herself as the domestic housewife out of her close group of precious friends. Bree is not who she seems to be, and as portrayed on the show, not who she seems to be.
A cross between Martha Stewart-on-steroids and a Stepford wife, Bree's efforts to maintain her plastic existence quickly collapsed as she dealt with such obstacles in her life as family drama, widowhood, alcoholism, a nervous breakdown, the loss of her business and divorce.
Thrown into a midlife crisis leaving her sure only of her ability to deliver a basket of muffins to her neighbors, Bree evolved from a cold and prudish woman with severe moral values into a more loose, sexually inventive and promiscuous one.
Finally able to accept the faults in her life, realizing her flaws only make her real and human, Bree weds the love of her life, leaves the lane and her history behind and relocates to Kentucky, where she becomes a conservative socialite and member of the state legislature.
Early life
Bree was born to Henry and Mrs. Mason, a wealthy conservative couple, in Rhode Island. The Masons moved around a lot during Bree's childhood, yet she found solitude in the company of her three pet dogs - Coco, Taffy and Munchie. ("In a World Where the Kings Are Employers") Bree's mother, a repressed uptight housewife, encouraged the use of 'a mask' - a face you wear when you don't want people to know how you're feeling - and taught Bree from a young age that if she hid her emotions, she'd have power over men. Bree was oblivious to the fact that her father had an affair with his secretary, which had alienated her parents from one another. ("Women and Death") Later, at age 10, Bree's life was forever changed when her mother was hit by a drunken driver. Left home alone while her mother was rushed to hospital, Bree spent hours washing the blood off the road and driveway. Her mother died from her injuries. Following this, Bree began to close herself off from the outside world, and continued to repress her emotions, and presented the illusion of perfection to those who saw her. ("Come in, Stranger") Shortly after his wife's death, Bree's father became strict with his daughter and insisted on good behavior and eventually molded her into his image of the 'perfect lady.' ("Who Can Say What's True?") Henry Mason remarried, presumably to his mistress, Eleanor. Bree and her step-mother did not get along and Bree found herself having to work extremely hard for every kind word she received from the appearance-orientated Eleanor, and eventually began to resent her because of her ridiculously high standards. ("Don't Look at Me") Bree went on to attend Lake Forest College (near Chicago) to get away from her demanding step-mother. In her freshman year, she met Rex Van de Kamp while attending a campus Young Republican meeting were Rex was giving a speech. The two connected the moment they met; after their meeting the two went to a diner, where they stayed up until 2:00 AM talking about immigration, gun control, and state government. At the time, Bree was involved in a serious relationship with another man, Ty Grant, but quickly ended her relationship with him in order to begin dating Rex. This caused stress between Bree and her family, who did not approve of Rex as a suitor for their daughter. ("Your Fault") Shortly thereafter, the two married. The couple took their honeymoon in Italy ("Sunday in the Park with George") and upon their return, Bree became pregnant with the first of her two children by Rex, Andrew, who was born in 1988. The following year, Danielle, the couple's second child, was born. In 1994, the Van de Kamps moved to Fairview to the picturesque suburban neighborhood, Wisteria Lane. On moving day, Bree introduced herself to Mary Alice Young, after forcing Andrew to apologize to her after he stole her garden frog statue. Later, Bree meets Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo and Gabrielle Solis and the women all quickly befriend one another. ("Remember, Part 1") It is around this time that Bree and Rex's marriage begins to become strained. Rex comes to resent Bree's repression of her emotions and obsessive devotion to appearing perfect, while Bree is frequently humiliated by her husband's unloving and detached nature. Throughout their marriage, Bree honored her mother's philosophy of 'the mask.' ("Women and Death") After Rex advised her to get a job and make her own money, Bree began penning a cookbook in between her household chores. However, she gives up on her plans of getting it completed and published once Rex teases her about her ambitions and skills as a cook. Disheartened, Bree disposed of the book manuscript and her recipes. ("The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened")
Season 1
Bree and her family attend Mary Alice Young's wake and although they appear perfect, it quickly becomes apparent that her emotional coldness and obsession with appearance has made her family resent her. To make matters worse, Rex asks her for a divorce. While at a diner, Bree accidentally poisons Rex by putting onions, to which he is deathly allergic, in his salad, and he suffers a reaction and collapses. Rex is rushed to hospital, and when Bree visits him, he accuses her of being emotionally unavailable and obsessed with achieving domestic perfection. Bree is clearly upset by his words and retreats to the hospital bathroom, where she breaks down into tears. The next day, while packing up Mary Alice's belongings, Bree and her friends find a mysterious blackmail note.("Pilot") Attempting to salvage her marriage, Bree hires renowned couple counselor, Dr. Albert Goldfine. During their first session, Rex is vocal about his issues, but Bree is less reluctant and instead rambles on with small talk. Her obsessive-compulsive manner takes hold when she spots a torn button on Goldfine's suit and insists on re-sewing it. Bree and Goldfine chat; she says that the issues with the marriage aren't entirely her fault and that Rex should be more grateful for everything Bree does. During the next session, Goldfine suggests Rex be more thankful for all of his wife's hard-work, much to Bree's approval. ("Ah, But Underneath") Bree covers-up her and Rex's problems from her friends believing they'll mock her and view her as "weak". However, while throwing a dinner-party, Rex lets it slip that they're in counselling and Bree is outraged. She publicly embarrasses Rex with a shameful secret - "Rex cries after he ejaculates." - in retaliation. Rex decides to move out. Upset over recent events, Bree rushes to Dr. Goldfine's office where she mistakenly stumbles upon a tape labeled "Young, Mary Alice". Bree snatches the tape while Goldfine is out of the room hoping it might shed some light on her friend's suicide.("Pretty Little Picture") With Rex living out of a motel, naturally, both Andrew and Danielle become curious about their father's whereabouts. Bree is reluctant to tell them the truth and instead creates up nonsensical stories to cover up his disappearance from the household. Andrew becomes particularly angry over this and accuses Bree of having "sent his father away". With Andrew having gone out without telling her, Bree searches his room and finds an address for a strip club. Bree sneaks up behind Andrew and his friends at the club and gives a long lecture on how strippers are people as well.("Who's That Woman?") Bree finds herself left alone in the house for the first time in 10 years when Andrew and Danielle go away on a camping trip and with Rex living at the motel. To avoid the loneliness of eating alone, she invites Zach Young over and the two have an informative and fascinating conversation about the deaths of their mothers. Zach tells Bree that he knows why his mother killed herself and confesses that it was something that he did, before getting panicked and leaving. Bree, desperate for more information from Zach, and knowing his love for the holidays, invites him over to try out Christmas recipes. However, much to her surprise, Bree is invited out on a dinner-date by Rex, in an attempt to reconcile, and she is forced to cancel her plans with Zach last minute. Subsequently, a disturbed Zach breaks into the Van de Kamp home and decorates it with Christmas ornaments. ("Come in, Stranger") During a counselling session, Goldfine suggests that Bree and Rex seek the help of a sex surrogate in order to rekindle their love life. Bree is horrified at this recommendation. Later, while dining alone, Bree spots Dr. Goldfine and decides to continue their session on sex (in excruciating detail), much to Goldfine's embarrassment. Following this, Bree surprises Rex at his motel room when she arrives in a fur coat. She quickly disrobes, revealing sexy lingerie, and the two begin making love. Lying beside the bed is a half-eaten burrito, which is moments away from dripping onto the carpet. Bree tries to ignore it but ultimately has to stop having sex with Rex to tidy up the mess. Rex is furious with Bree's obsession with cleanliness and asks her to leave. ("Running to Stand Still") Andrew continues acting out and gets in serious trouble at school, while Bree and Rex only add to the mix by announcing their plans to divorce. Bree is upset when both Andrew and Danielle decide to move out and live with their father, who has since began attempts to buy the love of his children with expensive gifts, including a convertible car for Andrew. Bree demands that Andrew and Danielle refuse to accept the gifts or else they will not be allowed entry back into the house; she has the locks changed. Danielle gives in but Andrew furiously speeds off in his new car. Later that evening, after a brawl with Rex, a drunken Andrew returns home but accidentally hits Carlos Solis' mother, Juanita, on the way. Bree is frozen in shock when she learns of Andrew's involvement in the hit-and-run. ("Anything You Can Do") With Mama Solis in a deep coma, Bree attempts to find a solution to save her son from life in prison. After reading through the Bible and finding a way to deal with her guilt, Bree concludes that they have to dispose of the car, as the police might discover DNA. She suggests taking the car to a bad part of town, leaving the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked. That way, if the police don't find it they will receive the insurance money and if they do, it wasn't in their possession and anyone could have hit Mrs. Solis. During the early hours of the morning, Bree and Rex follow the plan, and after a short wait, a criminal steals the car. Bree is relieved. However, when Andrew shows no remorse about almost killing an elderly woman, Bree worries her son is becoming a monster. ("Guilty") Bree suggests to Rex that they make Andrew quit the swim team, the only thing he is truly passionate about, in order to punish him for the hit-and-run. She hopes doing so would finally make him understand the severity of the crime he has committed. Rex is against this because it means Andrew would lose his chance at an athletic scholarship, but Bree is willing to risk it in order to make sure her son grows up with any trace of humanity inside him. Later, Bree catches Andrew smoking marijuana and she anonymously reports Andrew to the school and gets his locker searched. Andrew is punished by being thrown off of the school swim team. ("Suspicious Minds") Unbeknown to Bree, Rex is secretly having an affair with a domiciliary prostitute, Maisy Gibbons. While Maisy is performing as a dominatrix, Rex suffers a heart-attack and is rushed to hospital. Bree is called to the hospital and sees that Maisy signed the admission form and goes to confront her; Maisy says that Rex still loves Bree, but he has sexual needs that he is afraid to discuss with her. When Rex awakes following his operation, Bree tells him she is glad he didn't die - she is going to find the most vindictive lawyer she can and eviscerate him, taking his money, his family and his dignity - she wants revenge for his betrayal. She files for divorce. ("Come Back to Me") Bree refuses to let Rex return home to recover once he is discharged from hospital, however, she is quickly emotionally blackmailed into taking him back by Andrew. While picking up Rex's medication, Bree asks her pharmacist, George Williams, out on a date. He accepts and Bree later parades him in front of Rex, who clearly sees through her attempt to make him jealous. When Andrew finds out about Bree's date, he is furious with her...until Bree tells him of his father's affair. Andrew urges her to kick Rex out but Bree decides to continue nursing him back to health because it is the right thing to do. ("Move On") Bree continues her relationship with George, in an effort to make Rex jealous. The two go on a date to the park and share a picnic - George gives Bree a present, a WWII 9-millimeter Luger P08. Bree, being in the NRA and a collector of fire-arms, is delighted. Bree then takes George out to a small farm to teach him how to shoot a gun. As she instructs him, he attempts to kiss her. A surprised Bree steps back quickly and George shoots himself in the foot. George loses a toe and Bree goes to the hospital to apologize - she is still married to Rex and was thus reluctant to kiss George. ("Every Day a Little Death") In the middle of divorce negotiations, Rex suggests to Bree that they stop all of their fighting and sort things out - Bree is hesitant, but decides to continue with the divorce. She tells him she wants revenge, possibly by conducting her own affair. Bree pays a late-night visit to a small diner to clear her head. She bumps into George and asks his advice; he tells her that she should forgive Rex. ("Your Fault") Bree tells Dr. Goldfine she's happy she and Rex are back together, but there's something he's still not telling her, which is why he had the affair. Taking Goldfine's advice, Bree pushes Rex to tell her what his secret is and he finally admits it - he's into S&M. Bree is reluctant to go along, but finally agrees. ("Love is in the Air") Bree finds a condom in the laundry and believes that Rex is still cheating. Rex denies this, and informs his wife that he isn't the only male in the house - Bree worries Andrew is having sex. Over dinner, however, it is revealed that the condom belongs to Danielle, who is planning to give up her virginity to John Rowland. Bree then visits John at his apartment and asks him a favor: to break up with her daughter...and to be brutal. ("Impossible") After Maisy Gibbons is arrested for prostitution, everyone in the neighborhood begins dishing the dirt and Bree is worried that Rex's name will come up. Especially when she hears that Maisy kept a book of all her clients. She visits Maisy in jail and asks her to take Rex's name out of the book. She's willing to pay her $14,000 for the favor, but Maisy refuses. Later, Bree and Rex go out to eat at the country club, but are put off when everyone starts staring at them. They realize the secret is out, but stay and eat their meal with as much dignity as possible. Bree then cancels her country club membership out of embarrassment. ("The Ladies Who Lunch") Andrew is expelled from school and Bree insists they send him to a juvenile detention center. Rex is reluctant until he catches Andrew being violent towards Bree and eventually changes his mind. The next morning, they inform Andrew of their plans and two escorts arrive to pick him up. As Andrew tries to escape, Bree rushes to reassure him everything will be all right. Andrew spits in her face. Undaunted, Bree tells him that no matter what he does, she'll always love him, as he is taken away. ("There Won't Be Trumpets") Bree has a crisis about whether she's a good mother or not when it's time to visit Andrew at the detention center. She doesn't want to go but Rex talks her into it. Andrew doesn't want to see her and she assumes it's because he hates her. Stuck with the truly terrible mothers outside, Bree eventually storms in and demands Andrew to admit that she's a good mother. Rex informs his wife that Andrew asked to talk to him alone because he thinks he might be gay. Bree is shocked. ("Children Will Listen") Bree and Rex bring Andrew home from detention camp and Bree arranges a dinner with the church's pastor, Reverend Sikes, who tries to convince Andrew into changing his sexuality. Bree tells Andrew if he doesn't change he will go to Hell. ("Live Alone and Like It") Bree and Rex unexpectedly run into George. Rex is extremely rude and Bree tries to make amends by visiting George in the pharmacy. He lies and tells her that he has found a girlfriend, Ginger who stacks the shelves. Bree is glad George has moved on and invites him to Carlos Solis' farewell party. When Rex sees George at the party, he pushes both him and Bree into the swimming pool. ("Fear No More") Rex's health begins to deteriorate. Bree and George go out to dinner at a fancy restaurant and the two are spotted by Edie Britt. Bree later talks to Edie who tells her that even if Bree is not technically "cheating" on Rex with George, she is still being somewhat unfaithful. ("Sunday in the Park with George") Bree bumps into George at the supermarket and he informs her of Rex's continued bragging of their sex life - this is, in fact, a lie. Bree confronts Rex and the two have a heated argument, during which Rex suffers from another heart-attack. Bree hesitates but ultimately drives him to the hospital. ("Goodbye for Now") Bree talks to Rex in the hospital after he recovers about how she needs to start spring cleaning and assures him that he is going to come through his operation just fine because "the best is yet to come." They finally make amends. Later, Bree receives a phone call from Dr. Craig while she is cleaning her silverware, and she learns that Rex passed away a few minutes ago. Bree finishes her spring cleaning before breaking out crying and screaming at the death of her husband. ("One Wonderful Day")
Season 2
Bree informs the girls of Rex's death and shortly after Rex's mother, Phyllis Van de Kamp, comes to town for the funeral. She and Bree clash heads throughout her visit, especially when Phyllis claims that Bree made Rex miserable during his last years, prompting Bree to disinvite her from the funeral. Eventually, Bree reconsiders; however, during the service, Bree discovers that Rex is being buried in his high school tie, which Phyllis insisted but Bree expressly forbade. Bree changes Rex's tie in the middle of the funeral. ("Next") After the service, Bree's handyman, Eli Scruggs, drops by and reveals that he retrieved her cookbook manuscript from the trash all those years ago and convinces her that someday she should complete it. ("The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened") Bree is embarrassed when Phyllis starts crying over Rex's death in public, so she slaps her. She apologizes later, but with Bree's uncanny composure and her eagerness to settle Rex's will, Phyllis starts to suspect Bree isn't sorry Rex is dead. Dr. Craig discovers a note written by Rex moments before his death, forgiving Bree for something, and Phyllis sees Bree being comforted by George - they both report her to the same insurance investigator. ("You Could Drive a Person Crazy") On a visit to Rex's grave, Bree is horrified to discover that his body has been dug up. Phyllis has "forgotten" to tell her about the insurance investigator's suspicions that Rex was poisoned. Bree packs Phyllis's bags and sends her off in a taxi—and then insists on taking a polygraph test to clear herself of all suspicion. But when they ask her if she loves George, the readout spikes. She tells George that he has to take a polygraph test too, because now they suspect the two of them of conspiring to poison Rex. When he asks why she didn't pass her test, she admits she might have feelings for him after all. George agrees and aces his test by telling lies so convincing that the detector shows he even believes them himself. ("You'll Never Get Away from Me") Bree starts dating George again, angering Andrew. Andrew begins to act inappropriately towards George, but Bree refuses to take notice of his bad conduct. George suggests that Andrew return to the detention camp for more counseling, but Bree is hesitant and says she will only do this if her son does something drastic. She reminds George that Andrew is still grieving and she doesn't want him to see her get into another relationship so quickly after his father's death. Later, at Andrew's swim meet, George arrives uninvited and sits next to Bree and then tries to kiss her, as Andrew watches on. Andrew flies into a fit of rage and attacks George, until the swim coach pulls them apart. That evening, Bree makes Andrew pack his bags to return to the camp. ("My Heart Belongs to Daddy") , amongst the suspicions that she murdered him. After Bree threatens to sue the police, Detective Barton agrees to release Rex's body to her so she can reinter him. However, as Bree is waiting for Rex’s body to be put in the hearse, Barton comes up to her and tries to get her to confess to poisoning Rex. He shows her the note that Rex wrote before he died that says "Bree, I understand and I forgive you." Bree is shocked that Rex believed that she had poisoned him. Bree had previously invited her friends to a small reburial service for Rex, but when they show up they find that Bree has moved Rex’s grave away from the family’s plot, saying "If you think I’m going to lay next to someone for eternity who thinks I’m a murderer, you’re crazy." She then proceeds to throw her wedding ring into Rex's grave. ("They Asked Me Why I Believe in You") Bree discovers that whenever George and her attempt to get intimate, she develops hives on her neck. She talks to Dr. Goldfine who advices her that the sudden break-outs occur because she still feels that she is married. Attempting to get over this fact because she wants to continue seeing George, she suggests the two of them visit a luxurious hotel for an overnight stay. However, when they arrive at the hotel, Bree once again breaks out into hives. Later, the two have dinner and George gives Bree an antihistamine to help with her hives. The next morning, Bree informs George that she'll have to get over her hives because she loves him. The two kiss and make love. After, Bree is left wondering if she is making the right decision. ("I Wish I Could Forget You") George surprises Bree by showing her the new house he's just bought - which he hopes she'll move into with him. He then proposes, in the company of his mother, and Bree hesitantly says yes. Bree speaks with Dr. Goldfine and he suggests not to marry George to be polite and especially because she doesn't really love him. Soon, Bree becomes flustered when George's friends and family start talking about the possibility of children and she tells her finance that she's having second thoughts. She mentions Dr. Goldfine's suggestion and the next day, George attempts to eliminate Goldfine by throwing him over a bridge. ("Color and Light") Bree discovers that George has put a wedding announcement in the morning paper and confronts him at the pharmacy. When he spots her not wearing her engagement ring, he aggressively forces her to put it on. The following afternoon, George's ex-fiancé, Leila, informs Bree of George's jealousy and dangerous fits of rage. Bree, who initially doesn't take any notice, later comes to the revelation that Leilia was correct: while dining with George, Bree meets up with an old college boyfriend and she heads off to dance with him - George gets extremely jealous and when Bree once again refuses to put her ring on, he gets violent. Bree calls of the engagement. ("The Sun Won't Set") George begins stalking Bree - interrupts a dinner party Bree is hosting by serenading via a karaoke machine outside and by riding past her house on his bike repeatedly for hours. Bree visits Dr. Goldfine in hospital and he informs her that his assailant rode a bike...Bree realizes George was responsible. Soon, Bree receives a call from the police, who inform her that in their search, they've found evidence that George poisoned Rex. Bree is co-chairing a charity event at a local hotel. George checks into a room at the hotel and sends her a note detailing how he has taken a fatal dose of pills and that if she cares about him, she'll come to his room to save him. Bree goes to his room and finds George slowly passing out - an effect of the pills. She says she can forgive him if he admits to what he did. He finally says whatever he did, he did for her—because she wanted him to. And then he asks her to please call an ambulance. She smiles and tells him she already did. She watches him die before leaving. ("That's Good, That's Bad") Bree feigns surprise when the police tell her about George's suicide. She then tells her friends and then she has to break the news to Andrew, who's back from camp. He announces his hatred for his mother and reminds her that it's her fault his father is dead. Bree later informs Andrew that George payed for his crime and that he didn't die on his own terms. ("Coming Home") Bree is shocked when she sees Andrew kissing his boyfriend, Justin, in front of the house. Bree tells Andrew to stop seeing him but Andrew ignores her. The next morning, she brings him breakfast in bed, and nearly drops the tray when she finds Justin in bed with her son, after spending the night. Bree threatens to have Justin removed by the police but Andrew plays his trump card - if she does, he'll tell the cops that she let George die. Bree hires Karl Mayer to get his legal advice on the situation. ("One More Kiss") Bree begins her quest to find out more details on the mysterious Betty Applewhite. She invites Detective Barton out to lunch, with plans of asking him to research the mysterious new family, but he has the wrong idea - he believes the lunch to be a date. After the misunderstanding, Bree is pulled over by the detective while driving home. He accuses her of driving under the influence of alcohol and has her arrested. She is freed hours later and is forced to walk home. Betty Applewhite conveniently pulls up besides her in her car and offers to give her a ride. The two get talking and Bree tells Betty that everyone is gossiping about her mysterious behavior and Betty, once she's dropped Bree home, calls Edie with the intentions of selling her home. ("We're Gonna Be All Right") When Bree finds Matthew Applewhite in Danielle's bedroom, Bree walks the both of them to Betty's, where she slaps Matthew. Eventually, Bree agrees to let Danielle date Matthew as long as it's okay with Betty. The following day, Bree visits Betty who thinks that they should not interfere with Danielle and Matthew's relationship but when Bree discovers Caleb lurking in the upstairs window she panics and tells Betty she has to leave. Remembering that she has seen the boy's face before from the newspaper, she alerts her friends that she has serious dirt on the Applewhites - they agree to meet at Bree's for a poker game to discuss. However, Danielle stupidly reveals to Matthew how Bree covered up Andrew's hit-and-run accident. Before the game, Betty visits Bree to warn her that if she breathes a word about Caleb's existence she will inform the Solises and the police about Andrew's crime. ("There's Something About a War") Bree has the key to the Applewhite home from the previous tenant, and when Betty is out, she decides to pay Caleb a visit. As the two talk, Bree learns of Melanie Foster and her death. Later, Betty drops by and is furious that Bree broke into her home. Bree invites her in for a drink and, oddly enough, the two end up commiserating over their wayward sons. ("Silly People") Bree gets drunk alone at an Italian restaurant. When she arrives home she passes out on her front lawn only to be discovered by Mrs. McCluskey the following morning. Subsequently, a hung-over Bree is required to babysit Lynette's children. She starts drinking again, falls asleep, and the twins and Penny disappear from her home. Luckily, Lynette finds them down town. Lynette confronts Bree, with suspicions that she was drunk while babysitting her kids, and Bree is offended and denies the allegations. Once Bree is gone, Lynette goes through her friend's garbage and discovers a countless amount of empty wine bottles. Later, Bree finds a neatly stacked line of bottles on her porch with a scrolled message in one of the bottles from Lynette: "Do you still think you don't have a problem?" ("Thank You So Much") Bree is still drinking and is beginning to worry her friends. Meanwhile, Andrew asks his mother to buy him a car and Bree refuses. Andrew insults her and Bree retaliates by striking a hard slap across her son's face. In a scheme to get emancipated and thus have access to his trust fund, Andrew gets Justin to punch him so he can accuse Bree of having become violent when drunk. Once Bree discovers Andrew's hired a lawyer, she joins an AA group to deal with her problem. ("There Is No Other Way") At her AA meetings, Bree's vagueness on how long she's been sober tips off a fellow AA member, Peter McMillan, that she's still secretly drinking. She explains that she's not really an alcoholic, she's only coming to undermine Andrew's attempt to paint her as a bad mother. And her plan is working: with Bree appearing to be the model mother, Andrew's lawyer tells him he doesn't stand a chance in court. However, after Andrew shakes Bree up at a department store by threatening to use childhood sexual abuse allegations in court, she hits the bottle hard and passes out in the dressing room. Locked in the department store, she has no choice but to call Peter, who comes to her rescue. Bree finally admits that she has a problem. ("Could I Leave You?") Bree warms up to her AA sponsor Peter who in addition to being an alcoholic is also a sex addict. After Peter struggles to contain himself in Bree's presence, he introduces her to her new AA sponsor, Donna. Immediately, Bree wants Peter back and eventually wins him over. Meanwhile, Bree asks Lynette to portray her in a positive light, after she is forced to give a deposition in regards to Andrew's pending lawsuit. Lynette agrees. ("Everybody Says Don't") Bree's parents, Henry and Eleanor Mason, show up on the day of Andrew's court-case. Henry convinces the judge to postpone the hearing and then insists to Karl that they can solve this problem "in house". After a failed attempt or two at reconciliation between mother and son, Eleanor tells Bree that acting on Andrew's suggestion, she and Henry are taking Andrew with them to Rhode Island. After speaking to Justin, Bree devises a plan for making Andrew stay. On the day of the move, Henry and Eleanor stumble upon Andrew's gay porn collection and change their minds - leaving Andrew with Bree. Bree tries to seek Andrew's forgiveness for all they've been through and encourages his relationship with Justin to continue. ("Don't Look at Me") Bree and Peter's relationship continues, until it is discovered by Peter's sex addicts sponsor, Claude, who forbids him from seeing Bree anymore. Bree learns that Claude is also a drug sponsor and all of his sponsors give him their drugs - Bree uses this against him and reports him to the police for being in the possession of illegal drugs. With Claude out of the way, Bree sets her sights back on Peter. Peter declines to continue their relationship, fearing his addiction will return. However, Peter later calls Bree from a bathroom at a swinger party and asks if she will pick him up. Bree does rescues him and they both agree to help each other with their addictions. ("It Wasn’t Meant to Happen") Andrew sets his revenge plan into action to get back at his mother. Andrew preys on his mother's boyfriend, Peter, who is bisexual, and seduces him. Bree discovers that the two had sex and proceeds to end her relationship with Peter and also kicks Andrew out. She abandons him at a gas station in the middle of nowhere and drives away. ("I Know Things Now") Danielle becomes suspicious of Bree's strange behavior and becomes concerned since Andrew's disappearance. When Danielle informs her mother that she forgot her birthday, Bree throws her a 17th. At the party, Bree comes to a melting point when one of Danielle's friends eats some of the cake's frosting - that Bree worked so hard on to make perfect - before it is cut. Bree causes a scene when she flips out. Danielle is greatly embarrassed and decides to run away with Matthew, with no intentions of returning. Bree then checks herself into a mental institution, as she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. ("No One Is Alone") Bree begins her stay at the psychiatric hospital. There, she meets up with Orson Hodge, who is visiting a sick friend. During a session, Bree refuses to reveal her reasons for admitting herself, much to her doctor's frustration. Bree receives a call from Betty who tells her that she believes Matthew, not Caleb, killed Melanie, and that Bree's daughter, Danielle, is in danger. Bree attempts to leave the hospital but is retrained. She later makes a daring escape by throwing the contents of a miniature Zen sand garden at her doctor and running for the door. ("Remember, Part 1") Bree catches Danielle and Matthew attempting to steal money and food from her home. She warns Danielle that Matthew is a killer but Danielle just takes this as more of her mom's craziness. But when Matthew puts Bree at gunpoint and threatens to kill her if she does not move, Danielle discovers the truth. Before Matthew can pull the trigger, he is shot by a police squad and is killed. The next day, Bree is then visited by Orson who presents her with flowers and congratulates her on the escape. Pleased with his kind gestures, Bree invites Orson into her home. ("Remember, Part 2")
Audition
Marcia Cross originally auditioned for the role of Mary Alice Young, but Marc Cherry thought she was Bree the minute she walked in. Dana Delany, who eventually was cast as Katherine Mayfair, was originally chosen for the role but turned it down, saying it was too similar to her role in Pasadena. Nicollette Sheridan also auditioned for the role but got the role of Edie Britt.
Additional casting
•Mackenzie Brooke Smith played the role of young Bree. ("Women and Death") •Carolyn Howard stood in as a body double for Bree during Marcia Cross' pregnancy. ("No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds", "I Remember That", "The Little Things You Do Together" and "My Husband, the Pig")
•Bree is based on creator Marc Cherry's own mother, as the entire Van de Kamp family is based on the family in which he grew up.
•There are several running gags regarding Bree, about her alcoholism and affiliation with guns, the unnatural color of her hair, and her constant delivery of a basket of homemade muffins to someone, often new neighbors, and the conclusion of her nice gesture with informing the recipient that she will need the basket back.
•Bree is a good singer, who never sings off-key, unlike the rest of her family.
•Bree has a veneer which she has cracked on several occasions.
•Bree has been warned not to get married three times: the first time to George Williams, by his ex-fiancé Leila; then to Orson Hodge, by his former neighbor Carolyn; and then to Karl Mayer, by his ex-wife Susan.
•Bree is the first from the titular housewives to become a grandmother. Second and Third housewives who is a grandmother is Susan Mayer and Lynette Scavo.
16. Feb. 2012 · Desperate houswives season 4 Bri's fake pregnancy poke test. I claim no rights over the this short selection that comes from ABC's Desperate Housewives, all credits to authors/creators...
Bree is spoofed in MADtv 's Desperate Housewives parody, in which they mock the character's plastic exterior and demeanor. In a 2006 interview with Charmed Magazine, Michelle Stafford admitted that her character Mandi in Charmed episode "Desperate Housewitches" was almost entirely modeled after Marcia Cross as Bree. Looking at ...
Desperate Housewives (englisch für „Verzweifelte Hausfrauen“) ist eine US-amerikanische Dramedy-Serie von Marc Cherry, die von Oktober 2004 bis Mai 2012 von ABC Studios für den US-Sender ABC produziert wurde und ab April 2005 auch in der Schweiz, in Österreich und Deutschland ausgestrahlt wurde. Sie wurde im Mai 2012 nach 180 Episoden in acht Staffeln mit einem zweistündigen ...
Delivering great storylines such as Bree's fake pregnancy, Lynette's cancer, Gaby's affair and even Susan's real pregnancy, season four was already great. But then add the Kayla storyline and ...
5. Juni 2018 · „Desperate Housewives“ lief acht Jahre lang im Fernsehen. Alles drehte sich dabei um die dramatischen Erlebnisse einiger Hausfrauen nebst Familien in der „Wisteria Lane“. Was in der Serie ...
