mary alice killed allie novak on desperate housewives.
mary alice killed allie novak on desperate housewives.
who did mary alice kill on desperate housewives?
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deirdre taylor (jolie jenkins) is mike's ex-girlfriend. her death occurred before the series' timeline and plays an integral role in the first season mystery, which focuses on mary alice's suicide. deirdre came from a wealthy family, but rejected it after becoming addicted to drugs as a young adult. during this time, she dated mike, a drug dealer at the time. their relationship ended after mike was incarcerated for killing a corrupt police officer who attempted to rape deirdre. soon after, deirdre gave birth to mike's son without his knowledge. she later sold her son to mary alice, who worked as a nurse in a rehabilitation facility in utah. mary alice and paul fled town and raised deirdre's child as their own. years later, deirdre tracked down the young family and attempted to take the child, zach, back, but mary alice killed her in an attempt to stop her. mary alice and paul chopped up deirdre's body and buried it underneath the cement of their swimming pool.
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both the character and her role as narrator were generally well received by critics throughout the series, and for which strong received nominations for multiple accolades. in his review of the pilot, tom shales of "the washington post" complimented mary alice character's narrations, writing: "even though narration has become the most overused technique in prime-time television (needed, perhaps, to help move the narrative along quickly now that hour-length shows have shrunk to as little as 41 minutes plus commercials), the producers of "desperate housewives" use it well, and strong's uncomplaining perkiness adds yet another layer of irony to the enterprise." peter schorn of "ign" commended strong's narrations as well as the mystery surrounding mary alice's suicide, calling the character's "dark secret" the "mcguffin that powers this first season". matthew gilbert of "the boston globe" described mary alice's suicide scene as "mysterious and somber but mostly funny", pointing out that the soundtrack music remains "light and happy" throughout and likened the character's narration to that of glenn close in "reversal of fortune" (1990). celia wren, also writing for "the washington post", confirmed that the "idyllic small-town" setting of "desperate housewives" as well as mary alice's narration style as a deceased and omniscient narrator were influenced by edgar lee masters' "spoon river anthology" (1915), for which she complimented the series, writing: "there's a lot of material to work with: masters's poetic portrait gallery from 1915 gets its oomph from blowtorching the concept of idyllic small-town america. its largely embittered personalities speak from beyond the grave of murders, seductions, suicides, hypocrisies, political corruption—enough scandalous behavior to make "desperate housewives" look like "little women"."
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