Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo (née Lindquist) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the series "Desperate Housewives". The character is played by actress Felicity Huffman, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 2005 to 2007. While show creator Marc Cherry based Bree Van de Kamp's family on his teenage years, he based Lynette's on his childhood life. Other actresses who claim to have auditioned for the show include
Love Is in the Air (Desperate Housewives) Love Is in the Air (Desperate Housewives) "Love is in the Air" is the 14th episode of the ABC television series, "Desperate Housewives". The episode was the 14th episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Tom Spezialy and was directed by Jeff Melman. It originally aired on Sunday February 13, 2005. This episode marks the first appearance of popular recurring character, Karen McCluskey played by Kathryn Joosten who would later become a main character in the show's sixth season. The episode was originally titled "What I Did for Love" which is from the musical, "A Chorus