The great and controversial housewives of Wisteria Lane. Life would be so boring without their endless meddling and drama. But although they all have faced their fare share of trying times, these housewives have sometimes been the cause for all the drama (some more than others). Read on to find out who is the strongest of them all.
5. Susan Mayer
Now here is the definition of a pushover. This housewife is completely incapable of living by herself. Remember when Karl left her and what a mess she became? Instead of standing up for herself and supporting her young daughter, she remained depressed for months and completely neglected her daughter. Julie, who was barely entering her teenage years, was more adult and mature than Susan. To add to Susan’s list of irresponsible actions, remember when she dragged Julie through all her troubles? Julie stalked Mike in season 1, accompanied Susan while she was following Mike and eventually even lost all faith in the idea of marriage because of Susan. Now this housewife definitely ranks low for me.
4. Bree van de Kamp
This housewife went through quite a tumultuous life. First, she was completely unsupportive of her children. She was too busy being a Barbie doll and perfecting her already perfect home to notice that her children were unhappy. Then when Andrew starting acting up, instead of comforting and talking to him she sent him away to a disciplinary boot camp! In addition to that, she was completely unaccepting of Andrew being gay and even called over a Reverend to try and change her son. Not only a bad parent, whenever life got tough for Bree, she leaned on her old friend, alcohol. Yes, instead of mustering up the courage to fight any challenge, she chose a different kind of courage: liquid.
3. Lynette Scavo
While Lynette is better than Susan and Bree, she is still not my favourite housewife. In the beginning, she had 4 kids even though she didn’t want them, she manipulated Tom to not accept a promotion because she was afraid he was going to be unfaithful and she didn’t even had the courage to tell her husband she wanted to back to work. Although Lynette was strong when she was diagnosed with cancer, she has been quite weak many times.
2. Edie Britt
Now here is a solid housewife. While Edie may have been a predator, she was strong. She was unapologetically herself and did what she wanted when she wanted.
1. Gabrielle Solis
Ah finally. The best housewife of them all. Gaby was strong, stood up for what she believed in and always got what she want. She stuck by Carlos even though he treated her so very awfully. Firstly, he was never home and just left her all day by herself. Secondly, he was extremely possessive and even beat up two men because he though they were having an affair with Gaby. Thirdly, he physically harmed his wife when he held her hand and forced her to sign a post nup she did’t want to sign. Fourthly (and probably the worst betrayal), he went back on his word. Before Carlos and Gaby got married, they agreed that they would not have kids. But then as soon as Carlos lost his money (and did not support Gaby), he changed his mind and began tweaking with her birth control pills. Tricking his own wife into having a baby she doesn’t want? Low. Not only did she have 2 kids, Gaby even supported the family when Carlos went blind. She sold all of her clothes and valuables so that the family could have a roof over their heads. And what did Carlos do for 8 seasons? Complain and not appreciate Gabrielle who was a true rock.
