Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 16 You Take for Granted : SUSAN PERSUADES MIKE TO GO TO THE POLICE WHEN SHE DISCOVERS THAT BEN’S LOANSHARK IS OUT TO GET HIM, AND MRS. MCCLUSKEY – WHO IS SUFFERING FROM TERMINAL CANCER – ASKS BREE TO HELP PUT AN END TO HER LIFE, ON ABC’S “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES”

“You Take for Granted” – Susan convinces Mike to go to the police when she discovers that Ben’s loanshark is out to get him; Gaby is justifiably concerned when Carlos exhibits some strange behavior on his first day back to work; Tom’s girlfriend, Jane, drops a bombshell on Lynette during Penny’s birthday party; and Mrs. McCluskey, who is suffering from terminal cancer, asks Bree to help put an end to her life, on “Desperate Housewives,” SUNDAY, MARCH 11 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Desperate Housewives” stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Jonathan Cake as Det. Chuck Vance, Charles Mesure as Ben Faulkner and Madison de la Garza as Juanita Solis, with Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young and James Denton as Mike Delfino.

Guest starring are Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. McCluskey, Darcy Rose Byrnes as Penny Scavo, Daniella Baltodano as Celia Solis, Orson Bean as Roy Bender, Andrea Parker as Jane, Michael Dempsey as Det. Murphy, Derek Webster as Det. Harrison, Jayne Entwistle as Marilyn, Stuart Pankin as Patrick, Sal Landi as Donny, Jack J. Bennett as steel worker, Katherine Emmer as Cindy, Griffin Barrett Cleveland as son and Jorge-Luis Pallo as Det. Gillette.

“You Take for Granted” was written by Matt Berry and directed by Jeff Greenstein.

Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 15 She Needs Me : WHILE SUSAN WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN HELPING TO RAISE HER FUTURE GRANDDAUGHTER, LYNETTE DOES NOT; AND ORSON CONVINCES BREE TO GO AWAY WITH HIM – PERHAPS NEVER RETURNING TO WISTERIA LANE – ON ABC’S “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES”

Kyle MacLachlan Guest Stars as Orson

“She Needs Me” – Susan tells Porter that she’ll set up a nursery and watch over his and Julie’s baby after Lynette firmly tells her son that she will not help raise her future granddaughter; Orson convinces Bree to go away with him to the Maine countryside – perhaps never returning to Wisteria Lane; Karen pleads with Gaby not to tell Roy about her condition; and good deeds never go unpunished when, after paying off Ben’s loan shark, the thug sets his eyes on destroying Renee’s life, on “Desperate Housewives,” SUNDAY, MARCH 4 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Desperate Housewives” stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Jonathan Cake as Det. Chuck Vance, Charles Mesure as Ben Faulkner and Madison de la Garza as Juanita Solis, with Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young and James Denton as Mike Delfino.

Guest starring are Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. McCluskey, Joshua Logan Moore as Parker Scavo, Darcy Rose Byrnes as Penny Scavo, Kyle MacLachlan as Orson Hodge, Charlie Carver as Porter Scavo, Orson Bean as Roy Bender and Sal Landi as Donny.

“She Needs Me” was written by Jason Ganzel and directed by Randy Zisk.