Wine and Bree evening

Marcia Cross

Pour another glass of wine for Bree on Desperate Housewives. Better yet, hand over the bottle.

The creator of the show, Marc Cherry, says Marcia Cross' character - who became a widow with her husband's poisoning and then watched her flipped-out fiance die of an overdose - isn't reacting well to changes.

"We're starting her descent into alcoholism," Cherry says. He's promising some alcohol-fuelled moments with her fellow housewives where "it gets pretty ugly".

"When Bree has tension, she grabs a glass," he says. "Chart it back and you'll see so many moments where she just goes for the wine."