Character Profile - Mary Alice Young

Like I told you before, I decided to add profiles of characters from the show here on Desperate For More. The beloved series narrator, Mary Alice Young, will be profiled now.

NAME: Mary Alice Young

FIRST APPEARANCE: "Pilot" (1.01)

NICKNAMES: n/a

ALIAS: Angela Forrest

ROMANTIC INTERESTS: Paul Young (a.k.a. Todd Forrest)

PORTRAYED BY: Brenda Strong

CHARACTER STORY: Mary Alice Young started the series as a seemingly happy suburban housewife who one day ended it all. Now, from her elevated state of P.O.V., she introduces us to the lives of her friends, neighbors and family members, sharing with us all the juicy details. She can see more now than she ever could alive. She now knows all the dirty secrets the people she used to share her life with are keeping. She doesn't judge them, even loves them more for their flaws, pitying them for how they hurt and manipulate those they care the most about. The reasons to Mary Alice's suicide made the main mystery for the first season of the show. Her voiceovers at the beginning and end of every episode (and also in between) are simply wonderful.