Mother's Day 2021: Remembering The Perfectly, Imperfect Mothers From Desperate Housewives Mother's Day 2021: What a day to remember, Bree, Gabriel, Susan, Lynette and the other women of the Desperate Housewives. PM Modi's mother receives first jab of COVID Vaccine For various reasons, Desperate Housewives had become widely popular as an American television series. The television series had been deeply attached to its Christian catholic roots, with the presence of a mother like Bree Van De Camp. Gabriel had been the representation of the woman of colour who achieved her American dream. Susan became the hopelessly romantic American girl who never gave up, and Lynette Scavo represented the efficient working mother, who knew how to get things done, without anyone coming in her way.