Umutsuz Ev Kadınları Explained
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları, is a Turkish comedy-drama TV series, based on the American comedy-drama TV series Desperate Housewives.[1]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (Turkey) |
|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale |
|---|
| 1 | 37 | October 2, 2011 | June 17, 2012 |
| 2 | 43 | October 11, 2012 | June 16, 2013 |
| 3 | 74 | September 7, 2013 | June 19, 2014 | |
International broadcasts
| Country | Network | Premiere date | Original Name |
|---|
| Turkey | Kanal D (1)
FOX (2-3) | October 2, 2011 | Umutsuz Ev Kadınları |
| Northern Cyprus |
| Arab World | MBC4 | January 13, 2012 | نساء حائرات |
| North Macedonia | Kanal 5 | April 28, 2012 | Очајни домаќинки |
| Bulgaria | NTV | June 4, 2012 | Другите отчаяни съпруги |
| Albania | TV Klan | 30 November 2014 | Shtëpiake të dëshpëruara |
| Serbia | Prva Srpska TV | January 20, 2014 | Domaćice sa Bosfora |
| Montenegro | Prva TV | February, 2014 |
| Greece | Star Channel | July 14, 2014 | Γυναίκες σε απόγνωση | |
Differences from the original series
- Andrew is not gay.
- Katherine is not a lesbian and does not leave the street with Robin.
- Susan does not move out from Wisteria Lane in the 6th season.
- Eddie does not kill his mother or move in with Lynette.
- Julie does not become pregnant.
- Edie does not have a son.
- Mike is not a plumber, he is an electric engineer.
- Bree never becomes an alcoholic.
- Orson does not hit Chuck with a car.
- Yasemin's house does not have a gas explosion in the 1st season, its windows are smashed.
- No plane falls onto the street.
- Bree's house does not get damaged from a tornado, it is damaged by a gas explosion. Sylvia blew up the kitchen to kill herself.
- Karen McCluskey's house does not get demolished by a tornado.
- Gabrielle is acted by two actresses, firstly (1-80) Evrim Solmaz, then (80-154) Deniz Uğur.
- There is not as much sexual content as in the original series.
- Karl does not die, but he does not appear after the 2nd season. In the rest of the seasons Karl is changed with Julie's uncle Ejder.
- Bree and Karl do not get together.
- Susan does not do cleaning in front of a webcam in lingerie.
- Edie does not die, Özge Özder continued to act as Renee Perry from the 124th episode until final.
- Karl does not buy a house for Susan after hers burnt down, he rents one.
- Susan does not stay in a caravan after her house burnt down.
- Susan does not write children's novels, she is a tailor.
- Susan and Karl do not have sex in the second season. Karl comes to Susan's house drunk and vomits so she has to take him into her house.
- Victor Lang does not die in the tornado, he is shot by Wayne.
- Carlos does not become blind from getting hit in the head with a flying object, he becomes blind from being shot in the head by Victor.
- Beth does not commit suicide with a gunshot, she cuts herself in Susan's bathroom.
- 4362 Wisteria Lane's, Edie's and Renee's house, is replaced with three houses. In the first episode it was a first-floor, single-story apartment flat. After a fire it is replaced with another apartment flat in the street. In the third season it is replaced with a blue, two-story house.
- Mary Alice's house does not include a pool. The pool is replaced with a tree.
- There is not a character for Ida Greenberg.
- Alejandro is not Gabrielle's stepfather, he is her ex-husband who beat her during their marriage.
- Susan does not get locked out naked, she was in her bathrobe.
- Susan does not have a relationship with anyone when Mike is in a coma.
Notes and References
- Web site: Desperate Housewives'ın yerli versiyonu Umutsuz Ev Kadınları başlıyor . 28 May 2013 . 10 September 2011 . demirkulak.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709164956/http://www.demirkulak.com/Desperate-Housewivesin-yerli-versiyonu-Umutsuz-Ev-Kadinlari-basliyor-haberi-7148/ . 9 July 2016.
