When "Desperate Housewives" returns for its fifth season on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 28, the show's timeline will jump ahead five years for the divas of Wisteria Lane -- Susan (Teri Hatcher), Bree (Marcia Cross), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), Gabrielle (Eva Longoria Parker) and Katherine (Dana Delany).

But before their lives go into fast forward, ET has a look back at how these daring damsels survived and thrived in the first four years of the hit series.