Six months after being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, Gale Harold, now fully recovered, returns to Desperate Housewives as Jackson, Susan’s ex, on May 3. And we do mean fully recovered. ”Quite frankly, I think he looks even better [than before the crash],” says series creator Marc Cherry with a laugh, adding that Jackson reappears with a ”very important question for Susan — one that she’s stunned by.” (I’m thinking it’ll be something along the lines of ”*i** *ou *a*** *e?”) Harold’s unexpected hiatus ended up benefiting the Jackson-Susan romance. ”We were planning to end his story [around midseason],” Cherry explains. ”But because of the accident, we get to bring him back and have a nice full-circle journey for Susan in season 5.” As for season 6? Cherry says anything’s possible, noting that the once-commitment-shy Harold ”may have changed his priorities [since the accident].”

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