Katherine Mayfair
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"Look, it's our new queen — Katherine of Arrogant."
Katherine Mayfair (née Simms, previously Davis) prides herself on being an excellent wife and mother. She is known for being an excellent cook, which brings her into conflict with Bree at first, but they later become good friends. Katherine has a very sarcastic personality but can also be very serious. She is very secretive initially, but becomes much more calm and relaxed after her secret is revealed at the close of season 4. After being cold and stand-off-ish to the other housewives during season four, Katherine becomes close friends with the other women of Wisteria Lane, following the five year jump between seasons four and five.
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[edit] Early Life
Known as Katherine Davis when she last left Wisteria Lane, lived on 4356 Wisteria Lane twelve years before Season Four. Sharing the home was her daughter Dylan and Aunt Lillian, who owned the house. It is revealed throughout season 4 that Katherine's ex-husband Wayne Davis had beat her on several occasions and often left her in fear. As revealed in the fourth season finale, Katherine and Aunt Lillian had Mary Alice Young babysit Dylan one particular night. When they return, Mary Alice tells them that Wayne, Dylan's father, had come to visit his daughter and gave her a doll as a gift. Furious, Katherine took the doll from her sleeping daughter and places it on top of a huge wooden bookshelf in the bedroom. Later, Wayne returns and a confrontation between the two leads to Katherine striking Wayne with a candlestick, causing him to leave. Katherine awoke sometime later to Lillian's screams from Dylan's bedroom. Upon reaching the room, she discovers that her daughter, while trying to retrieve the doll, was crushed and killed by the off-balanced bookshelf. In shock, Katherine and Aunt Lillian realize that Wayne could have them arrested for murder, so they bury Dylan's body in the woods behind the house. The next day, Mary Alice and Susan Mayer knock on Katherine's front door, only to find that she is moving away without any explanation. After leaving Wisteria Lane, Katherine visits a Romanian orphanage and finds a young girl who bears a striking resemblance to her now-deceased daughter. Katherine adopts the young girl and changes her name to Dylan in an attempt to cover up the accidental death of her daughter.
[edit] Season Four
Katherine first arrives in season four 's premiere as a former resident of Wisteria Lane, who had left abruptly and without further explanation for over twelve years. As the housewives watch her and her family move into the street, Susan recognizes her and runs to hug her.
Dylan questions Katherine later in the episode about her father and Katherine tells Dylan not to listen to a thing Karen McCluskey says. When Dylan calls Katherine a monster, Katherine slaps her hard across the face and Dylan runs to her room. Katherine, Dylan and Adam Mayfair do not notice however that Bree was listening to the entire conversation because she was hiding around the corner after looking for Katherine's secret recipe. Katherine later catches Julie Mayer and her daughter in a locked room in her house and not only sends Julie home, but forbids Dylan to hang out with her ever again. At the end of the episode Katherine informs Adam her aunt Lillian is ready to come home and she says she is letting her sleep in the room which she forbade Dylan to sleep in. When alone, Katherine lifts up a rug and looks at a large gash in the floor and breaks down in tears. In "If There's Anything I Can't Stand," its revealed Lillian knows Katherine's mysterious secret. Lillian is brought home so she can die there. As she tells Katherine that she is worried that God will not accept her into heaven, Katherine tells her God will accept her with open arms. However, Lillian remains worried and she tells Katherine that they should tell Dylan the truth about what they lied and covered up so many years ago; however, Katherine refuses. Lillian then attempts to tell Dylan the truth, but Katherine returns home just in time to stop Lillian.
Later in the episode in her last living moments, Lillian writes down what they had covered up in hope that Dylan would find it. She dropped it on the floor and then died. Katherine watches as her body is taken away and she leaves the room, but the piece of paper remains hidden under the bed. In the episode "Something's Coming" Katherine and her husband, Adam, stay with Bree her house during a tornado. After is revealed that Adam did have an affair with Sylvia Greene (a former patient) in Chicago, Bree comforts Katherine and at the end of the episode it appears that Bree and Katherine have finally become friends. In the episode "Welcome to Kanagawa," it is implied that Katherine may have killed her ex-husband, Dylan's father. Adam discovers Lily's note and confronts Katherine, leaving her. In her anger, she burns the note, only for Dylan to find information in the remains. In the episode "Hello, Little Girl
," Dylan meets her father, Wayne Davis, who is a police officer. He stopped her the day before for speeding, but it turned out he just wanted to get a good look at her. Dylan then lies to Katherine and meets Wayne several times, but Katherine finds out it is her father when she spys on her. Dylan finally comes clean, and Katherine agrees to see Wayne.
Wayne seems pleased to see Katherine, but Katherine tells him that she does not believe he has changed at all, and still thinks he is abusive. In "Mother Said," Dylan confronts Katherine when she decides to move, now that Wayne knows where they live. When Wayne picks Dylan up to take her to her recital, Wayne suggests they go as a family. But Katherine tells him that Dylan is not his daughter. Wayne himself discovers through a DNA test and by Dylan's lack of scars from where she fell off her bike years ago that Dylan is not his daughter.
In the 4th season finale, Bree comes knocking on the door looking for Katherine, who bailed out on their catering job for Bob and Lee's wedding. Bree is then taken hostage by Wayne. It is when Wayne threatens Bree's life that Katherine tells him the truth.
After she does, Wayne, in a fit of rage, raises his gun and says he wants to kill Katherine. Adam shows up and fights with Wayne. As Bree goes to help clean Adam up, Katherine is left holding a gun to Wayne. As Wayne lays there he continues to make threats, Katherine shoots him in the chest, instantly killing him. Moments later the police arrive, and Katherine is in cuffs and it appears she is going to jail.
However, when the police question the housewives, they all give alibis in Katherine's favor, saying how horrible and dangerous Wayne was. Katherine is then released as it was self-defense. Dylan then returns and the two hug.
Katherine then joins the ranks of the Desperate Housewives as the sixth member.
[edit] Five Year Jump
Five years after the events concluding Season 4, Katherine is a much happier woman, with a more relaxed personality. Katherine is no longer with Adam, although it has not been mentioned whether Katherine is widowed, divorced or just separated. The other housewives have fully accepted Katherine as "one of them."
[edit] Season Five
"Susan Mayer for God's sake, give me back my pearls!"
Katherine is now a business partner of Bree's and there is some jealousy there because Bree is the star of their business (having published a cookbook, using some of Katherine's recipes) and Katherine is doing a great deal of the work without credit.
Later in the season, Katherine has now moved on into a relationship with Mike Delfino. When she is pressured by Dylan to move to Baltimore to help with her new baby, she informs Mike of this, but he does not really give her a reaction, making her frustrated and confused. Later when Mike tells Dave Williams that he is falling in love with Katherine and he does not know how to tell her to stay. Dave later sends her flowers pretending they are from Mike, with a note saying 'Don't go'. Katherine, believing they are from Mike, forgives him and the two share a kiss, with Dave staring through the window. This is an indication of his plans to enact revenge on Mike through Katherine.
Susan is having a problem with the fact that Katherine is dating her ex-husband. Susan does not want Mike to leave their son M.J. in her care, as M.J. appears to be starting to prefer Katherine to Susan. Katherine tells Susan she has no choice in the matter, as Mike is planning to move in with Katherine soon. After an argument following Katherine and Mike's housewarming however, it appears that Susan and Katherine have agreed to put their differences aside and be friends again. Dave attempts to carry his plans of revenge on when he, Katherine and Mike all went camping. During the trip, Dave was about to shoot Katherine; however, Edie Britt discovered that Dave marrying her and moving to Wisteria Lane was all a hoax to hurt Mike and texted Dave at the exact moment he planned on killing Katherine, which caused him to miss. So un-beknownst to Katherine, Edie saved her life. Mike, still in love with Susan, after hearing the news that Susan is getting married with Jackson, gets very upset, but pretends to be happy and in love with Katherine.
[edit] Season Six
It is revealed that Mike's bride is Susan who is preparing to walk down the aisle, revealing that Mike chose to remarry her rather than marry Katherine. Through flashbacks, it's revealed that Mike broke up with Katherine and proposed to Susan. When Susan is out, her wedding dress is delivered to Katherine's house. Katherine wears it while cooking to annoy Susan. She also demands that Susan publicly apologize to her for taking Mike away. Susan initially refuses and locks her in a closet, Katherine then breaks free, crashes the wedding, but is demanded to leave by Mike. Susan, finally feeling guilty then apologizes, but Katherine's feelings remain bitter. Katherine begins to plot a way to get back at Susan. When Katherine visits Orson, she openly states that Mike doesn't love Susan at all and will come back to her. When Susan is with Julie at the hospital, Katherine visits Mike, gives him a kiss and tells him she'll be there for him. Katherine then tells Orson that Mike made a pass at her, hoping this will get back to Susan. Katherine informs Bree that Mike's going to dump Susan soon and reunite with her. Later, Bree and Katherine cause a scene at a wedding they're catering, as Katherine becomes emotional over a cake. Bree is troubled by Katherine's behavior and when Katherine shows up the next day, Bree fires her. Katherine uses her key to scratch up Bree's car.
Susan is angry when Bree tells her about Katherine hitting on Mike. Things come to a head at a neighborhood watch meeting after Susan ignores Katherine when she tries to volunteer, escalating into Susan publicly threatening Katherine if she doesn't leave her and Mike alone. That night, Julie hears someone outside and responds, gun in hand. Susan takes the gun and fires out the window, hitting Katherine in the shoulder. Angie Bolen talks Katherine out of calling the police by telling her that Mike's still crazy about her and that by staying quiet, she'll look like a "saint" while Susan looks like a "monster." Katherine hints to Susan that if they won't become friends again, she'll sue her. One night, Katherine calls Mike and asks him to fix a leak at his house. Susan is suspicious and goes with them. Susan sees the candles and roses and realizes Katherine was planning on seducing Mike. They fight it out and end up falling into Katherine's bubble bath. Angie goes over to Susan's and plants the idea in Susan's head that Katherine might have been the one who strangled Julie a few weeks back.
[edit] Family
[edit] Blood Relatives
Daughter: Dylan Davis (Wayne) (deceased)
Aunt: Lillian Simms (maternal) (deceased)
Cousins: Ed Simms (maternal)
[edit] Other Relatives
Adopted Daughter: Dylan Mayfair (adopted)
Ex-Husband: Wayne Davis (divorced) (deceased), Adam Mayfair (divorced)
Love Obsession: Mike Delfino
Past Romances: Peter Hickley (one-night-stand), Tim Bremmer (ex-lover), Mike Delfino (ex-fiancé)
Son-in-Law: Bradley
