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‘Desperate’ Fans Get Answers

The episode, the second of a two-part “Housewives” cliffhanger, was supposed to air later this season and is the last “Housewives” episode completed before the writers’ strike began Nov. 5.

ABC hoped that by airing the episode later in the season, the writers’ strike would be settled, with viewers hungry for original programming.

But with the strike dragging on, network officials decided to roll the dice and not keep “Housewives” fans hanging.

After the tornado struck Wisteria Lane on the Dec. 3 episode of “Housewives,” it was inferred that a central husband–perhaps Tom Scavo (Doug Savant) or Carlos Solis (Ricardo Chavira)–may have died in the aftermath.