Who Will Die on 'Desperate Housewives?'
Mid-season cliffhanger includes possible Oceanic plane crash, death and mayhem.
Oct. 26, 2009— -- "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" fans have been in an uproar amid speculation that a "Lost" Oceanic Airlines plane could come crashing down on "Housewives" Wisteria Lane.
Relax. "The plane is in Hawaii," a source close to the show said.
Hawaii being, of course, where "Lost" is filmed.
The idea, which had originally been floated at ABC, the parent company for ABC News, was "immediately nipped in the bud by the producers at 'Desperate Housewives,'" Michael Ausiello, who writes the TV column "The Ausiello Files" for EW.com, said.
"My theory is it was just a little too blatantly cross-promotional," he added. "I can't imagine the "Lost" producers would have been excited about it either. This idea went away within seconds of coming out. It was never seriously considered."
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ABC has done some cross promoting of its shows, such as when Matthew Fox of "Lost" appeared in the kitchen of "Housewives" Teri Hatcher in a television ad.
And, in a subtle reference to "Lost," a billboard for Oceanic Airlines appeared on an episode of the new series "Flash Forward."
Not too many people picked up on that, said E! television columnist Kristen Dos Santos. But an Oceanic plane crashing down on Wisteria Lane "would be more noticeable."
Dos Santos said there's still a possibility that an Oceanic plane, not "Lost" flight 815, which spawned that show's characters, could come crashing onto the "Housewives" set.
She was told that the name of the airline could be added after the scenes were shot.
"It's still yet to be determined," Dos Santos said. "But are they still going to go through with it because now it wouldn't be a surprise for fans?"
One thing's certain: "Housewives" creator Marc Cherry is planning on having a plane crash. He told Ausiello earlier in the month, "It's going to be my cliffhanger for the first half of the season."
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