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In Desperate Housewives, when her gay son, Andrew, sleeps with her boyfriend, Bree Van de Kamp – everyone’s favourite Republican-voting Stepford wife (played by Marcia Cross, above left) – abandons him on the side of the road. It might be classified more as punishment than revenge but it’s petty as hell. In turn, Andrew goes on TV for a segment about homeless teenagers and tells them about his “alcoholic mother”. Whether it’s burning down your neighbour’s house for sleeping with your fiance, or strangling the woman who blackmailed your dead wife, Desperate Housewives is the ultimate tribute to getting your own back. They don’t make high-camp television like this any more. Jason Okundaye
