Orson's met some basket cases in his time. His marriage to Bree is positively mundane compared to the baggage he accumulated before arriving on Wisteria Lane.
His ex-wife fakes her own death and tries to rape him, with help from his mother. An attempt is made on his wife's life - by his mother - but she gets paralysed in the process. His ex-wife falls off a roof and dies, which means he can frame her for the murder of his former lover... and everyone's a winner.
Except his ex-wife. And his mother. And his former lover.
Having to lie to everyone about Bree's pregnancy and running Mike over was a welcome break - unlike the few years he spent in prison shortly after.
Having served his time, Orson finds it difficult to find a job until his wife comes to the rescue. Happy for a while but not for long, Orson develops a penchant for stealing, and a turbulent time of blackmail, assaults, fake robberies and affairs ensues for him and Bree. Then of course he is left paralysed when a plane crashes on Wisteria Lane. It's no wonder he's always drunk and depressed.
Things go from bad to worse for poor Orson when he tries to commit suicide by wheeling himself into a neighbour's swimming pool. And when he and Bree finally do get a divorce, he continues to loiter in the background like a bad smell in an attempt to break up Bree's new love affair... Perhaps it's all those baths he refused to take.
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