Look out, residents of Wisteria Lane. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...

... no, wait, it actually is a plane!

Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has revealed a major storyline that will leave viewers on the edges of their seats this winter: there will be a neighborhood plane crash.

“It’s going to be my cliffhanger for the first half of the season,” he said of the tragedy, whch will “affect everyone’s lives.”

Cherry did confirm to Entertainment Weekly that no one "major" from the cast will die as a result of the accident.

Cherry also explained the role Kathy Najimy would take on in more depth.

"Susan suspects Katherine was the one who attacked Julie, so she gets [a cop] to help her," he said. "But then she finds out the policewoman (Najimy) went to high school with her - and Susan stole her boyfriend, too!"

Due to this history, Najimy's character has been resenting Susan for decades. Sounds juicy!

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