When Will Marcia Cross Return To "Desperate Housewives"?

Beloved "Desperate Housewives" star Marcia Cross who gave birth to twins last month and has taken time off from her acting duties on the award-winning ABC series, will be back for the season finale, reports EXTRA Magazine.

Cross who plays perfectionist Bree Van De Kamp is currently enjoying time off with husband Tom Mahoney and her twin daughters Eden and Savannah, but will soon be returning to the Touchstone Studios' Desperate Housewives set.

The season finale episode is tentatively scheduled for May 20, 2007 and it is not clear if it will be a 2-hour event (as last year) since "Brothers & Sisters" finale is also supposed to air the same night in its regular timeslot at 10pm.

Some sources do however insist that the finale will be an extended 2-hour episode, which means the "Brothers & Sisters" finale will air either a week earlier or in a different time.

"Desperate Housewives" returns with a clip special entitled "The Juciest Bites" next Sunday, April 1 at 9pm. The following Sunday, ABC will air the first new episode in a month called "Dress Big".

New episodes are then expected to run all the way through May 20.

According to spoiler sources, two housewives will walk down the aisle in the season finale episode that ends with a shocking cliffhanger (of course!); Gabrielle will be marrying Victor and Susan will tie the knot with Ian.

Chances are at least one of the couples don't get a happy ending.

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