Lee McDermott
| Bob Hunter and Lee McDermott | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuc Watkins as Bob Hunter and Kevin Rahm as Lee McDermott
|
|||||||
| Desperate Housewives character | |||||||
| Portrayed by |
Tuc Watkins (Bob Hunter) Kevin Rahm (Lee McDermott) |
||||||
| Duration | 2007–12 | ||||||
| First appearance | "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" 4x04, October 21, 2007 |
||||||
| Last appearance | "Finishing the Hat" 8x23, May 13, 2012 |
||||||
| Created by | Marc Cherry | ||||||
| Profile | |||||||
| Occupation | Attorney (Bob Hunter) Real-estate agent (Lee McDermott; seasons 6–8) |
||||||
| Residence |
New York City - before season 4 4351 Wisteria Lane in Fairview, Eagle State - since beginning of season 4 |
||||||
|
|||||||
| Parents | Mrs. Hunter (Bob's mother) |
|---|---|
| Siblings |
Mr. McDermott (Lee's brother) Unnamed Lee's siblings |
| Children | Jenny Hunter-McDermott (adopted daughter) |
Bob Hunter and Lee McDermott are fictional characters created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Bob is portrayed by Tuc Watkins and Lee by Kevin Rahm. They first appeared in the season four episode "If There's Anything I Can't Stand" on October 21, 2007. Within the series, Bob, an attorney, and Lee, a real-state agent, are the first gay couple to live on the fictitious Wisteria Lane.
Prior to the fourth season of Desperate Housewives, the series' sole leading gay character was Andrew Van de Kamp, whom critics noted as having a minimal role in season three. In July 2007, two months before the premiere of season four, series creator Marc Cherry announced that a gay couple would be moving to Wisteria Lane around the fifth episode of the new season. Cherry named the characters after ABC journalist Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee, and based them on his own experiences and interactions with neighbors as a gay man. Cherry decided not to make the new characters "issue-oriented" and treat them like the heterosexual couples on the series. Actor Tuc Watkins was cast in the recurring role of Bob in August 2007, having previously auditioned for the role of Adam Mayfair for the series only a few weeks earlier. Kevin Rahm, who was cast as Bob's partner Lee, originally auditioned for Bob.
...
Wikipedia