Bree Van De Kamp
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Bree Mason Van De Kamp is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actress Marcia Cross.
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Bree Van De Kamp, described as "Martha Stewart on steroids," is a deeply religious White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, ultra-conservative Republican, and NRA member who owns four guns (shotgun and pistol), who was trapped in a sterile marriage with Rex, her fed-up husband, and her rebellious children, Andrew and Danielle.Bree is obsessively concerned with perfection and keeping up appearances and tries to show as little emotion as possible, much to the displeasure of her family. She was fiercely determined to save her marriage and would do anything to protect her family, as evidenced by her cover-up of son Andrew's hit-and-run.
She also had a relationship with George Williams, her pharmacist when she and Rex were briefly separated. This relationship was mostly her way of making Rex jealous, but George fell obsessively in love with her. At the end of the first season, she reconciled with Rex over what happened with their family before he died. She also has a very bad relationship with Rex's mother including her obsession over what tie he had to wear before he was buried as Phyllis insisted on Rex's prep-school tie, but Bree refuses to let him go to the grave as she changes his tie. Season 2 marked a change in the character as George's obsession with her mounted to the point where the two became engaged, culminating in Bree failing to help George as he died of a lethal overdose after she learned of his role in Rex's death. Bree also sent Andrew off to boot camp for a second time when he attacked George for kissing her, but allowed him to return after George's death.
While babysitting Lynette's kids, Bree had passed out after drinking wine. Lynette intervened trying to help Bree acknowledge her drinking problem. Bree has forced herself to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings although she, herself, does not believe that she actually has a drinking problem -- she is doing it to prevent her son from being emancipated. "Perception is reality, Andrew; and if people perceive me to have a drinking problem, then I do." Andrew is angered that she won't simply let him take his trust fund and leave, as they are both unhappy, and tells her that he hates her. To this Bree responds, "You know, the opposite of love isn't hate. It's indifference. And if you hate me, that means you still care and we're still connected and I still have a chance to set you right."
Bree attends AA and meets Peter McMillan, a kind, attentive man who becomes her sponsor. She confesses to him that she doesn't like herself anymore; Peter says he likes her just fine. And so, Peter becomes her new addiction. After Bree kisses him in thanks, Peter warns her that he is also a sex addict. He tries to foist her on another sponsor, but Bree falls off the wagon (possibly with the intention of showing Peter how much she needs him). Peter then helps her get sober. However, Bree starts to go into a deep depression after she abandons Andrew at a gas station because he had seduced Peter, and Danielle runs away with Matthew. On the verge of collapse, she checks herself into a psychiatric facility. She escapes once she learns that Matthew is the true murderer of Melanie Foster. Matthew holds her at gunpoint and is about to pull the trigger, when he is shot by the police.
Bree meets the charming dentist Orson and it looks like she might start dating him, not knowing that Orson is responsible for the hit and run on Mike Delfino.
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