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Karl Friedrich Hartmann Mayer

Mayer, Karl Friedrich Hartmann (Neckarbischofsheim, 1786-1870, Tübingen), a friend of L. Uhland from his student days at Tübingen, spent most of his life as a law officer in Ulm and Eßlingen (1818-24), in Waiblingen (1824-43), and finally in Tübingen (1843-57). Mayer wrote agreeable nature poetry, publishing Lieder in 1833 and Gedichte (an expansion of the Lieder) in 1840. He edited Lenau's letters (Nikolaus Lenaus Briefe, 1831) and published a memoir of Uhland, (Ludwig Uhland, seine Freunde und Zeitgenossen, 1867). G. Schwab and J. Kerner were among his friends.

 
 
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Karl Mayer
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Richard Burgi as Karl
First appearance Pilot (episode 1.01) (flashback)
Last appearance Children and Art (episode 3.08)
Cause/reason relationship with Susan Mayer ended
Created by Marc Cherry
Portrayed by Richard Burgi
Information
Gender Male
Age 47
Occupation Lawyer
Spouse(s) Susan Mayer (ex-wife)
Brandi (ex-girlfriend)
Edie Britt (ex-fiancé)
Susan Mayer (ex-lover)
Children Julie Mayer (daughter)
Relatives Sophie Bremmer (former mother-in-law)
Addison Prudy (former father-in-law)

Karl Mayer is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor Richard Burgi.

History

Season 1

Karl first appears in the Pilot in a flashback and shows how he left years of marriage with Susan Mayer Delfino for his secretary called Brandi. Later on the series Susan and Brandi apoligse to each other and become friends, Karl soon breaks up with Brandi and starts dating Edie Britt.

Season 2

Susan also discovers that he flirted with Edie while they were married. He dates Edie Britt during season 1 and 2 but is jealous of Mike Delfino and tries twice to get back with Susan. He even goes so far as to lie to Susan and say that he was breaking it off with Edie, which led to him and Susan having sex. Later Bree Hodge hires Karl to stop her son, Andrew Van De Kamp from blackmailing her. Karl tells Andrew that even though Bree did witness George Williams die, she won't even face a courtroom. Andrew says that he will just make up stories or give her a "public humiliation" and Bree is horrified, Karl asks Bree for more tea and as Bree leaves for the kitchen, Karl grabs hold of Andrew and puts him against the wall and he says that he was a good friend to his father Rex Van De Kamp and said he knew if Rex was alive then he would force Andrew to behave. Andrew backchats once more but Karl grabs him by the cheek and says that if he doesn't stop blackmailing Bree and not giving her the respect she deserves then he will take care of Andrew himself. Bree overhears from the kitchen and lets out a sigh of relief.

Later in Series 2, Karl offers to marry Susan when she needs a life-saving surgery so that she can use his health insurance to pay for it, but they plan to divorce soon after Susan's surgery. Karl becomes jealous of Susan and Dr. Ron's relationship and he knows that Susan had not yet mentioned her and Mike's past, so Karl breaks open a pipe under the sink and Dr. Ron gets Mike and he learns that Susan had lied to him and Karl watched happily as Dr. Ron dumped her. Later in the series, Karl asks Edie to marry him; however, Edie learns about Karl and Susan's secret wedding. As revenge for Karl sleeping with Susan, Edie burns Susan's house down, prompting Karl to buy her a new one as another attempt to get her back, only to be stopped by Mike Delfino.

Season 3

In season 3, both Susan and Edie have moved on and he is mostly absent, returning only in the episode "Children and Art" to play the bad cop for Julie and Austin. This backfires when he gets mad at Susan for dating a married English man whose wife is in coma.

Desperate Housewives
Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | ABC official site
Production Marc Cherry | Awards | Cast | DVDs | Music | Game | Wisteria Lane
Current main
characters
Susan Mayer | Lynette Scavo | Bree Hodge | Gabrielle Lang | Edie Britt
Carlos Solis | Julie Mayer | Tom Scavo | Orson Hodge | Katherine Mayfair | Mary Alice Young | Mike Delfino
Andrew Van De Kamp | Dylan Mayfair | Danielle Van De Kamp
Preston and Porter Scavo | Parker Scavo | Kayla Huntington
Former main
characters

Betty Applewhite | Caleb Applewhite | Matthew Applewhite | Karl Mayer | Austin McCann
John Rowland | Rex Van De Kamp | George Williams | Paul Young | Zach Young

Secondary
characters

Ida Greenberg | Ian Hainsworth | Alma Hodge | Gloria Hodge | Martha Huber
Nora Huntington | Justin | Victor Lang | Adam Mayfair | Karen McCluskey
Travers McLain | Noah Taylor | Felicia Tilman | Xiao-Mei

Character
listings
Recurring characters | One-time characters | Deceased characters
International
adaptations
Amas de Casa Desesperadas (Argentina)
Amas de Casa Desesperadas (Colombia and Ecuador)

 
 

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