Talk:Then I Really Got Scared/@comment-5066566-20110510071255/@comment-392210-20110510123137

I have no idea why the billing is as it is. Teri Hatcher started off the series as the leading housewife so it makes sense she's billed first. As for Felicity and Marcia, my guess is they are billed in that order because Lynette's life was inspired by Marc's childhood, and Bree's life was inspired by his teenage years. Eva would come last because Gabrielle was the last housewife he came up with, he wanted one who'd be necessarily beautiful. Plus, Eva was the one with the smallest career at the time. Nicollette was originally meant to be a recurring guest star, but when she was promoted to series regular she immediately got the fifth billing spot due to being a housewife. Brenda got the special "with" credit in the opening credits sequence from 1.02 onwards because she's the narrator (I think she should have the "and" credit, be saved for last) and is the only castmember to ever have the name of the character portrayed billed as well. I don't know why Jamie got the "and" credit, but considering he was the first guy billed in the pilot (under Nicollette's name), my guess is he was meant to be the leading guy, opposite Teri's leading role, and he started off as the only regular middle-aged male not married to one of the ladies and a sort of mystery star. That's probably why he gets that credit.

But I'm only guessing.