Robin Gallagher, Desperate Housewives

Robin Gallagher (Julie Benz) was introduced in as a stripper at Double D’s, a strip club left to Susan Mayer. When Susan sold her half of the business, she convinced Robin to quit and got her a job at her school instead. When Robin was later fired after it was revealed she used to be a stripper, she then moved in with Susan and her husband, Mike. The other women of Wisteria Lane were less than pleased to have their husbands, boyfriends, and sons leering at Robin, and they all to judged her prematurely, before they realized that Robin was a genuinely nice person and much more than a reformed stripper.

Robin then decided to move in with Katherine Mayfair, and the two become fast friends. After a night out together, Robin admitted to being a lesbian and kissed Katherine, and though this confused Katherine, she ended up sleeping with her. Over the course of the season, Robin became frustrated as Katherine was unwilling to define their relationship, or show affection in front of the neighbors. Though Robin was afraid that Katherine would kick her out, instead Katherine suggested they go away together, so they packed and went to Paris, leaving the show.

In Season 8, Katherine briefly returned to the series in the final episode, “Finishing the Hat,” where she revealed that she had made a lot of money in France but that she and Robin had broken up only three months after arriving in Paris when Katherine decided she would rather focus on her professional life.

Appearances:

• 6 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany, bisexual, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? Yes, Robin's main episodes are in February.

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.