<P> In November 2009, rumors surfaced that de Matteo was being released from her contract due to budgetary concerns . However, Cherry denied them and the actress appeared in 20 of the season's 23 episodes . However, de Matteo did depart from the series in May 2010 after one season . Cherry explained, "Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season . She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York ." </P> <P> Before the character's debut, de Matteo described Angie as "brassy" and a "liberal New Yorker," which she said contrasts with the more conservative nature of the other characters . She commented that Angie "is less of a housewife than the rest of them . She's a real broad ." However, de Matteo also noted that Angie is "not just the brassy smart - talker" and has a vulnerable side, which would be explored in the show . Cherry boosted Angie as "a loving but tough Italian woman...who will do what she has to protect her family ." He also described her as "brilliant" and "shielded," which leaves her largely detached from the other women on the series . Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly described the character as "icy ." Entertainment Weekly's Tanner Stransky wrote that Angie was "very real and very gritty," noting that the character was capable "of doing what they need to survive, no matter what the price ." Within the series, Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross) describes Angie as blunt and tactless . </P> <P> The character's backstory is explored throughout the sixth season of Desperate Housewives . Angela de Luca lived in New York City with her mother, Rose De Luca (Suzanne Costallos). At age eighteen, she dropped out of college, where she was enrolled as an engineering major, and joined a band of eco-terrorists, led by Patrick Logan (John Barrowman), with whom she became romantically involved . Patrick asked her to build a bomb that would be used against a corporate company . On November 10, 1991, the eco-terrorist group bombed a building that was supposedly empty; however, they unintentionally killed a man named Shawn . Angela sustained a large scar on her back as a result of the explosion . Consumed with guilt over having killed an innocent man, Angela agreed to run away with a private investigator (Jeffrey Nordling) who had been pursuing the terrorist group . Later, Angie discovered she was pregnant with Patrick's child . She and the private investigator raised Patrick's son as their own and moved several times, living under various aliases, in an attempt to evade both Patrick and the FBI . </P> <P> In the sixth season premiere, the fugitive couple, now under the aliases of Angie and Nick Bolen, buys a house on Wisteria Lane in Fairview, Eagle State, with their nineteen - year - old son, Danny (Beau Mirchoff). While Angie hesitantly befriends the other women on the street, Danny takes a liking to Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen), a neighbor who eventually rejects his attempts to form a romantic relationship . When Julie falls into a coma after being strangled, Danny is the prime suspect, thus creating tension between Angie and Julie's mother, Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher). However, Danny is cleared of all charges when his alibi is validated . Meanwhile, neighbor Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany) befriends Angie while experiencing a nervous breakdown as a result of Mike Delfino (James Denton) marrying Susan rather than her . When Katherine begins to question Angie's past, Angie tells Susan that Katherine may have strangled Julie as an act of revenge . </P>

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