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Context

Tom Scavo is Lynette Scavo's husband and one of the central male characters of Desperate Housewives, portrayed by Doug Savant . A former high school nerd, he has always taken the "back seat" in his marriage, leaving his assertive and controlling wife to make all the important decisions . Father of six children, he built a career as an executive before going through a midlife crisis that led him to open a pizzeria . Tom is a good-natured man with a great sense of humor, sometimes immature and frat-boy-like . He has a pathological need to please that makes him a doormat, taking everything until he explodes .

Summer in Fairview is a time of change for Tom. He is in the middle of an existential crisis, swinging between his dreams of freedom (buying an RV and traveling the country with his family) and the reality of his responsibilities . After his pizzeria went bankrupt, he struggles to find his place and manage tensions with Lynette.

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Biography

Tom Scavo was born into a modest family. He experienced difficulties with his father, as shown in the episode where he lived through the hell of his parents' move. Married to Lynette since 1997, he has raised five children with her: twins Porter and Preston, Parker, Penny, and Paige. He also has an older daughter, Kayla, from a one-night stand with Nora Huntington before his marriage to Lynette .

Professionally, Tom has been a financial director, executive, pizzeria owner, stay-at-home dad, and advertising executive . His career has had its ups and downs. He lost his job after being caught using company time and money for personal matters, then revealed to Lynette that he had another child . He then fulfilled his secret dream of opening a pizzeria, but the business went bankrupt due to the bad economy . He then tried to retrain by studying Chinese at university, but had to drop out after Lynette announced she was pregnant with twins .

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