**FILE** Maria Conchita Alonso arrives at ABC's 50th anniversary celebration at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles on March 13, 2003. Alonso is paying a visit to "Desperate Housewives," in an episode tentatively scheduled for Feb. 19, 2006 on ABC. Alonso will play Lucia, who drops in on her daughter Gabrielle, played by Eva Longoria, after leaving the latest in a string of husbands, the network said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)