Teri Hatcher attempt to seduce ex-husband

She's been criticised in the past for being stick-thin but now now Teri Hatcher has a different kind of weight problem to deal with.

These pictures from an episode of the latest series of Desperate Housewives show that the actress has gone from one weight extreme to another by piling on the pounds.

Desperate Housewife: The slender Teri Hatcher wears a fat suit for her character Susan Mayer's flash forward

But thankfully the slender star was just wearing a fat suit to film a 'what if' flash forward scene set 20 years in the future on Wisteria Lane.

It featured in Sunday nigh's episode in the States and includes scenes when each housewives imagines what life would be like if they had made different choices.

Hello, there: Susan tries to seduce ex-husband Mike Delfino in an attempt to avenge her husband Karl's infidelity

Defeated: Her advances rejected, Susan licks her lips in anticipation of some more comfort eating

In her flash forward scene, Teri, who plays ditsy Susan Mayer, considers what would have happened if she'd stayed with her first husband Karl.

She sees herself as unhappy and overweight after venting her rage at his infidelity through comfort eating, before she tries to seduce second husband Mike Delfino, played by James Denton.

In the same episode, Eva Longoria's character Gabrielle Solis takes a glimpse into her future and sees herself as a wrinkly old lady with long grey hair.

In her flash forward, Gabrielle, or Gaby as she's known to her friends, is determined to be an interfering mum and make her daughter a famous actress.

As she shuffles around in a dressing gown, she pleads with a casting agent on the phone to give her youngest daughter Celia a job.

In another scene, stills of which were not been released to UK fans, character Bree Van De Kamp, played by Marcia Cross, considers what would happen if she divorces ex-dentist husband Orson Hodge, played by Kyle MacLachlan.

The popular drama started its sixth series in the US in September but is not expected to air in the UK until this Spring.

British viewers were left with a cliffhanger of an ending to series 5, when fans saw Mike Delfino marry, but the bride's face wasn't shown, leaving everyone guessing whether he got hitched to Susan or rival Katherine Mayfair.

It was also reported today that Dexter star Julie Benz has joined the cast for the current series and plays a stripper who befriends Susan.

Proud: Clutching a glass of wine, Eva Longoria's character Gaby Solis gazes up at her daughter in her flash forward

Demanding: Gaby shouts at a casting agent to give her daughter Celia - seen in the background - an acting job.