Zach Young

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Zach Young
First appearance	Pilot (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	Remember (episode 2.23)
Statistics
Aliases	Dana Delfino (real name)
Gender	Male
Age	17
Occupation	Student
Family	Mary Alice Young (foster mother; deceased) Paul Young (foster father) Mike Delfino (biological father) Deirdre Taylor (biological mother; deceased)
Spouse	Julie Mayer (ex-girlfriend)
Relatives	Noah Taylor (deceased grandfather) Kendra Taylor (aunt)
Portrayed by	Cody Kasch
Created by	Marc Cherry

Zachary "Zach" Young is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor, Cody Kasch.

[edit] History

Zach is the mentally unstable adopted son of Paul and Mary Alice, he found love in the form of Julie Mayer who befriended him. Zach eventually got her to agree to let him stay in her bedroom after he had escaped from a juvenile rehabilitation center. This innocent infatuation turned into a strong obsession, and he was dumped by Julie. Early in the show's first season, Zach was disturbed with visions of killing his younger sister, Dana. However, later it was discovered that Zach's original name was "Dana".

[edit] As Dana

Born Dana Delfino in Bountilful, Utah (Zachary Young) was the child of Deirdre Taylor and Mike Delfino. Mike left Deirdre pregnant with his son Dana (Zach) when he went to prison for 5 and a half years. Deirdre did not want her son to be raised by her father Noah so she fled to Utah just to have the baby. She gave birth at Dorothy Drake Rehabilitation Center in June of 1989 in Utah. Dana (Zach) is believed to be greatly affected by the black tar heroin his mother's addiction subjected him to for 9 months in utero because he has a chemical imbalance today resulting in his emotional violent outbursts. Deirdre gave up her son to support her drug addiction, selling him to Angela for all the money she had in her house. Shortly thereafter, Angela and her husband moved to Fairview and changed their names to Mary Alice and Paul. Three years later, Deirdre (now clean and sober) attempts to take Dana back. Dana saw his own mother murdered in front of his eyes. She was chopped up, put in his toy chest and buried under their pool until Paul dug up the remains shortly after Mary Alice's death. Seeing his mother murdered is a traumatic event that has caused Dana/Zach enormous psychological damage to this day.

[edit] As Zach

Zach is the biological son of Deirdre Taylor, who was killed by Mary Alice while attempting to take her child back after recovering from drug addiction. It has been confirmed by numerous spoilers, CNN and creator Marc Cherry that Mike is Zach's biological father, however Mike was not aware that Deirdre had a son until One Wonderful Day. Zach had been missing ever since he held up Susan Mayer in Mike Delfino's home, until he was found in a park by Susan, who took him to lunch and talked about how she wanted to help him, until he mentioned that he still had a very strong obsession with Julie Mayer who he thought still liked him. Susan, visibly shaken by Zach's words, suggested he go to Utah and find Paul Young who Zach still believed was his real father. Susan also supplied him with the money to get him there.

Months later and after Felicia Tilman frames Paul Young for her murder, Paul begs Zach to fetch defense money from Noah Taylor by pleading it for a car. Noah doesn't buy the excuse and informs Zach that he would not be receiving his fortune because of Zach's supposed lack of bravery. Zach, however, turns off Noah's respirator, and finds himself not only having inherited a vast fortune, but also wanting nothing more to do with Paul Young.

Desperate Housewives
Episode list | Official site
General	Original airdates | Characters | Awards and nominations | DVD releases | Music
Main characters	Susan Mayer | Lynette Scavo | Bree Van de Kamp Hodge | Gabrielle Solis Marquez | Edie Britt | Mary Alice Young Carlos Solis | Tom Scavo | Orson Hodge | Julie Mayer | Mike Delfino | Andrew Van De Kamp | Danielle Van De Kamp