Carlos Solis

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Carlos Solis
Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis
First appearance	Pilot (episode 1.01)
Statistics
Gender	Male
Occupation	former Businessman
Family	Juanita Solis (mother; deceased) Diego Solis (father; deceased)
Spouse	Gabrielle Solis Marquez (ex-wife) Xiao-Mei (mistress)
Portrayed by	Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Created by	Marc Cherry

Carlos Solis is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor, Ricardo Antonio Chavira.

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	"We're not very nice people, are we?"
	— Carlos Solis

Carlos Solis is the husband of Gabrielle who has some trouble with the law and a very meddling mother. The families of Carlos Solis and Gabrielle are from Guadalajara, Mexico. Carlos wants to begin a family, so much so that he secretly replaced his wife's birth control pills with sugar pills since Gabrielle is against the idea of getting pregnant. Due to apparent financial difficulties, Carlos took a plea bargain which forces him to serve eight months in jail; separately, he was going to be tried in two hate crimes against two gay men (the family cable guy & Justin) whom he thought were having affairs with Gabrielle. Gabrielle originally refused to get him off doing extra time after finding out it was him who messed with her birth control, but then she decided to blackmail him into taking complete care of the baby in exchange for her testimony. After the loss of the baby, Carlos managed an early parole by seeking aid from a program designed for Catholic inmates. Through the program, Carlos made the acquaintance of a nun by the name of Sister Mary Bernard, who has inspired him to live a more religious life. This invoked the jealousy of Gabrielle, because the Sister is "a knockout", by Gabrielle's admission, and also because she seems to be convincing Carlos to resent Gabrielle. Sister Mary had invited Carlos to accompany her to Botswana, and he accepted at first. When he went to the doctor for his physical examination and vaccinations in preparation for the trip, he left Gabrielle to finish the questionnaire for him, on which she neglected to mention his allergy to eggs, instead, telling the nurse that he was allergic to fish eggs (caviar). This resulted in Carlos becoming sick from an allergic reaction caused by one of the vaccines, forcing him to stay home with Gabrielle.

In the season finale, Gabrielle believed Carlos to be dead but soon discovered he paid the gardner, Ralph to do his community service instead. Ralph was hit by a car. Gabrielle also discovered that Carlos was having an affair with the maid, Xiao-Mei (who was about to give birth to their child).

In the third season opener, Gabrielle tells Carlos that she wants a divorce. At Bree & Orson's wedding party, Xiao-Mei's water breaks. The baby is born black and the doctor tells Carlos & Gabrielle that the wrong baby was put in Xiao-Mei. Carlos and Gabrielle do not get to have their child and are getting a divorce.

After battling things out with Gabrielle for a while, going through a nasty divorce, Carlos and Gabrielle finally come to terms that they do not wish to be the rageful, vengeful, bitter, schemers that the divorce had turned them into, any longer. Carlos suggested that they "just stop being those people", and their segment ended with Gabrielle resting her head on Carlos' chest as she began to cry.

Carlos's attempt to stop scheming clearly had limited success. Carlos moved in with Mike Delfino, claiming to have been his best friend before Mike was hit by Orson Hodge. Although it is possible that Carlos and Mike were close before the accident, there was not much evidence of this in the first two seasons, and taking advantage of Mike's amnesia would be perfectly consistent with Carlos's past actions.

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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 | Mike Delfino | Julie Mayer | Andrew Van De Kamp | Danielle Van De Kamp | Austin Britt