Matteo joined Desperate Housewives as a fugitive matriarch named Angie Bolen at the beginning of its sixth season in 2009. She played the wife of Nick, portrayed by Big Little Lies actor Jeffrey Nordling, and the mother of Danny, played by Beau Mirchoff.
In the series, the Bolen family comes to Fairview, after which Angie maintains a distance from her neighbors. But she suffers a blast from her past since her ex-boyfriend Patrick Logan, played by John Barrowman, tracks her down.
He contemplates getting her back in his life and injures her husband seriously. After Nick gets hospitalized, Logan visits her and makes Angie and her son his hostages.
The evil villain then forces the mother-of-one to build a bomb, a skill she had left behind since killing a man for an eco-terrorist organization. He threatens her with the life of his son.
As soon as she completes the bomb, Patrick drags Angie to his car and reveals his plan to kill her son with the same explosive. Upon hearing his intention, Angie runs towards her house.
At first, everyone thought she was going towards the house to save her son. But it turns out she put the explosives on the detonator. As a result, Patrick blows himself and the car to pieces.
After the massive explosion, the Bolen family moves away from Fairview to Atlanta, hoping to start a new life. The scene created a perfect exit for Matteo and also Barrowman from the series.
