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PILOT (Episode 1)

Written by Marc Cherry; directed by Charles McDougall.

Original airdate: October  3, 2004

Suburban housewife Mary Alice has a typical day of chores--and  then shoots herself. Her neighbor, Mrs. Huber, uses a borrowed blender as a pretense to and check out what had happened, but  after finding Mary Alice's dead body, Mrs. Huber decides to keep the blender for herself.

Soon  we meet Mary Alice's four friends:

 Gabrielle is married to the rich  Carlos. She's sleeping with 17 year old gardener, John, on the side. The gardening isn't getting done, so Gabrielle covers  for John by leaving a party to go mow the lawn herself.

 Lynette,  a former career woman, left the boardroom to raise her four kids: three bratty boys and a baby girl. After meeting an old friend at the supermarket, Lynette lies about how much she loves staying at home. At Mary Alice's wake, Lynette wades into  the pool to pull her boys out. And when her husband Tom wants to have sex despite not having a condom, Lynette punches him.

Bree's Martha Stewart on steroids. She can cook, she can clean, she can do her  own upholstery. But her husband Rex isn't happy with this, and tells Bree he wants a divorce. She's so distraught she adds  onions to his dinner, momentarily forgetting Rex is deeply allergic to them. Rex is taken to the hospital, but even then Bree  can't let her Stepford exterior go, and she cries in the bathroom. 

Susan's  a divorcee looking for love in all the wrong places. She may have found a new love interest in Mike, her hunky new neighbor.  He doesn't seem to mind that she can't cook at all. But she has some competition from Edie, who's known for always getting  her man. Incorrectly fearing that Edie's sleeping with Mike, Susan goes over to Edie's home, and manages to accidentally burn  Edie's house down.

Of course, perhaps it would be best for Susan  to avoid Mike. After all, he has a gun, and he makes a mysterious call to someone about his real reasons for being there.  And he's not the only man with a secret here: Mary Alice's widower Paul is caught by Paul's son, Zach, as Paul digs something  up from the pool.

As the episode comes to an end, the four leads  gather together to deal with Mary Alice's things, but find a note addressed to Mary Alice. Someone knew a secret about Mary  Alice, and the letter came on the day she died. What was Mary Alice's secret, and who's responsible for Mary Alice killing  herself?

AH,  BUT UNDERNEATH (Episode 2)

Written by Marc Cherry; directed by Larry Shaw

Original airdate: October 10,  2004

 Bree, Lynette, Susan, and Gabrielle decide to not tell Mary  Alice's husband Paul about the letter. Paul has a secret of his own, though: he takes a toy box filled with something and  dumps it into the water, but the toybox floats back up.

 Gabrielle's  torn between her two men: her husband Carlos expects sex from her because of the gifts he brings, while fling John presents  her with a perfect rose. Gabrielle finds she prefers the rose even after Carlos brings her home a new car--although Gabrielle's  not about to dump Carlos. 

Mrs. Huber discovers the measuring cup  Susan left behind at Edie's home, and also learns Susan's missing her cup. But Susan has other problems this week when Mike's  dog prefers Edie over her. At dinner with Mike and Edie, Susan dabs gravy on herself in hopes of getting Mike's dog to like  her, but this backfires when the dog chokes on her earring. The dog's going to be fine, but Susan realizes Mike's not ready  to move on because he's still in love with his wife.

Lynette's bratty  kids get her pulled over by a cop. Mrs. Huber has some advice for Lynette: she should leave her kids on the side of the road,  and not come back for a few moments, as this will calm the kids down. When she tries this, though, her kids disappear. She  finds a mean woman has them, and isn't pleased with her mothering tactics. In the end, her bratty kids come to her rescue.

Bree's displeased when Rex insists they attend a marriage counselor. At Dr. Goldfine's,  Bree avoids discussing her feelings until she opens up in a private session. Rex is stunned when their shrink suggests he's  the one with a problem, not Bree.

PRETTY LITTLE PICTURE (Episode 3)

Written by Oliver Goldstick; directed by Arlene Sanford

Original airdate: October  17, 2004

 Paul and his son Zach compete for who can be the creepiest:  Zach confronts his father after finding the gun Mary Alice used to kill herself, but he falls apart when Bree visits. We learn  that human remains were found in the water where Paul dumped the box. But it's Bree who may be coming closest to the truth,  as she steals Mary Alice's tape from her shrink's when she's looking for her husband's tape. But Paul's secrets may never  be exposed, as he takes steps to sell his house and leave Wisteria Lane behind. 

Gabrielle's  caught in a liplock with John by a little girl, Ashley, who turns out to be her new next door neighbor. Ashley demands a bike  in exchange for her secrecy, and then insists that Gabrielle teach her to ride it. This isn't easy for Gabrielle to do in  high heels, but she's desperate to keep her husband from learning about the affair.

Susan's  still bitter about the end of her marriage to Karl, who doesn't see why she wants him to apologize to her about their divorce.  After an argument with Karl, Susan ends up naked outside, but this turns out to be okay as it leads to Mike agreeing to dinner  with Susan. Susan gets an apology from Brandy, Karl's girlfriend, and this satisfies Susan for now.

 When  Tom doesn't want to go to the party Bree's throwing, Lynette decides to go alone--and she gives her kids cookies to keep them  busy. After the party, Lynette wants to know if she and Tom are happy, and they answer that question by sharing a dance as  her kids look on at their parents.

Bree decides to host a party Mary  Alice had planned before her suicide, but insists to Rex that no one should know they're in counseling. At the party, Rex  spills the secret anyway, causing Bree to spill a secret of her own: Rex cries when he ejaculates. Afterwards, Rex moves out  of the house and into a hotel.

WHO'S  THAT WOMAN? (Episode Four)

Written by Tom Spezialy and Marc Cherry; directed by Jeff Melman

Original airdate:  October 24, 2004

 The women listen to the tape of Mary Alice's session  with Dr. Goldfine, but learn little other than that her real name was Angela. They finally decide to tell Paul about the letter,  but he claims that Mary Alice was troubled and wrote the letter to herself. None of them believe Paul's telling the truth.  Paul hires someone to find out who wrote the letter to Mary Alice.

Gabrielle's  affair with John is almost discovered by the cable guy, but soon Carlos believes his wife is sleeping with the cable guy.  He even questions John about whether Gabrielle's sleeping with someone else. Carlos attacks the cable guy at his home, only  to find Gabrielle's supposed love interest is gay.

 Susan and Edie  are both frustrated that the other is pursuing Mike. Mrs. Huber learns of Susan's interest in Mike and uses the measuring  cup she found to blackmail Susan into doing things for her. Susan and her daughter Julie take control of the situation by  having Julie steal the cup from Mrs. Huber's home, but to keep Edie from going into the house, Susan's forced to arrange a date between Edie and Mike. Susan tells Mrs. Huber exactly what she thinks of her. 

Lynette's  told that her twin boys must be separated if they're to remain in public school--either that, or she should treat them for ADD. She gets the pills, but can't bring herself to give them to her kids--so she finds solace in alcohol instead.

Bree's kids, Danielle and Andrew, realize their father's moved out when Bree cooks  a huge dinner. Andrew acts out by leaving home and going to a strip club, but Bree tracks him down and humiliates him. Bree  and Andrew make up for now, but there's a price for Andrew: he's lost the door to his bedroom.

COME IN, STRANGER (Episode Five)

Written by Alexandra Cunningham; directed  by Arlene Sanford

Original airdate: October 31, 2004

 Gabrielle's  mother-in-law Juanita comes to Wisteria Lane at Carlos' behest, in the hopes of learning who Gabrielle's sleeping with. Gabrielle  avoids being caught with John by framing Juanita for shoplifting. Juanita not-so-subtly threatens Gabrielle by suggesting she killed Carlos's father and is willing to do away with Gabrielle too.

There's  a break-in on Wisteria Lane, and while nothing's taken, everyone's on edge. Susan finds the screwdriver left behind, and after  giving it to the police officer, Rick, she then makes a date with him. Rick claims to have taken the screwdriver to be checked  for fingerprints but when Susan learns he lied about this, she breaks things off with him. Mike's happy about this development,  as the screwdriver's his! Mike and Susan share their first kiss after he saves her from the bad neighborhood where Rick left  her after their date.

Lynette needs to get her kids into private  school, and she convinces Bree to lie for her to a prestigious school concerning her twin boys. But at the interview concerning  the school, Lynette and Tom learn their twins need to be observed first. Lynette makes her kids do a lot of exercise before  the session so that they're practically asleep when they're observed. When they need $15,000 as payment for the school, Lynette  gets Tom to sell his boat.

Bree finds Zach trying to clean up where  his mother shot herself. She invites him to dinner and after telling Zach a Christmas story Zach suggests he knows more about  his mother's death than others realize. Later, she invites him to dinner again, but then chooses to go to her husband Rex  when he wants to talk. When she returns home, she learns Zach's broken in and decorated for Christmas. Zach refuses to explain  himself, but in the comfort of his own home, he apparently hits his father. Paul takes Zach away to an undisclosed location.

RUNNING  TO STAND STILL (Episode Six)

Written by Tracey Stern; directed by Fred Gerber

Original airdate: November  7, 2004

Gabrielle's still being investigated by Juanita. Gabrielle  gets away from Juanita after learning of Juanita's gambling addiction and using this to her advantage. She even briefly gets  Juanita on her side by telling her she'll cover for the money she owes. But Juanita realizes the truth: Carlos tells her he  told Gabrielle about her gambling problem, and Juanita suspects Gabrielle is sleeping with John because she avoids him in  public.

Rex and Dr. Goldfine want Bree to discuss sex in their sessions,  but Bree leaves at the suggestion that she's done something wrong sexually. In a private session at a restaurant, Bree makes  it clear to Dr. Goldfine that she's no prude: she loves everything about sex except for the scrotum. But her attempt to seduce  her husband in his hotel room falls to pieces when she tries to clean up before they can have sex. Afterwards, Bree suggests  that Rex is the one who's hiding something about his sexual urges, but Rex refuses to tell her anything about his desires.

Lynette faces off with fellow mom Maisy at a meeting about a play that Lynette's  twins are in. Maisy wants to make the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood into less of a villain, and while everyone thinks this  is ridiculous, only Lynette brings the problem up--until she convinces everyone else to take her side. Maisy tries some passive-aggressive  moves against Lynette: she threatens to drop Lynette's boys from the play, then not-so-accidentally leaves Lynette off of  the play programs. Lynette confronts Maisy in public, causing Maisy to leave the play, to everyone else's delight. Tired from  making the costumes for the play, Lynette pops some of her sons' ADD medication and finds it gives her the buzz she needs  to keep going.

Susan correctly believes that Paul's lying about Zach's  whereabouts. Zach's actually in an institution for troubled kids, and there Paul encourages Zach's doctor to keep him drugged.  Susan learns of Zach's whereabouts after following Paul in a neighbor's car, but what can she do now? She goes to the institution  under guise of working on a children's book, then has daughter Julie sneak into Zach's room to question him about his mother's  suicide. Zach only tells her something about someone named Dana before Julie's caught and must flee. Neither Susan or Julie  knows of any Dana connected to Zach or Mary Alice, but the answer's closer than they suspect, as Susan bought a baby blanket  from Paul's yard sale that has the name "Dana" on it.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO (Episode Seven)

Written by John Pardee and Joey Murphy;  directed by Larry Shaw

Original airdate: November 21, 2004

 When a man collapses on her lawn, Mrs. Huber--jealous over Bree's perfect lawn--moves the body over to Bree's lawn so as to ruin Bree's flowers.

At a book club where almost no one has read  the book, Bree disposes of the other women so she can talk with Susan, Gabrielle, and Lynette about Zach. Susan tells them  what happened in the previous episode.3 Susan finds the embroidery with Dana's name on it and she and Lynette conclude Dana  was a baby. Later, Paul meets with his real estate agent, Edie; after she leaves, Paul finds something Edie left behind, compares  it to the letter, and concludes Edie wrote the letter to his wife. Paul hires Mr. Shaw to do away with Edie, and later an  unsuspecting Edie meets Mr. Shaw at a bar.

Susan goes to meet Mike  for his date--only to find him cancelling the date because of his sexy houseguest, Kendra, who he insists is only a friend.  Kendra's father is bankrolling Mike for the investigation, and Kendra's apparently someone's sister: Mary Alice? Dana? When  Edie learns Mike is taking Kendra to a cowboy bar, Edie convinces Susan to follow them to the bar. When Mike catches Susan,  Susan humiliates herself while trying to show she was there for a bullride. Afterwards, Kendra makes it clear she and Mike  are only friends, but she suggests to Susan that Susan ask Mike why he moved to Wisteria Lane.

Tom convinces Lynette to throw together a dinner for his partners the day after  tomorrow. When Lynette finds she's out of ADD medication, she tries in vain to get one from the woman who gave her the idea;  then she steals pills from the bathroom of her kids' playmate Timmy. At the dinner party, Lynette comes up with an idea for  Tom's job that is better than his. Afterwards, Tom and Lynette argue, but Tom softens and tells his wife she's a great wife  and mother.

Gabrielle's mad when she learns John has a date with  Danielle. Gabrielle tries to get rid of Danielle by sponsoring Danielle for modeling academy, but John dumps her when he learns  Gabrielle's plot. Gabrielle convinces John to meet her for sex one last time, but Juanita, on to the plan, follows John and  Gabrielle to a motel where she proceeds to take pictures of them together. When John can't get the camera back, they fear  all is lost--but Gabrielle's saved when Juanita's run down by a car.

Bree  and Rex squabble at the principal's office after learning Andrew broke a boy's nose. She blames Andrew, he blames their marriage--which  is ending, as she learns her hubby's serving her with divorce papers soon. Bree becomes hurt when Andrew wants to live with  his father now that his parents' marriage is ending.Rex attempts to buy his kids' love by giving Andrew a new car and Danielle  an opportunity to go to modeling academy. Bree retaliates by throwing her kids out of the house, and Danielle gets back into  her mother's good graces by giving up modeling academy. After Andrew can't convince his dad to let him live with him, Andrew  goes out of control with his car and runs down Juanita with his car. When Bree learns what has happened, she calls Rex, who  returns home--so they can keep the truth from coming out.

GUILTY (Episode Eight)

Written by Kevin Murphy; directed by Fred Gerber

Original  airdate: November 28, 2004

 Bree's family argues about the accident  but Bree ends the discussion by telling them they'll get rid of the car--and then have pancakes for breakfast. When Lynette,  Susan, and Bree clean up outside Gabrielle's home, Lynette unnerves Bree by suggesting the person responsible should be put  away for life. The Van De Kamps visit Carlos and Gabrielle and afterwards Andrew seems relieved to be off the hook. Bree confronts  Andrew about his feelings but he's not concerned about Juanita and is more upset he's lost his car. Bree's concerned her son's  so lackadasical about putting Juanita in a coma.

At the hospital,  John visits a comatose Juanita and then goes to the chapel to pray. Gabrielle doesn't want to give Juanita a sponge bath.  Later, Carlos and Gabrielle squabble when he wants kids and she doesn't. Gabrielle has other problems, too, when John confesses  that he confessed everything to a priest. Gabrielle gets assurance from the priest that he'll stay quiet, but when he wants  her to make a confession, she tells him she can't do that as she prefers to be happy, even though she knows that's selfish.  Gabrielle gives Juanita her sponge bath.

Lynette attempts acupuncture  to relax but her boys won't settle down. She tells the acupuncturist about her ADD pills and she's given a strong herbal remedy  for sleep. Lynette doesn't get to use the pills because her kids arrive for a Cub Scout meeting, so she ends up taking several  pills at once. Everything goes so badly for Lynette that she fantasizes that Mary Alice gives her a gun to kill herself. Lynette  gives her kids to Susan then leaves without explaining herself. Susan and Bree find Lynette, who admits she popped the pills,  and Susan and Bree help Lynette by admitting they've had problems as a mother too. Later, while finally getting some rest,  Lynette dreams of her kids being happy and of Mary Alice smiling at her.

Susan makes a date with Mike but when he's on the phone, she finds his money stash.  She agrees to let Mike's tile guy in while he's away. However, everything goes awry when she ends up falling into the floor  of Mike's bathroom, and Mike tosses her out when he realizes she found his stash of money. Susan tries to apologize to Mike  but they argue and Mike dumps Susan. Later, Mike apologizes to Susan, and the two become passionate together.

Edie and Mrs. Huber squabble because Mrs. Huber took money from Edie. Edie moves  out of Mrs. Huber's home. Paul tells Mr. Shaw to go ahead with the hit on Edie. But when Mr. Shaw goes to kill Edie, he learns  from her that the stationery belonged to Mrs. Huber, not Edie. When Mr. Shaw tells Paul the truth, he calls off the hit and  goes to speak with Mrs. Huber himself. Mrs. Huber admits she sent the note in hopes of getting money from Mary Alice, but  she's not sorry, as Mary Alice did something to a baby. An enraged Paul hits Mrs. Huber with a blender, then strangles her  to death.

SUSPICIOUS  MINDS (Episode Nine)

Written by Jenna Bans; directed by Larry Shaw

Original airdate: December 12, 2004

 While visiting Juanita at the hospital, Gabrielle searches for something to add  meaning to her life--and decides to put on a charity fashion show for the hospital. Gabrielle and John's mother, Helen, discuss  John's crumbling relationship with Danielle. Later, while John's working for the fashion show, Gabrielle puts her foot into  John's crotch beneath the table--and Susan happens to see this. When Susan confronts her, Gabrielle admits her misdeeds but  bristles when Susan compares the affair to Susan's cheating ex. As John and his friend discuss John's affair with a married  woman, Helen overhears some of this. Susan tries to talk John out of the relationship with Gabrielle, but when she places  her hand on his cheek, a spying Helen believes Susan's John's mystery mistress.

At  the fashion show, Edie's wearing a skimpy dress but is overshadowed by Susan's fabulous dress. But when Helen confronts Susan  about her supposed affair with John and tears her dress, Susan's forced out onto the runway looking horrible, to Edie's delight.  Susan demands that Gabrielle tell Helen the truth, and Gabrielle does just that--but Helen claims it's not over. Gabrielle can't bring herself to tell Carlos the truth, but there are other problems for her, as the FBI shows up to arrest Carlos for  something he claims someone else did. Susan comforts her friend Gabrielle.

Paul  buries Mrs. Huber, who's assumed to be away visiting her sister. Later, after receiving a letter from Zach, Julie admits to Susan that she and Zach have been sending letters to each other. Paul's problems escalate when he learns Zach's vanished from the mental home, and he doesn't realize that Zach's in the neighborhood--specifically, he's with Julie! Zach doesn't want  to tell Julie about his problems, but he reacts when Julie shows him the baby blanket with "Dana" on it. Zach tells Julie  he believes he killed his baby sister Dana and his parents covered it up. Julie and Zach's hug turns into a kiss! Paul's looking  for a missing Zach, but Susan insists Julie doesn't know anything.

Meanwhile,  the detectives have investigated the chest Paul dumped into the water and tracked down its maker, who learns that the box  contained an adult woman--a chopped up woman.

Tom plans to take the  kids away for an afternoon so Lynette can relax, but Lynette insists it's not enough; she wants to hire a nanny. Lynette gets  Bree's help to find a great nanny, as Lynette plans to poach someone else's nanny. At a park where nannies often come with  their kids, Lynette sees many lousy nannies but also meets Claire, a great nanny. Lynette tries to "pick up" Claire, who sends  Lynette away with her address as Claire's employer Alexis approaches. Lynette manages to convince Claire to take a job with  her.

Bree's upset that Andrew's so cheerful, but Rex disagrees with  her when she wants to remove Andrew from the swim team. Amidst their argument, Rex and Bree miss Andrew winning the swim race.  Bree becomes upset when she realizes Andrew's stoned; though he denies it, she insists he urinate into a container for her.  Bree brings the urine to Rex while he golfs, but when he claims the pot's no big deal and argues that she always makes the  decisions in their life, an angered Bree tosses the urine at him. Bree sneaks into Andrew's gym locker, finds the pot, and  then makes an anonymous call to the school. Andrew's caught with the pot, and Rex finally gets mad at Andrew for his actions,  but Andrew shuts his mother out of his room.

COME BACK TO ME (Episode  10)

Written by Patty Lin; directed by Fred Gerber

Original airdate: December 19, 2004

 Lynette can't convince her boys to eat her brussel sprouts; Claire convinces Lynette to leave the kids to her. When Lynette  tells Bree about her doubts about leaving the kids with Claire, Bree convinces Lynette to install a nannycam. Lynette finds  that Claire's great with the kids--and starts to become jealous of Claire's relationship with her sons, especially after they  make it clear they prefer Claire reading to them over Lynette reading. Lynette tells Claire to make sure her sons eat all  their brussel sprouts, then later that night Lynette takes pleasure in watching the tape of her sons refusing to eat their  vegetables for Claire.

Carlos is denied bail until someone can find  his passport. Gabrielle searches for the passport and becomes frustrated when her car is repoed. When Gabrielle learns that  she might lose all of her possessions, she moves everything to Bree's place, but finds what she really misses is her husband.  Carlos tells her where she can find his passport, and also asks her to burn some papers. But when Gabrielle finds the passport  and papers, she burns the passport.

Bree's husband Rex has been having  sex with housewife-turned-hooker Maisy Gibbons; he's been going to her because she satisfies him sexually using handcuffs,  stilettos, etc. Bree learns Rex has been with someone and becomes mad when he encourages her to have sex with someone too.  While with Maisy, Rex has a heart attack, and when Bree arrives at the hospital she learns of his connection to Maisy. Bree  confronts Maisy, who tells Bree she's been giving Rex something Bree didn't. Bree goes to the hospital and tells Rex she's  going to divorce him and will enjoy destroying Rex. Bree goes to a lawyer's office.

Julie  lies to Susan then takes food upstairs to Zach, who almost leaves when Julie suggests telling Susan the truth. Susan's frustrated  that she and Mike can't find a good date for their first lovemaking; the next day, she calls Mike up, asks him over in hopes  of seducing him, then prepares for their first time together. She hears a noise, not realizing it's Zach, but when she goes  to attack the intruder--she hits Mike with a Thigh Master instead before Zach is discovered. Caught in her lies, Julie attempts  to convince Susan to keep Zach there, but Mike takes Zach home. Julie calls out her mother on how Julie's acted like the mother for Susan for some time, and Susan can't get through to Julie.

Paul  acts relieved when Mike brings Zach home, but later Paul's creepy again while eating dinner with Zach. Paul encourages Zach  to repress his memories that are coming back--and then urges Zach to eat more potatoes.

Edie  wants to get into Mrs. Huber's home to retrieve some things left behind. When she can't find anyone who knows where Mrs. Huber  is, Edie gets the police, who break into the home--as Paul watches.

MOVE ON (Episode 11)

Written  by David Schulner; directed by John David Coles

Original airdate: January 9, 2005

 Andrew's mad when he learns Rex won't be coming home, and Bree ends up letting Res stay in the home after all. When Rex comes  home, Bree tells her husband she has no more feelings for him. After learning that she may need to care for Rex for months,  Bree asks her pharmacist George out on a date. After their successful date, George and Bree almost kiss when Andrew discovers  them. Bree attempts to explain herself and ends up telling Andrew about Rex's affair. Andrew doesn't believe this and storms  off. The next day, Andrew tells his mother Rex told him the truth, and he thinks she should send Rex packing. Bree defends  Rex and even says he's the one love of her life. However, she still calls up George to ask him out again.

Susan's  with Mike when her ex-husband Karl drops by. He tells her that his relationship with Brandy is over and Susan ends up both  hugging Karl twice and inviting him to Julie's birthday party. Later, Mike tells Susan he loves her, but she can't bring herself to say that back to him, and he thinks she may still have feelings for Karl. She denies this. At Julie's birthday party, Susan's horrified to find Karl brought Edie at his date, and things become worse as Edie kisses Karl. Susan doesn't want to sing karaoke but agrees to do so, but before going on Edie lets it slip that Karl felt her up when he was married to Susan. Susan tries  to sing but ends up yelling at Karl instead. The next day, Karl tries to woo Susan back, but she denies having any feelings  for him, and instead goes to Mike and tells him she loves him.

Lynette's  husband Tom goes downstairs one evening to find their nanny Claire in the buff--and he responds by going back upstairs and  having sex with Lynette. When Lynette learns the truth behind the encounter from Claire, she's upset with Tom, who denies  any feelings for Claire. But when Lynette catches Tom staring at Claire's breasts, he realizes there is a problem. Lynette ends up calling a nanny service in search of unattractive help.

Gabrielle's  frustrated she's lost access to Carlos's money, and she may need to get a job. She goes to a modeling agency but finds that  the jobs there are nothing like she was used to before she married Carlos. Gabrielle acts as the spokesmodel for a Buick show  and when Tom and Lynette discover her there she lies about why she's dressed so nicely at the mall.

When Gabrielle  loses electricity, she calls Carlos' lawyer and says she knows where his passport is located.

Edie's  surprised to find Mrs. Huber's sister Felicia believes Mrs. Huber is dead--but doesn't care as she hates her. Everyone comes  together to pass out fliers about Mrs. Huber. The police find Mrs. Huber's abandoned car and begin searching for her in that  area. Fearing the police may be getting too close, Paul digs something up from Mrs. Huber's body and plants it in Mike's garage.  A man finds his dog searching through a pile--and Mrs. Huber's body is sticking out.

EVERY  DAY A LITTLE DEATH (Episode 12)

Written by Chris Black; directed by David Grossman

Original airdate: January  16, 2005

 The women turn down Edie when Edie wants them to help her  dispose of Mrs. Huber's ashes. But when Susan learns that Mrs. Huber kept detailed journals, Susan realizes she must suck  up to Edie then tell her she burnt down Edie's home. Susan agrees to help Edie dispose of the ashes but before they can dump  them into the lake, Susan admits her misdeed--and then Edie tosses the ashes on Susan. Edie agrees to keep quiet if Susan  will invite her to the weekly poker party, and Susan goes along with this.

Gabrielle's pleased that Carlos is home, even if he's on house arrest. But she's  less pleased with Carlos' wish to have a child. She eats their dinner outside where Carlos can't go to spite him. When Gabrielle  can't commit to being with him come rain or shine, Carlos screws with her birth control pills in hopes of getting her pregnant.

Lynette can't get into yoga because  she's too late to get her kids into daycare. The next time she tries to get into yoga, one of her kids is believed to be dying  as his head's been shaved because of gum in his hair; this gets Lynette into the class. Lynette enjoys her lie but eventually  she's caught and admits the truth--then leaves yoga behind.

Bree's  enjoying her dates with George, but she's partly doing it because of Rex watching. But she's pleased when George gives her  a gun. But when she goes to show him how to shoot, he tries to kiss her, and ends up shooting himself--and losing a toe. Bree  breaks things off with George but he doesn't want to let go--and ends up watching a tape of her in the pharmacy.

The police finds Mrs. Huber's body,  and the news quickly spreads around Wisteria Lane. Meanwhile, Mike finds his gun and money gone--and a message informing him  that his backer's hiring someone else. Mike confronts this man, who says he's dying of a brain tumor and wants answers about  his daughter Deirdre's disappearance before he dies. He reminds Mike that Mike left Deirdre to marry Mike's wife, but also  notes that Mike once killed for her. Mike's back on the trail of the disappeared Deirdre and agrees he'll take care fo the  supposed killer.

YOUR  FAULT (Episode Thirteen)

Written by Kevin Etten; directed by Arlene Sanford

Original airdate: January  23, 2005

Susan's upset when she finds Julie and Zach kissing--and  even more upset when she learns Zach's going with Julie to a dance. But Paul isn't upset that his son's kissing Julie, for,  as he tells Susan, they're moving soon. This doesn't please Zach one bit. Susan eavesdrops on a phonecall between Julie and  Zach where Julie says she's keeping Zach's secret about Dana from her mom. Zach tells his dad he told Julie about his memories  of killing Dana. At the dance, Susan bluffs with Paul and gets him to tell her that Zach killed Dana years before. Afterwards,  however, Paul tells Zach he didn't kill Dana--because Dana's still alive. When Susan tries to get Zach to leave Julie alone,  Zach becomes angry and Susan forbids Zach and Julie from ever being together. However, Julie and Zach meet secretly, neither  ready to give up on each other.

Rex  and Bree's meeting with their divorce lawyer takes a turn when Rex tells Bree he wants to call off the divorce. Bree, on the other hand, only wants Rex's country club membership. Later, when Bree again rebuffs Rex's wish for reconciliation, Bree suggests  she may sleep with George soon. George meets up with Bree one late night at the diner, and while he acts very creepy he suggests  she reconcile with Rex. But when alone with Rex at the pharmacy, George sings a different tune, and he disposes of Rex's pills  so he can give Rex something else instead. Later at home with Bree, Rex takes a pill--but what has George done to it?

John's parents convince Gabrielle  to talk John out of dropping his college plans. But Gabrielle fails to get through to John, who wants Gabrielle to marry him.  Gabrielle tells John's parents she's giving back the wedding ring, but when Gabrielle tells John they can't be together, he  gets mad. Gabrielle tells John he was just a play thing, but at the same time she appears affected by his feelings for her.

Tom's dad Rodney arrives for a visit.  Things become complicated when Lynette catches Rodney with a woman other than his wife. When Rodney refuses to be ashamed  for his actions, Lynette tosses him out of the house. And then, when Tom admits to Lynette that he knew about his father's  affairs and isn't that bothered by it, Lynette tosses him out. Later, Lynette tries to make things up with Tom but also insists  she'll leave Tom if he ever cheats on her. A worried Tom tells his dad that he's not sure how Lynette would react if he learned  what Tom's kept from her.

LOVE  IS IN THE AIR (Episode 14)

Written by Tom Spezialy; directed by Jeff Melman

Original airdate: February  13, 2005

Bree tells Dr. Goldfine that things have returned to normal  and she and Rex are planning a dinner party. But when he pressures her to stop repressing, she questions what Rex may be hiding  about his sexual interests. After pushing Rex for an answer, Bree's surprised when Rex admits he wants her to dominate him  sexually. She doesn't understand at first and is disgusted when he shares a video with her. But she pulls herself together  and accepts Rex's offer. She agrees to the kinky sex, but she insists on washing the handcuffs in the dishwasher first.

Lynette's kids give her a nice pot as a gift, but she soon learns it was stolen  from her neighbor, Mrs. McClosky. Lynette hates this neighbor but gets her kids to write a note of apology. But when the neighbor  accuses the brats of stealing other things from her, Lynette becomes angry, leading to her tossing an egg in her neighbor's  face. It's Lynette who has egg all over her face, though, when she learns her kids have been stealing after all. Lynette gets  her boys to apologize to the neighbor, who's nice to her kids in private but is again gruff when she returns them to their  mother.

Susan and Mike have planned a special dinner for Valentine's  Day--but the day before, Susan's ideas about her man are challenged when she learns he wants kids. She's less sure about having  kids, but Julie tells Susan she has to tell Mike the truth. Mike has other issues: he breaks into a home, rifles through the  man's things--and then gets shot by the old man before he escapes. Someone connected to Noah, the old man funding Mike, sews  up Mike's injury. At the dinner with Susan, Mike hides his growing injury as Susan tells him she doesn't want more kids. He  tries to leave, but collapses because of the injury. At the hospital, Susan overhears a doctor and nurse who don't believe  Mike shot himself accidentally. Mike tells Susan he wants her more than he wants kids. Everything becomes even worse for Susan  and Mike's relationship as Lynette gives Susan something her boys took from Mike's garage: it's Mrs. Huber's, and it has blood  on it.

Gabrielle fires her housekeeper Yao Lin after the two squabble  again. Later, Gabrielle takes a job working at a bed store but finds she's supposed to model a bed. She doesn't like this  job and even puts up a sign telling people to stop questioning her. When she admits to her boss that the job's beneath her,  he fires her. Gabrielle takes a job at a cosmetics counter and even ends up making over Yao Lin, although she insists she's  going to pick herself up again, just as she always does.

Mrs. Huber's  sister Felicia brings Paul his present to Mary Alice he always had delivered each year. She sees a picture of Mary Alice and  believes it's Angela Forrest from Utah, but Paul claims this is wrong. Later, however, Felicia finds a picture of Angela/Mary  Alice in front of a rehab center. Who is Angela, and why did she change her name to Mary Alice?

IMPOSSIBLE (Episode 15)

Written by Marc Cherry and Tom Spezialy; directed  by Larry Shaw

Original airdate: February 20, 2005

Gabrielle's  upset when John's friend Justin insinuates that he'll tell Carlos the truth about her affair with John unless Gabrielle sleeps  with Justin. When Gabrielle comes close to telling John about Justin's blackmail attempt, Justin admits he only wants to sleep  with Gabrielle because he thinks he might be gay. Gabrielle kisses Justin, who realizes he is gay after all. Gabrielle's also upset about her and Carlos' lack of money, but she and Carlos plan to sell their house and move into an apartment.

Bree finds a condom in a laundry  basket. After first believing it's Rex's, and then suspecting it's Andrew's, she learns the condom belongs to Danielle, who  plans on having sex with John. Bree goes to John, who says he's not into Danielle. Bree has John tell Danielle off so she'll  stay away from him and not hope for sex.

With  advice from her friends, Susan tells the police what she knows about Mike. She stands by him, even as he's arrested. Susan's  pleased to find that Mike was with her when Mrs. Huber was murdered, and she acts as his alibi. But when the detectives don't  believe her, Susan learns Mike was convicted for drugs and manslaughter. A furious Susa