4. 1  “Now You Know”  September 30, 2007  (4th season premiere)
Written by Marc Cherry; directed by Larry Shaw

Mary Alice reveals Edie never planned to hang  herself; instead, she wanted to time her suicide so Carlos could walk in on her. Carlos saves her in the nick of time. Gabrielle’s packing up to go, as  she flashes back to her and Carlos deciding to run away together, as he  hides from Victor. But the suicide attempt squashes Carlos’  urge to flee, and Gabrielle would rather work it out with Victor then wait for  Carlos. Gabrielle argues with Victor about selling her house. Carlos and Edie  arrive back on Wisteria Lane, and Edie mistakenly believes the party’s  for her. Carlos can’t leave Edie just yet but wants to start an affair with  Gabrielle. After the affair begins, Edie confronts Carlos about what she found:  he hid ten million dollars in off shore bank accounts, and she suggests she’ll  reveal everything unless he stays with her.

Gabrielle, Lynette, Susan, and Bree watch the new  neighbors move in. The neighbors turn out to be the Mayfairs; Katherine  lived there years before with her daughter Dylan, and she’s brought her  husband Adam with her. Susan knew Katherine but she’s new to the other  women. Susan sees Dylan, who doesn’t remember her or Julie, even as she’s reminded Dylan and Julie were close friends as children. Katherine has a  BBQ planned soon to meet up with old friends and new neighbors. Julie’s  brought her former best friend Dylan a gift of licorice, her  favorite food…or at least it was, years ago. Julie tells Susan that Dylan  is a totally different girl than the one she knew twelve years ago. Adam finds Katherine in a room of their house; Katherine says she’s  kept Dylan from getting into the room. Adam realizes the significance of  the room, even as we don’t. He wonders if they made a mistake coming back. Katherine doesn’t think they had a choice but to return.

Susan and Mike celebrate their first month anniversary. But Susan’s convinced Mike’s not happy even as he claims he’s ectstatic. Later, when Susan’s ob-gyn is called away, she’s left  with the new doctor for her checkup, and he turns out to be Katherine’s  husband Adam. She’s uncomfortable but doesn’t speak up. Adam tells  Susan she’s physically fine but he’s curious about her irregular  periods and night sweats. Susan’s upset at the possibility she could have  menopause, and insists she’s too young, but seeing the date on Adam’s  college degree reminds her how old she is. Later, Susan admits to Mike  she might be going through menopause, and he’s ok with it, as he reminds her  they decided against having kids. But later Adam shows up and tells Susan  and Mike she’s pregnant!

Andrew refuses to help his mother with her fake  pregnancy, and reminds Bree they don’t live in the fifties, but Bree’s committed to maintaining the last bit of her family’s reputation by hiding her  bastard grandchild. As Orson and Bree shop, an elderly friend of the  family approaches and tries to touch Bree’s belly. Bree insists she  doesn’t want to be touched, and even gets physical with the woman,  grabbing tightly to her wrist.. At the BBQ, Bree accidentally gets a BBQ fork stabbed in her belly, but doesn’t notice it because of the padding.  The neighbors do, though, and Adam’s called to help her. Orson and Bree claim it was a trick BBQ fork for a magic trick, and their  lie seems to work. Orson wants to end the deception now, but agrees to keep the  fake pregnancy going when Bree says she wants to do this to make up for her  previous failures as a parent.

When  Parker knocks at her bedroom door, a bald Lynette frantically looks for  her wig, as she hasn’t told her friends and family about her cancer.  Later, Lynette and her mom are at Parker’s play, despite her being tired from chemo. Muriel reminds Lynette she has to be in charge of a  fundraiser, and Lynette reluctantly agrees. When Lynette becomes ill, she grabs a purse and vomits in it, then learns it’s not her mom’s but  Muriel’s. Muriel corners Lynette at the BBQ to confront her over not starting work for the fundraiser. Lynette takes off her wig and  admits to having cancer, as her frriends look on. Afterwards, the women are  upset she didn’t tell them, even as they make it obvious they care for  her very much. The women pledge to share everything from now on, and  Bree’s the last one to agree to this.

4.2  “Smiles of a Summer Night”  October 7, 2007

Written by Bob Daily and Matt Berry; directed by David Grossman

When Edie almost catches Carlos with Gabrielle, Carlos has to run home before she finds him. Later, Carlos sees Edie’s car is thanks to him . . . she bought it for him to give to her as her birthday gift. He doesn’t agree to this, even as Edie reminds him about his illegal offshore money.  Carlos and Edie enjoy her birthday, but now he wants to know what she bought for him to give to her. Edie gets on her knees and proposes to Carlos, She’s quick to remind Carlos of his hidden money, and argues that if they’re married she won’t have to  testify about it. He reluctantly accepts Edie’s marriage proposal. Carlos meets with a man.  He tells the man that there’s a woman standing between him and the woman he wants to be with. He hands the man a envelope filled with cash and gets the man to agree to take care of his problem.

Dylan’s upset by Mrs. McCluskey after the elderly woman mentions having met her father; Dylan didn’t know she’d ever met him. Meanwhile, Susan recalled the morning she and Mary Alice learned Katherine was moving away in a hurry.

When Katherine approaches and wants to make lunch for Lynette. Bree bristles when Katherine wants to bring dessert, as Bree always does that.  Later,Susan, Gabrielle, Bree, and Katherine have brought Lynette lunch. It’s great, and the women especially enjoy Bree’s lemon meringue pie.  But when Bree takes a bite, she realizes it’s not hers! Katherine admits to having served them all her pie instead. Later, Bree’s told Orson what Katherine did with the pie. He’s suitably horrified and takes his wife’s side. Bree’s afraid of Katherine stealing her identity as the perfect homemaker. Bree brings Katherine her recipe for mincemeat pie, and  wants Katherine’s pie recipe in return. But Katherine refuses. Afterwards, when Bree’s attempts to copy Katherine’s recipe fail, she breaks into Katherine’s kitchen to steal the recipe but finds the recipe box  has a lock on it.  Always a problem  solver, Bree retrieves a wrench from Mike and then again goes into Katherine’s kitchen. As Katherine, Dylan, and Adam arrive home, Bree listens in as Katherine claims Mrs. McCluskey’s memories are bad and that Dylan’s father was a monster. Dylan thinks Katherine may be the monster, and this leads to  Katherine slapping her. As Dylan flees, Bree continues to listen in as Katherine reminds Adam all she’s done for Dylan.  The solution to Dylan’s questions is that they’ll have to come up with better lies. Bree exits the home and returns to tell Orson what’s happened.

At chemo, Lynette and Tom play cards until she realizes he’s letting her win. She tosses him out! Later, Lynette asks her friends to join her at chemo, and everyone but Gabrielle is eager to do so. Lynette visits Gabrielle and asks about Gabrielle’s lack of interest in joining her at chemo. Gabrielle claims that the other women seemed so interested she wouldn’t be needed, but Lynette really wants her  there. Even as Gabrielle admits she doesn’t like hospitals, she agrees to come. At the hospital, Gabrielle arrives at Lynette’s room with magazines which she’s apparently been looking for for some time. And now she  wants to go get Lynette a shawl.  But Lynette only wants Gabrielle to stay there, even as Gabrielle’s every action makes it obvious she doesn’t want to be there. When Lynette calls her friend out on her actions and tells her to go, Gabrielle admits the truth: her father died of cancer, and as he was dying, her mother told her not to cry  around him. The day he died, Gabrielle was with him, even as she kept herself from crying, even though she was only five. She doesn’t  want to cry around Lynette, and is afraid of  losing her. Lynette and Gabrielle hug.

Julie wants to go to a boy’s party; Susan agrees, but when Mike points out he’s been at the place and they have wild parties with lots of alcohol, Susan must choose between her daughter and husband. She tells Julie she can’t go to the party. Later, Susan quietly tells Julie she can go to the party, but she  doesn’t want Mike to know. At night, Susan surprises Mike in the bedroom by wearing very little. Mike happily notes that pregnancy has enlarged her breasts. As they fall into bed together to enjoy date night, Mike brings up the party Julie wanted to attend; he passed by it that night, and it was wild. Worried about Julie, Susan makes an excuse to leave. Susan’s let in to the party, and is quickly brought in to join the boys there, who are  ready for the stripper! Susan hurries to tell them she’s not the stripper, she’s Julie’s mother! Susan finally finds Julie and wants to take both her and Dylan home. Julie’s mad at her mother for her lack of consistency when it comes to parenting lately. Susan doesn’t want to be in the  middle of Mike and Julie with parenting decisions. Julie just wants her mother to keep to one decision and not lie. Susan accepts this, as long as the lying can end tomorrow! But when they enter the home, Mike catches Susan in a lie  about Julie’s whereabouts, and Julie confesses everything. Mike’s okay with Susan making the  decisions about Julie, but he wants to share in the parenting decisions with their own child. And with that, Susan and Mike are ready to continue their date night.

4.3  “The Game” October 14, 2007
Written by Joey Murphy and John Pardee; directed by Bethany Rooney

Lynette, Gabrielle, and Bree agree to attend Susan’s charades party, as they’re hoping to question Katherine there about what Bree overheard. They’re not the only ones with questions, as Dylan wants answers; when left alone at home with Julie, Julie suggests they break into a locked room and look for answers.  At Susan’s party, Katherine admits to not liking to talk about her first husband. She reacts badly upon seeing Gabrielle with her hands on Adam, and Edie’s all too eager to fill Katherine in on Gabrielle’s past. When Katherine tells Gabrielle she knows about her history with her teenage gardener, Gabrielle turns the situation around by revealing what Bree heard at Katherine’s. Katherine tells the people there that what her first husband did to Dylan was the worst thing they could imagine and then she walks out, but later we learn that she was lying. Meanwhile, Dylan’s got into the locked room, which she doesn’t remember, even as Julie says that was her bedroom. Katherine orders Dylan to stay away from Julie.  Later, as Katherine cleans up the room, she looks at a huge gash beneath the rug, and breaks down in tears over it.

Lynette turns down Stella’s offer of pot, even as her anti-nausea medication isn’t working. Stella asks Andrew to get her some pot! After Andrew makes the delivery, Stella makes some special brownies and has Parker deliver them to Lynette. Lynette’s mood is cheerier thanks to the weed, and she shows up at the charades party. Lynette kicks over a lamp! High as a kite, Lynette makes a fool of herself while playing charades. Stella admits to Tom that there’s pot in the brownies, and he manages to get the brownies back before anyone can eat them. Later, Lynette confronts her mother over what she did, but Lynette can’t deny the brownies worked. Lynette and Stella bond, even as Stella promises to never try something like that again.

Susan asks Bree for the name of her ob-gyn and when Susan won’t take no for an answer, Bree gives Susan a random number from the phone book. Bree’s upset to learn Danielle fell while rollerblading and via phone tells Danielle to stay in her room. At the ob-gyn, Susan’s horrified to see it’s a filthy place in a bad neighborhood. Later, Susan’s mad at Bree for sending her there. Orson informs Bree that the fall may have complicated Danielle’s pregnancy. She wants to go to Danielle immediately, but before she and Orson can get out the door, another call reveals that Danielle’s baby is fine. Bree cries in Orson’s arms. Later, Susan asks Bree if something’s wrong with their friendship, and Bree covers by saying she had a problem with her pregnancy that’s since been resolved. Bree and Susan bond over their pregnancies.

Gabrielle wants to be together with Carlos for good, and he agrees to do so -- in 2 weeks.  Carlos doesn’t want Edie to reveal their engagement, and although she agrees, she puts a ring on her finger and makes sure the women see it at the party, so the news gets out. Gabrielle’s mad at Carlos for the engagement and says she can find herself a new guy!  Carlos breaks a glass upon seeing Gabrielle with her hands on Adam. But when Victor overhears the truth about what Gabrielle and John did, he’s only concerned about how it could affect him politically. Gabrielle tells Carlos that his reaction compared to Victor’s proves Carlos is the man for her. Carlos urges the man he hired in the previous episode to hurry, and we learn the man’s an accountant. And Victor suggests to Carlos that he’d have any man who slept with Gabrielle killed.

4.4 “If There’s Anything I Can’t Stand”  October 21, 2007

Written by Alexandra Cunningham and Lori Kirkland Baker; directed by Larry Shaw

Katherine brings her aunt Lillian home. Lillian feels guilty about what she and Katherine did concerning Dylan, years ago, and wants to come clean, but Katherine’s against that. While Katherine is out, Lillian starts to tell Dylan that what happened wasn’t anyone’s fault, but before Dylan can learn more, Katherine returns home and removes Dylan from the room. Later, Katherine hears her aunt calling, but she keeps Dylan out of the room by having her play her cello. As Dylan plays, Lillian writes a note and then dies. Katherine has her aunt’s body taken away, and she doesn’t see the note’s fallen to the floor.

Bob Hunter and his partner Lee moved out of the city to Wisteria Lane. Susan makes a fool of herself upon learning they’re gay and have a dog named Raphael. Lee, especially, doesn’t like her. Susan shows up at the couple’s door with cookies, but when Lee asks her if they have nuts (he’s deathly allergic), she’s forced to admit she doesn’t know as she bought them at the store and warmed them herself! Lee’s not impressed. When Julie finds Raphael wandering the street, Susan wants to take him back -- but only after she waits a while so Bob and Lee will really miss their dog and be grateful for her help. Susan offers to help Lee look for the dog. She doesn’t know that Raphael has wandered into the paint in her garage. When Mike opens the garage, Raphael escapes from the garage and jumps on Bob’s very expensive suit. As mad as Bob and Lee are, Mike’s pretty angry himself, as now he has to replace the two thousand dollar suit.

Orson and Andrew aren’t happy to learn that the scooter that’s been sent from Danielle by her grandmother Phyllis has to go back. Though Bree tells her friends she doesn’t want a baby shower, Andrew offers to help. When Bree and Orson return home, they find Bree’s friends throwing her a surprise baby shower. The guests include Bree’s first mother-in-law, Phyllis. As usual, Bree and Phyllis argue, with their latest argument being over the sable coat Phyllis gave her years before. Phyllis is about to storm out of the house, but first she learns from Andrew the coat’s in Bree’s bedroom closet. Phyllis goes to the closet and finds Bree’s pregnancy pads there! Bree admits she’s faking her pregnancy, and reveals Danielle’s at a convent. But Phyllis isn’t happy to learn she can’t be a grandmother to this baby. Phyllis is about to reveal the truth to the guests at the shower but then she makes nice and leaves. Still later, Phyllis meets Danielle at the convent and says she’s taking her away.

Lynette’s mood is happy . . . and she’s even ready for sex! But when Tom and Lynette head to bed, her wig comes loose. Tom doesn’t like Lynette’s look without hair and he doesn’t want sex any longer. Later, as Lynette and Gabrielle shop for wigs, Gabrielle convinces Lynette to buy a sexy red haired wig, in hopes of spicing up Lynette’s sex life. The wig proves to be as helpful to Lynette’s sex life as she expected. Later, Tom’s mood deflates when Lynette tells him they’re not using the red wig again. When Tom presents Lynette with another wig, she’s upset he won’t accept her as she is. Tom tells his wife he’s been there for her, but she hasn’t wondered how he’s dealing with her cancer at all. Lynette’s afraid she’s a cancer bitch, and as Tom and Lynette make up, they kiss.

Edie learns she has crabs, and she has to tell Carlos, who then proceeds to tell Gabrielle, who worries that Victor has them. When Carlos and Gabrielle see Victor scratching himself, they have their answer. Gabrielle pretends to be a sexy nurse there to apply medicine on Victor, and he goes along with the supposed sex game, even though the medicine smells. Gabrielle tells Carlos she took of the crabs; he’s worried about being caught by Victor, while she finds the danger exciting. Edie smells something familiar on Victor, and as she sees crab cakes being offered to her, then Carlos, then Gabrielle, then Victor, she realizes the truth about Victor’s smell.

4.5  “Art Isn’t Easy”  October 28, 2007

Written by Jason Ganzel; directed by David Grossman

Gabrielle, Susan, Katherine, Bree, and Mrs. McCluskey are startled by the large, unattractive sculpture on Bob and Lee’s front lawn. They consider using the services of the neighborhood homeowners association, though it hasn’t been active since Mary Alice’s death. Susan is the one person who considers it art. The women confront Bob and Lee. Bob’s respectful towards the women while Lee’s quick to snap, and say it’s not going anywhere. The women agree to bring back the homeowners association. Susan’s feelings about the sculpture change when she learns it’s a fountain, as it wakes her up at 6 in the morning.  She can’t get the men to agree to move it into the backyard;

Lynette brings a snack to her boys and  Kayla in their treehouse. But a call from her doctor turns the mood in the treehouse, as she learns that she’s not allowed to talk about doctors while there. Bob and Lee want to know where Lynette sides when it comes to the homeowners association debate.  She doesn’t want to take sides, but Lee compares Katherine to a Nazi, and suggests Katherine will go after her kids’ treehouse next! A group of women has come together to discuss the homeowners association, and Katherine’s wish to run.  Lynette gets Katherine to admit she’ll do more than deal with the  sculpture if she’s elected. Lynette decides to run against Katherine! Tom’s against Lynette running, as he thinks she should focus on her cancer. Lynette declares that it’s a fight for what kind of neighborhood they’re living in, but Tom believes it’s all about going up against Katherine for the treehouse. Lynette wants Susan’s help with the election, but Susan’s  forced to admit she’s voting for Katherine. She argues she’s not pro-Katherine, she’s anti-fountain! Lynette’s hurt. Katherine and Lynette canvass the neighborhood, with Katherine promising to clean up anything in the neighborhood and Lynette promising to let anyone have anything they want. Everyone in Wisteria Lane’s come together to vote between Katherine and Lynette. 14 hands go up for Katherine, and 14 for Lynette. Edie  says that Susan voted twice! So now it’s up to Susan to choose, and she votes for Katherine. Katherine tells Bob, Lee, Lynette, and the other rule breakers she’ll be in touch with them.  Susan mouths to Lynette she’s sorry.

Katherine wants to have a victory toast with Adam, but  he’s in no mood for that. Does she know what she’s done? She’s made enemies left and right, and he thinks she’s unhappy. She brings up what happened in Chicago, again, and he says they could have used some friends there. Lynette’s still mad at Susan, but Lynette can’t deny that Susan shouldn’t have to choose her friend over her husband. Lynette confesses that the treehouse was the one place her kids could get away from her cancer, and she feels she  robbed the kids of their childhood.  As Susan comforts her friend, Katherine approaches and tells them she’s letting Lynette keep the treehouse. Lynette wonders why Katherine is so icy sometimes and nice other times. Why is she so complicated? Katherine says she’s  lived a complicated life. Katherine tells Bob and Lee they can take down the fountain when they have time, but they’re not taking anything down. They’ve heard  all about what happened  with Adam in Chicago at the hospital, and they’re willing to spill the secrets unless they can keep their fountain

Bree  calls Danielle but learns she’s left the convent to go with Phyllis. Angry, Bree calls  Phyllis but reaches her answering machine. Phyllis and Danielle  hear the message, but Phyllis is  convinced she can handle Bree. Orson and Bree have arrived at Phyllis’s, where they tell  her and Danielle they’re taking Danielle home! But Phyllis tells them Danielle’s delivering the baby at her home, and then will be raising the baby with her. Bree’s aghast, and her attempts to reason with Danielle fail. Bree, Orson,  and Andrew are eating, but Bree’s too depressed. Andrew knows what Danielle cares about: herself, and having fun. They need to figure out what Danielle thinks is fun, and give it to her. Bree and Orson sit with Phyllis and Danielle at the pool at Phyllis’ retirement community.  Bree sends Phyllis away and then she and Orson suggest to Danielle that  her grandmother’s heart is weak, and Danielle may have to take care of both her baby and Phyllis.  And all those other old people liivng there will be her new friends. But if she leaves with Bree, Danielle can have a convertible and go to college in Florida.  Someone will have to take care of the baby, of course. Phyllis returns, out of breath, and Danielle tells her grandmother they need to talk. Danielle says goodbye to her grandmother. Bree and Phyllis have a few moments together, as Phyllis declares she thought having the baby  would be like having a part of Rex back. Bree wants Phyllis to babysit the baby on Saturday night, an idea Phyllis is open to.

Carlos has told Edie he’s going on a golf weekend with the guys. She gives him golfballs with her initials, so everyone can know that his balls belong to her. Gabrielle has young boys doing her gardening work when she gets  a call from Carlos, who is on the way to their hotel. But she notices a van  across the street and learns it’s been there for hours. Concluding Victor hired someone to tail her while he’s out of town, Gabrielle invites the boys into her house. Minutes later, they come out and ride away. Only Gabrielle has joined the boys, and, dressed like them now, goes off with one of them on his bike.  Before Gabrielle can join Carlos at the hotel, she runs into her former gardener/lover John, who’s with his pregnant wife. They catch up on  old times while Gabrielle also witnesses a quick lover’s quarrel between the two. Then, she joins Carlos, who’s seen all this from a distance. Gabrielle only tells him she ran into an old friend. Gabrielle joins Carlos in the hotel bedroom. But there’s a knock at the door and they learn it’s John; Gabrielle must admit to Carlos that John was the old friend she ran into earlier. Carlos hides in the closet and listens in as John enters. He wants to start an affair again and kisses her. Gabrielle tries to shoo him away but he reminds her of how  much she complained about Carlos and how they snuck around behind Carlos back.  Gabrielle sends John out then faces Carlos as he exits the closet, having heard everything.  Carlos and Gabrielle argue about her former affair with John, but she refuses to rehash this old argument, and compares Carlos now to what John was before. Carlos walks out. Carlos knocks at John’s house and talks to him.  Carlos has forgiven John for sleeping  with Gabrielle, and when John says he fell in love with Gabrielle, Carlos forgives him for that too. John wonders why Carlos is doing this, and Carlos mentions having recently remembered the difference between right and wrong. John asks if Gabrielle’s happy now, and Carlos says he thinks she is. Carlos tells Gabrielle he’s ending their affair. They’ll break up with Edie and Victor, and then after time, perhaps six months, Carlos and Gabrielle will reunite. She doesn’t want to wait that long but accepts it. The two have their last kiss for a while now. As they kiss, a P.I. snaps pictures of them together. Edie’s meeting with the P.I., who she hired to take the photos of Carlos and Gabrielle.  She suggests she’s overcome with hatred now. She makes out a check to the P.I.

4.6  “Now I Know, Don’t be Scared”  November 4, 2007

Written by Susan Nirah Jaffee and Dahvi Waller; directed by Larry Shaw

Edie comes home to find Carlos moving out. She promises to let him go if he will admit why he's leaving her. When he doesn't mention his affair with Gabrielle, Edie visits the IRS and tells them about Carlos' off-shore bank account. Gabrielle  tells Victor's voice mail that she's leaving him. Gabrielle's surprised by Milton, who heard her message to Victor and deleted it before Victor could hear. He offers her a large check, which she can cash in 13 months -- if she stays married til Victor's been elected as governor. Edie learns from the IRS that Carlos doesn't have an offshore account. She confronts Carlos over his moving it. She promises that  Carlos will pay for hurting her, but he's confident he's won. Carlos reminds Gabrielle they're not supposed to meet for six months, but she tells him about Milton's offer. Should she take it? Carlos is definitely against that plan. He admits he embezzled ten million dollars several years ago, and has 9.5 million left.  She's mad when she realizes he had it during their divorce and she didn't get half. She throws him out. Gabrielle's about to head out of town for a while when she finds Victor in the car. He's upset, having learned she moved out. She says she's leaving him. He'll do anything to hold on to her, and even goes so far as to say he'll give up his plans to run as the governor. His dream is to have her. Edie shows up at Victor's and shows him the photos of Carlos and Gabrielle together. She places the blame on Carlos for seducing Gabrielle and says Carlos deserves whatever he has coming to him.

Bob  and Lee invite Bree and her family to their costume party. Bree lies about Danielle when they see her in the upstairs window, and she claims it's Andrew preparing to dress as Cher. Bree tells Danielle she can't go to the party. Bree tells Danielle she's taking her back to the convent, as Danielle's clearly not happy there. She warns Danielle it could be hard to give up the baby but Danielle says she hates the baby for ruining her life. Danielle doesn't think she's anything like Bree, and she's happy about that. Bree thinks that when Danielle starts acting like her, it'll be a sign that Danielle's changed for the better. Bree and her family and Adam and Katherine have all arrived at Bob and Lee's party. To Julie's surprise, Danielle shows up -- dressed as Bree! She's even talking haughtily like Bree, and keeps Julie from hugging her. Bree's incensed by her daughter, who reminds her mother  she wanted Danielle to be more like her. Back at the party, Bree's about to take Danielle home when Danielle's water breaks! She tells Bob that it's all part of Danielle's costume. Bree, Orson, and Andrew take Danielle home; Orson's prepared to do a home birth, but Bree goes back and gets Adam, who already figured out Bree's fake pregnancy. When Lynette's kids come to the Hodge door for treats and there's no answer at the door, they head around the side of the house and scream upon seeing Adam delivering Danielle's baby. Bree tells Danielle Adam's promised to keep quiet about the baby. She asks Danielle how she is. Danielle's tired. At first, she doesn't want to hold her baby son, but then she does, and is clearly becoming affected by this. Bree wonders if what Danielle's doing is a mistake, but Danielle thinks it's right for everyone. As Danielle prepares to sleep, she quivers, affected by her baby.

Mike  and Susan meet with a genetic counselor who asks them about their family's medical history. Susan's involves family members with webbed feet and third nipples, but Mike's is more commonplace. Except, that is, when Susan learns Mike's father is still  alive. Mike downplays this but Susan remembers Mike saying his father was dead! Mike's called away on a plumbing emergency. Mike comes home, late at night, and takes pills before coming inside. He finds Susan awake in bed. She confronts him over his lie, and Mike admits his father's in prison for life, for murder. Susan's stunned, but gets Mike to agree for her to visit him. Mike and Susan meet his dad, Nick, at the prison. She gets her questions about health out of the way and then asks who he killed. He explains that when a coworker got a promotion over him, he strangled the man with his tie. At their motel room, Mike  tells Susan he doesn't want to talk about his father. She thinks his dad's an evil man, while Mike thinks his dad was a good person who snapped. He reminds his wife that he killed someone too, but she notes he's sorry about it and his dad isn't. Susan meets with Mike's dad  again, this time without Mike there.  She's worried that her baby's grandfather lacks a conscience, and she doesn't know what she'd do if her baby had no soul like him. Mike's dad tells his daughter-in-law that if he thought about what he'd done, he'd go crazy. He's regretful for what happened to Mike, who was popular til he became known as a murderer's son. He senses a  darkness in Mike that Susan says he doesn't have. But does he? Mike's dad says to keep an eye on Mike.

Lynette and Tom inform Stella about how well she did at the doctor's. But Lynette's attention is focused on the hole in her garden, which Stella thinks is thanks to a possum. This completely angers Lynette. Lynette  shows Parker the stuff she's brought home to kill the possum, which he's named Scruffles. She asks him if he'd rather have the garden or the possum and he picks his new friend Scruffles! Lynette wants help from Bree in getting rid of the possum, as nothing's working. She wants one of Bree's guns! Bree mentions that it's against the law to do so, and suggests Lynette buy an air rifle. Tom finds Lynette with an air rifle and realizes she's after the possum. She tells him something's attacked their home and is trying to destroy it, and it has to die! Realizing she's talking about more than  just the possum, Tom tells Lynette to do what she needs to do. Lynette's napping, but the arrival of her oncologist wakes her. Her doctor tells Lynette, Stella, and Tom that Lynette's cancer is gone and she's completely healthy! Lynette goes outside, looks up at the sky, and starts to celebrate; when she sees the dead possum, she begins to cry.

4.7 “You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover” November 11, 2007

Written by Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano; directed by David Warren

Gabrielle tells Carlos via phone that they’re still over because of his keeping his money from her. Victor tells her they’re taking a month long honeymoon, and are starting it with a weekend on his boat. He tells her not to tell anyone they’re leaving. He’s also checked her phone and knew Carlos called… Gabrielle arrives at the boat to find there’s no crew joining them. Victor says he can take care of her himself. Carlos learns Edie told Victor all about his affair with Gabrielle, and he was angry. He tells Gabrielle what he’s learned, via phone, and she realizes going out on a boat with Victor alone may not have been a good idea. She tells Victor she’s cold, and wants to go back, and he finally confronts her over the affair. He’s angry and as he appears to be getting something out, a spooked Gabrielle uses a paddle to knock Victor off the side of the boat. As he calls for help, Gabrielle drives the boat away. Gabrielle’s told Carlos what happened. She thought he had a gun. But when they check the boat, they realize he was actually reaching for a sweater. Gabrielle doesn’t want them to call for help. Carlos and Gabrielle find Victor in the water and pull him onto his boat. Carlos reminds Victor that he promised to get rid of anyone sleeping with Gabrielle, but what’s Victor going to do about it now that he’s on the boat? Victor attacks Carlos, first with his fist and then with a knife. As he’s about to stab Carlos, Gabrielle knocks Victor into the water again! They look into the water, but Victor’s gone. Carlos and Gabrielle have searched for Victor for six hours, to no avail. They can’t admit what happened as there’s no proof it was self defense. Gabrielle’s idea is to claim Victor was depressed and went out on his boat alone. They’re going to have to send the boat back without them on it.

Bree and Orson share baby Benjamin Tyson Hodge with Gabrielle, Lynette, Susan, and Tom. Lynette shares her own surprise as she’s free of cancer! Stella comes downstairs, joined by Stan, a man she hooked up with. Stella takes him upstairs for a shower. Lynette suggests Stella go home and move on with her life, but when she doesn’t take the hint, Lynette tells her mother she needs to go! Stella reveals she gave Lynette all the money she had for the cancer treatment, and Lynette’s sister Lucy already kicked her out. Lynette and Stella meet with Lynette’s sister Lydia at a restaurant. As Stella is occupied with something else, Lydia tells Lynette she’s not taking their mother back! Lydia reads off some self-affirmations from cue cards. As Stella returns, Lynette subtly opens the back of Lydia’s car from a distance, excuses herself from the table, goes outside, puts Stella’s things in Lydia’s car, and then drives off in her own car. Later, Lynette’s surprised as her sisters Lydia and Lucy have brought Stella and her belongings home. They talk about wanting to be rid of her, and the women go inside, without Stella, to discuss things. Stella listens as her daughters argue about her. Lucy and Lydia have unpleasant memories about their mother’s alcoholic past and none want to take care of her. They don’t feel guilty about not wanting her, either. Lynette finally relents and will take care of Stella, but doesn’t want to see her sisters for several years, as she hates them. Parker runs in to say Stella’s leaving, and Lynette sees Stella exiting via a cab.

Mike’s in a bathroom talking to Susan in the next room. He doesn’t want to go to dinner at Bree’s but Susan insists. He takes a pill. At dinner, Mike’s surprised when the Hodges bring up how expensive preschool is, and how quickly it must be arranged. Bree finds Mike taking a pill, but when he claims it’s aspirin, she finds a pill a few moments later and realizes he was lying. Susan confronts Mike with info: Bree found his pill, and it’s a narcotic. He confesses it’s his pill, but was left over from his accident, and he only had a couple left. She’s happy to learn it’s not as bad as she feared. Susan’s told Bree what Mike told her. But Bree points out all the places where she hid alcohol as an alcoholic, and suggests Susan should trust Mike - but verify his claims. Susan searches her home and finds a bag of pills. Mike comes home to find Susan with pills. She’s furious with her husband. His explanation: he didn’t want her to feel guilty. He injured himself the day he learned she was pregnant, and he’s not supposed to work, but he pushed himself so he could support Susan’s wish for things like expensive preschool. But now he’s done with the pills. She can’t quite believe him, til he dumps the pills down the sink. Susan and Mike hug. Later, as Susan’s sleeping, Mike uses his plumbing tools to retrieve the pills.

At dinner with the Delfinos, Orson mentions he’s not attending a family friend’s bris as he’s against circumcision. He tells them how his mother had him snipped at the age of 5, and he’s never forgotten it. Later, Bree’s upset to meet with a doctor who’s been informed via a letter from Orson that baby Benjamin’s not to be circumcised. The letter’s been sent all over. Bree confronts Orson over what he’s done and he remains firm. While Orson’s sleeping, Bree takes baby Benjamin to their friends’ baby’s bris and asks the mohel to snip baby Benjamin. Bree claims she’s Jewish and is at odds with her husband over the issue. The mohel agrees when Bree promises the baby will be as Jewish as she is. Bree tells Orson what she’s done. He’s furious at her for ignoring his feelings, especially when she says it’s her blood, her decision. Doesn’t she think of him as the baby’s father? She softens and admits she knows he loves the baby as his own.

Julie asks Susan about Dylan’s dad, as Dylan needs info for a school project. Susan says she recently was told by Katherine that Dylan’s dad was abusive. Julie shares the info with Dylan. Katherine learns Dylan’s researching her father, and she becomes upset. Dylan stands up to her mother and tells her she’s no longer afraid of her. Later, Katherine has a paper of info about Dylan’s father. But first she wants Dylan to promise to not tell her father where Katherine is. She details how Dylan’s father physically abused her. Dylan no longer wants to take the paper, which is a good thing since it’s actually blank.

4.8 “A Distant Past” November 25, 2007

Written by Joe Keenan; directed by Jay Torres

Gabrielle visits a church to see Carlos. She doesn’t want to meet him right now. He wants to go to the police, and she doesn’t.  They agree to stick to her plan. She reminds him Victor would have killed them, had he lived. Victor’s body washes up. The police arrive to speak to Gabrielle. She says she hasn’t seen him in 2 days and explains she left her husband.  The police reveal there were no prints on the boat. Who wiped it down? They are sure they’ll find out what happened. Gabrielle claims to be happy… Edie leaves an anonymous tip claiming the mayor’s dead.  Meanwhile, Carlos freaks out while Gabrielle’s calm.  He’s going to go to the cops. She agrees to go, then drugs him with sleeping pills in his drink. Carlos is sleepy but wants to go.  The police show up and question whether she was having an affair with Carlos. They don’t see  Carlos in the background. The police learn that Victor’s been found alive and she agrees to go to the hospital.  Gabrielle tells a sleeping Carlos that Victor’s alive, and they’re screwed! Gabrielle and the police officers talk with Victor, who’s waking up. She just wants him to rest. Victor doesn’t remember anything about the boat and Gabrielle claims she doesn’t either. Victor’s neurologist thinks that’s not uncommon.  Gabrielle shoos the detectives away and then agrees to stay with Victor a bit longer. He asks her to come close, then whispers in her ear he remembers everything, and will rest now as he’s going to need all his strength.

Mike called his drug dealer Barrett and wanted some pills, despite a lack of cash. Susan saw Julie come home with a tattooed boy; she interrupted their kiss and questioned Julie about his piercings.  Julie’s upset by Susan being upset. Susan comes home to find a note saying Julie’s out with her boyfriend. Mike’s drug dealer shows up to speak to Mike, but he’s gone; she’s happy to learn the man’s pre-med. Susan’s happy to meet with the pre-med guy, not knowing he’s a drug dealer. The dealer takes a call from a client.  Susan shows off photos and other things about Julie’s beauty  and smarts. She wants him to come back tomorrow. Mike’s replaced something at Adam’s sink. Adam answers his door to find a woman named Sylvia; he wants her to leave, as she ruined his life in Chicago. Mike watches.  Sylvia says she’l come by another time. Adam says the woman’s  an ex-patient with mental issues.  Mike agrees to keep quiet . . . if he can get a prescription. Adam reminds him he has trouble prescribing pills for a man as a gynecologist. Adam stops by Orson’s office.  He wants Orson to write a prescription and suggests it’s in return for hiding the truth about Danielle’s baby. Orson’s not happy to give Mike the prescription. Mike tells Orson he can’t take time off; Mike brings up the accident that Orson caused and Orson hands over the prescription. Mike comes to bed with Susan; she’s near sleep but mentions Barrett (the drug dealer), and the money he wants. Mike calls Barrett and tells him to stay away from his house. Susan’s happy to see Barrett and Julie getting along. Mike comes home to learn all about this and privately gets mad at Barrett. Mike gives him his money and says he’s not to be around Julie. He threatens to tell Mike’s family about Mike’s drug habit. Mike finally admits Barrett’s a drug dealer and Susan wants him thrown out! Barrett leaves. Susan’s told Julie about Mike having stopped taking pain pills, but Julie saw him picking up pills at the drug store. Mike tells Susan he’s going out while she showers. He’s actually going out to take pills, which Susan sees from an upstairs window. Susan looks at the pill bottle and realizes Orson prescribed it for Mike.

Orson learns baby Benjamin’s sleeping between him and Bree;  he doesn’t want that, though Bree says it will help them all bond. Bree convinces Orson to give it a  chance. Orson tells Bree he almost dozed off during work thanks to his sleepless nights. Bree thinks they’re still adjusting with the baby.  Bree mentions she wishes she’d done it with Andrew, who didn’t turn out  well. Orson says he’s sleeping in the den. Bree drops off Andrew’s cellphone at Tom’s pizzeria and then asks him about how the baby issue complicated his sex life. Tom mentions all the places other than the bedroom Tom and Lynette had sex!  Bree claims she, Orson, and the baby are a happy family, as Andrew looks on from nearby. Bree shows up at Orson’s office  She posed as a patient to sex him up, and she drops  her clothes. Bree learns Andrew’s moving into his own place and says it’s  because she sees him as a past mistake.  He drives off.

Lynette’s calling around looking for her mom at bars. Tom thinks she’ll be fine but Lynette’s worried and won’t stop her calls. Lynette’s surprised to find her stepfather Glen at her home. They haven’t seen each other in years! They hug. Lynette’s mother called him and asked for money. They’re  meeting at the park the next day and Lynette wants to join them.  She broke into a car for a night. Lynette and Glen arrive at the park. Glen suggests the end of his marriage was more complicated than Lynette thought. Glen gives Stella money, but her happiness fades when she seess Lynette. Lynette wants her to come home with her but she won’t drop her complaints about her childhood.  Glen confesses he left Stella because he’s gay! Lynette learns Glen’s partner passed away. Why didn’t Stella tell Glen? She was ashamed for “turning” Glen gay after 2 years of marriage, and Lynette thinks this helps explain all sorts of things about her childhood.  Lynette wants Stella to  come home with her but Stella doesn’t want to screw up their relationship again. Glen wants Stella to live with him in his guest room, as he’s been lonely before. She agrees but is keeping his money! Lynette’s happy.

Sylvia is still hanging out around Adam’s place, stalking  him. 

4.9 “Something’s Coming” December 2, 2007

Written by John Pardee and Joey Murphy; directed by David Grossman

Gabrielle tells her friends she’s reunited with Carlos, but they have to flee Fairview to escape from Victor. But they have other things to worry about: namely, the tornado that may be headed to Wisteria Lane soon. Edie learns from a neighbor boy that Carlos and Gabrielle are moving away. When Carlos’ CPA Al Kaminsky shows up with the paperwork for Carlos to access his money, he gives it to Edie, who he believes is Gabrielle. Seeing what Edie has done, Gabrielle breaks into Edie’s house to get the papers back! Gabrielle gets the papers from Edie. Outside, though, the papers are blown away. Gabrielle and Edie have bigger problems, as the tornado’s arrived! They hide in a crawlspace in Edie’s home. Gabrielle apologizes to Edie for everything she did, but Edie’s determined that they’ll both live and go on hating each other for years to come. Carlos comes home to find Gabrielle but finds Victor instead -- and Victor has a gun. Victor shoots at Carlos and chases him outside, despite the tornado heading down Wisteria Lane. Just as Victor’s about to kill Carlos, a picket fence flying through the air stabs Victor in the chest, killing him. A piece of debris knocks Carlos to the ground.

Lynette asks Mrs. McCluskey if her family can stay in McCluskey’s basement; she relucrantly accepts, though she’s already asked Ida Greenberg to join her there. When the Scavos join McCluskey in the basement, they’re as loud as she feared. Worse yet, Ida’s cat affects Tom’s allergies, which could kill him, but McCluskey won’t move the cat upstairs. Lynette sneaks the cat out of the basement. McCluskey catches Lynette upstairs with the cat and accuses her of only being her friend when she wants something. The front door’s blown open and the cat escapes; McCluskey follows the cat, while Lynette follows McCluskey. Before they can reach the cat, the tornado arrives on Wisteria Lane, and the women must hide in Lynette’s home. After the tornado’s gone, Lynette and McCluskey exit her house but find a new horror: McCluskey’s house is destroyed, with her family trapped in the basement.

Katherine catches Sylvia outside and learns Adam saw her the day before. When Bree sees Katherine spit in Sylvia’s face, Bree invites Sylvia into her home; at first, Bree and Sylvia bond over their dislike of Katherine. Then, Sylvia becomes moody about Adam; she storms into the bathroom and locks the door. Bree brings Katherine and Adam to her place to deal with Sylvia. Bree learns Sylvia created trumped up charges against Adam, accusing him of sexual assault. Adam and Katherine lost everything in Chicago and returned to Fairview for a fresh start. When Sylvia refuses to leave the bathroom, the Mayfairs and Hodges must hide in another room. When Bree mentions Sylvia mentioning a tattoo on Adam, Katherine admits that Adam had a tattoo removed -- so Sylvia was telling the truth about her affair after all, to Katherine’s horror.  Sylvia exits the bathroom and calls for Adam. As she’s heading out the door, the tornado sweeps her up and out of the house! When the tornado’s gone, Bree finds that much of her roof is missing.

After learning from Bree that Orson knew about Mike’s pill problem, Susan barges into his office and confronts him. When Mike finds Susan’s taken his pills, the two face off. Mike demands a pill from Susan, and when she refuses to give in to his addiction, he sorta pushes her and she tumbles down the stairs! Mike brings Susan to the busy ER and isn’t happy his pregnant wife can’t be seen immediately. Mike becomes violent with an orderly and security’s called!  He’s handcuffed to a chair, where he again wants a pill from Susan, who forces him to agree to go to rehab.

4.10  “Welcome to Kanagawa” January 6, 2008

Written by Jamie Gorgenberg and Jordon Nardino; directed by Larry Shaw

The Scavos are rescued from McCluskey’s basement; they’re all fine, but Ida was killed. Days later, as Lynette and McCluskey pack up Ida’s things, Lynette learns Ida made sure the kids took the safest part of the basement. Lynette learns Ida played baseball professionally and wanted her ashes scattered at a nearby stadium. When Lynette and McCluskey meet Ida’s relatives and learn they won’t grant this request, Lynette substitutes dirt from the vacuum cleaner for the ashes she gives away. Lynette and McCluskey have to break into the stadium to scatter Ida’s ashes. They’re caught by a security guard but Lynette continues dumping the ashes as they run away. Lynette and McCluskey get off with a warning, but Lynette feels bad she didn’t do enough for Ida, who saved her kids’ lives. All she can do now is make do with the friends she has now, starting with Mrs. McCluskey.

Adam and Katherine ID Sylvia’s body at the morgue without admitting her connection to them. Katherine tells Adam their marriage is over. Adam finds and reads the note Katherine’s aunt left before she died. Adam confronts Katherine over the note, as it reveals that she, not her ex-husband, was responsible for what happened there years ago. Katherine tosses the note in the fire, but Dylan rescues it from the fireplace and is emotionally affected by what she reads.

Bree and Orson are staying with Susan, who’s reluctant to have a clean freak like Bree around. Bree hopes to get Walter, a contractor, to get her home fixed soon, but he’s too upset to do so; she learns from Bob and Lee that Walter’s boyfriend recently dumped him. Susan’s reluctance to have Bree living with her changes when she finds Bree’s cleaned, done the laundry, and made a wonderful dinner. Bree invites Walter over in hopes of convincing him to help her soon; she also has Andrew over and all but pimps him out to Walter. Determined to keep Bree living with her, Susan sabotages Bree’s matchmaking efforts and Walter exits. Susan tells Bree that with her pregnant and Mke in rehab, Bree’s efforts have made her feel sane. Bree and Susan bond.

Victor’s father joins Gabrielle at Victor’s funeral and tells her she’s getting nothing from Victor, since none of Victor’s money was in his name. Gabrielle tells Carlos about their money woes, including the loss of his papers for the embezzled money.  He’s upset. Gabrielle goes to the CPA’s house and learns he died thanks to the tornado. Gabrielle rifles through the papers in the dead man’s garage as his wake continues; when the garage door opens and his mourners see her inside, she fakes grief. Gabrielle tells Carlos they’re broke, but they can make it together. What she doesn’t know is that Carlos is now blind.

4.11 “Sunday” April 13, 2008 

Katherine recalls how her first husband Wayne Davis beat her many times, until one time she hit back, with a candlestick. She’s rude to the women when they visit her because they’ve heard Adam left her.Katherine visits a grave in the woods and cries. Later, Dylan shows Julie the pieces of her aunt’s note which seem to say that her father was murdered. Dylan contacts Adam by phone instead of turning to her mom, but Adam goes to Katherine and spills what Dylan has said. Dylan tells Adam she feels crazy and wants answers; he says her mom didn’t kill her father.

Susan’s cousin Tim is doing her taxes while Mike’s in rehab; he has a history of being interested in much younger women, which upsets Susan when he meets the almost-18 Dylan, as well as Katherine, who Tim knew years ago. Susan becomes upset when she sees Tim talking to Dylan. Later, while Susan and Julie visit Mike at rehab, Susan calls Tim and suspects he’s in bed with Dylan. She rushes home to find Tim in bed with  . . Katherine! And it’s not their first time, as he lost his virginity to her at 16. Later, Susan asks Tim about his first experience with Katherine and learns that after their first time, Tim went back to her house and saw, from outside the window, Katherine arguing with her first husband. Tim saw Katherine hit her ex over the head with a candlestick.

Lynette suggests that the Scavos go to church, an idea Tom’s against initially til one of the twins reveals how little he knows about Jesus. Bree’s excited to have Lynette join her at the Presbyterian church, but Bree’s initial happiness fades when Lynette raises her hand after the sermon and wants to know why bad things happen to good people. The reverend suggests she come to Bible study on Tuesday. Later, Bree tells Bree that church is for answers, not questions, and suggests she try another church. When Bree goes to church the next Sunday, she hopes the reverend will tell her she’s in charge of the ladies auxillary, but he is mostly interested in talking about how much he liked that she brought Lynette to church. Bree heads to the nearby Catholic church where the Scavos are now attending, and makes a failed effort to get Lynette to go with her. Bree’s selfish reason for wanting the Scavos to join her don’t work for Lynette, who wants answers after surviving cancer and a tornado. Still later, Bree apologizes to Lynette, who should be free to ask questions, and the two friends make up.

Gabrielle convinces her priest to remarry her and Carlos, even though her last husband’s been dead for only a few weeks and she admits she and Carlos had an affair. Meanwhile, Edie visits Carlos in the hospital and returns some jewelry he gave her, only to be outraged to learn it’s costume jewelry. On her way out, she talks to a nurse, who hints that Carlos’ sight is worse than he’s letting on; Edie takes the nurse out to lunch to pump her for details. Gabrielle surprises Carlos in his hospital room with an impromptu wedding ceremony. He tries to tell her his blindness is permanent, but her initial shock leads him to claim he’ll have his vision back within three months. Carlos and Gabrielle marry. Later, Edie tells Gabrielle how good she is to marry a permanently blind man, and she spills what the nurse told her. As revenge, Gabrielle fixes Carlos a meal made out of dog food, then trips him as he tries to walk around the kitchen. She confronts her husband about his lie, and they make up after she says she can handle his blindness.

4.12  “In Buddy’s Eyes” April 20, 2008

Written by Jeff Greenstein; directed by Larry Shaw 

Mike asks Orson to forgive him for having Orson prescribe him pain medication. Feeling subconsciously guilty for what he did to Mike (running him down with his car and placing him in a coma), Orson begins sleepwalking at Susan’s home. Susan’s horrified to find a nude Orson in her kitchen, and things become worse for Susan when Orson denies the incident the next morning and Bree thinks Susan merely dreamt about Orson. But when Susan again catches Orson in the buff, she slaps him awake.  She tells Orson he mumbled Mike’s name, and in response Orson says that he and Bree will move out soon. But when Julie finds Orson sleepwalking another time, she overhears his sleepy apology for having hit Mike with his car.

Gabrielle wants to go on errands without her blind husband Carlos with her. In a store parking lot, she rants to Lynette about the lack of valet parking; Lynette suggests her friend pick up a handicapped parking placard for Carlos. Gabrielle does just that, but her next shopping trip spirals out of control when two men in wheelchairs confront her for having used a handicapped parking spot despite being non-handicapped. Gabrielle pushes one of the man’s wheelchairs away and makes a run for it. On her next trip, Gabrielle takes Carlos with her for errands but doesn’t let him out of the car. He realizes she’s using him for good parking, and she admits that she’s been so worried about him, she’s taking the good parking spot as it’s one of the few perks she has.