Desperate Housewives: Season 4

Edie's suicide attempt is revealed to be a ploy to manipulate Carlos, but she almost dies when Carlos does not show up in time to rescue her. Carlos takes Edie to the hospital and is forced to call off plans to run away with Gabrielle. One month later, former Wisteria Lane resident and Susan's old friend Katherine Mayfair moves into her aunt's house with her second husband Adam, a gynecologist, and her daughter Dylan. Julie reunites with Dylan, but is puzzled to learn that Dylan has no recollect

Susan tries to involve Mike as a parent in her house, but she becomes torn when he convinces her to forbid Julie from attending a wild house party. Lynette bans Tom from her chemotherapy sessions and asks Gabrielle to accompany her, but discovers she dreads the prospect of visiting Lynette because she had watched her father die of cancer. Bree is infuriated when Katherine refuses to share her secret lemon meringue pie recipe with her, so Bree decides to sneak into Katherine's house and steal the

Julie and Dylan break into Dylan's old room to investigate Dylan's past, but Katherine catches them and orders Dylan to stay away from Julie. Susan and Mike host a charades party at their house, which turns into a disaster due to a series of misfortunes: Stella feeds an unsuspecting Lynette pot brownies to help her through the side effects of chemotherapy, causing Lynette to behave erratically at the party; Gabrielle is unhappy upon learning of Carlos and Edie's engagement and tries to flirt wit

Susan is determined to win over Bob and Lee, the new gay couple on Wisteria Lane, but fails miserably when she ruins Bob's expensive designer suit, forcing Mike to pay for a new suit. Lynette shops for a new set of wigs to spice up her sex life when she realizes Tom is repulsed by her baldness. Edie learns she has crabs, which she has transmitted to Carlos, Gabrielle and ultimately Victor. Bree is thrown a surprise baby shower and reunites with Phyllis, who discovers her fake pregnancy. After th

Lynette runs against Katherine for president of Wisteria Lane's homeowners' association in order to protect her children's tree house, while Katherine wants to remove Bob and Lee's noisy fountain, which has made it difficult for Susan and Mike to sleep at night. Susan votes for Katherine, giving her the win, but Katherine decides to let Lynette keep her tree house after Adam asks her to be friendly with the neighbors. Bob and Lee refuse to take down the fountain and threaten Katherine by reveali

Susan discovers that Mike's father, Nick, whom he claimed was dead, is actually in prison for murder. Susan meets Nick, who shows no remorse or guilt but laments how his arrest affected Mike in his youth. Lynette is informed by her oncologist that she has been cured of cancer. Adam delivers Danielle's baby boy, named Benjamin Tyson Hodge, and Bree offers to take care of him when Danielle leaves for college. After Edie unsuccessfully attempts to report Carlos' offshore account to the IRS, Carlos

Bree discovers that Mike may be addicted to painkillers and tells Susan about it, who finds a large bag of pills hidden in his flashlight. Mike explains to her that he started taking the pills after hurting himself while on a job, as he did not want to take time off from work in order to continue providing for his family. Mike flushes the pills down the drain, but secretly retrieves them while Susan is asleep. Katherine tries to keep Dylan from the truth about her father by revealing that he was

Adam receives a susprise visit from Sylvia, a former patient from Chicago with whom he might have had an affair. Susan tries to set up Julie with Barrett, unaware that he is Mike's drug dealer. Mike tries to obtain a prescription for pills from Adam or Orson, to which Orson agrees when he learns that Mike's shoulder pain stems from the hit-and-run he caused; Susan discovers the pills hidden in Mike's truck. Lynette tries to find Stella with the help of her stepfather, Glen, only to discover that

The residents of Wisteria Lane prepare to protect themselves from an impending tornado. Susan and Mike argue about his intake of pills, causing Susan to fall down a flight of stairs. Susan threatens to leave Mike if he does not check himself into rehab, to which he agrees. After witnessing Katherine spit on Sylvia, Bree invites Sylvia inside for a cup of tea and learns about Adam's supposed affair. Sylvia barricades herself in Bree's bathroom, causing Katherine, Adam, Bree, Orson, and Benjamin t

Lynette learns that Ida sacrificed herself to save her children and Tom. She tries to pay her back by scattering her ashes on the baseball field where she used to play, but gets caught by the police. Katherine and Adam identify Sylvia's body at the morgue. Adam finds Aunt Lillian's note and leaves Katherine, accusing her of hiding the truth about her ex-husband. Desperate to have her roof repaired, Bree attempts to secure the services of a gay contractor by "pimping out" Andrew while staying wit

Lynette asks to accompany Bree to church, but embarrasses her by asking questions to the minister. Lynette later explains that she turned to religion to help her understand why she survived both her cancer and the tornado, and Bree apologizes for judging her earlier. Gabrielle learns from Edie that Carlos' blindness is permanent and punishes him for lying to her. When Carlos confesses that he was afraid Gabrielle would leave him because he is broke and blind, she reassures him that she loves him

Orson starts sleepwalking because of his guilt over running over Mike and confesses the truth in front of Julie. Bree and Katherine join forces to plan the Founder's Ball, but Bree feels that Katherine is trying to steal the spotlight and purposely gives her food poisoning; the two ultimately realize they are more alike than they thought. Struggling to adjust to Carlos' blindness, Gabrielle takes advantage of his condition by parking in handicapped spaces. Rick Coletti opens a pizzeria across th

As Bree and Orson move back to their house, Mike returns home from rehab. Katherine convinces Bree to start a catering business together. Mike and Susan learn the truth about the hit-and-run, prompting Susan to forbid Orson from coming near her family and Bree to throw him out of her house. Lynette and Tom argue over the fire and Rick's feelings for Lynette, culminating in a physical altercation between Tom and Rick at Scavo Pizzeria. Porter and Preston confess to Lynette that they set Rick's re

Bree gives Orson an ultimatum to turn himself in for running over Mike, but he refuses and moves in with Edie, who kisses him while they are drunk; Bree sees them through a window. Gabrielle rents out her guest room to Ellie, an art student, but when Gabrielle starts suspecting that Ellie is a prostitute, she enlists the help of Bob and Lee to catch her in the act. Ellie later confesses to Gabrielle that she is using her room as a tattoo parlor so that she can raise money to open her own shop, b

Adele Delfino, Mike's overbearing Southern mother, arrives for a visit and continuously insults Susan for not being a "complete" housewife. Susan asks Mike to make Adele apologize and goes into labor, giving birth to a baby boy. Gabrielle and Carlos discover that Ellie is a drug dealer, and the police ask the couple to pretend not to know anything so they can catch Ellie's supplier, in exchange of ending Carlos' probation. Bree sabotages Edie's real estate business to exact revenge on her for ki

"The Gun Song" is the 86th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the sixteenth episode of the show's fourth season, and the first half of the two-hour season finale. It aired on May 18, 2008 in the United States.

Susan and Mike try to name their son. Lynette is arrested for supposedly attacking Kayla, and Tom must do what he can to save his family. Bree is being stalked by Orson, and when she meets with Reverend Green, the reverend tries to hit on her. In the meantime, Gabrielle is still helping the police trying to detain Ellie for dealing drugs. Finally, Katherine is visited by her ex-husband, Wayne.