Mike's bride is revealed to be Susan. On the day of the wedding, Katherine storms into the church and demands a public apology from Susan. Susan obliges, expressing her sorrow to Katherine during the ceremony, but Katherine still refuses to forgive Susan. Bree continues her affair with Karl but later ends it, feeling increasingly guilty. Since Orson still refuses to grant her a divorce, Bree reignites the affair. Gabrielle grows irritated with Ana's rebellious attitude. Upon learning that Ana as
The morning after the attack, Karen and her new boyfriend Roy find Julie unconscious. At the hospital, Lynette tells Susan that Julie had confided in her that she might be pregnant. Susan lashes out at Lynette, who reveals that Julie only told her because Lynette is pregnant herself. Lynette contemplates terminating her pregnancy, but Susan persuades her not to. Katherine offers her support to Mike and kisses him, but he pulls away. Bree worries that her affair with Karl may jeopardize her frien
Gabrielle and Carlos have a chance encounter with John Rowland, who is now divorced. When Ana takes a hostessing job at John's restaurant, Gabrielle voices her disapproval, and Carlos accuses her of still being attracted to John, but Gabrielle rebuffs Carlos' suspicions. Danny is released due to lack of evidence against him. Susan confronts Danny about Julie and pins him underneath a car he is fixing, prompting Angie to threaten Susan. After evidence of Danny's innocence surfaces, Susan makes am
Bree becomes concerned when Katherine begins to spy on Mike and Susan, convinced that their marriage is in crisis. At a wedding catered by Bree, Katherine makes a scene when she sees the cake she had designed for her planned wedding with Mike. Bree fires Katherine and urges her to seek counseling. As Lynette's breasts grow during her pregnancy, Carlos and her colleagues assume she has had a breast augmentation. Gabrielle becomes furious when John and Ana grow closer. John, who still has feelings
Following an incident during an unsupervised playdate at her house, Gabrielle gains a reputation as a neglectful mother, which threatens to derail Juanita's birthday party. Karen convinces Lynette to hire Roy as a handyman, but Lynette later fires Roy after he accuses her of emasculating Tom. Bree finds herself at odds with a motel maid who judges her for having an affair with Karl. Julie returns home from the hospital and tells Nick their affair is over. When Julie confides in Danny that she st
Having developed feelings for Karl, Bree decides to end the affair, before he gifts her his grandmother's brooch. Seeing the brooch on Bree, Susan reveals that it belonged to her before she lost it; Bree claims she bought it at an antique store. Karl proposes to Bree, but she insists that he prove he is a changed man. Orson discovers that Bree lied about where she bought the brooch. After Juanita says a swear word during a school play, the principal questions Gabrielle's parenting skills. Angere
Gabrielle exploits her new housekeeper—who has a PhD—by having her tutor Juanita. When Gabrielle confides in Carlos that homeschooling Juanita is affecting their mother–daughter relationship, he agrees to find another solution. As Susan attempts to prove that Katherine attacked Julie, Detective Denise Lapera offers to investigate. However, after Susan realizes that Denise is a former classmate who hated her in high school, a vengeful Denise arrests Susan for failing to report that she had shot K
When Susan and Katherine are both sentenced to community service, Susan is shocked to learn that Katherine and Mike once had sex five times in one day, and sets out to beat Katherine's "record". Gabrielle becomes determined to enroll Juanita into a coveted Catholic school. When Gabrielle accidentally discovers Lynette's pregnancy, Carlos, in order to avoid a lawsuit, forces Lynette to choose between running the company's Miami branch or quitting. To help secure Bree's divorce, Karl instructs her
As Carlos continues to punish Lynette at work, she files a lawsuit against him for workplace harassment, further straining Gabrielle and Lynette's friendship. When Carlos gives Lynette an excessive amount of work to complete in one night, she misses the deadline and he fires her. Susan is incensed when she discovers Bree and Karl's affair, but when Bree confesses that she truly loves Karl, Susan gives them her blessing. Bree executes her blackmail scheme by arranging a meeting between Orson and
Katherine falsely accuses Mike of stabbing her. Concerned about Katherine's deteriorating mental state, Susan contacts Dylan, who arrives on Wisteria Lane and has Katherine committed to a mental institution. The feud between Gabrielle and Lynette continues to escalate. After manipulating Danny into revealing that his family has been on the run since Angie killed a man 18 years earlier, Mona blackmails the Bolens for money. Bree demands that Orson sign the divorce papers, showing him the pictures
In the aftermath of the plane crash, the housewives reflect on what their lives would have been like if they had made different choices. Susan ponders what would have happened to her life if she had stayed married to Karl; she is then notified of his death. Devastated by the news of Karl's death, Bree is sedated and envisions herself married to Karl. Upon awakening, Bree is informed that Orson has become paralyzed. Angie contemplates the consequences of Mona surviving and revealing the Bolens' s
After inheriting Karl's share of a strip club, Susan learns that Mike is the club's plumber and forbids him from going back there. Mike objects to being told what to do, until Susan performs a striptease onstage to prove her point. Carlos hires Tom to fill in for Lynette while she is pregnant. Lynette is furious when Tom expects her to be a stay-at-home mother after the baby is born, while she struggles to process her grief over the loss of the other twin. Feeling guilty for Orson's paralysis, B
Tom begins seeing a therapist, Dr. Graham. Lynette visits Dr. Graham to defend herself from Tom's supposed badmouthing, but eventually agrees to couples therapy. Orson continues to order Bree around at his whim and refuses to be bathed, prompting her to spray him with a garden hose. Bree apologizes after Orson admits he is frustrated by the loss of his independence. When the Oakridge students are placed into learning groups in math class, Susan and Gabrielle compete to determine which of their c
Susan sells off her share of the strip club and encourages Robin, a stripper with higher aspirations but no skills, to quit her job. After a failed attempt to get Robin an assistant job at Oakridge, Susan convinces Mike to let Robin stay with them temporarily. When Lynette and Tom watch Dr. Graham give a terrible performance in a local play, after she had claimed she had a gift for acting, they lose confidence in her as a therapist and subsequently stop seeing her. Carlos attacks Danny after cat
Robin's arrival on Wisteria Lane gradually begins to affect the lives of several of her new neighbors. After catching Parker spying on Robin while she is showering, Lynette confronts Robin but later apologizes to her. Robin advises Bree to reconnect with Orson by reigniting their sex life. Gabrielle has Robin tell Ana about how she gave up her dreams for a boy in her youth, leading Ana to break up with Danny and leave for New York City to pursue a modeling career. Realizing she has been used, Ro
Gabrielle is forced to leave the house when Celia contracts chickenpox. Enjoying the single life again, Gabrielle initially tries to prolong her stay with Bob and Lee, but ultimately returns home with a new appreciation for her children. Distracted by her pregnancy, Lynette and Tom forget Penny's birthday. Bree hires Sam Allen, a mysterious man who takes a strong interest in her. Susan pushes Roy into proposing to Karen, who learns that she may have lung cancer. Katherine's therapist suggests sh
Katherine seeks advice from Bob and Lee about her feelings for Robin, while Mike tries to show Susan how manly he is after he begins to feel like he's emasculated. Preston returns from Europe with a girlfriend, Irina, and announces that he has proposed to her, much to Lynette's dismay. After finding a picture of Sam as a toddler with Rex, Bree discovers that Sam is Rex's illegitimate son. Gabrielle joins Angie in New York after discovering that Ana knows she sabotaged her relationship with Danny
Bree invites Sam to a family dinner, but Andrew storms out when Bree gives Rex's old guitar to Sam. Andrew and Orson later team up to expose Sam's true intentions. Susan and Gabrielle go to shameless lengths to top each other's kids in a candy bar fundraiser; Gabrielle flirts with construction workers to convince them to buy the candy bars, while Susan has M.J. pretend to be handicapped to sell more bars. Preston announces his intentions to put off college and find a job, despite Lynette's insis
After Mike's truck is repossessed, Susan tries to help his financial woes by paying her friends to clog up their plumbing; Mike catches on and insists he doesn't want her help. Gabrielle offers to help Bob and Lee in having their child by being their surrogate, but backs out when Bob and Lee do not want her to have an active part in raising their child; Bob and Lee later break up. Bree fires Andrew when he suggests that Sam is manipulating her. Sam is alarmed to hear that Bree eventually plans t
Flashbacks depict Eddie Orlofsky's life on Wisteria Lane. Mary Alice discovers a four-year-old Eddie home alone and lectures his single mother Barbara about prioritizing her son; Barbara later tells Eddie that he ruined her life. Gabrielle moves to Wisteria Lane and befriends a nine-year-old Eddie, but lets him down gently to make friends her own age. Bree gives dating advice to a teenage Eddie, but asks Barbara to let him down easy when his crush turns out to be Danielle; Barbara crudely mocks
Gabrielle discovers Carlos' loan to Mike and informs Susan. Before Susan can call Mike, the two women play a prank against their husbands to retaliate. After witnessing Sam argue with a grocery store clerk, Bree investigates and finds out that the clerk is Sam's biological mother, whom he claimed to have died. Bree confronts Sam, who becomes violent and angrily reveals his jealousy of Andrew and Danielle. Bree apologizes to Andrew and reveals that she is now afraid of Sam. The Scavos have welcom
In an effort to get rid of Sam, Bree sends police officers to intimidate him. However, Sam reveals that Danielle told him about Andrew running over Juanita Solis, and blackmails Bree into turning over her entire company to him. After meeting with an IRS agent, Susan and Mike ultimately decide to leave Wisteria Lane and rent out their house. Fearing for her life, Angie agrees to help Patrick build a bomb, while Patrick lures Danny back to Wisteria Lane and ties him up to a chair. Gabrielle arrive
Lynette goes into labor while being held hostage at Eddie's house. After Eddie helps deliver the baby, Lynette convinces Eddie to turn himself in, and she allows him to hold the baby while she calls the police. Bree hands over her company to Sam to silence him; Orson is angered by Bree's hypocrisy and leaves her. Gabrielle informs Nick about Angie's note, and they drive back to Wisteria Lane. Patrick plants Angie's bomb inside the house and activates it with a detonator. However, the bomb in the