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Episode Title |
Director |
Writer |
Overview |
Original Airdate
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| 1 |
Pilot |
Charles McDougall |
Marc Cherry |
The show begins with the suicide of Mary Alice Young, who narrates the episodes from beyond the grave. Mary Alice's suicide left behind a puzzle involving her husband Paul, son Zach, and a mysterious toy chest. The story is unraveled through her four friends and neighbors. The show also follows the mystery of why Mary Alice took her own life and precisely who Mike Delfino really is. At least once every episode, the 'surviving' housewives (Mary Alice was one of the group before her suicide) meet and discuss over either coffee or poker the events in the current storyline. |
October 3, 2004
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| 2 |
Ah, But Underneath |
Larry Shaw |
Marc Cherry |
Mike's dog pays the price when Edie crashes his dinner date with Susan. Gabrielle realizes that her gardener John is taking their fling to heart, and that Carlos might actually know about their affair. Bree also goads Rex into therapy, where the doctor may be the one who needs the most help. To keep her kids disciplined, Lynette turns to drastic measures which ultimately fail. |
October 10, 2004
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| 3 |
Pretty Little Picture |
Arlene Sanford |
Oliver Goldstick |
The women decide to go ahead with a dinner party which was supposed to be held by Mary Alice. Gabrielle is spied upon by a 9 year old after being caught in the act. Bree tries to keep her marriage problems a secret and Susan confronts her ex-husband. |
October 17, 2004
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| 4 |
Who's That Woman? |
Jeff Melman |
Tom Spezialy and Marc Cherry |
Mrs. Huber accuses Susan of being an arsonist. Bree has trouble dealing with her teenage son after her husband Rex leaves. Carlos becomes suspicious that Gabrielle has committed infidelity but blames the wrong person. Lynette is upset when she learns her twin sons may have ADD. |
October 24, 2004
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| 5 |
Come In, Stranger |
Arlene Sanford |
Alexandra Cunningham |
A break-in on Wisteria Lane leaves the neighbors feeling vulnerable, Susan reluctantly accepts a date with a persistent policeman. A lonely Bree, who finds herself bonding with Mary Alice's troubled son, Zach. Lynette and Tom pull out all the stops to get their uncontrollable twins accepted at a prestigious private school. Carlos' mother (special guest star Lupe Ontiveros) puts a crimp in Gabrielle's covert love life. |
October 31, 2004
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| 6 |
Running to Stand Still |
Fred Gerber |
Tracy Stern |
Lynette locks horns with an officious mom. Susan continues to investigate the mystery of Zach's sudden disappearance. Mama Solis comes closer to discovering Gabrielle's dirty little secret. Bree comes undone when Rex suggests they hire a sex surrogate. |
November 7, 2004
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| 7 |
Anything You Can Do |
Larry Shaw |
John Pardee and Joey Murphy |
Susan is miffed when Mike's unexpected - and very sexy - houseguest forces him to postpone their first official "date". Lynette becomes steadily more dependent on the twins' ADD medication. Gabrielle becomes jealous of the "other" woman in John's life. Bree's kids mutiny when they learn their dad has moved out. Mrs. Solis is the victim of a hit and run driver moments after verifying who Gabrielle is having an affair with. |
November 21, 2004
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| 8 |
Guilty |
Fred Gerber |
Kevin Murphy |
Susan grows suspicious of Mike Delfino's real reason for moving to the street. Lynette reaches the breaking point in her addiction to the twins' ADD medication. Bree devises a plan in order to save Andrew from prosecution. |
November 28, 2004
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| 9 |
Suspicious Minds |
Larry Shaw |
Jenna Bans |
Gabrielle decides to hold a fashion show on Wisteria Lane. Susan becomes less charitable however when she learns Gabrielle's shocking secret. John's mother thinks he is having an affair with Susan instead of Gabrielle. Bree and Rex decide a way to punish Andrew after he puts Mrs. Solis in the hospital. Lynette tries to poach a nanny. |
December 12, 2004
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| 10 |
Come Back to Me |
Fred Gerber |
Patty Lin |
Bree unleashes her inner "woman scorned" after Rex's sordid dabblings nearly kill him. Meanwhile Gabrielle's predicament worsens as she gets a taste of her own medicine, courtesy of Carlos's jailhouse confession. Susan plans to take her relationship with Mike to the next level, and Lynette, jealous of her nanny, decides to video tape her. Susan betrays Julie by sending Zach Young back home to his father, who makes a startling admission of his own. |
December 21, 2004
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| 11 |
Move On |
John David Coles |
David Schulner |
Edie organizes a neighborhood search for the missing Mrs. Huber, just as the absent busybody's sister Felicia Tilman arrives on Wisteria Lane. Meanwhile, Bree resigns herself to her marital state and asks an attractive pharmacist on a date; Susan's ex, Karl, suddenly reappears in her life. |
January 9, 2005
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| 12 |
Every Day a Little Death |
David Grossman |
Chris Black |
The residents of Wisteria Lane finally learn Mrs. Huber's fate, and the truth has unexpected consequences for Susan. After learning that Mrs. Huber left behind a journal, Susan is forced to confess to Edie about her role in the fire that burned down Edie's house. Meanwhile Bree finds her new beau, George is getting a little too close for comfort. Carlos' return isn't the homecoming Gabrielle had had in mind. Lynette gets her children into a day care after claiming her son Parker has cancer. |
January 16, 2005
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| 13 |
Your Fault |
Arlene Sanford |
Tom Spezialy |
When Lynette's father-in-law pays a visit to to the family, she unwittingly learns a family secret---that he's been consistently cheating on his wife. Meanwhile, Susan is disturbed by Julie's growing romance with Zach. Rex attempts to reconcile with Bree as she tries to play hard-to-get. |
January 23, 2005
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| 14 |
Love is in the Air |
Jeff Melman |
Tom Spezialy and Marc Cherry |
It's Valentine's Day on Wisteria Lane, where the events of the day are far from normal: Lynette's boys are caught stealing, whilst Mike is receiving a card from his partner, Susan and Bree finds out a little more than she would care to about Rex's sexual desires. |
February 13, 2005
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| 15 |
Impossible |
Larry Shaw |
Marc Cherry and Tom Spezialy |
Mike Delfino is questioned about Mrs. Huber's murder by police and is arrested. John's friend, Justin attempts to blackmail Gabrielle with his knowledge of their affair and becoming her new gardner---but things are not what they may seem for both in the situation. Meanwhile, Tom wants a big promotion, but Lynette fears that she'd be home alone with the kids more than ever and tries her best in discouraging him in taking the job. Zach Young throws a pool party where things get out of hand |
February 20, 2005
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| 16 |
The Ladies Who Lunch |
Arlene Sanford |
Alexandra Cunningham |
Gabrielle and Carlos face crisis when the sewer system goes out at their house and they don't have the money to fix it. Also, Lynette braves a scandal herself when it's rumored that the twins started the school's head lice epidemic. Meanwhile, as Susan sinks into depression over her breakup with Mike, she finds a surprising ally---Edie. |
March 27, 2005
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| 17 |
There Won't Be Trumpets |
Jeff Melman |
John Pardee and Joey Murphy |
Mama Solis' condition is changed for the better as she finally wakes up from her coma, but it doesn't last long. The residents of Wisteria Lane all attend the unfortunate funeral of Juanita Solis as Carlos and Gabrielle fret over their financial and court issues. Lynette befriends a deaf woman, Alisa Stevens, whose children also attend Barcliff Academy with Porter and Preston, but her newfound friendship is tested when she butts into her disturbed marital problems of her husband saying things behind her back. |
April 3, 2005
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| 18 |
Children Will Listen |
Larry Shaw |
Kevin Murphy |
Susan's mom, Sophie (special guest star Lesley Ann Warren, pays an unannounced visit to Wisteria Lane after she and her boyfriend (special guest star Bob Newhart) call it quits. Meanwhile, Gabrielle faces Carlos' wrath after he learns about the hospital settlement and tries to change their prenuptial agreement in order to keep Gabrielle in check while he serves his jail sentence. |
April 10, 2005
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| 19 |
Live Alone and Like It |
Arlene Sanford |
Jenna Bans |
Lynette learns that no good deed goes unpunished when she momentarily befriends the mean Mrs. McClusky. Susan's mother decides to try and jump start her and her daughter's love lives. Susan later finds her mother in her kitchen with a man she picked up, and Susan asks her mother to get rid of him. Andrew talks to a priest about his feelings, and tells him of his shocking plans for his mother, Bree. |
April 17, 2005
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| 20 |
Fear No More |
Jeff Melman |
Adam Barr |
Gabrielle plans a big party to bid farewell to Carlos, who is about to head off to jail for eight months. Meanwhile George Williams resurfaces in Bree's life, much to Rex's displeasure as he knows George wants to steal her away from him. Also, Lynette is shocked to learn that Tom's old girlfriend Annabel Foster who he dumped for Lynette has been hired at his firm again. |
May 1, 2005
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| 21 |
Sunday in the Park with George |
Larry Shaw |
Katie Ford |
George Williams continues to worm his way into Bree's life. After Edie spies Bree with George at a restaurant, Bree begins to feel guilty about sharing her intimate feelings with George; Rex's health continues to depreciate. Lynette tries to spice things up with Tom who, she fears, is losing interest. |
May 8, 2005
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| 22 |
Goodbye For Now |
David Grossman |
Josh Senter |
Susan and Mike decide to move in together, much to Edie's displeasure, who schemes against them using Susan's friends. Meanwhile, Lynette takes steps to make sure Annabel doesn't come between her and Tom, and the consequences land Tom out of work. Bree comes to a realization about her "buddy" George the pharmacist. |
May 15, 2005
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| 23 |
One Wonderful Day |
Larry Shaw |
Marc Cherry and John Pardee & Joey Murphy and Tom Spezialy & Kevin Murphy |
Gabrielle testifies at Carlos's hate crime hearing, telling the judge that Carlos only beat up the two gay men because he thought that they were sleeping with his wife. While Gabrielle is still on the witness stand, John enters the courtroom and tells Carlos the truth about him and Gabrielle. Carlos attempts to attack John, but is restrained by two policemen. Rex's doctor implies that Rex is still so sick because of something Bree was feeding him. Rex dies right after writing a note to Bree that says "I understand and I forgive you." Tom tells Lynette that he quit his job, and that it's her fault. He also tells her that she is the one that will be going back to work, and that he's going to be a stay-at-home dad. Mike takes Paul out to the middle of nowhere to kill him, but learns the truth about Deirdre and the Young family, and doesn't kill him. Zach attacks Felicia with a hockey stick and finds out the truth about where his father is, and that Mike is going to kill Paul. Zach waits at Mike's house for him to return, though Susan shows up first. He then holds Susan hostage and tells her that he is going to kill Mike. Mike returns home and enters the door not knowing someone armed and dangerous is behind it. |
May 22, 2005
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