John is delighted now Carlos is jailed for eight years and has laid a rose petals path to her bed for pregnant Gabrielle to celebrate their henceforward unhindered love-life, assuming to be the baby's daddy, but is literally thrown out in his boxers as 'traitor' while she tries to patch up things with Carlos, who demands a paternity test, at the very least... Lynette eagerly grabs the professional opportunity presented by Tom's domestic 'career switch', but when she finally has a recruiting appointment for her advertising dream job, household-novice Tom has hurt his back to tears just moving a bit, so she has to take the baby to the interview with neurotic, hasty firm CEO Ed Ferrara after having assured unsympathetic supervisor Nina Fletcher she would never allow her family to come in the way of her job, any hours any day, and leaving the baby with office junior Stu... Bree predicted trouble at Rex's funeral, and gets it in the round shape of ever-criticizing mother-in-law Phyllis Van... Written by KGF Vissers

Susan does not know where she stands with her undefined relationship with Mike, but things get complicated when she wakes up one morning to find that her ex-husband, Karl, had a sleepover with her arch-rival: the sluttish Edie Britt. Phyllis freely expresses her grief to anyone within range, totally upstaging a very annoyed Bree. Unfortunately, that's the least of Bree's problems when the police begin to investigate Rex's death, and George Williams returns wanting to re-start his relationship with Bree. Carlos is being exploited in prison and needs Gabrielle's help to deliver money to his violent cell mate's girlfriend. She accepts to help only if she gets access to his secret bank account. Lynette, unsatisfied with Tom's approach to stay-at-home parenting, does some cunning intervention involving a stray rat. The Applewhites' secrets are slowly revealed to their mysterious captive in the basement of the house and their continuing adjustments to keeping a low profile in Fairview. Written by Jonathan Oshiro and matt-282

Bree throws Phyllis out of her house; Susan tries bravely to accept Edie's new role in Julie's life; Lynette's demanding boss, Nina, makes her miss Parker's first day of kindergarten; Gabrielle finally breaks after seeing John with an older woman; Felicia persuades Mike to watch his back for the missing Zach and Paul might come after him; Betty and Matthew try to keep their mysterious captive's presence a secret when he nearly escapes.

On one of Gabrielle's prison visits to see Carlos she creates a terrible riot, which lands Carlos in hot water when his lawyer Doyle quits. In finding a new lawyer for her husband, Gabrielle meets an interesting attorney, named David Bradley, whom she is attracted to. Susan puts her feelings aside and joins Mike in searching for Zach. When Susan finds Zach living in the streets, she learns of his intentions to get back together with Julie, and feels she must take matters into her own hands to keep him away from her and Julie. Lynette is surprised to find out that her son Parker has an imaginary friend and desperately tries to ensure Parker breaks free from his fantasy friend. George and Andrew both vie for Bree's attention as they both compete in making each other look bad in front of her. Bree continues to be unaware that both her psychopath suitor and her son mean her harm. George takes the conflict too far when he successfully provokes Andrew into attacking him and playing the poor... Written by matt-282

Susan helps her dear friend in financial trouble; Lynette is forced to go out to bars with her man-hungry boss; Bree is allowed to re-bury Rex; Gabrielle hires David Bradley to defend Carlos, but rejects him; More of the Applewhite's past is shown; Paul Young returns. Written by matt-282

Susan tries to get Paul Young arrested, while her mother pays another visit; Carlos continues serving his jail sentence, while Gabrielle tries to free him, but his lawyer refuses to represent him; Bree gets a bad rash every time she tries to be intimate with George; Lynette gets into a minor argument with Tom over her purchase of a number of very expensive business suits to impress Nina.

Gabrielle tries to revisit her past when old friends come to town, but doesn't want anyone to know that she's three months pregnant when getting dressed up. With the aftermath of her breakup with Mike, Susan finds temporary solace with her ex-husband Karl as his relationship with Edie hits a bump. Meanwhile, Lynette and Tom learn more about the new neighbors, the Harpers, when they babysit their two wild children and uncover a sex tape of the couple. Bree continues to have no idea that George is completely deranged and she's still being casually nice to him. When George buys a house for himself and makes an offer to Bree to move in with him as well as shows her off to his equally crazy family and friends, she becomes more uncertain about where she stands with him. George also learns about Bree's therapist giving her relationship advice, and again decides to take matters into his own hands. Also, Betty and Matthew's captive, Caleb, gets lose from the basement and roams around Wisteria ... Written by Anonymous

The residents stress about security; Lynette fears Tom doesn't keep his eye close enough on their offspring; Susan decides to meet her biological father; Bree later gets a visit from a mysterious woman; Gabrielle learns to face her feelings. Written by KGF Vissers and matt-282

George stalks Bree; Lynette uses some leverage against Nina; Carlos is released from prison; Susan finally meets her birth father, and tries to form a relationship.

Newley promoted vice president Lynette tries to put a daycare center in Parcher and Murphy by recruiting employees' children to get the program started. But she deals not only with her boss, Ed Ferrara's wariness to start it, but his domineering wife reluctant to give up their one-year-old daughter to daycare. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Sister Mary Bernard face off over Carlos' mission of mercy to Africa in which Gabrielle resorts to some drastic measures to ensue that Carlos stays. Bree brings Andrew home from juvenile rehab and tells him about the revelation of the late George Williams poisoning his father. Not surprisingly, Andrew does not react as Bree hoped, and plots to drive her over the edge of sanity by provoking her anger. Susan confronts Addison Prudy's wife after she mistakenly thinks they are having an affair. Also, Zach Young returns to Wisteria Lane to stay with his father, who give Mike a stern warning to stay away from both of them. Elsewhere, Betty and Matthew help Caleb... Written by Anonymous

Gabrielle playfully kisses Tom during an evening get-together. Lynette is not happy, and it drives a wedge in her friendship with Gabrielle. Susan and Julie try to bring Mike and Zach together by arraigning a outing at the local bowling alley. But when Paul finds out that Zach spent time with Mike, against his orders, he attacks Mike. Meanwhile, the hit man, Curt Monroe breaks into the Applewhite household to abduct Caleb, only to get accidentally killed, and Betty and Matthew decide to hide Monroe's body in his car trunk. Andrew tries to blackmail his mother with the knowledge that she let George Williams commit suicide, in which she turns to Karl for help. Written by Anonymous

After a bad blind date, Susan meets and flirts with a handsome doctor, named Dr. Ron McGreadie, but she takes a wrong approach by feigning a terminal illness. Meanwhile, some old pictures of Gabrielle turn up on the Internet, and she asks a reluctant Carlos to get them back from an old photographer boyfriend. Tom is alarmed when the kids come down with chicken pox, because he's never had it; Lynette thus learns more about Tom's fear of being sick, as well as being sterile. After Bree asks Detective Barton to make a background check on the Applewhites, she happens to get arrested by the police detective himself for DUI after a lunch date with him. During Wisteria Lane's annual blood drive, Zach learns that he has the same blood type as Mike. After months of silence, Mike's former father-in-law, Noah Taylor, now bedridden with terminal cancer, asks him for information about his case, in which Mike resorts to lying to protect Paul and Zach Young. Written by matt-282

Dr. Ron informs Susan that she needs a spleenectomy, but it's the doctor's first time, which makes the neurotic Susan even more uneasy. Gabrielle is not pleased when Carlos brings up the topic of baby again as Carlos still wants to continue trying to conceive again. Gabrielle and her arch-enemy Sister Mary Bernard finally face off in a major cat-fight in church when Gabrielle confronts her about getting rid of her from Carlos' life. Tom decides to apply for an empty position at Lynette's firm, which revives past issues in their marriage. Matthew and Danielle's romantic relationship is found out by both their mothers, with major repercussions later on when Betty silences Bree by threatening to tell the authorities about Bree helping Andrew cover up the hit-and-run accident last year if Bree tells anyone about Caleb's presence. Written by Anonymous

Tom tries hard to bond with his boss Ed Ferrara, but at the expense of his dignity when playing boyish frat games at the office. Lynette tries to get Tom off. Susan gets some help from Edie and Karl on her situation of getting health insurance before her upcoming surgery. Susan plans to marry a gay man who's hiding the fact that he's gay from his mother. When the plan fails, Karl makes Susan an offer she can't refuse. Gabrielle becomes very attached to a Chinese immigrant housekeeper, named Xiao Mei who is staying with them after being rescued by a slave owner employer. Bree tries to uncover more about the Applewhites by sneaking into their house to meet Caleb, which eventually leads to a heart-to-heart conversation between Betty and Bree about Caleb's past. The dying Noah Taylor finally learns from Felicia that Zach Young is his grandson, and he has the corrupt detective Sullivan threaten Mike to spill all the information he knows about the Young family. Written by Anonymous

On Valentines Day, Edie thinks that Karl is going to pop the question after she finds an engagement ring and prenuptial agreement in his briefcase, but Karl is actually trying to get Susan to marry him instead so she can get insurance for her upcoming surgery. Gabrielle and Carlos learn she is highly unable to conceive a child again because of complications caused from her recent miscarriage. At the same time, Carlos learns more about the tension-filled relationship between Gabrielle and her estranged, gold-digging mother Lucia, when she drops for a visit. Also, Bree's problem with alcohol intensifies with the notice of Lynette after Bree baby sits her children for the day in which she passes out and the twins wonder around town. Written by Anonymous

Carlos and Gabrielle decide to adopt, but the process comes to be a lot more difficult than either had expected when they find out they have to be perfect roll models. But things get even worse when they find out that John Rowland's vindictive mother, Helen, is an employee of the agency. Susan checks herself into the hospital for her surgery, but she makes the mistake of confiding in a nurse about her infatuation with Dr. Ron. Meanwhile, a showdown between Bree and Andrew leads to a full out war between mother and son when the twisted Andrew plots to become legally emaciated from his mother so he can set eyes on his trust fund, and he resorts to having his boyfriend, James, beat him up and then hires a lawyer to claim that Bree attacked him. Also, the dying Noah Taylor attempts to have Paul Young killed, but when the attempt is unsuccessful, Zach persuades Mike to let him meet his biological grandfather. Also, Tom is having more difficulty at his job when he begins to resent having to... Written by Anonymous

Susan comes home from the hospital after her surgery where she invites Dr. Ron to meet Karl after he finds out about their arranged marriage. But the conniving Karl creates friction by having Mike and Dr. Ron meet face to face to provoke a reaction for his own amusement. Lynette is surprised that a new employee at work, named Veronica, is still breastfeeding her child of five. Gabrielle becomes very picky when choosing a surrogate birth mother, and a beautiful baby which leads her and Carl to pick out very pregnant erotic dancer Libby, who apparently rejects them for being middle-class Mexicans. Bree plays her part in Alcoholics Anonymous, but has to deal with a fresh accusation when the twisted Andrew threatens to tell the courts, and anyone that will listen, a concocted story about repressed childhood abuse to make his emancipation case stronger, leading to Bree getting drunk and locked up in a department store after hours, leading to her getting rescued by her AA sponsor. History... Written by Anonymous

Bree overcomes her alcohol addiction by falling in love with her AA-sponsor Peter, only to find he's also a recovering sex-addict, so he passes her on to a woman. Meanwhile, Lynette is torn between testifying at Andrew's emancipation trial in his favor, as he claims to be systematically abused by Bree, or in hers. So, she tests his eagerness to become able (trough his trust-fund) to afford an expensive car. If only he had learned from Bree appearances must be kept up always and everywhere! When Edie finds out from Dr. Ron McCreadie about Susan and Karl's re-marriage behind her back, Edie demands Karl to pay her a wedding that he cannot afford and forces Susan to organize it all. When Gabrielle and Carlos learn that Libby, the girl who promised them her unborn baby, is engaged to the bouncer in the strip-club where she waitresses, they try to pay her off as well as get Libby's boyfriend, Frank, to waive paternity rights prior to birth, but the sale still has a hidden defect... Felicia ... Written by KGF Vissers

Lynette is called in to her kids' school as Parker has gone from being obsessed with Dinosaurs to being obsessed with female nudity. Carlos and Gabrielle must go to court to get custody of their baby, Lily, after they steal her from the hospital nursery ward. But they find their court victory for temporary custody bittersweet when Gabrielle resents the baby's crying and enlists their Chinese housekeeper Xiao-Mei's help. Bree's overbearing father Henry and stepmother Eleanor come to town to mediate between Andrew and her after postponing the court trial for Andrew's emancipation. When Henry and Eleanor decide to take Andrew back to live with them in Rhode Island, Bree and a surprising objective ally craftily make sure they find out about his homosexuality. Convinced that Karl doesn't really love Edie, Susan goes to a movie theatre alone and spots Mike with a date. This turn of events leads to Susan making a new friend when she has a run-in with dentist Orson Hodge, whom she confides ... Written by Anonymous

The teenage father of Gabrielle and Carlos' adoptive baby wants to lay claims; Edie is heartbroken after Karl breaks off their engagement; Lynette helps coach Ed's online love life, which backfires; Bree puts her mind to keep Peter in her life. Written by KGF Vissers

Bree and Andrew finally end their conflict; Lynette learns that Tom hasn't been honest about his trips to Atlantic City; Edie's private detective begins to uncover numerous details of Karl and Susan's relationship; Gabrielle is having a tough time keeping her Chinese servant in the country; Betty plans to poison Caleb, but not until uncovering a secret.

When Susan hears from Edie she took revenge by burning down her house, Mike accepts to help Susan by planting a wire to tape a confession. Now Andrew is out of the picture, Bree is determined to make up for forgetting Danielle's 17th birthday, which was six weeks ago, with the 'perfect' party, with an opposite effect. Matthew is locked up in the cellar after Betty learns that he set up Caleb so they would have a normal life again, but Danielle finds and frees him. Now their Chinese maid and surrogate mother, Xiao Mei, has pregnancy symptoms, taking care of her needs causes tension between the Solis's after Carlos gives all his attention to Xiao Mei and not Gabrielle. Lynette doesn't believe Tom's story about his trips to Atlantic City, and she secretly follows him to another woman's home. Felicia's personal war with Paul Young reaches the final battle with her having him arrested, for her murder. Written by KGF Vissers

Perodic flashbacks to moving-in day on Wisteria Lane and how the control-freak Bree, the ambitious Lynette, the neurotic Susan, and the narcissistic Gabrielle met Mary Alice Young for the first time and how she brought them all together. Other flashbacks show the day that Melanie Foster was murdered back in Chicago and the real reason behind her death, and how Betty decided to live a life on the lam rather than turn in her simpleton son Caleb. Meanwhile in the present, Bree checks herself into a psychiatric hospital, and later gets some frightening news when she learns that Danielle has run away with Matthew. Susan moves into a trailer after her house was burnt down, much to Julie's annoyance. Lynette takes her kids to stay at a motel after finding about Tom's 'other woman' in Atlantic City, but unaware to the real reason behind the woman's history. Elsewhere, Gabrielle briefly thinks that Carlos died after hearing a news report of an auto accident, but it turns on her suspicion's to ... Written by Anonymous

More frequent flashbacks featuring Rex, John Rowland, and George Williams, take us back to key moments in time for Bree, Lynette, Susan and Gabrielle and how they connect to the present. Back in the present, after hearing Betty's message on her cell phone about Matthew being a murder suspect, that he was the one who murdered Melanie Foster, Bree realizes she needs to escape from the psychiatric hospital and help Danielle, who has run away with Matthew. When he sees Mike buying an engagement ring, Karl buys Susan a house, leading to more conflict between Mike and Karl. Meanwhile, Lynette finds out that Tom has an illegitimate daughter from before they were married, and has an unpleasant meeting with the woman, named Nora. Gabrielle discovers a shocking secret her husband has been keeping from her that Carlos really has been having a tryst with Xiao Mei. Also, Mike meets Orson Hodge (Susan's dentist friend) for the first time while getting a tooth filled, in which Orson recognizes Mike ... Written by Anonymous