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Desperate Housewives Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Now You Know
Sun, Sep 30, 200743 mins
After agreeing to run away with Carlos on her wedding night to Victor, Gabby gets a call from Carlos, informing her that Edie has tried to commit suicide. One month later, Lynette tries to hide the fact that she has cancer from everyone, despite the fact she has no hair.
Episode 2
Smiles of a Summer Night
Sun, Oct 7, 200742 mins
Newly pregnant Susan and Mike squabble over letting Julie go out to a party, and when Susan ventures to the party to try to bring Julie home, she gets mistaken for a stripper. Lynette bans Tom from her chemotherapy sessions, and asks a reluctant Gabrielle to sit in with her, who reveals a shocking secret about her childhood fear involving hospitals. Bree becomes more upset when she learns that Katherine Mayfair is an even better dessert cook. When Bree does some investigating in Katherine's house, she inadvertently overhears Katherine and Adam arguing about Dylan's birth father. Edie blackmails Carlos into getting engaged after discovering his hidden offshore bank account.
Episode 3
The Game
Sun, Oct 14, 200743 mins
Susan and Mike throw a charades party at their house which brings out some of the worst in the attending guests. Bree inadvertently sends Susan to a rough side of town to see a gynecologist, while the very pregnant Danielle continues to grow edgy about continuing to remain in seclusion at the convent outside town. Meanwhile, Stella scores some marijuana from Andrew to make some pot-laced brownies for Lynette to rid her of the painful chemotherapy side effects. Bree tells the other housewives about what she overheard in Katherine's house and about the Mayfairs secret involving Dylan who teams up with Julie to find out what her mother and stepfather are keeping from her by breaking into Katherine's secret closet. Katherine becomes more angry and jealous at Adam over his flirtation with other women which involves a past infidelity he apparently had back in Chicago. Also, Gabrielle is unhappy to learn about Carlos and Edie's engagement, while Victor begins to see Gabrielle as a liability to him and his political agenda.
Episode 4
If There's Anything I Can't Stand
Sun, Oct 21, 200743 mins
Edie receives unexpected news from her doctor which makes her suspect that Carlos is cheating on her with Gabrielle, who has a reconnection to her former flame, John. Susan tries to act friendly with the new neighbors, a gay couple named Bob Hunter and Lee McDermett, and receives unexpected results when they mistake her highly neurotic, mental disorder as homophobia. Bree receives an unexpected baby shower, as well as an unexpected visitor: her former mother-in-law, Phyllis Van De Kamp, who immediately suspects that she's not pregnant which forces Bree to confide in her about Danielle's condition. Meanwhile, Tom receives an unexpected evening with Lynnette. Elsewhere, Katherine's Aunt Lily arrives for a visit and to tell her that she is dying from a terminal illness and wants to die in peace. But Katherine tries to prevent Lily from telling Dylan something about the terrible secret that they are both hiding.
Episode 5
Art Isn't Easy
Sun, Oct 28, 200742 mins
Bob and Lee install a large, strange-looking water fountain in their front yard causes a stir among the neighbors, especially Susan who cannot stand the noise the fountain makes every day and night. Lynette decides to run against Katharine for street manager after Katharine threatens to knock down her kid's tree house. Meanwhile, Bree finds out that her mother-in-law, Phyllis, took Danielle out of the convent and is keeping Danielle at her retirement home. Bree and Orson try to persuade Danielle to move home and deliver the baby there. Gabrielle and Carlos continue their steamy affair after Gaby runs into John and his new wife at a hotel. Bob and Lee reveal to an intimidated Katherine that they know about an "incident" that happened years earlier when they lived in Chicago.
Episode 6
Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
Sun, Nov 4, 200743 mins
As Halloween approaches, Edie's biggest fear comes true when Carlos walks out on their relationship. Meanwhile, Susan discovers that Mike's father, Nick Delfino, whom Mike claimed was dead, is alive and serving a life prison term. Lynette, cranky through more chemotherapy, tries to deal with a opossum which digs up her front lawn garden. Gabrielle has an uncomfortable meeting with Victor's father, Milton, who tries to bribe her to stay married to Victor for his own political ambitions. Bob and Lee throw a Halloween costume party at their house and invite the whole neighborhood. Despite Bree's attempts to keep the very pregnant Danielle in seclusion, she crashes the party dressed as the pregnant Bree, and fools literally everyone ('sans' Bree, Orson and Andrew). But things take a turn when Danielle goes into labor right in the middle of the party... and somebody has to deliver the baby. Bree recruit es Adam for the delivery and confides in him with their secret. Afterwards, Danielle agrees to leave town for good while Bree pretends to go into labor herself and give birth to the baby boy herself.
Episode 7
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Sun, Nov 11, 200743 mins
Lynette's estranged sisters, Lydia and Lucy, come to visit where they argue over taking in their irresponsible mother, Stella, who continues to be a nuisance to everyone. While having dinner with Susan and Mike, Bree and Orson realize they share different views on.
Episode 8
Distant Past
Sun, Nov 25, 200743 mins
A mysterious stalker from Adam Mayfair's past, named Sylvia, shows up on Wisteria Lane. Police detectives question Gabrielle about Victor's whereabouts while Carlos argues with her about reporting Victor's attempt on their lives. Danielle's crying baby puts stress on Bree and Orson's marriage.
Episode 9
Something's Coming
Sun, Dec 2, 200743 mins
Gabrielle announces to her friends that she and Carlos are going to run away together to get away from the revenge-seeking Victor now out after both of their hides. But things take an unexpected turn when a large tornado hits Wisteria Lane. Gabrielle finds herself seeking shelter in the crawlspace with Edie under her house where the bicker about the men in their lives. Bree and Orson are forced to deal with the crazy Sylvia Green who continues to pursue Adam while the hostile Katherine comes clean about their pasts. Lynnette, Tom and their kids are forced to seek shelter in Mrs. McKlusky's basement which prompts out more complications over Tom's allergic reaction to Ida Greenburg's pet cat. Meanwhile, Mike accompanies Susan to the hospital after she twists her ankle where she confronts him about his painkiller addiction and realizes the severity of how it's escalated.
Episode 10
Welcome to Kanagawa
Sun, Jan 6, 200843 mins
In the aftermath of the tornado that has devastated Wisteria Lane, Lynette's husband, Tom, and all their children survived, but Ida Greenburg didn't. Lynette decides to team with Karen McCluskey to have a private memorial service for their neighbor by scattering her ashes on a old baseball field. Meanwhile, Bree and Orson move in with Susan and Julie while their house is being repaired, only to find themselves recruiting Andrew to woo their contractor to get him to finish the damaged roof of their house, while Susan, more emotionally vulnerable and crazy then ever, plots to get Bree to stay to keep her company while Mike is in rehab. Gabrielle learns that Milton Lang has cut her out of her husband's will, leaving her broke, while Carlos is in the hospital blinded from his injuries. Also, Katherine kicks Adam out of their house after finding out that he lied about having an affair with the late Sylvia Greeen, but an incriminating letter left by Katherine's late aunt forces the both of them to come to terms with a dark secret, and Dylan also discovers the letter.
Episode 11
Sunday
Sun, Apr 13, 200843 mins
Two weeks after the tornado that destroyed Wisteria Lane, Mike is about to finish rehab. Meanwhile, Gabrielle learns that Carlos's blindness is permanent after the crafty Edie finds out and tips her off about it. Susan's hunky young male cousin, Tim, arrives for a visit, and reveals more than expected when he takes an interest in Katherine's daughter, Dylan... and then Katherine herself. Lynette tries to persuade Tom to attend Bree's church despite her own lack of faith from her unhappy childhood. Katherine continues to hide a terrible secret about her first husband, while Dylan finds part of the burned note and thinks that Katherine might have murdered her father. But Katherine goes to Adam first to persuade him to lie to Dylan about the true facts. A surprise wedding ceremony between Gabarielle and Carlos has its share of secrets.
Episode 12
In Buddy's Eyes
Sun, Apr 20, 200843 mins
Gabrielle struggles with the reality of having a blind husband, and being superficial and narcissistic as always takes advantage of his blindness to get better parking spaces. Meanwhile, Susan is puzzled by Orson's sleepwalking habit which is stemming from repressed guilt over attempting to kill Mike. Lynette is surprised when Rick shows up at Scavo pizzeria planing to open up his own pizza parlor down the street which strikes up both jealousy and resentment in Tom. Elsewhere, Bree and Katherine join forces to plan the Founders Day Ball. But Bree feels threatened when Katherine takes over the whole panning stage. Also, Julie asks Dylan to accompany her for the Founders Day Ball, and Julie later overhears Orson mumbling about running Mike over.
Episode 13
Hello, Little Girl
Sun, Apr 27, 200843 mins
Lynette begins to doubt Tom's claims that he did not start the arson that burned down Rick's new restaurant and it leads to both him and Rick coming to blows over Lynette. Meanwhile, Dylan has a run-in with her long lost father, Wayne Davis, a local cop who plans to use her in some nefarious plan for revenge against Katherine for walking out on him over 10 years earlier. Gabrielle resents a seeing-eye dog that Carlos got to help him around the house and the neighborhood. Mike finally comes home from rehab where Julie tells him and Susan about Orson's sleepwalking confession to running over Mike the previous year. Also, Katherine makes an offer to Bree to become business partners in their own catering business.
Episode 14
Opening Doors
Sun, May 4, 200843 mins
Lynette finds out that the twins, Preston and Porter, are responsible for starting the fire at Rick's restaurant. But the true culprit is the crafty Kayla who finally begins escalating her twisted quest to destroy the Scavo family by trickery and intimidation. While Lynette sees through the charming, but very sociopath, Kayla's nefarious plans, the naive and immature Tom, blinded by his own denial, refuses to believe that Kayla is responsible for everything bad that is happening to the family. Meanwhile, Bree gives Orson an ultimatum to turn himself in after finding out that he was the one who attempted to kill Mike. Orson refuses, and is forced to move out of the house. But as always, the man-hungry Edie appears and offers her house for Orson to stay in while he looks for a new place. Susan reconnects with her ex-husband, Karl, whom she meets at a Lamaze class with his new young wife. Carlos and Gabrielle rent out their spare bedroom to Ellie, a young artist, whom Gabrielle suspects is running a prostitution ring from their house. Also, Katherine finally finds out that Dylan is secretly meeting with her father, Wayne Davis.
Episode 15
Mother Said
Sun, May 11, 200843 mins
Gabrielle and Carlos finally learn the truth about Ellie's "work" and they also discover the police are already onto Ellie and her drug-selling ring and have been staking out the Solis home for some time and want to use the Solises to arrest Ellie in a sting operation.
Episode 16
The Gun Song
Sun, May 18, 200843 mins
Susan finally gives birth to her new baby, and all of her friends on Wisteria Lane welcome the new addition to Susan and Mike's family. But Susan and Mike both begin to squabble about what to name their newborn son when Mike insists on naming him 'Maynerd' after his late grandfather, and Susan wants to name him 'Connor'. Meanwhile, Bree and Katherine do some self-defense shooting as the increasingly erratic Wayne escalated his stalking of her when he begins to suspect that Dylan is not their biological daughter. Gabrielle forms a strong bond with Ellie, who becomes suspicious that they know about her drug selling operation and that she may turn her into the police. Tom and Lee ask Katherine and Bree to cater to their 'commitment ceremony' for the upcoming weekend. Elsewhere, Orson continues hounding Bree, who regrets flirting with Reverend Green to keep Orson away. The evil Kayla pushes her plan to destroy the Scavo family into full force when she fabricates a story that Lynette is physically abusing her, and Kayla further uses her natural-born skill of lying and manipulation to even get Lynette arrested as well as play on Tom's sympathies by hiding behind her wicked smile. Also, Adam decides to follow Wayne to find out what he is up to, and he ends up as his captive.
Episode 17
Free
Sun, May 18, 200843 mins
In the season finale, several residents of Wisteria Lane are faced with deadly threats; Adam is held captive by the deranged Wayne who physically tortures him for information as to Dylan's origins... and what happened to the real Dylan Davis. Ellie, now a fugitive, contacts Gabrielle to help her retrieve a teddy bear from their house. Tom and Lee finally have their commitment ceremony in the form of a block party on Wisteria Lane. Lynette is forced to cater to the party while Tom refuses to help out because of the Kayla case. Meanwhile, Susan realizes she will soon lose someone she loves when Julie is accepted into Princeston University early and will be leaving town soon. Also, Katherine Mayfair's secret about her past and of what happened to Dylan is finally revealed after Wayne takes her and Bree hostage in her house.
