Episode Summary
Season four begins immediately at the conclusion of the previous season. Edie Britt’s suicide attempt is revealed to be a clever hoax to gain Carlos’s attention. She plans to hold on to the beam she’s hanging from and let go just when Carlos is about to come in the room. This would prompt Carlos to cut the scarf using the scissors that Edie left out. Carlos is only seconds away from the door and Edie lets go — and the doorbell rings! It is Mrs. McCluskey. After Carlos is done with her, he comes to the room in just enough time to save Edie, who is rushed to the Hospital where the other housewives of Wisteria Lane, except Gabrielle, arrive. In a flashback the viewer gets to know that after Carlos and Gabrielle’s one-night-stand, her husband Victor Lang almost catches the two together, but Carlos manages to hide under Gabrielle’s wedding dress. Carlos and Gabrielle agree to run away together, but after Edie’s fake suicide attempt, Carlos tells Gabrielle that he cannot leave with her because he has to be there for Edie. Gabrielle restates her desire to run away together but Carlos remains adamant with the argument that Edie needs him, otherwise she could hurt herself again. When Carlos wakes on Edie’s lounge, she comes down the stairs and discusses the trust in their relationship. Edie reveals to Carlos that she has discovered his bank account in the Cayman Islands worth $10 million.
One month after Edie’s fake suicide attempt, a new family moves into Mike’s old house. The new resident of the street is a former resident; Katherine Mayfair, moves in with her new husband Adam and daughter Dylan who was supposedly Julie Mayer’s childhood best friend. Tension between Katherine and Bree flares up as Katherine nervily tells Bree that she has to cut down her beloved tree in her back yard, to which Bree replies that she will do no such thing. Dylan approaches but does not remember Susan or Julie from when she originally lived on Wisteria Lane. A few days later, Katherine holds a barbecue for the entire street in order to reintroduce herself to everyone. During the party, Edie returns to the street with Carlos and mistakes Katherine’s party for her own welcome home party. Julie meets Dylan again, but Dylan does not remember Julie or their old friends. Later, Julie is talking with Dylan when Dylan reveals that she can remember nothing about Wisteria Lane. Dylan tells Julie about her earliest memory. In it, she remembers herself as a little girl and a man tries to grab her. As the episode concludes, Julie tells Susan that the Dylan that has moved to Wisteria Lane is not the real Dylan; that she is not the same girl Julie knew when she was a child. In the Mayfair house, Katherine and Adam discuss a room. Adam asks Katherine if that was the room where “it” happened. Katherine tells him it is, and that Dylan was asking if she could move into that room. Adam then asks her if it was the right thing to return to Wisteria Lane. Katherine replies that they did not have a choice.
During new neighbour Katherine’s barbecue party, Gabrielle approaches Carlos and discusses their future together. A few nights later, Gabrielle confronts Victor over their relationship. During the conversation Gabrielle realizes that he will almost never have time for her. The same night, Carlos and Gabrielle rendezvous at Gabrielle’s house on Wisteria Lane to continue their affair.
Bree Hodge and her son Andrew are shown arguing over Bree and her husband's Orson plot to disguise Danielle’s child as their own. During new neighbour Katherine's barbecue, Bree’s cushioned stomach is accidentally stabbed by a barbecue fork. Hysterical neighbour Ida Greenberg mistakes it for an actual accident, making Adam Mayfair, the gynecologist, rush to see if Bree is okay. Bree and Orson cover it up as a prank with a pair of fake forks.
Lynette Scavo has not yet told anybody about her cancer, including her children, for fear of worrying them too much. She wears a wig to hide being bald from the chemotherapy. Lynette has a confrontation with a woman, Muriel, regarding the organisation of several schooling activities for her sons. While she has been covering up her illness to seem and feel normal, the curt and insisting woman becomes too much for Lynette to bear. As the woman scolds her about being tired and cites her own migraine, Lynette stares at her, then removes her wig and reveals her cancer. The woman is speechless and walks away. Meanwhile, Susan, Gabrielle and Bree all see Lynette removing her wig.
Susan Mayer and Mike are discussing their new married life. Susan visits the gynecologist, but finds out her regular doctor is out. As a substitute, Adam Mayfair, Katherine’s husband, arrives. Susan is hesitant about the situation but lets Adam check her. Adam tells Susan she may be in the beginning stages of menopause, which insults Susan. She does not think she is old enough to be going through this and is embarrassed that he may be right. At first she tries to keep the news from her husband but later she seeks comfort from Mike. He assures her that everything will be okay and lies about not wanting children anyway. At home later, Susan is visited by Adam who apologizes for his error and informs her that she is pregnant. Mike walks in at this exact moment and the couple is overjoyed by the news. However, it is still unclear whether the father of the baby is Mike or Ian.
While talking, Susan, Bree and Gabrielle tell Lynette how disappointed they were that she did not tell them of her cancer. The four women then make a pact to tell each other all of their secrets and to hide nothing from each other ever again, obviously not stating the truth as Bree is pretending to be pregnant, Gabrielle is having an affair with Carlos and Susan is secretly married to Mike.
Katherine Mayfair
