Season 4
🎬 17 Episodes 📅 2007 ⏱ 42 min
When a woman's life ends in her perfect suburban home, she becomes an unlikely narrator to the messy lives she left behind in Desperate Housewives. From beyond, she observes her neighbors and loved ones as their carefully constructed worlds unravel—revealing infidelities, hidden children, and secrets that demand accountability. What begins as suburban bliss descends into a tangled web where no one is innocent and everyone has something to hide. The series balances dark comedy with genuine tragedy, proving that paradise is only one secret away from becoming a prison.
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📊 Season Stats
17
Episodes
2007
Year
42
min / ep
11.9
Watch Hours
4/8
Season No.
⭐ 8.8
Best Episode
Ep. 1 · Now You Know
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🎬 Episodes 17 episodes
1
⭐ 8.8
Now You Know
Susan learns that she is expecting a child while Bree continues to fake her own pregnancy. Gabrielle begins an affair with her ex-husband, Carlos and Lynette tries to conceal her cancer from her friends and children. The episode also introduces Katherine Mayfair, Susan's old friend who returns to th…
🎬 Larry Shaw ✍️ Marc Cherry
2
⭐ 7.6
Smiles of a Summer Night
Lynette kicks Tom out of her chemotherapy sessions. Susan is mistaken for a stripper. Bree attempts to steal a prize-winning recipe from Katherine.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Bob Daily
3
⭐ 8.4
The Game
Bree informs the housewives of what she overheard in the Mayfair house. Stella makes some special brownies to help Lynette through chemotherapy. Susan throws a charades party for the whole neighborhood.
🎬 Bethany Rooney ✍️ Joey Murphy
4
⭐ 8.0
If There's Anything I Can't Stand
Edie is shocked when she receives some news at the gynecologist's office. At the baby shower Bree's friends throw her, Bree's ex-mother-in-law Phyllis discovers her pregnancy is a hoax. Finally, Wisteria Lane welcomes to the street a homosexual couple.
🎬 Larry Shaw ✍️ Alexandra Cunningham
5
⭐ 6.9
Art Isn't Easy
Bob & Lee's contemporary water sculpture in their front yard prompts the Wisteria Lane neighborhood association into action. Edie finds out about the affair that Carlos is having with Gaby. Also, John Rowland wants to rekindle his romance with Gaby.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Jason Ganzel
6
⭐ 8.8
Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
This is the show's first Halloween episode. Edie Britt's biggest fear comes true when Carlos walks out on their relationship. Susan finds Mike's father, who was supposedly dead. Danielle goes into labor right in the middle of the Halloween party... and somebody has to deliver the baby.
🎬 Larry Shaw ✍️ Susan Nirah Jaffee
7
⭐ 8.2
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Lynette's sisters Lydia and Lucy come to visit. While having dinner with Susan and Mike, Bree and Orson realize they share different views on whether their newborn baby should be circumcised. On a boat, Victor confronts Gaby about her affair with Carlos and she throws him into the ocean. Later, Bree…
🎬 David Warren
8
⭐ 8.1
Distant Past
A mysterious stalker from Adam's past shows up on Wisteria Lane, and they have dinner. Detectives question Gabrielle about Victor's whereabouts. Danielle's baby puts stress on Bree and Orson's marriage. Lynette has a reunion with her long-lost stepfather, Glen. Susan notices Mike is behaving strange…
🎬 Jay Torres ✍️ Joe Keenan
9
⭐ 8.8
Something's Coming
A tornado comes to Wisteria Lane, forcing residents into basements, cellars and safe rooms, and destroying homes and lives. Meanwhile, Susan ends up at the hospital after falling down the stairs.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Joey Murphy
10
⭐ 8.2
Welcome to Kanagawa
In the aftermath of the tornado, the residents of Wisteria Lane try to rebuild their lives. Katherine discovers someone may know her secret while Lynette faces the possibility of her family's fate.
🎬 Larry Shaw ✍️ Jamie Gorenberg
11
⭐ 7.0
Sunday
Two weeks after the tornado, with Mike still in rehab, Mrs. Delfino gets a visit from her cousin Tim. Meanwhile, Bree desperately awaits to return to her own house. Gabrielle learns that Carlos' blindness is permanent. Katherine is unable to keep some of her secrets from the women of Wisteria Lane. …
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Alexandra Cunningham
12
⭐ 6.6
In Buddy's Eyes
Gabrielle struggles with the reality of having a blind husband. Lynette is surprised when Rick Coletti shows up at the Scavo pizzeria. Bree and Katherine join forces to plan the Founders Day Ball. As part of his recovery, Mike asks a few people for forgiveness, and Orson starts sleepwalking.
🎬 Larry Shaw ✍️ Jeff Greenstein
13
⭐ 8.2
Hello, Little Girl
Bree and Katherine decide to start a catering business together. Lynette tries to deny her feelings for Rick. Mike learns the truth about his nearly fatal accident. Carlos gets a seeing-eye dog. Dylan meets her estranged father.
🎬 Bethany Rooney ✍️ Susan Nirah Jaffee
14
⭐ 8.0
Opening Doors
Susan meets her ex-husband, Karl at a Lamaze class, and finds out that he has remarried and is having another child. Lynette learns who was responsible for starting the fire at Rick's restaurant. Bree wants Orson to turn himself in to the police. Meanwhile, Gabrielle rents a room to a hip artist, El…
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Jordon Nardino
15
⭐ 8.0
Mother Said
Adele Delfino, Susan's mother-in-law, arrives for a visit. Carlos and Gabrielle find out their tenant, Elli, has a dark secret. A full scale war erupts between Bree and Edie.
🎬 David Warren ✍️ Chuck Ranberg
16
⭐ 8.5
The Gun Song
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🎬 Bethany Rooney ✍️ Bob Daily
17
⭐ 7.2
Free
Susan and Mike try to name their son. Lynette is arrested for supposedly attacking Kayla, and Tom must do what he can to save his family. Bree is being stalked by Orson, and when she meets with Reverend Green, the reverend tries to hit on her. In the meantime, Gabrielle is still helping the police t…
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Bob Daily