Episode 10: Welcome to Kanagawa

Nach dem Tornado versuchen die Bewohner der Wisteria Lane ihr Leben wieder einzurichten. Katherine entdeckt Jemanden, der vielleicht ihr Geheimnis kennt, während Lynett um das Schicksal ihrer Familie bangt.

Episode 11: Sunday

Zwei Wochen nach dem Tornado ist Mike noch immer in der Reha. Susan bekommt Besuch von ihrem Cousin Tim. Währendessen kann es Bree es nicht abwarten wieder in ihr eigenes Haus zurück zu ziehen. Gabrielle erfährt, dass Carlos' Blindheit nicht nur vorrübergehend ist. Katherine schafft es nicht alle ihre Geheimnisse vor den Frauen der Wistaria Lane zu verbergen.

Episode 12: In Buddy's Eyes

Bree und Katherine müssen gezwungernermaßen den Founders'Day Ball zusammen planen. Lynett ist überrascht als Rick auf einmal wieder in Scavos Pizzeria auftaucht. Gabrielle kämpft mit der Tatsache einen blinden Ehemann zu haben. Mike bittet Orson im Zuge seines Rehabilitationsprogramms um Entschuldigung und Orson fängt an zu schlafwandeln.

Episode 13: Hello, Little Girl

Bree and Katherine decide to start a catering business together. Lynette tries to deny her feelings for Rick (guest star Jason Gedrick). Mike learns the truth about his nearly fatal accident. Carlos gets a seeing-eye dog. Dylan meets her estranged father (guest star Gary Cole).

Episode 14: Opening Doors

Susan meets her ex-husband, Karl (guest star Richard Burgi) 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. Gabrielle rents a room to a hip artist, Ellie (guest star Justine Bateman), who has a dark secret. Dylan continues meeting with her father, Wayne (guest star Gary Cole), and Katherine decides to go spy on her.

Episode 15: Mother Said

Adele Delfino (guest star Celia Weston), Susan's mother-in-law, arrives for a visit. Carlos and Gabrielle find out their tenant, Ellie (guest star Justine Bateman), has a dark secret. Lynette has more problems with Kayla. A full scale war erupts between Bree and Edie.

Episode 16: The Gun Song (1)

The ladies of Wisteria Lane meet Susan and Mike's new baby. Bree and Katherine do some shooting. Gabrielle forms a strong bond with the Solises new tenant, Ellie (guest star Justine Bateman). Lynette is accused of abusing Kayla.

Episode 17: Free (2)

After Katherine announces that she has to leave town, Bree is left responsible for catering Bob and Lee's wedding. Gabrielle finds $118,000 in Ellie's teddy bear. Susan realizes she will soon lose someone she loves. Katherine Mayfair's secrets are finally revealed, and several residents of Wisteria Lane are faced with deadly threats.

Wie geht es weiter?

On February 20, 2007, Variety Magazine revealed that Marc Cherry and the ABC Studios had signed “an eight-figure overall pact”, ensuring Cherry’s commitment to the show until May 2011, the end of the series’ projected seventh season. In addition, the studio has negotiated deals with “all key members of the cast” to stay on the show until then. While Cherry said that he would like the show to come to an end at that point, ABC Studio’s Mark Pedowitz stated that “We'll cross that bridge when we come to it”. The series was renewed for a fifth season on February 12, 2008.

Being a big fan of Broadway musicals himself, and following the success of musical episodes on television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cherry has expressed an interest in writing a musical episode of Desperate Housewives.

As shown in the second half of the two-hour season four finale, season five will take place five years into the future. Due to the time jump, several actors won't be returning to the show. The child actors will not be back (i.e. the Scavo children), and the teen actors, Joy Lauren (Danielle), Lyndsy Fonseca (Dylan) and Andrea Bowen (Julie), will also not be returning to Wisteria Lane. Shawn Pyfrom (Andrew), however, will be staying on the show, and as shown in the time jump, Andrew is now Bree's assistant. The fate of Mike Delfino is still up in the air. James Denton, who plays Mike, won't receive official word on his fate until mid-June.

Uncertainty of his position on the show started after the end of the season four finale, set five years into the future, where Susan arrives home from a poker night and kisses another man (played by Queer as Folk's Gale Harold).

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