The Fairview strangler has been living among the women of Wisteria Lane. He once caught Gabrielle and Carlos in an intimate moment. Bree offered him a job and some dating advice. Susan encouraged his passion for art. Lynette will show him kindness and generosity. But… who is he?

Determined to derail son Preston’s marriage to Irina, Lynette discovers the truth about her future daughter-in-law. In the meantime, Gabrielle offers to help out Bob and Lee in the most generous way, but does not consider the consequences. Bree begins to question whether Sam has a hidden agenda, and Susan gets creative to help Mike [...]

Angie Bolen’s ex-boyfried, Patrick Logan (guest star John Barrowman), the man she has been running from all these years, makes his way to Wisteria Lane. In the meantime, Susan and Gabrielle go to extreme and shameless lenghts to top each other’s kids, whereas Bree invites Sam (guest star Sam Page) over for a family dinner. [...]

Celia comes down with the chicken pox, and having never had it herself, Gabrielle must keep her distance, so she stays with Bob and Lee for a while, and is suddenly reminded of what it feels like to be “single” again. In the meantime, Tom and Lynette forget little Penny’s birthday, which leads the girl [...]

Lynette and Tom have a college professor and his wife over to dinner. It turns out that when she was in college, Lynette slept with the professor, which complicates the dinner; A dumb yet handsome gay guy gets fired from his job working for Bree, as he may have been sleeping with Andrew. Jeremy, a [...]

Susan causes quite a stir when she invites a former stripper (guest star Julie Benz) into her home, because former exotic dancer Robin will have a profound effect on the ladies of Wisteria Lane: with three teenage boys at home, Lynette will need to keep a watchful eye on them, Bree needs to pick up [...]

Gabrielle and Angie clash, and test each other’s parenting skills. In the meantime, Susan befriends a stripper named Robin (guest star Julie Benz) and takes her under her wing, whereas Tom and Lynette come to a disagreement regarding their new therapist (guest star Jane Leeves). Bree watches over Orson as she fears he may commit [...]

Gabrielle and Angie clash, and test each other’s parenting skills. In the meantime, Susan befriends a stripper named Robin (guest star Julie Benz) and takes her under her wing, whereas Tom and Lynette come to a disagreement regarding their new therapist (guest star Jane Leeves). Bree watches over Orson as she fears he may commit [...]

Lynette balks at the idea of seeing a couples’ therapist. In the meantime, Katherine is seeing her own psychiatrist, whereas Gabrielle and Susan are determined to find out which of their kids are in the smartest math group at school, Orson makes life harder for Bree and Angie disapproves of Danny’s new girlfriend.

The act of stripping reveals many things. Susan turns up the heat for Mike, Bree learns it won’t be easy to undo the hurt she’s caused Orson, Lynette discovers Tom’s true intentions, and Gaby is forced to examine feelings she’s suppressed about her heritage.