Desperate Housewives - Season 4 Spoilers

[Bryan]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbbCPlI8xYQ"]YouTube - Desperate Housewives - Season 4 Promo[/ame]

Season 4 begins in the US on September 30th. Above is a catch up/preview that's being shown in America to promote the new season.

[Bryan]

looks like that's the new housewife and family near the end of that trailer, I'm sure I recognise the actress from somewhere.

[tammyy2j]

looks like that's the new housewife and family near the end of that trailer, I'm sure I recognise the actress from somewhere.

She is played by Dana Delaney (from China Beach, Presido Med and Kidnapped)

Nathan Fillion (from Firefly and Serenity) plays her husband

[Trinity]

Now You Know
Sun Sept 30 9/8c
The neighborhood is shocked when news about Edie spreads though Fairview, Lynette battles with the effects of chemotherapy, and a new family moves to Wisteria Lane, on the Season Premiere of Desperate Housewives.

[Trinity]

09/30/2007 - "Now You Know"

Season 4, Episode 1

We find out that Edie's "suicide attempt" was actually carefully staged for Carlos to catch her in the nick of time and that she's been hanging onto the beam until she hears him arrive. She's already let go when Mrs. McCluskey calls him back outside, insisting he move his garbage cans this minute. Fortunately, Mrs. McCluskey spies a dangling Edie through the window and Carlos rushes to save her just in time, as she'd planned.

At the hospital, Carlos assures her friends that Edie is fine. They wonder if they should bother Gabrielle on her wedding night and Carlos looks stricken and runs off.

After Gabrielle's wedding and her hookup with Carlos, the two of them had arranged to run away and now she's packed her bags and is waiting for his call. Carlos tells her he can't leave Edie when she's in the hospital and that their plan will have to wait a few weeks. She angrily informs him she'd rather try to it make work with Victor and hangs up.

The next day, she's alarmed to find Victor showing a realtor around her house and insists she's not ready to sell it yet.

Susan is convinced that after a month of wedded bliss, Mike just isn't as happy as he could be, but he assures her he's perfectly happy.

All of Wisteria Lane gathers to see who the new neighbors are and Susan is thrilled to see it's her old friend, Catherine Mayfair.

Orson chides Bree, who's still pretending to be pregnant, that she has to stop "roughing up" everyone who wants to touch her stomach for good luck.

Susan goes to see her doctor about her irregular periods and is informed he's busy, would she mind being seen by his new partner? She agrees, but is taken aback when she realizes it's Dr. Adam Mayfair, Catherine's husband, whom she just met the day before. She reluctantly submits to an exam. He hints that she might be experiencing signs of menopause and wants her to take a blood test to be sure. She declares she's not nearly old enough for that yet. That is, until she sees that he just graduated from med school 10 years ago, and she agrees to take the test.

At Catherine's housewarming party, she tells Mrs. McCluskey that her best times were when she lived on Wisteria Lane with her first husband, Bill, but Mrs. McCluskey remembers how they took off in the middle of the night without saying goodbye.

Still moody from her visit to the doctor, Susan bursts into tears and confesses her possible diagnosis to Mike, who assures her that it doesn't make any difference to him since they'd already agreed not to have children.

At the party, a distracted Bree doesn't realize that she's accidentally gotten a large fork stuck in her fake belly! A neighbor notices and thinks that the barbecue sauce is blood. Orson, thinking fast, says that it's a trick fork they purchased at a magic shop and sticks it back into her belly to prove it's harmless! After this near miss, Orson wants to end the whole charade, but Bree tells him they can't turn back now. She messed up with Danielle and she wants a second chance to raise a child right.

Lynette is keeping her cancer a secret and trying to live her life as usual, but when another mother hounds her about not doing her share for a school gala, she has no choice but to take off her wig and declare, "I have cancer." Now that all her friends have seen her bald head, she reassures them that she's not going to die. They scold her for not telling them sooner and she proposes a pact, "No more secrets. From now on, we tell each other every shocking detail of our lives." They all make the same promise, but no one else comes clean.

Edie gets out of the hospital and announces that she and Carlos are talking marriage. Gaby is upset at this news and Carlos swears it's not true but she doesn't believe him.

Gabrielle suggests that she and Victor go away together for a few weeks and rediscover what made them fall in love, but he can't free up any time in his schedule until April.

Carlos tells Edie he's going to the Scavos and when she asks to come, he says she needs to give him some time alone if their relationship is going to work. Of course, he's really sneaking off to see Gabrielle.

Edie finds him asleep on the couch in the morning and he says he got in late and didn't want to wake her. She says she trusts him and she just wishes that he'd trust her more, like telling her about his offshore bank account with $10 million. The threat is clear: She'll turn him in if he ever leaves her.

Adam goes over to Susan's house to tell her the good news. She's not going through menopause in fact, she's pregnant! Mike overhears and sweeps her up in his arms. He tells her he's never been happier.

Julie is troubled by the fact that Dylan, Catherine's daughter, who was her childhood best friend, doesn't remember her or anything else about Wisteria Lane. When Julie asks her what her first memory is, she says it's a "creepy dream" about having a guy in her bedroom who tried to grab her. Julie asks if she's ever talked to anyone about it, but Dylan says Catherine discouraged her. Julie tells her mother that Dylan is not the same girl she knew.

Adam finds Catherine brooding in the room that Dylan wants for her own. Adam assures her that even if Catherine remembers what happened there, Dylan won't. Catherine says she won't allow it. Adam asks if they made a mistake coming back and she answers, "Did we have a choice?"

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10/07/2007 - "Smiles of a Summer Night"

Season 4, Episode 2

Tom is being so maudlin and emotional during Lynette's chemotherapy sessions that she kicks him out, saying he's depressing her. All her friends, even the new neighbor, Katherine, offer to be her replacement chemo buddy, except for Gabrielle. Lynette confronts her about her evasiveness and Gaby reluctantly agrees to show up. But when she does, she keeps leaving the room to fetch things for Lynette. Finally, she admits why hospitals make her nervous: Her father died of cancer when she was five years old and her mother always told her to smile so her father wouldn't see her tears. She tells Lynette she can't fake a smile with her because she's so scared of losing her. Lynette hugs her and insists she won't. The next session is a lot more fun Gaby holds a "chemo party" for her and invites all of Lynette's friends.

Over breakfast, Julie asks to go to a late party in the neighborhood and Susan says yes, but Mike thinks it's a bad idea, since he knows the house and thinks it's going to be a wild one. Susan flip flops and finally takes Mike's side, ordering Julie not to go. Then she tells Julie she can go after all, but only if Mike doesn't know. Susan and Mike are having a "date night," and she proudly shows off her new, bigger pregnancy breasts. He mentions that he drove past the party in question tonight and he's glad Julie's not there since it looked like it was out of control. Susan panics and announces they need whipped cream to make their night complete, then throws on a sweater and jeans over her lingerie and runs to get Julie.

When she arrives at the house, thank to her new boobs and her attire, she's mistaken for a stripper! Once she clears up that misconception, she drags her daughter home with her. A frustrated Julie tells her she's tired of her mom being so inconsistent. Mike is waiting up for them, since someone from the party called, concerned that Julie had left with a stripper. After Julie comes clean, Mike tells Susan she can raise Julie any way she wants, since she's her daughter, but he hopes they will make decisions together for their child. She agrees.

Dylan is surprised when Mrs. McCluskey mentions having known Dylan's father; she was always told her father left when she was a baby. Julie encourages Dylan to find out more details.

A luncheon goes sour when Katherine sabotages Bree's plans by bringing her own dessert and hiding Bree's. When everyone swoons over Katherine's pie, Bree is convinced she's going to lose her reputation as the best homemaker on the block,. She nicely asks Katherine for the recipe, but Katherine won't spill her secret. Bree still has a key from the previous tenant, so she sneaks into the Mayfairs' house when they are out to steal the recipe. While there, she overhears an argument between Dylan and Katherine over the mystery surrounding Dylan's father. Dylan wants to know where he is and when Katherine says she doesn't know, she accuses Katherine of being "the monster." Katherine tells Adam that Dylan shouldn't be complaining after all she's done for her and Dylan points out that Dylan doesn't know what she's done no one does. A chastened Bree returns home and Orson asks if she found out Katherine's secret. "Yes, and it had nothing to do with pie," she tells him.

Gaby and Carlos continue their trysts at her house, but are nearly caught by Edie when she wonders why Carlos is taking so long on his "jog." Gaby wants him back, but insists he dump Edie before she will leave Victor.

It's Edie's birthday and she shows up in a new sports car, which she happily tells Carlos is his present to her! He tells her he can't afford an $80,000 car and that if he dips into his offshore accounts, the IRS will be all over him. She agrees to return the car and he tells her she can pick out something else for him to give her, as long as it's not too extravagant.

His gift ends up being a card that reads "Yes," which is his force fed answer when Edie proposes. Realizing there's no way out, he grudgingly says, "We're engaged." Deciding he won't let Edie ruin his chances to get back together with Gabrielle, he pays a hit man to get rid of the problem.

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4/2007 - "The Game"
Season 4, Episode 3
Bree, Lynette and Gabrielle all make excuses to avoid Susan's game night. But when Bree tells Lynette and Gaby about Katherine's dirty little secret, they call Susan back and RSVP, and they all insist that she also invite Katherine since they're hoping to get her tipsy and loosen her tongue.

Susan is uncomfortable going to see Dr. Mayfair, so she asks Bree for the name of her obstetrician. Bree tries to put her off but finally just picks a name out of the phone book. Susan is surprised when the place is crawling with junkies and lowlifes.

Gaby is getting tired of having to sneak around to meet Carlos, but he assures her that Edie will only be a problem for two more weeks. Meanwhile, Victor is gleeful when a political rival's wife is caught shoplifting. He tells Edie he's relieved he won't ever have to worry about her causing a scandal.

When Adam and Katherine go over to Susan's for charades, Julie encourages her to do some snooping. Julie picks the lock on the forbidden room and starts trying to prompt Dylan's memory with her old stuffed toys.

Edie plans to announce her engagement at the party, but Carlos orders her not to. Undeterred, she flashes the engagement ring she bought herself without Carlos's knowledge. Angry over news of the engagement, Gaby tells Carlos she's fed up with waiting for him. In fact, she can get anyone she wants. She immediately starts flirting with Adam. Carlos calls the hit man and tells him he needs to step up the plans for Edie. Edie overhears Katherine jealously chewing out Adam and tells her not to worry, since Gabrielle has a reputation.

Susan shows up late to her own party. She had her tires slashed and her cell phone stolen while in the crime ridden neighborhood that Bree sent to her. She's furious with Bree for sending her to someone who was obviously not her doctor and Bree says she's sorry, but she can't explain.

Lynette is too nauseous to keep any food down so her mother, Stella, offers to score her some marijuana but Lynette won't hear of it. Lynette decides to skip the party but finds the strength and her party spirit when Stella feeds her brownies laced with pot. She stuns everyone when she points to Edie and then mimes being hung. The clue is the movie "Hang 'Em High." The jig with the brownies is up when Stella realizes that they got brought to the party and she gets Tom to retrieve them from before anyone else eats one. Lynette is furious Stella for drugging her without her permission, since she vowed to never be stoned around her kids the way she was when Lynette was a girl. Stella is undeterred, saying that seeing Lynette happy and laughing and eating was worth it.

Gaby spills her drink on Adam and tries to wipe it off. Katherine warns her to leave her husband alone, saying she knows all about Gaby's "reputation." When Gaby says she has no idea what she's talking about Katherine explains how she treats men as playthings, including her teenage gardener, to the shock of everyone in the room, including Victor. In retaliation, Gaby blurts out that Bree saw Katherine slap her daughter. Katherine admits that, yes, she lost her temper with Dylan, but that it's because her first husband was a horrible man who did "the worst thing a father can do to his daughter."

Orson tells Bree he's had a call from the convent: Danielle's had a fall and might lose the baby. Bree decides she has to go to her side, brushing away Susan's demands for an explanations about the "scuzzy gyno." The doctor calls back and Bree cries at the news that Danielle and baby are okay.

Susan comes over to call a truce and wants to know why there's been so much distance between them since Bree got pregnant. Bree lies that there've been some complications with the baby and she didn't want to tell anyone. Susan assures Bree she's not mad. She's freaking out herself because she caught Mike building a crib so early it could be considered a jinx. Susan is happy that they're friends again and happily talks about what it will be like to see their new babies grow up together.

Gaby tries to reassure Victor that her affair with John is long over and "not a big deal." He's busy trying to figure out how to "spin" the revelation, saying it is a big deal to him. She tells Carlos it's back on since she not only loves him, but the way he loves her, especially compared to Victor. While Gaby is upstairs, Victor asks Carlos how he refrained from killing John when he found out about the affair. He adds that with money, it's easy to make anyone disappear.

Meanwhile, we finally see the office of the "hit man" Carlos has hired: He's not a hit man at all, but an accountant!

Katherine catches Julie and Dylan in Dylan's old room and forbids her to see Julie again. Adam finds Katherine boxing up the possessions there. She's decided that making the room off limits was a mistake and now she's getting it ready for her aunt. He wonders why she told everyone what she did about Dylan's father and she says she wants everyone to be uncomfortable, because uncomfortable people don't ask questions. Alone in the old bedroom, she pulls up the rug and sobs over what looks like a bullet hole in the wooden floor.

[Chloe O'brien]

Can't wait to see Lynette stoned she is mental enough.

[#1 Eastender]

oh my god...these first few episodes soud really excited, i cant wait to see them on screen only a few more months to go...oh the anguish lol

[Trinity]

10/21/2007 - "If There's Anything I Can't Stand"

Season 4, Episode 4

Susan is slow to catch onto the fact that her new neighbors, Bob and Lee, are a gay couple. When they mention a Raphael, she pretends to be okay with what she assumes is a threesome, before she realizes that they're talking about their dog. Susan tries to make up for her terrible first impression by bringing Lee "homemade" cookies. He asks if they have nuts in them, since he's horribly allergic, and Susan has to confess they're actually store bought cookies, heated up to appear fresh. He tells her to keep them.

Julie brings Raphael home, saying she found him wandering in the street. She's going to return him next door, but Susan hatches the brilliant scheme to keep him until the neighbors miss him, so she can look like a hero and make them like her at last.

When Susan hears Lee calling Raphael, she graciously offers to look for the missing dog. She goes inside to get water for Bob and Lee after their strenuous search, intending to miraculously produce their dog. But Mike comes home and opens the garage letting Raphael out right in front of his owners! And he's gotten into Mike's paint and ruins Bob's $2,000 Dolce suit, which Mike now has to pay for. When Susan laments that she just wanted them to like her, he orders her to let it go since he can't afford any more of her apologies.

Lynette finds that her libido has returned, but Tom is put off by the sight of her bald head after her old wig won't stay in place. She goes shopping for a new wig, since it's the only way she's going to get sex. Gaby convinces her that she should take the opportunity for a little role playing. Lynette surprises Tom with a sexy red wig, introducing herself as "Brandy, the slutty cheerleader," and Tom jumps her.

When Tom asks for a repeat visit from Brandy, Lynette says that one of the kids gave the wig a terrible haircut and Brandy's not coming back. He buys a black wig, hoping for "Brandy's even sluttier sister, Candy." Lynette is offended that she's not enough for him anymore and he admits that it was a relief to pretend for one night she wasn't sick. He says it hasn't occurred to her that her cancer affects him too. She's upset to realize she's become one of those, "selfish, whiny sick people," and agrees to give Candy a whirl. He tells her tonight their fantasy can be that they're just Tom and Lynette, instead of a hero and a cancer patient.

Edie is not terribly upset to learn she has crabs, probably from a tanning bed. Carlos tells Gaby, who is horrified. Not only does it mean he's still sleeping with Edie, but that Victor likely has crabs too. Gaby plays her own game of dress up with Victor, donning a sexy nurse outfit to administer the nasty smelling anti crab treatment. When he notes that it smells "mediciney," she assures him it's a blend of essential oils and to sit still for at least five minutes.

A scooter arrives for Danielle, a gift from Rex's mother, Phyllis. Andrew wants to keep it but Bree insists they give it away. Bree tries to discourage her friends from throwing her a baby shower, but Andrew, upset over the scooter, helps them surprise Bree after all. The biggest surprise: he invited Phyllis!

Bree's former mother in law takes it as a sign that Bree wants to be friends again, but Bree soon snaps and points out that since it's a surprise party, she had nothing to do with the invitations. Phyllis realizes she isn't wanted and decides the only thing to do is retrieve the sable coat she once gave Bree. Andrew has unthinkingly steered Phyllis to her closet, the very one where Bree keeps her false pregnancy stomachs.

Bree has no choice now but to tell her that Danielle is the one who is pregnant and that she's at a nearby convent. Phyllis calls Bree a bad mother for letting her unwed daughter get pregnant and boasts what a good mother she was. Bree replies that Rex is the one who really hated her. An angry Phyllis runs downstairs to spill the beans to the guests, but at the last second, looking at Bree's stricken expression, she merely says that she has to leave. Bree quietly thanks her. But Phyllis goes straight to the convent and tells Danielle she's come to spring her.

At the party, Gaby assures Carlos that Victor doesn't suspect a thing and that she finds almost getting caught exciting. He warns her that if Victor catches them together, he'll kill them both. "That's what's so exciting," she replies. Edie finds Victor's "cologne" strangely familiar and he says Gaby gave it to him. She watches Carlos, Gaby and Victor each accept a crab cake from a waiter, and puts two and two together.

Katherine's elderly Aunt Lily comes to stay with her. She's dying and regrets the coverup involving Dylan. Katherine swears she'll never ler her reveal what they did. Lily waits until Katherine has left and rings a little bell to summon Dylan. All she manages to tell her is that there's a reason Dylan doesn't remember living on Wisteria Lane as a child when Katherine unexpectedly returns. Dylan asks Katherine about it later, but she claims that Lily doesn't know what she's saying anymore. Katherine takes away Lily's bell and when she hears her calling for Dylan, reminds her daughter that it's time to practice her cello. The music masks the noises Lily makes as she's dying. But a scribbled note falls from her hand and stays, unseen, under the bed after her body is taken away.