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Desperate Housewives: Season 4

17 episodes Premiered Sep 30, 2007 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Desperate Housewives Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 17 episodes. The television series, classified under mystery, drama, and comedy, features secrets, romance, and murder all on one street. The narrative arc spans the seventeen episodes provided in the season details. Because the provided synopsis and sources contain no further specific plot events, character names, or narrative details for this seaso

Previously on Desperate Housewives

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series takes place on a single street characterized by secrets, romance, and murder.
  • ⚡ The overarching saga is categorized under the television genres of mystery, drama, and comedy.
  • ⚡ The show carries a television rating of TV-14.
  • ⚡ The production is associated with the title Desperate Housewives, which began in the year 2004.
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Season overview

Desperate Housewives Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 17 episodes. The television series, classified under mystery, drama, and comedy, features secrets, romance, and murder all on one street. The narrative arc spans the seventeen episodes provided in the season details. Because the provided synopsis and sources contain no further specific plot events, character names, or narrative details for this season, the overview is limited strictly to the factual information explicitly stated in the source material regarding the episode count, genre classifications, and thematic elements of the season.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (14): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Now You Know

Sep 30, 2007 · 43 min

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 c

S4·E2 Core

Smiles of a Summer Night

Oct 7, 2007 · 43 min

Lynette kicks Tom out of her chemotherapy sessions. Susan is mistaken for a stripper. Bree attempts to steal a prize-winning recipe from Katherine.

S4·E3 Core

The Game

Oct 14, 2007 · 43 min

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 t

S4·E4 Core

If There's Anything I Can't Stand

Oct 21, 2007 · 43 min

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

S4·E5 Core

Art Isn't Easy

Oct 28, 2007 · 42 min

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 w

S4·E6 Core

Now I Know, Don't Be Scared

Nov 4, 2007 · 43 min

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. Da

S4·E7 Core

You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover

Nov 11, 2007 · 43 min

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 c

S4·E8 Core

Distant Past

Nov 25, 2007 · 43 min

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

S4·E9 Core

Something's Coming

Dec 2, 2007 · 43 min

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 d

S4·E10 Core

Welcome to Kanagawa

Jan 6, 2008 · 43 min

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 h

S4·E11 Core

Sunday

Apr 13, 2008 · 43 min

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 learn

S4·E12 Core

In Buddy's Eyes

Apr 20, 2008 · 43 min

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 Fo

S4·E13 Core

Hello, Little Girl

Apr 27, 2008 · 43 min

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 s

S4·E14 Core

Opening Doors

May 4, 2008 · 43 min

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 Ric

S4·E15 Core

Mother Said

May 11, 2008 · 43 min

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.

S4·E16 Mytharc

The Gun Song

May 18, 2008 · 43 min

"The Gun Song" is the 86th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the sixteenth episode of the show's fourth season, and the first half of the two-hour s

S4·E17 Mytharc

Free

May 18, 2008 · 44 min

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 s

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