Desperate Housewives

Mike finds Zach holding Susan hostage; Lynette interviews for a position at a top ad agency; Rex's mother (Shirley Knight) arrives for his funeral; Gabrielle, feeling guilty, visits Carlos in jail.

Susan is surprised to learn the identity of Edie's boyfriend; Lynette goes back to work, leaving Tom in charge of the house; Bree suffers through her mother-in-law's grieving.

Bree's mother-in-law gets her into trouble with the law; Susan tries to accept Edie's new role in Julie's life; Lynette's boss makes her miss Parker's first day of kindergarten.

Gabrielle causes a prison riot while visiting Carlos; Lynette learns that Parker has an imaginary friend; Susan helps Mike search for Zach.

Susan's longtime book agent and dear friend, Lonny Moon (Wallace Shawn), gets into financial trouble; Bree reburies Rex amid police suspicions.

As Carlos continues serving his jail sentence, Gabrielle valiantly tries to free him; Mike and Susan face a crisis in their relationship; Paul Young returns.

Gabrielle revisits her past when old friends come to town; the Scavos learn more about their new neighbors.

An intruder causes panic on Wisteria lane; while at her mother's wedding, Susan learns jolting tidbits about her father.

George stalks Bree, despite her efforts to break up; Susan tries to begin a relationship with her father; Carlos is paroled from prison and returns a reformed character.

Lynette tries to put a day-care center in Parcher & Murphy but, first, must convince the boss's neurotic wife, Fran (Penelope Ann Miller), to leave her baby.

Lynette catches Gabrielle kissing Tom; Mike tries to bond with Zach; the neighbors on Wisteria Lane become increasingly suspicious of the Applewhite family.

After numerous bad dates, Susan meets Dr. Right; old photos of Gabrielle surface on the Internet; Tom's children come down with chicken pox, which he has never had.

Susan learns she needs surgery, but is reluctant to let Dr. Ron operate; Bree and Betty find that they have much in common; Gabrielle faces off with Sister Mary.

Tom tries hard to bond with his new boss; Karl makes Susan an offer she cannot refuse; Bree does some sneaky sleuthing at Betty's house; Gabrielle sets her house in order.

Edie thinks that Karl is going to pop the question; Carlos learns more about the relationship between Gabrielle and her mother; Bree's problem with alcohol.

Carlos and Gaby face a hiccup in the adoption process; Susan goes under the knife; Andrew and Bree fight; Tom has trouble accepting that his wife is also his boss.

Susan invites Dr. Ron to meet Karl; Gaby and Carlos try to find a baby to adopt; in order to combat Andrew's extortion attempt, Bree joins AA.

Carlos and Gabrielle learn the truth about their baby; Paul must face the music; Lynette must give a court deposition about Bree's drinking.

Carlos and Gabrielle get temporary custody of Lily; Bree's father and stepmother (Carol Burnett) come to town to mediate; Susan finds Karl back in her life.

Karl and Edie come to a crucial juncture in their relationship; Lynette tries to help Ed improve his sex life; Bree discovers new information about Peter.

Tom receives discouraging news at work; Bree and Andrew reach a difficult point; Edie's private detective gets the scoop on Karl and Susan.

Felicia Tilman has more in store for Paul Young; Bree reaches the end of her rope; Susan must start over again.

In the conclusion to season two, the women flash back to moving-in day on Wisteria Lane and how Mary Alice brought them together; Bree gets some frightening news; Susan moves into a trailer.

In the conclusion to season two, the women flash back to moving-in day on Wisteria Lane and how Mary Alice Young brought the women together; Bree gets some frightening news; Susan moves into a trailer.