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| Desperate Housewives Season 4 : |
| Katherine Mayfair and her family are introduced as the center of the season's mystery. |
| Episode 1 - [Now You Know] |
| Details : Now You Know is the fourth season premiere episode of the American comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives and the 71st episode overall. The episode premiered on ABC on September 30 2007. It was written by series creator Marc Cherry and directed by Larry Shaw. In the episode 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 cancer from her friends and children. The episode also introduces Katherine Mayfair Susan's old friend who returns to the neighborhood after being away for 12 years. Now You Know drew over 19 million viewers becoming the fourth most watched program of the week across all networks. Nevertheless it was the least watched Desperate Housewives season premiere at the time. The episode received positive reviews from critics who agreed that the episode showed significant improvement over the show's third season. Critics also praised the addition of Delany to the cast. ABC and the show's producers received viewer backlash due to an alleged slur against Filipino doctors included in the episode. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Julia Campbell | Polly Bergen | Nathan Fillion | John Slattery | Pamela Kosh | Pat Crawford Brown | Kathryn Joosten | Zachary Gordon as Little Robin Hood | Writer : Marc Cherry | Director : Larry Shaw | |
| Air Date : Sep. 30, 2007 |
| Episode 2 - [Smiles Of A Summer Night] |
| Details : Lynette kicks Tom out of her chemotherapy sessions. Susan is mistaken for a stripper. Bree attempts to steal a prize-winning recipe from Katherine. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | Tahj Mowry | Matt Baker | Pat Crawford Brown | Kathryn Joosten | Director : David Grossman | Writer : Bob Daily | |
| Air Date : Oct. 07, 2007 |
| Episode 3 - [The Game] |
| Details : 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 the whole neighborhood. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Polly Bergen | Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | John Slattery | Writer : John Pardee | Writer : Joey Murphy | Director : Bethany Rooney | |
| Air Date : Oct. 14, 2007 |
| Episode 4 - [If There's Anything I Can't Stand] |
| Details : 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 hoax. Finally Wisteria Lane welcomes to the street a homosexual couple. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Slattery | Kevin Rahm | Shirley Knight | Ellen Geer | Sean Blodgett | Tuc Watkins | Writer : Lori Kirkland Baker | Writer : Alexandra Cunningham | Director : Larry Shaw | |
| Air Date : Oct. 21, 2007 |
| Episode 5 - [Art Isn't Easy] |
| Details : Bob And 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 with Gaby. Also John Rowland wants to rekindle his romance with Gaby. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | Kevin Rahm | Shirley Knight | Jesse Metcalfe | Tuc Watkins | Pat Crawford Brown | Kathryn Joosten | Director : David Grossman | Writer : Jason Ganzel | |
| Air Date : Oct. 28, 2007 |
| Episode 6 - [Now I Know Don’t Be Scared] |
| Details : 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. Danielle goes into labor right in the middle of the Halloween party... and somebody has to deliver the baby. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Polly Bergen | Norma Maldonado | Rachel G. Fox | Mike Farrell | Nathan Fillion | John Slattery | George Wyner | Kevin Rahm | Patrick Bristow | Soledad St. Hilaire | Tuc Watkins | Kathryn Joosten | Robert Forster | Gary Grossman | Writer : Dahvi Waller | Writer : Susan Nirah Jaffee | Director : Larry Shaw | |
| Air Date : Nov. 04, 2007 |
| Episode 7 - [You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover] |
| Details : 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 circumcised. On a boat Victor confronts Gaby about her affair with Carlos and she throws him into the ocean. Later Bree informs Susan that she thinks Mike is addicted to drugs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Polly Bergen | Carrie Preston | John Slattery | Pat Crawford Brown | Director : David Warren | |
| Air Date : Nov. 11, 2007 |
| Episode 8 - [Distant Past] |
| Details : 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 and Orson's marriage. Lynette has a reunion with her long-lost stepfather Glen. Susan notices Mike is behaving strangely. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Polly Bergen | Richard Chamberlain | Nathan Fillion | Melora Walters | John Slattery | Soledad St. Hilaire | Patrick St. Esprit | Writer : Joe Keenan | |
| Air Date : Nov. 25, 2007 |
| Episode 9 - [Something's Coming] |
| Details : 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 down the stairs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Barry Nolan | Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | Melora Walters | John Slattery | Pat Crawford Brown | Kathryn Joosten | William Brent | Writer : John Pardee | Writer : Joey Murphy | Director : David Grossman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 02, 2007 |
| Episode 10 - [Welcome To Kanagawa] |
| Details : 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 her family's fate. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : J. C. MacKenzie | Rachel G. Fox | Mike Farrell | Nathan Fillion | Meredith Scott Lynn | Kevin Rahm | Tuc Watkins | Kathryn Joosten | Director : Larry Shaw | |
| Air Date : Jan. 06, 2008 |
| Episode 11 - [Sunday] |
| Details : 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 learns that Carlos' blindness is permanent. Katherine is unable to keep some of her secrets from the women of Wisteria Lane. Finally a surprise wedding ceremony has its own share of secrets. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gary Cole | Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | Chris Carmack | Jeff Doucette | Kathryn Joosten | Writer : Lori Kirkland Baker | Director : David Grossman | Writer : Alexandra Cunningham | |
| Air Date : Apr. 13, 2008 |
| Episode 12 - [In Buddy's Eyes] |
| Details : 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 Founders Day Ball. As part of his recovery Mike asks a few people for forgiveness and Orson starts sleepwalking. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jodi Carlisle | Rachel G. Fox | Eddie McGee | Mitch Longley | Jason Gedrick | Stephen Holland as Caterer | Director : Larry Shaw | Writer : Jeff Greenstein | |
| Air Date : Apr. 20, 2008 |
| Episode 13 - [Hello Little Girl] |
| Details : 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 seeing-eye dog. Dylan meets her estranged father. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Archie Kao | Gary Cole | Keith MacKechnie | Jason Gedrick | Writer : Susan Nirah Jaffee | Director : Bethany Rooney | Writer : Jamie Gorenberg | |
| Air Date : Apr. 27, 2008 |
| Episode 14 - [Opening Doors] |
| Details : 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 Rick's restaurant. Bree wants Orson to turn himself in to the police. Meanwhile Gabrielle rents a room to a hip artist Ellie who has a dark secret. Elsewhere Dylan continues meeting with her father Wayne and Katherine decides to go spy on her. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Amy Honey | Gary Cole | Rachel G. Fox | Sunny Mabrey | Kevin Rahm | Richard Burgi | Justine Bateman | Tuc Watkins | Kathryn Joosten | Writer : Dahvi Waller | Writer : Jordon Nardino | Director : David Grossman | |
| Air Date : May. 04, 2008 |
| Episode 15 - [Mother Said] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Celia Weston | Gary Cole | Rachel G. Fox | Justine Bateman | Rick Otto | Kathryn Joosten | Director : David Warren | Writer : Anne Flett-Giordano | Writer : Chuck Ranberg | |
| Air Date : May. 11, 2008 |
| Episode 16 - [The Gun Song] |
| Details : 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 season finale. It aired on May 18 2008 in the United States. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Bethany Rooney | Writer : Bob Daily | |
| Air Date : May. 18, 2008 |
| Episode 17 - [Free] |
| Details : 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 she meets with Reverend Green the reverend tries to hit on her. In the meantime Gabrielle is still helping the police trying to detain Ellie for dealing drugs. Finally Katherine is visited by her ex-husband Wayne. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michelle Marsh | Gary Cole | Rachel G. Fox | Nathan Fillion | Bill Smitrovich | Kevin Rahm | Justine Bateman | Gale Harold | Rick Otto | Billy Gardell | Tuc Watkins | Kathryn Joosten | Director : David Grossman | Director : Bethany Rooney | Writer : Jeff Greenstein | Writer : Bob Daily | |
| Air Date : May. 18, 2008 |