8.1/10821 votes#1 - Listen to the Rain on the Roof
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2006
It is raining on Wisteria Lane, six months after Mike was run over. He is now in a coma, with Susan by his side. Bree gets engaged to Orson. Gabrielle and Carlos are getting divorced, but they are briefly reunited when their 8½ months pregnant surrogate Xiao-Mei runs away. While adjusting to having another child around the house, Lynette realizes that the girl's mother, Nora, is more than she can handle.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry, Jeff Greenstein
8.0/10705 votes#2 - It Takes Two
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2006
It's wedding day for Bree and Orson but things don't go quite as planned. Meanwhile, the body of a dead woman believed to be Orson's ex-wife is recovered, which interrupts the reception. Susan goes on a date with Ian, but trouble ensues when his in-laws show up at the restaurant. When Nora breaks up with her boyfriend, Lynette decide to hook up Nora with someone. Edie lets her 18-year-old nephew Austin come live with her for some time. Lastly, Xiao-Mei goes into labor.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Kevin Murphy, Jenna Bans
7.9/10679 votes#3 - A Weekend in the Country
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2006
It is a holiday weekend on Wisteria Lane. Bree and Orson are going on their honeymoon, while Gabrielle and Lynette are going a spa vacation and Tom is going on a camping trip with the kids. Meanwhile Susan is going on a quiet romantic getaway with Ian, not sure if she's cheating on Mike. However, things don't go as planned.
Director: Wendey Stanzler
Writer: Bob Daily
7.9/10672 votes#4 - Like It Was
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2006
Mike has woken up from his coma, and has no recollection of the past two years, and Edie is there to fill in the blanks. Susan is still in the country with Ian, when she receives the news. Bree finds her family is anything but perfect. Lynette is determined not to let Parker quit baseball because he made a commitment, even though he's terrible at it. Carlos moves back into the Solis house, much to Gabrielle's displeasure.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
7.8/10676 votes#5 - Nice She Ain't
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2006
The divorce between Gabrielle and Carlos reaches new levels of bitterness. Susan is determined to jog Mike's memory, and realizes Edie has been posing as his girlfriend since he woke up. Tom decides that his dream is to open a pizza parlor, and Lynette is not delighted. Bree tries to break up Danielle and her history teacher, who's been having an affair with her. Meanwhile, Mike's phone number is discovered on a dead woman's body.
Director: David Warren
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham, Susan Nirah Jaffee
8.0/10688 votes#6 - Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2006
Susan professes her love for Ian. Gabrielle and Carlos try to rekindle their love. Bree is confronted with Orson's past. In the meantime, Nora and Lynette go to war.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Josh Senter, Dahvi Waller
9.5/102,111 votes#7 - Bang
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2006
Everyone's lives on Wisteria Lane are forever changed when Carolyn Bigsby holds shoppers hostage at a local supermarket. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Carlos finish dividing their assets: Gabrielle gets the house, and Carlos gets everything in it. Susan is preparing to go to Paris with Ian.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Joe Keenan
7.9/10683 votes#8 - Children and Art
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2006
Lynette returns home from the hospital. Gabrielle decides to get back into modeling and travels to New York. Susan comes home to find Austin and Julie making out on her couch. Bree meets her antagonistic mother-in-law Gloria, with whom Orson is in a quarrel. Detective Ridley has Mike's house searched.
Director: Wendey Stanzler
Writer: Jenna Bans, Kevin Etten
7.8/10666 votes#9 - Beautiful Girls
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2006
Gabrielle takes a shot at training potential young beauty queens. After discovering a wall of photos of half-naked boys in his basement, Lynette is convinced her new neighbor Art is a pedophile. Susan stays at Ian's house and clashes with his butler. Carlos asks Mike if he could stay with him for a while. With his mother living in the Hodge house temporarily, another part of Orson's past is revealed.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Dahvi Waller, Susan Nirah Jaffee
8.1/10705 votes#10 - The Miracle Song
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2006
The residents of Wisteria Lane celebrate their annual holiday block party. Meanwhile, Gabrielle sets her eyes on a father of a girl she's coaching. Mike is arrested for Monique's murder. Thanks to Lynette, mothers of the neighborhood arrange a protest against Art. This causes his sister a heart attack. And Susan has to cook dinner for Ian's parents.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Bob Daily
7.9/10666 votes#11 - No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2007
Tom and Lynette try to make Kayla feel like a part of the family. Alma Hodge decides to pay Orson and Bree a visit. Susan visits Mike in jail to tell him about the lawyer Ian got him. Gabrielle accuses Carlos of trying to sabotage her relationship with Bill. Bree organizes a dinner party to show Susan that Alma is alive.
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham, Josh Senter
7.9/10656 votes#12 - Not While I'm Around
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2007
Bree isn't happy Alma has moved to Wisteria Lane. Gabrielle's secret admirer is revealed. The new Scavo Pizzeria faces an uncertain future. Julie and Austin go to Edie about giving them parental consent to buy birth control pills.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Kevin Murphy, Kevin Etten
7.7/10673 votes#13 - Come Play Wiz Me
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2007
Gabrielle cannot avoid Zach. Mike's new lawyer suggests he pleads guilty, but Susan doesn't agree with that. Gloria informs Bree that she and Alma believe Bree is the other woman. Instead of going back to work Lynette pretends to be ill so she can help Tom promote the pizzeria at a food fair.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Christian McLaughlin, Valerie Ahern
8.0/10677 votes#14 - I Remember That
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2007
Ian proposes to Susan. The Scavo pizzeria prepares for its grand opening. Mike visits a hypnotherapist in hopes of remembering Monique. Gabrielle's romantically interested in a lawyer, but he's working for Zach who wants her for himself. Bree is hospitalized after a fall, after being tricked to climb on a ladder to retrieve Monique's teeth.
Director: David Warren
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
8.6/10775 votes#15 - The Little Things You Do Together
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2007
All of Wisteria Lane gathers at Pizzeria Scavo for the grand opening event, while one resident meets an untimely fate and another accepts a marriage proposal.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Marc Cherry, Joe Keenan
8.0/10703 votes#16 - My Husband, the Pig
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2007
Edie gets an unexpected visit from her son. An unexpected pregnancy causes complications. Victor Lang, a man in his 40s running for mayor of Fairview, introduces himself for Gabrielle. The deceased Rex Van De Kamp narrates.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Brian A. Alexander
7.8/10684 votes#17 - Dress Big
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/2007
Susan meets her in-laws and finds out some family. Victor is still taking his chances with Gabrielle, while she has a devastating catastrophe at her home. Lynette is encountering new problems at the pizzeria while an unexpected relationship develops on Wisteria Lane.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Kevin Etten, Susan Nirah Jaffee
7.9/10675 votes#18 - Liaisons
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2007
Susan considers moving from Wisteria Lane to London. Later, an accident causes Ian, Susan, and their car to find themselves stranded in a lake. Tom feels threatened by the interest a new Scavo's Pizzeria employee Rick shows in Lynette. While debating his opponent in the mayoral election, Victor Lang witnesses something disturbing.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham, Jenna Bans
8.0/10670 votes#19 - God, That's Good
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2007
Gabrielle and Victor will make an unexpected twist in their relationship and will also face a crisis as a video of them sharing a passionate moment in an elevator was caught on tape and is now being used to blackmail them. Edie gets into a fight with one of the ladies that will ruin their "friendship" while another lady on Wisteria Lane ends up in the hospital.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Josh Senter, Dahvi Waller
8.1/10669 votes#20 - Gossip
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2007
Susan goes to the therapist and realizes she must choose between Ian and Mike. Travers is having a birthday party which only spells trouble for Mrs. McCluskey, Gabrielle's engagement party is upstaged by an unexpected announcement and the neighborhood is full of gossip about the dead body found on Wisteria Lane.
Director: Wendey Stanzler
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
8.0/10677 votes#21 - Into the Woods
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2007
Susan goes into the woods to try to find Mike. Gabrielle gets into an argument with a meter man who gives her a ticket. Victor is elected mayor, and Gabrielle goes back to teach the meter man a lesson. Edie's ex-husband comes back to collect Travers. Lynette realizes she has feelings for another man.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham
8.0/10668 votes#22 - What Would We Do Without You?
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2007
While Tom tries to save his marriage, Mike and Susan get engaged. However, Susan's happiness is short-lived when she realizes Gabrielle has stolen her cancelled wedding with Ian. Meanwhile, Edie wants Carlos to move in with her, and she's ready to do anything to make it happen.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Bob Daily
8.6/10806 votes#23 - Getting Married Today
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2007
As Gabrielle prepares for her fairy tale wedding, Bree returns to Fairview with a surprise. Meanwhile, Lynette's mother Stella pays her a visit after finding out Lynette has cancer. Finally, Susan and Mike tie the knot in an unexpected location.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Kevin Murphy, Joe Keenan
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Listen to the Rain on the Roof" is the best rated episode of "Desperate Housewives" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 821 votes. Directed by Larry Shaw and written by Marc Cherry, Jeff Greenstein, it aired on 9/24/2006. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "It Takes Two".