8.4/10843 votes#1 - Now You Know
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2007
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.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.0/10695 votes#2 - Smiles of a Summer Night
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2007
Lynette kicks Tom out of her chemotherapy sessions. Susan is mistaken for a stripper. Bree attempts to steal a prize-winning recipe from Katherine.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Bob Daily
8.2/10711 votes#3 - The Game
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2007
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.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
8.1/10683 votes#4 - If There's Anything I Can't Stand
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2007
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.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham, Lori Kirkland Baker
7.9/10671 votes#5 - Art Isn't Easy
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2007
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 with Gaby. Also, John Rowland wants to rekindle his romance with Gaby.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jason Ganzel
8.4/10741 votes#6 - Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2007
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.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Dahvi Waller, Susan Nirah Jaffee
8.0/10669 votes#7 - You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2007
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.
Director: David Warren
Writer: N/A
7.9/10669 votes#8 - Distant Past
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2007
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joe Keenan
9.2/101,290 votes#9 - Something's Coming
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2007
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.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
8.5/10762 votes#10 - Welcome to Kanagawa
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2008
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.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.8/10657 votes#11 - Sunday
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/2008
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.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham, Lori Kirkland Baker
7.9/10619 votes#12 - In Buddy's Eyes
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/20/2008
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.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
7.9/10606 votes#13 - Hello, Little Girl
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/2008
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.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee, Jamie Gorenberg
7.8/10604 votes#14 - Opening Doors
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2008
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.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jordon Nardino, Dahvi Waller
7.9/10618 votes#15 - Mother Said
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/2008
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.
Director: David Warren
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
8.2/10666 votes#16 - The Gun Song
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/2008
"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.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Bob Daily
8.8/10884 votes#17 - Free
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 5/18/2008
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.
Director: David Grossman, Bethany Rooney
Writer: Jeff Greenstein, Bob Daily
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"Now You Know" is the best rated episode of "Desperate Housewives" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 843 votes. Directed by Larry Shaw and written by Marc Cherry, it aired on 9/30/2007. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Smiles of a Summer Night".