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The Best Episodes of Desperate Housewives Season 8

Every episode of Desperate Housewives Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Desperate Housewives Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 1 - Secrets That I Never Want to Know
    8.2/10(758 votes)

    #1 - Secrets That I Never Want to Know

    S8:E1

    While Bree gives Chuck a ride, a smell becomes noticeable; Gabrielle seeks out a priest in order to help Carlos with his problem; Ben Faulkner, a new neighbor, meets Renee; Susan withdraws from her friends because of what happened to Alejandro.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Bob Daily

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  2. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 2 - Making the Connection
    7.7/10(598 votes)

    #2 - Making the Connection

    S8:E2

    Gabrielle teaches Carlos how to dance on a strip pole; Susan seeks out a punishment for feeling guilty; Renee bonds with one of the customers at a senior center; Tom and Lynette wonder why Parker was at a late night party; Bree discovers Chuck's past.

    Director:Tara Nicole Weyr
    Writer:Matt Berry

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  3. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 3 - Watch While I Revise the World
    7.5/10(585 votes)

    #3 - Watch While I Revise the World

    S8:E3

    Lee has a problem with Jenny; Susan and Carlos attempt to find the people responsible for tagging the wall with graffiti; Lynette grows suspicious of Lydia and her fiancé.

    Director:David Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 4 - School of Hard Knocks
    7.5/10(575 votes)

    #4 - School of Hard Knocks

    S8:E4

    While at a yoga class, Lynette and Renee spy on Jane, Tom's new girlfriend; Gabrielle tries to affect change at a PTA meeting; Bree discovers what Danielle is up to; Susan battles with art class teacher Andre Zeller.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Marco Pennette

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  5. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 5 - The Art of Making Art
    7.7/10(571 votes)

    #5 - The Art of Making Art

    S8:E5

    Tom and Lynette visit a couples counselor about their separation; Bree tries to help a city council about the homeless; Carlos is in a guilty situation; Susan is embarrassed about Andre's students being naked in class.

    Director:Lonny Price
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 6 - Witch's Lament
    7.8/10(578 votes)

    #6 - Witch's Lament

    S8:E6

    Susan grows suspicious about Amy's affair with Andre; a delivery man tries to deliver a package for Lynette; a man speaks to a sponsor from A.A. about a blackout; the housewives are in the woods with the shovels, but they're being watched.

    Director:Tony Plana
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 7 - Always in Control
    7.9/10(564 votes)

    #7 - Always in Control

    S8:E7

    Bree is stunned when she learns who dug up the body of Gaby's stepfather; jealousy rears its ugly head when Lynette begins to spread untruths to daughter Penny about Tom's new girlfriend; Gaby and Carlos must convince Lee and Bob that Juanita and Celia aren't the bad seeds that they used to be when they want to name them in their will as guardians; and Susan desperately searches her inner self to find what inspires her in order to better her art and impress her hard-to-please art teacher, Andre.

    Director:Jeff Greenstein
    Writer:Jeff Greenstein

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  8. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 8 - Suspicion Song
    8.0/10(577 votes)

    #8 - Suspicion Song

    S8:E8

    Detective Chuck Vance begins harassing Bree as his suspicions about her involvement in the disappearance of Alejandro grow; after using the murder of Gaby's stepfather as inspiration for her art school projects, Susan must find a way to graciously decline art school teacher Andre's (Miguel Ferrer) invitation to display and sell her paintings at a gallery showing; when Carlos's drinking gets in the way of his ability to work, Gaby goes to The Office in an effort to save his business from losing a multi-million dollar account; and on the occasion of their 22-year anniversary, Lynette comes up with a plan to try to salvage her marriage to Tom.

    Director:Jennifer Getzinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 9 - Putting It Together
    8.3/10(621 votes)

    #9 - Putting It Together

    S8:E9

    Gabrielle, thinking the worst, goes on a frenzied search for Carlos after he unexpectedly checks out of rehab. Meanwhile, a desolate Bree goes on a drinking binge and finds herself in a desperate situation.

    Director:David Warren
    Writer:Sheila R. Lawrence

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  10. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 10 - What's to Discuss, Old Friend?
    8.1/10(595 votes)

    #10 - What's to Discuss, Old Friend?

    S8:E10

    "What's to Discuss, Old Friend" is the 167th episode of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It is the tenth episode of the show's eighth season and was broadcast on January 8, 2012.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Wendy Mericle

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  11. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 11 - Who Can Say What's True?
    7.5/10(570 votes)

    #11 - Who Can Say What's True?

    S8:E11

    While in Oklahoma, Susan learns that the late Alejandro has been sexually abusing his 15 year old step-daughter, Marisa, just like he abused Gabby years earlier. Meanwhile, Bree gets an unpleasant surprise from a man she meets in a bar, Gabrielle tries to bluff her way through a business dinner in order to woo a potential client for Carlos, and Mike catches Ben doing something he shouldn't do to try to salvage his faltering real estate project.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 12 - What's the Good of Being Good?
    7.7/10(572 votes)

    #12 - What's the Good of Being Good?

    S8:E12

    Karen McCluskey finds out about Bree's sex life and interferes, Bree bumps into one of her many conquests unexpectedly, Gabby shares her past with the widow of Alejandro, and after introducing them, Renee ends up paying the price when the date between her hairdresser and Lynette doesn't go well.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Jason Ganzel

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  13. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 13 - Is This What You Call Love?
    7.7/10(561 votes)

    #13 - Is This What You Call Love?

    S8:E13

    Bree's sexual escapades are getting out of hand and help comes from an unexpected source, Susan learns that Julie is pregnant, and Gabby has to deal with a situation at Juanita's school.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 14 - Get Out of My Life
    8.0/10(568 votes)

    #14 - Get Out of My Life

    S8:E14

    Susan discovers the identity of the father of Julie's baby, and Orson makes it his duty to nurse Bree back to health. When Mrs. McCluskey throws Roy out of the house, Gabrielle takes him in and is reluctant to help get them back together when he proves to be an invaluable disciplinarian to her kids. Meanwhile, after getting used to her alone time, Lynette is furious when Porter and Preston are evicted from their apartment and try to move back home, and Mike informs Renee of Ben's dire circumstances with a loan shark.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writer:Cindy Appel

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  15. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 15 - She Needs Me
    7.9/10(564 votes)

    #15 - She Needs Me

    S8:E15

    Susan offers to help the father of Julie's baby raise the child; Bree agrees to go to Maine with Orson - perhaps for good; Karen pleads with Gaby not to tell Roy about her condition; and the loan shark who threatened Ben sets out to ruin Renee.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Jason Ganzel

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  16. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 16 - You Take for Granted
    8.2/10(685 votes)

    #16 - You Take for Granted

    S8:E16

    Susan talks Mike into going to the police when she discovers that Ben's loan shark is out to get him; Mrs. McCluskey, who's dying of cancer, asks Bree to help her commit suicide; Tom's girlfriend, Jane, stuns Lynette at Penny's birthday party; Carlos behaves oddly on his first day back at work, and Gaby is worried.

    Director:Jeff Greenstein
    Writer:Matt Berry

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  17. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 17 - Women and Death
    8.3/10(707 votes)

    #17 - Women and Death

    S8:E17

    On the day of a beloved Wisteria Lane resident's funeral, each of the housewives recalls the effect this person had on her life. Meanwhile, Bree is stunned when she's called in for questioning about the murder of Gaby's stepfather, Alejandro.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 18 - Any Moment
    7.7/10(580 votes)

    #18 - Any Moment

    S8:E18

    Bree is not so sure about Andrew's upcoming marriage; Gabrielle tries to find work in an employment agency in order to teach Carlos and the kids a lesson; Lynette plans to win back Tom at any cost; Susan's parenting skills concern Julie; Ben asks Renee to marry him.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 19 - With So Little to Be Sure of
    7.8/10(578 votes)

    #19 - With So Little to Be Sure of

    S8:E19

    Carlos gets concerned about Gabrielle's new job; an affair makes Susan suspicious; the police ask a hotel owner about Alejandro's whereabouts; Bree needs a lawyer's help in order to get her charges of Alejandro Perez's murder cleared. Jane served to Lynette their divorce papers.

    Director:Tara Nicole Weyr
    Writer:Marco Pennette

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  20. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 20 - Lost My Power
    7.8/10(586 votes)

    #20 - Lost My Power

    S8:E20

    With Mike gone, Susan attempts to build a car for MJ's father-and-son school soapbox derby; Bree's attorney, Trip, learns of her previous drunken sexual spree and needs her to come clean about it in order to help strengthen her case; Lynette tries to cause some negative friction between Tom and his girlfriend, Jane, by flirting with his boss and getting him to pile more work on her estranged husband; Gaby is furious with Carlos when he tries to poach one of her rich, personal shopper clients (Doris Roberts) and talk her into helping with his newly formed charity organization; and Renee discovers that Ben is keeping a secret from her about his involvement with Bree -- and the body found at his work site.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Wendy Mericle

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  21. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 21 - The People Will Hear
    8.0/10(585 votes)

    #21 - The People Will Hear

    S8:E21

    In the penultimate episode leading into the two-hour finale of this landmark series, as her trial nears, Bree begins to fall for her attorney, Trip; Susan becomes concerned when Julie doubts Porter's commitment to be a hands-on father to their unborn baby; as Tom gets closer to being transferred to India for his job - thanks to Lynette - she begins to have second thoughts and tries to convince his boss to rescind the move; and the ladies are shocked about Gaby's nonchalant attitude as Bree continues to stand trial and take the fall for Carlos in the murder of Alejandro.

    Director:David Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 22 - Give Me the Blame
    8.9/10(847 votes)

    #22 - Give Me the Blame

    S8:E22

    Bree's trial finally comes to an end with a surprise confession. Tom takes steps to finalize his divorce.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Bob Daily

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  23. Desperate Housewives Season 8 Episode 23 - Finishing the Hat
    9.2/10(1210 votes)

    #23 - Finishing the Hat

    S8:E23

    Everything that begins must eventually end. This episode of beginnings and endings walks us both backwards and forwards as we take our final stroll down Wisteria Lane.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Marc Cherry

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Secrets That I Never Want to Know" is the best rated episode of "Desperate Housewives" season 8. It scored 8.2/10 based on 758 votes. Directed by David Grossman and written by Bob Daily, it aired on 9/25/2011. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Making the Connection".