10.0/101 votes#1 - Sisters & Other Strangers
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1990
Blanche and her sister, Charmaine, reconcile after a life-long rivalry. However, the reconciliation does not last long after Blanche reads her recently published book and realizes the heroine is based on her. Meanwhile, Dorothy becomes fed up with Stan's visiting cousin.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Marc Cherry
10.0/101 votes#2 - The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2)
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 5/5/1990
When the FBI agent announces that George Bush will make a visit to their home, the girls continue to reminisce and Dorothy quickly readies a list of points she wants to make to the president.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
10.0/101 votes#3 - What a Difference a Date Makes
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/1991
The man who stood Dorothy up for her senior prom contacts her and they make a date. After learning why he stood her up, Dorothy unleashes her wrath on the person at fault, Sophia.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
10.0/101 votes#4 - Beauty and the Beast
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1991
Blanche is visited by her granddaughter, Melissa, and the only thing that Blanche has on her mind is Melissa winning a Little Miss Beauty Contest. Meanwhile, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after a recuperating Sophia
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
10.0/101 votes#5 - Old Boyfriends
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1992
Sophia's attempts at trying to find a man go awry when a man she meets through the personals, as a shadow, his sister. Meanwhile, Rose meets with an old boyfriend from St. Olaf, one whom she can't remember.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
10.0/101 votes#6 - Journey to the Center of Attention
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1992
Blanche brings a lonely, Dorothy down to the Rusty Anchor for a night of excitement. However, Blanche, had no intention of being pushed off her thrown by Dorothy, who begins singing and instantly becomes the center of attention.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
9.4/105 votes#7 - The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2009
When Eli Scruggs (Beau Bridges), the neighborhood handyman, passes away, the residents of Wisteria Lane realize how much he affected their lives.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
9.0/101 votes#8 - Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1990
Blanche gets an unexpected visit from her childhood "mammy" (nanny) but Blanche is reluctant to even speak to her since she deserted her when she was a child. Meanwhile, Sophia hires a matchmaker for Dorothy who experiences a date with a convict.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Marc Cherry
9.0/101 votes#9 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1990
After the death of a friend, who had been a nun, Sophia decides she would like to become one. So she joins a convent and moves out. Meanwhile, Blanche gets into a car accident with Rose's car which leaves Rose with a lawsuit.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Marc Cherry
9.0/104 votes#10 - Finishing the Hat
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2012
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
8.8/105 votes#11 - 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
8.8/105 votes#12 - Epiphany
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2010
The Fairview strangler has been living among the women of Wisteria Lane. He once caught Gabrielle and Carlos in an intimate moment. Bree offered him a job and some dating advice. Susan encouraged his passion for art. Lynette will show him kindness and generosity. But... who is he?
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.8/104 votes#13 - Secret Beyond The Door
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2021
With dreams of status and glamour, Alma Fillcot hopes to fill a recently vacated seat in her local Garden Club, led by the intimidating Rita Castillo. However, when Alma discovers her loving husband Bertram's shocking secret, all of that preparation and hard work is jeopardized.
Director: David Warren
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.7/106 votes#14 - Remember
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/21/2006
Flashbacks take us back to to moving-in day on Wisteria Lane for Bree, Lynette, Susan and Gabrielle and how Mary Alice brought them all together. Back in the present, Bree gets some frightening news. Susan moves into a trailer after her house was burnt down. Lynette and the kids are staying at a hotel. After seeing a report on the news, Gabrielle believes Carlos died. Paul begs Zach to get him a good lawyer via Noah.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.5/108 votes#15 - I Wish I Could Forget You
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2005
Mike and Susan face a crisis in their relationship when Susan tries to get Paul Young arrested by confessing to a police officer that he killed Mrs. Huber and Mike has her diaries as proof. The officer goes over to Mike to get the story, but Mike denies the whole thing. As Carlos continues serving his jail sentence, Gabrielle valiantly tries to free him. Bree goes to a romantic hotel with George, but requests they sleep in separate rooms.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.5/108 votes#16 - Color and Light
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2005
Gabrielle tries to revisit her past when old friends come to town, but doesn't want anyone to know that she's three months pregnant. With the aftermath of her breakup with Mike, Susan finds temporary solace from her ex-husband Karl as his relationship with Edie hits a bump. Also, the Scavos learn more about the new neighbors, the Harpers when they babysit their children and uncover a sex tape of the couple. Lastly, Caleb gets loose from the basement and roams around Wisteria Lane at night, which leads to major consequences for Gabrielle.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.4/1014 votes#17 - One Wonderful Day
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/2005
Bree confides that she feels guilty because she and Rex were having a fight when he had his heart attack and that now he needs a pacemaker. Lynette's marriage takes a dramatic turn after an upset Tom vows that it is now her turn to go back to work and he'll be staying home with the kids. Carlos finally learns that John and Gabrielle have been lovers for a while, and vows revenge as he is carted off to jail. Mike takes Paul out to a deserted quarry, intending to shoot him.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.4/105 votes#18 - 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
8.2/106 votes#19 - It Wasn't Meant to Happen
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2006
Gabrielle and Carlos are shocked when the father of their baby shows up to take the baby back. Cops and a lawyer arrive to a house on Wisteria Lane. Lynette tries to help Ed heat up his sex life. Meanwhile, Karl decides to break up with Edie, as Edie has no idea that Susan is the "other woman." Edie causes a fight to break out in a bar, after she trips a waitress. Lastly, Bree is taken a step forward to help Peter when she finds out how bad his other addiction is.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.0/1017 votes#20 - Who's That Woman?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2004
Cash-strapped Mrs. Huber figures out that Susan had something to do with Edie's house fire and tries to blackmail her. Meanwhile, Carlos becomes suspicious that Gabrielle is seeing another man, but targets the wrong suspect---the cable guy instead of gardener John. Also, Lynette balks when the twins' teacher insists the boys have ADD but tries to salvage the matter by seprating the boys. Lastly, Bree struggles with her rebellious son Andrew after Rex moves out.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Marc Cherry
8.0/1010 votes#21 - Awakenings
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2015
Lives are changed forever following the shooting at Rosie and Spence's wedding. A familiar couple returns to Beverly Hills with their new, mysterious daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Cherry
7.9/1019 votes#22 - Ah, But Underneath
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2004
Mike's dog pays the price when Edie crashes his dinner date with Susan. Meanwhile, Gabrielle realizes that her lawnboy is taking their fling to heart - and that Carlos may actually be catching on. Also, Bree goads Rex into therapy, where the doctor may be the one who needs the most help. Lynette resorts to drastic measures to keep her kids in line, but it blows up in her face.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Marc Cherry
7.9/107 votes#23 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2013
The women turn to one another for support when their friend and fellow maid Flora is brutally murdered at the home of her employers, Evelyn and Adrian Powell, at one of the largest society events of the year. Meanwhile, newcomer Marisol is hired to clean the home of Taylor and Michael Stappord, a newlywed couple with a complicated love history. But Marisol has ulterior motives and when someone she loves becomes wrapped up in Flora’s murder, she goes undercover to learn the truth.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Marc Cherry
7.8/106 votes#24 - 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
7.8/1010 votes#25 - An Ideal Husband
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2014
Marisol finds a new love; Peri tries to keep Rosie and Spence apart; Zoila discovers that Valentina is back from Africa; Carmen and Alejandro settle in to their fake relationship; Odessa reaches her limit; Adrian and Evelyn hire a bodyguard.
Director: Eva Longoria
Writer: Marc Cherry
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"Sisters & Other Strangers" is the best rated episode written by Marc Cherry. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Terry Hughes. It aired on 3/3/1990 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2)".