Desperate Housewives

Julie Mayer returns to Wisteria Lane to introduce her boyfriend Lloyd (guest star Steven Weber) to Susan. Susan is freaked out for learning that her daughter's boyfriend is forty years old, and she freaks out even more when she learns he has been married three times, but manages to freak even more when she learns he plans on surprising Julie with a proposal. Julie finds out about the proposal plan and rejects it without even being asked, stating she won't ever get married. Susan confronts Julie after the incident, and Julie replies that she feels that marriage is a joke after witnessing Susan's two marriages failed.

Lynette learns from Preston about Porter's plans to leave Fairview with Anne, due to her being pregnant. Lynette makes her way to Anne's house where she confronts her about her pregnancy, and unfortunately Anne's husband Warren (guest star Peter Onorati) overhears and asks Lynette to leave. As Lynette remembers what Porter said to her about Anne's husband's violent nature, she makes her way back to the house where a bloody Anne is on the floor after a bashing by her husband. In attempt of saving Anne, Lynette throws a candle stick at Anne's husband and tells him to back off. When the husband leaves the kitchen and Lynette attends to Anne who thanks Lynette for coming to her side. Porter is furious about Anne being injured, and he went to the club to initiate a fight with Warren, which is later prevented by Lynette.

Gabrielle is unhappy when she finds Virginia visiting her family again, especially after she got Carlos fired, but Virginia had told Carlos that his job had been restored. Carlos then reveals to his wife that the Solises will inherit her fortune, which prompts Gabrielle to get into Virginia's good side. As Gaby is leaving for the club, Virginia drops by to fetch her with her limousine and later tells her to send her daughters to a private school. Gabrielle declines Virginia's offer and tells her she makes the decision for her children and doesn't want any of her fortune. Despite their misunderstanding, Gaby helps Virginia out of the burning club.

Sandra Birch (guest star Rachael Harris), a reporter, hopes to expose the truth about Bree's imperfections and learns about Orson having been in jail, Bree's first husband Rex being involved in S&M and her failure as a mother. After Sandra accuses Bree of writing her cookbook to make her seem like a high power to other housewives, Bree reveals that it's for desperate women like her who have been down many times before so that they can get one thing right, even if it's just a casserole. Sandra asks why she didn't just tell her this in the first place because she could work with that angle.

There is a big fire at a club where the men's garage band is playing in a battle of the bands. One of the other bands competing is known as Cold Splash (played by the real-life members of indie band Tokyo Police Club). Earlier that day, Dr. Heller (guest star Stephen Spinella) asked whether Dave is in Fairview, and Dave assures that everything is fine. Dr. Heller then comes to the club and after he confronted Dave again, sits down and realizes that Dave's target is in the band. He demands to speak to him or he will call the police. Dave agrees and takes him to the storage room and ultimately kills his doctor by choking him to death and lights a fire to cover up his act. While the band is playing, Edie notices the fire and everyone begins to quickly exit the nightclub. However, they discovered the emergency exit is locked, so Dave helps everyone escape by breaking the window with a bar stool. Mike goes to the bathroom to find Jackson who noticed the fire and escaped earlier. When Dave realizes that Mike was still in there, he runs back in and saves him. Dave emerges as the hero bringing Mike out of the fire after Mike went to look for Jackson. When Mike is unconscious on the gurney, he tells Mike to "Hang in there, buddy. I'm not done with you yet". Anne's husband Warren, who is owner of the burnt down nightclub, blames Porter for the fire.