Desperate Housewives

Betty Applewhite and Caleb prepare for their departure from Wisteria Lane in the middle of the night. As they pack, Betty remembers the year prior when Caleb allegedly murdered Melanie Foster. While Betty played a tune on the piano, Matthew broke up with Melanie in the next room. In a desperate bid to win Matthew back, Melanie told him to meet her at the lumberyard later and she would say goodbye as only a bad girl could. Since Matthew didn't want her, Caleb decided to go to the lumberyard, and much to Melanie's chagrin, told her he would be her boyfriend and attempted to kiss her. Melanie then repeatedly struck him with a two-by-four while insulting him. Caleb grabbed the two-by-four from her and struck her back, knocking her to the ground with a bloody head wound and apparently dead. Horrified, he ran home to his mother. In the present, as Betty and Caleb leave their house, the police surround them and they are placed into police cars as the entire neighborhood watches.

At the police station, Betty is shown a picture of Melanie's dead body. Betty quickly notices Matthew's jacket on her body and warns the police that the jacket belongs to her other son. A flashback then shows Matthew arriving to find Melanie alive and conscious. When Melanie vindictively tells Matthew that she is going to go to the police and have Caleb put away, Matthew picks up the two-by-four and finishes Melanie off.



Meanwhile, Bree begins her stay at the psychiatric hospital where she meets up with Susan's new friend, Orson Hodge, who is visiting a sick friend. Bree is embarrassed and says she is not like the other people there which Orson accepts graciously. Orson then proceeds to talk to his friend who stares out a window. Bree finds comfort from another patient who is convinced that the doctor is the most psychotic. During a therapy session, the doctor finds Bree troubled but has problems trying to relate to her since Bree will not explain her reasons for admitting herself. Bree receives a phone call from Betty who tells her that she now believes it was Matthew, not Caleb, who killed Melanie and that Bree's daughter Danielle is in danger. When Bree attempts to leave she is stopped by the security guards, and Dr. Barr thinks she is dellusional and refuses to let her go.



Gabrielle plans golf lessons for Carlos and herself but is upset to learn that Carlos must complete his community service. While taking a break at hole 9, Gabrielle visits the bar and is shocked to learn that Carlos has died after being run over by a car. Gabrielle then returns home and tells a confused Xiao-Mei that Carlos has been killed. Xiao-Mei begs a confused Gabrielle not to kill Carlos. Gabrielle soon finds Carlos in the kitchen and demands an explanation. Carlos then tells Gabrielle he paid Ralph, the gardener, to be in his place. Gabrielle is relieved but puzzled by the way Xiao-Mei acted outside and the way Carlos is acting inside. She points out to Carlos that the police have his name as the man who was killed doing community service. Later that night, when Gabrielle wants to have sex with Carlos, he rejects her, something which he never does.



Zach Young visits Paul in jail and is bullied by an abusive Paul to go to his grandfather Noah for money, ostensibly for a car but really for a lawyer for Paul. Zach does not want to do this because he dislikes his grandfather and thinks he's creepy, but does when Paul brings up his deceased mother. Zach fails in his attempt when Noah quickly realizes the money is not for him but for Paul. When Zach becomes distraught, Noah mocks Zach for being weak and tells him he is disinheriting him as he can't abide weakness. Zach then pulls the plug on Noah's ventilator and sits down to watch him die.



Lynette checks into a motel with the children but they soon become impatient that their father never arrives. Porter becomes truculent when Lynette tells him he cannot go in the pool again. As he defiantly evades Lynette, he stradles the balcony's railing and falls over the side. Porter is then rushed to the hospital where Tom meets them. Lynette informs Tom that Porter only endured an arm injury. Tom then asks Lynette why she left and apologizes for his actions. Tom then reveals to Lynette that years prior before they met, Tom inadvertently impregnated a woman on a cruise and lost contact with her. The woman, Nora, has an 11-year-old daughter named Kayla who lives in Atlantic City. Lynette then shoves Tom into a row of chairs. Afterwards, Porter and his brothers ask their parents if they can go home, and Tom says they can. Lynette, however, is still hurt.



Susan moves into a motor home with Julie temporarily until she can get her home fixed. Karl soon learns that Susan is living in a trailer and attempts to help "his girls" by convincing Susan to move into something much more liveable. One morning, Karl breaks into the trailer and drives them to a house which Karl has purchased for them, which Susan, after waffling for a little, accepts.



The episode also features several flashbacks to the women on the day they moved to the neighborhood. They include:

1992: Susan Mayer and her husband Karl along with 2 year old Julie move to Wisteria Lane. While taking boxes out of the truck, she locks herself in as baby Julie watches from her stroller. Susan then tries to yell for help and meets Mary Alice Young who invites her in for coffee.
1994: Bree Van de Kamp and her husband Rex move in with children Andrew and Danielle. Bree then introduces herself to Mary Alice and forces her son Andrew to apologize when he stole a garden frog statue.
1998: A pregnant Lynette Scavo and husband Tom Scavo quarrel while bringing baby items into their home. When the other ladies introduce themselves, they quickly become friends with Lynette since they fear her as an enemy.
2003: Newlyweds Gabrielle and Carlos Solis move in. They are then greeted by the other wives while Gabrielle unpacks in her underwear. The situation becomes awkward when Carlos recommends he and Gabrielle have sex in the kitchen.