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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 13 - The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
    9.1/10(8 votes)

    S5:E13

    When Eli Scruggs (Beau Bridges), the neighborhood handyman, passes away, the residents of Wisteria Lane realize how much he affected their lives.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Now You Know
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  3. undefined Season 6 Episode 20 - Epiphany
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    S6:E20

    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?

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - One Wonderful Day
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    S1:E23

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - The Little Things You Do Together
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    S3:E15

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 22 - What a Difference a Date Makes
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    S6:E22

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 23 - Remember
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    S2:E23

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  8. undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - Sisters & Other Strangers
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    S5:E21

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - I Wish I Could Forget You
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S2:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Color and Light
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S2:E7

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  11. undefined Season 7 Episode 19 - Journey to the Center of Attention
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S7:E19

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Who's That Woman?
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - It Wasn't Meant to Happen
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    S2:E20

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  14. undefined Season 8 Episode 22 - Give Me the Blame; Finishing the Hat
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    S8:E22

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

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Awakenings
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    S3:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 3 - Beauty and the Beast
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    S7:E3

    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

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Ah, But Underneath
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  18. undefined Season 6 Episode 8 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S6:E8

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Listen to the Rain on the Roof
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    S3:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    S1:E1

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young. It's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated POV. Her husband's acting suspicious, the neighbors are talking, and her girlfriends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash... and so messy.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - An Ideal Husband
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  23. undefined Season 7 Episode 14 - Old Boyfriends
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    S7:E14

    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.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  24. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Remember Paul?
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S7:E1

    Paul Young, now out of prison, returns to Wisteria Lane with an enigmatic new wife; Susan, Mike and M.J. live in an apartment on limited funds; Lynette's successful college friends pays the Scavos an unexpected visit.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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  25. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S5:E1

    Five years have passed since Katherine shot her ex-husband as Susan, Lynette, Bree and Gaby stood together in solidarity to protect her. Susan tries to hide her relationship with a new man; Gaby questions her abilities as a mom; Bree is on the verge of publishing her own cookbook as business partner, Katherine, grows envious; Lynette catches her teenaged twins spearheading illegal activities; and Edie returns to Wisteria Lane in jaw-dropping fashion with a new man in tow.

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    Writer:Marc Cherry

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Marc Cherry Ratings Summary

"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" is the best rated episode written by Marc Cherry. It scored 9.1/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/18/2009 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Now You Know".