Susan is surprised, and not pleasantly so, when she finds out who Edie's new boyfriend is---her ex-husband Karl. Meanwhile Lynette goes back to work, leaving Tom at home in charge of the house, which turns out to be a better plan in theory. Lynette settles in at her job, and is being pitched an ad campaign by two young writers. Bree's mother-in-law, Phyllis (guest star Shirley Knight), continues to drive Bree crazy with her melodramatic grieving, and Carlos makes an unusual request of Gabrielle.

One of the housewives is late with her newspaper payments, and gets in a fight with the paperboy. The women become concerned for Bree when they think she's suicidal as she keeps going to different therapists and trying to get as many sleeping pills as possible to cope over Rex. Gabrielle brings cash to a woman in a bad neighborhood, which she ultimately holds on to herself.

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