The women decide to go ahead with the big dinner party that the late Mary Alice Young had planned to host, despite the more-than-minor disturbances in their own lives. Adulterous Gabrielle finds herself with a nine-year-old blackmailer who catches Gabrielle in the act in her affair with gardner John. Also, Bree struggles to keep her crumbling marriage a secret. Lastly, Susan bares all---in more ways than one---as she confronts her ex.

original airdate--October 17,2004          rating--20.87 million