21. Bargaining

Complete story — includes the ending

Juanita starts wearing make-up, which prompts Gabrielle to teach her a lesson about inner beauty; Gabrielle breaks the boundaries herself when she desires make-up at an event involving the mayor of Fairview. Gabrielle promises Juanita that she can beautify her outer self when she is done beautifying her "inner gooey center". Bree decides to divorce Orson, but her search for a divorce lawyer that can help her keep her cookbook company safe from Orson's hands leads to Karl, who promises to help her if she can get M.J. to invite Evan for a sleepover party that Mike and Katherine are planning. Katherine tries to trick Mike into committing to her because she is scared he may walk out of her life anytime, but discovers that Mike may not be ready for a complicated decision about his future. Dave plans on taking Susan and M.J. on a boat trip where he intends to drown M.J. and decides to hurry up when the police identify the burn victim in the nightclub as Dr. Heller. Susan, however, delays Dave's plans when she plans to marry Jackson to help him get a green card. Lynette and Tom make a pact to have sex for 30 consecutive days, but Lynette accidentally breaks the streak after she falls asleep due to stress at work. She ends up discovering that Tom is unhappy because he has no aim in his life.