20. Epiphany

Complete story — includes the ending

Flashbacks depict Eddie Orlofsky's life on Wisteria Lane. Mary Alice discovers a four-year-old Eddie home alone and lectures his single mother Barbara about prioritizing her son; Barbara later tells Eddie that he ruined her life. Gabrielle moves to Wisteria Lane and befriends a nine-year-old Eddie, but lets him down gently to make friends her own age. Bree gives dating advice to a teenage Eddie, but asks Barbara to let him down easy when his crush turns out to be Danielle; Barbara crudely mocks Eddie instead. Eddie develops a crush on Susan after bonding with her over his drawings. When Susan is nervous about marrying Mike, Eddie offers to marry her; Susan interprets it as a joke and laughs. Intent on killing Susan, Eddie accidentally strangles Julie. In the present, Lynette is horrified by Barbara's abusive treatment of her son. Barbara finds Eddie's scrapbook and discovers he is the Fairview Strangler; Eddie strangles her to death when she tries to call the police. Lynette then arrives and offers to let Eddie stay with them, to which he tearfully accepts.