EPISODE

3. Watch While I Revise the World

Mike suspects that Susan and Carlos are having an affair because of their shared guilt over the killing of Gaby's stepfather; Bree suspects that Chuck is investigating her; Lynette's sister (Sarah Paulson) arrives, and announces that she's engaged; and Lee asks Renee to help his daughter, Jenny, buy her first bra, and feels frozen out when Renee and Jenny bond.

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Renee reluctantly agrees to take Lee's 11-year-old adopted daughter, Jenny, bra shopping. When Jenny develops a close relationship with Renee, seeing her as a mother figure, Lee worries that Jenny needs a mother, but Renee assures him that he and Bob are great parents. Lynette grows suspicious when her unlucky-in-love sister Lydia comes to town and announces she is engaged to Rashi, a hippie-type yoga instructor, after three weeks. Rashi is appalled by Lydia's behavior during an argument with Lynette and leaves, but Lynette persuades Rashi to give Lydia another chance, and Lydia assures Lynette that she can change too. Convinced that Chuck wrote the letter, Bree is surprised to learn that he plans to propose to her. When Bree breaks up with Chuck, he does not take it well, telling her she has made a big mistake. As Susan and Carlos continue to bond over their feelings of guilt, Mike suspects that they are having an affair, prompting Susan and Carlos to tell Mike the truth about Alejandro's death.

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