EPISODE

15. She Needs Me

Susan offers to help the father of Julie's baby raise the child; Bree agrees to go to Maine with Orson—perhaps for good; Karen pleads with Gaby not to tell Roy about her condition; and the loan shark who threatened Ben sets out to ruin Renee.

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Despite refusing to help raise Porter and Julie's baby, Lynette clashes with Susan when the latter sets up a nursery in her house, but they make amends after Lynette learns of Susan's falling-out with Julie. Gabrielle discovers that Karen has terminal cancer and has been pushing Roy away because his first wife died of cancer. After Gabrielle informs Roy of Karen's cancer, Karen and Roy reconcile, while Gabrielle welcomes Carlos home from rehab. Donny stops by Renee's house and demands more money, but she stands up to him. While Renee is with Ben at the hospital, Mike catches Donny breaking into Renee's house and throws him out. Stopping at Orson's apartment before their trip to Maine, Bree discovers that he was behind the anonymous letters and Chuck's death. Orson admits he was trying to isolate Bree from her friends in an attempt to win her back, prompting Bree to sever ties with Orson. After Orson calls Bree, implying that he intends to commit suicide, he mails an anonymous envelope to the Fairview Police.

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