Who's That Woman?

"Who's That Woman?"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 4
Directed by	Jeff Melman
Written by	Marc Cherry and Tom Spezialy
Production code	104
Original air date	October 24, 2004
Guest appearance(s)
Christine Estabrook as Martha Huber Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van de Kamp Richard Roundtree as Jerry Shaw Mary Pat Gleason as Mrs. Butters John Haymes Newton as Jonathan Lithgow Joy Lauren as Danielle Van de Kamp Lucille Soong as Yao Lin Brent Kinsman as Preston Scavo Shane Kinsman as Porter Scavo Michelle Ewin as Cashier Paul Hayes as Businessman Tricia Nickell as Reporter Eric Marquette as Heath Adam Weisman as Ian Diana Terranova as Andrew's Dancer
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"Who's That Woman?" is the fourth episode of the first season of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It was written by Tom Spezialy and Marc Cherry and was directed by Jeff Melman. It originally aired on Sunday, October 24, 2004.

As Lynette cleans up her house one afternoon, she receives a phone call from the twins' school asking her to come in to talk to the teacher. When she arrives at the school, she is told by Porter and Preston's teacher that they painted a girl blue during art class. The teacher tells Lynette that this isn't the first time that the twins have misbehaved and that the school may no longer be able to accommodate them, if they continue to act this way. The teacher recommends that the twins be put on Ritalin since they show signs of ADD. Lynette objects to this and ask that the twins be separated. This fails and Lynette may have to think of an alternative. She tries to give the boys their medication but when she then thinks they might not be the same (since they also have good qualities), she decides not to give the twins their Ritalin and she watches them playing while having a glass of wine ("her own medicine").

When Susan sees that Edie is trying to flirt with Mike by washing her car, she decides to interrupt it by bringing Mike a piece of junk mail that Julie had saved in case of such an "emergency". Edie becomes angered and goes back into Mrs. Huber's kitchen, where she tells Martha how angered she is that she is competing with Susan over Mike Delfino. Mrs. Huber decides to use this to her advantage, since she is broke, knowing that Susan was involved in Edie's house fire. Shortly after, Mrs. Huber visits Susan, offers her a piece of mincemeat pie, and warns her that she knows what happened and that she won't say anything, if Susan agrees to help her.

The next day at the supermarket, Mrs. Huber casually puts her items next to Susan and tells her to be nice since her secret is no easy burden to carry. That evening, Mrs. Huber leaves a message on her answering machine stating she needs plumbing done at her home but can't afford it. Susan then wakes up Julie and tells her that she thinks she is being blackmailed. They both quickly decide what to do before Mrs. Huber goes to the police or, worse, tells Edie.

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