Pretty Little Picture

S01E03·9.7·October 17, 2004·43m·ABC

At Susan's urging, the ladies decide to throw a dinner party in Mary Alice's honor. A little girl catches Gabrielle kissing John and blackmails her into buying her gifts. Lynette's husband Tom volunteers to babysit the kids while she is at the party. Meanwhile, Mary Alice's son, Zach, finds the revolver his mother used to kill herself. Dr. Goldfine suggests private sessions for the Van de Kamps, at the reluctance of Bree. Susan calls her ex-husband Karl over to talk about their problems, which eventually results in her locking herself out of her house naked. At the party, Rex tells everyone about their marriage counselling sessions. In anger, Bree humiliates him in front of the others, causing Rex to move out on her. Susan tells Karl that she is over him, with his lover, Brandi apologizing to her about her involvement in ending their marriage. Bree raids Dr Goldfine's tapes to find out what Rex had said in his session, finding a tape with Mary Alice's name instead. Paul puts up the Youngs' house for sale.

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#1In Season 1of 23 rated episodes

#1All-timeof 180 rated episodes

+0.4vs season avgSeason 1 averages 9.3

2004First airedOctober 17, 2004

Guest stars

Doug Savantas Tom Scavo

Richard Burgias Karl Mayer

Sam Lloydas Dr. Albert Goldfine

Anne Dudekas Brandi

Shane Kinsmanas Porter Scavo

Zane Huettas Parker Scavo

Brent Kinsmanas Preston Scavo

Lucille Soongas Yao Lin

Emily Christineas Ashley Bukowski

Keith Pillowas Newscaster

Nealla Gordonas Sheila Bukowski

Crew

Arlene SanfordDirector

Oliver GoldstickWriter

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