Desperate Housewives - How About a Friendly Shrink? - 6.13

Lynette balks at the idea of seeing a couples' therapist. In the meantime, Katherine is seeing her own psychiatrist, whereas Gabrielle and Susan are determined to find out which of if their kids are in the smartest math group at school, Orson makes life harder for Bree and Angie disapproves of Danny's new girlfriend.

When Tom learns that Bob and Lee are seeing a counsellor, he proposes going to one with Lynette, but she persists therapy is for "losers". Tom starts seeing a therapist on his own and keeping a "feelings" journal, which he will not let Lynette read. Furiously, she visits the therapist, to defend herself from what she's sure is Tom's unkind remarks. She confesses she gets angry when she is not in control. When Dr. Graham compares this to the need of control Lynette felt in losing her baby, Lynette unwillingly sits down on the couch. Later, when Tom returns from work, Lynette notifies him they will be going to therapy together.

Restricted to a wheelchair, Orson persists to order Bree around at his impulse and declines to let her give him a bath. When Orson declines to say please while Bree brings him breakfast, she places the waffles on a shelf he cannot reach. When the physical therapist arrives, he pretends to be starving and abused. The therapist tells Bree she must be more patient, or she will be reported. Later, when Orson still declines to be bathed, Bree takes him outside and sprays him with the garden hose until he pleads her to stop. He breaks down and confesses he is unhappy at the potential of a life in which he requires to ask for help in everything. Bree finally understands, and asks Orson for forgiveness.

The Oakridge students are positioned into learning groups named after animals. Gabrielle at first suspects her daughter Juanita, who is in the Leopards, is among the slow group, whereas Susan is pleased that her son M.J. is in the Giraffes, which she considers are advanced. This leads to competitive behavior between the two ladies. Finally, by taking pictures of different students' homework and studying them, Gabrielle become conscious the Leopards are actually advanced and the Giraffes are slow. When Susan realizes this, she confronts a teacher in public, and the secret code of the animal groups becomes widespread. While Susan and Gabrielle wait to talk to the principal, they both admit they got carried away and admit fears that they are letting their kids down.

Angie takes an immediate dislike to her son Danny's new girlfriend, Ana; who she fears is too high-spirited and not serious enough. However, Danny feels relaxed talking to Ana, who seems to comprehend what he has been through. Ana guarantees Angie she is not going anywhere. Meanwhile, Katherine talks to her psychiatrist at a mental clinic. She says the medicine is working, but she now understands the person she has become and how much she has hurt her neighbors and friends. Karen visits her and asks her to come back to Wisteria Lane, but Katherine says she will not come back because she does not feel she will be forgiven. Later, Karen returns with Bree, Lynette, Gabrielle and Susan, who comfort Katherine and say they will try to forgive her.