<P> In the fourth - season finale, Julie is accepted to Princeton University . One of the professors at Princeton was so impressed by her senior thesis that she was offered a summer internship . She left to attend college . </P> <P> After the five - year time jump, Julie reappears in the episode "City on Fire" and introduces Susan to her boyfriend, her college professor, Lloyd (Steven Weber), a 40 - year - old man who has been married 3 times . Lloyd proposes to Julie but she rejects him, stating that she does not believe in marriage, following her mother's string of bad luck . Susan explains to Julie how much she believes in marriage and the two share a hug . </P> <P> Julie returns to Wisteria Lane for the summer to help her mother with her upcoming wedding . During this time, she forms a relationship with Danny Bolen (Beau Mirchoff), who has moved in across the street with his parents . The relationship is turbulent and short - lived . When Julie is found, strangled outside her house and comatose, Danny is the prime suspect . As the other characters work to reveal the identity of Julie's attacker, her affair with Danny's father, Nick (Jeffrey Nordling), and a pregnancy scare prior to the attack are exposed . Several months after waking up from her coma, Julie decides to visit relatives on the East Coast until her attacker is caught . In the episode "Epiphany", Julie's attacker is revealed to be Eddie Orlofsky (Josh Zuckerman), who mistook her for Susan and was planning to attack her for rejecting him . </P> <P> Julie is not seen again until the seventh season episode "Where Do I Belong" when she visits Susan in hospital after her kidney has been removed . </P>

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