<P> In her first trimester, Lynette is depressed about the prospect of having twins so late in life and fears she will not love them . She hides the pregnancy from her boss, Carlos, so as not to jeopardize her promotion . Gabrielle soon discovers the truth, and is angry with Lynette for putting the future of Carlos' company at stake . She does not tell Carlos, although Lynette thought she would, so reveals her secret to him without knowledge . He tells her that her options are to move to Miami or to quit . He then gives her a huge amount of work to do in one night, but when Lynette attends her daughter's Christmas pageant instead, Carlos subsequently fires her . Lynette and Gaby's friendship becomes strained, but is restored when Lynette saves Celia Solis from being hit by a plane that crashes on Wisteria Lane . Following the crash, Lynette is in pain and realizes something is wrong with the babies . Her doctor discovers one of the twins needs circulatory surgery . While unconscious, Lynette dreams of the struggle of life with a disabled child . The dream ends with her disabled son's graduation, where he thanks her for always challenging him . When she awakens, Tom tells her that the ill baby died but the other survived . Despite her early reluctance to have these twins at all, Lynette sobs for her lost baby . She has trouble processing her grief until Tom suggests that she stay home with their daughter after she is born . </P> <P> Later in the season, Preston returns from Europe with a Russian woman named Irina . Lynette investigates and learns that Irina is a gold digger and prostitute, but Irina is killed by the Fairview Strangler . She invites the troubled teen Eddie to live with her family, unaware that he is the Fairview Strangler . Eddie becomes protective of Lynette, attacking Porter and nearly attacking Tom when each of them treats her in a way Eddie regards as disrespectful . Tom and Lynette agree that Eddie must see a therapist . The therapist suggests that Eddie's progress would improve if his mother accompanied him to therapy . However, no one answers the door at Eddie's house even though his mother's car is still there, and Lynette's suspicions are raised . When she learns that both Irina and Eddie's mother have been found dead, she confronts Eddie at his house and he traps her inside . With her life at Eddie's mercy, Lynette goes into labor . She gives birth to her daughter, Paige, with Eddie's help . Eddie attempts to flee, but Lynette begs him to turn himself in, telling him that she would be proud to have a son like him . Eddie asks Lynette to do it for him . Lynette agrees, letting him hold the baby while she dials 911 . </P> <P> While raising their new baby daughter Paige, Tom is diagnosed with male postpartum depression . She invites her old college roommate, Renee, to stay when she learns of her on - going divorce . But she is astonished that Renee is taking Tom's diagnosis seriously . Renee (who is still staying in the Scavo home) warns Lynette that she should take Tom's concerns more seriously, but Lynette ignores this . Lynette is especially angered when she learns that Tom has been confiding in Renee, listening to his problems when Lynette will not . One evening, Lynette learns that the two have gone to dinner but left a message for her to join them if she wishes . Angry, Lynette meets the two at a restaurant just as they are discussing Lynette's dismissive behavior towards Tom . Lynette pulls Renee aside and tells her that it is inappropriate to be so close to Tom and demands that their current friendship be toned down . That night, Lynette realizes she needs to be there for her husband more often and the two decide to simply talk to each other rather than make love, thus making progress in their marriage . Renee later apologizes to Lynette and is forgiven, and reveals that she has just bought Edie Britt's former home on Wisteria Lane . Lynette is hesitant to the idea, but happy nonetheless . In private, Tom warns Renee that it may be a bad idea for her to be their neighbor because he is afraid Lynette may find out about "something that happened" between him and Renee years earlier . </P> <P> Lynette and Renee start a new business in interior design, after a little persuasion from Renee . Renee suggests hiring Susan as Lynette's nanny . Lynette is reluctant, but eventually agrees . Lynette ends up comforting Susan when she feels bad about not being as financially stable as her friends . Mike has taken the job in Alaska, and Susan accepts Lynette's offer to be baby Paige's nanny, even though she originally thought she was being hired to work in Lynette and Renee's new business . She overhears a new client of Lynette and Renee's, and suggests that she ask her daughter for her favorite characters to paint on her wall . The woman likes Susan's idea . Renee gets mad at Susan, while Lynette wonders why her friend is acting strange . Susan eventually reveals that she feels the nanny job is beneath her, and is shamed to be the poor person in her group of friends . Lynette comforts her, saying that money can't change the way she looks in their eyes . Lynette is shown to be insecure in their marriage when Tom complains that she never "talks him up" to her friends . She admits to him that this is because she believes he is so perfect, that she doesn't deserve to be with him . He tells her that she is the type of person who still cries when their last child grows out of their onesies, even after raising four other children . Lynette learns that Renee and Tom had a one - night stand 20 years ago which happened right after Tom and Lynette became engaged and she was visiting her parents (they were on a break). She doesn't take it well, and is of course upset but keeps it quiet and instead begins a series of pranks against Tom as payback . When Renee finds out what Lynette is doing, she tells Tom about it . Tom confronts Lynette and informs her that he wanted to tell her about Renee, but there was never a good time for it because he did not want to ruin the wonderful life they have together . Lynette then forgives Tom . </P>

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