Mike’s bride is revealed to be Susan, who fears that Katherine will never forgive her but Julie reminds her that it is her day and she is meant to be with Mike. As Mike and Susan leave the altar, they run into Katherine. The episode flashes back to several key moments leading up to the wedding.

Eight Weeks Before the Wedding

Bree wants the affair to be special and Karl agrees so he plans on getting a motel room. Gaby refuses to become Ana’s legal guardian until she sees a change in her behavior. Lynette fears they will never be done raising children. Mike talks to Katherine about marrying Susan so she gives Mike the engagement ring back. Mike feels that it would be best for Susan to talk to Katherine but Susan wants to avoid her for as long as possible. Lee shows the Young house to the new family, the Bolens, but Angie demands to know what the problem with the house is so he informs them of Mary Alice’s suicide but she is completely unaffected by it so they buy the house. Angie reveals that their son Danny was the reason they moved to Wisteria Lane. Danny watches out the window as Susan welcomes Julie back.

Six Weeks Before the Wedding

Angie has the housewives over for coffee and she tells them that Danny is about to start college but is surprised to learn that he asked Julie to tutor him in math. While waiting to see the gynecologist, Lynette makes a young mother-to-be cry by warning her about all the negative things that will happen to her after the child is born because she needs to be prepared. Bree is horrified with the motel room so she has Karl take her sheet shopping. Karl believes Bree does not want the affair but she insists she does. Susan’s wedding dress arrives but because she is not home, the delivery man has Katherine sign for it. Susan returns home to find that the dress is with Katherine. When she goes to retrieve it, she is surprised to find Katherine wearing it. Susan tells her to take it off but Katherine taunts her by leaning over a pot of boiling red sauce. Mike is worried about Katherine but Susan is sick of Katherine because she is tired of feeling like the other woman. Gaby discovers that Ana snuck out to go to a new dance club and after bringing her home she signs the papers officially making her Ana’s legal guardian. As Mrs. McCluskey is walking home she sees Julie arguing with Danny.

One Day Before the Wedding

Orson feels that he and Bree should see the pastor for some counseling but she wants a divorce. Bree tells Orson that she is no longer his wife but his captive. Orson feels bad but tells her that sometimes guilt is a small price to pay for happiness. While Lynette is getting a sonogram, Tom is getting more and more excited about the pregnancy. Lynette tells Tom that she loved the other kids the moment she knew they were coming but it is different this time as she doesn’t love these babies. Tom reassures her that once she holds them in arms, she will love them as much as the others.

The Wedding

As Bree is walking to the church, she sees Karl drive up so she gets in his car and tells him to meet her at a hotel and she has already prepared the room the way she wants it. While Susan is getting ready for her wedding, Katherine shows up and blames Susan for never bothering to see how she was doing and apologize. Katherine demands that Susan make a public apology during the ceremony otherwise, she will make an ugly scene that will have everyone talking for years to come. Susan agrees but then she kicks Katherine into a closet and locks the door. While the ceremony is coming to a close, Katherine manages to break the door down and we return to the point where Mike and Susan run into her in the aisle. Mike threatens to drag Katherine out of the church himself if she doesn’t leave. Just as Katherine starts to walk out, Susan grabs a microphone and makes a heart-felt apology. When they hug, Susan asks if that helped her and Katherine whispers that it didn’t then she storms out. Angie is worried that Danny is still not home so she tells Nick to go look for him. After she unzips her dress, a huge scar is revealed on her lower back. That same night, as Julie takes out the recycling, a stranger comes up behind her and starts strangling her then throws her on the ground leaving her for dead.

“Nice is Different Than Good” is the 112th episode of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It is the first episode of the show’s sixth season and aired on September 27, 2009.

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