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Susan's best quality is also the one that gets her into the most trouble: her huge open heart. Vivacious, smart and warm, Susan has a habit of opening herself too easily and seeing the best in everyone, even when her judgement tells her otherwise. And though she would love to be poised and confident, she has a bad habit of fallingg on her face at inopportune moments-she smashed into a cake at a wedding and nearly got devoured Tippi Hedren-style by a crazed bird. Then there was the time she wound up naked in the middle of Wisteria Lane, with nowhere to hide, only to be discovered by neighborhood heartthrob Mike Delfino.
At Mary-Alice's wake, Susan is still emotionally raw from her divorce one year ealier from her rake of a husband, Karl. A children's book illustrator, Susan would go to ends of the earth for her daughter, Julie-her friend, her confidante, the person she trusts with (almost) all her secrets. In fact, sometimes Susan's need for Julieis so strong that it's hard to tell who's the mother and who's the daughter. After Susan lays eyes on a handsome plumber, at the wake, she sets her sights on him-only to be thwarted by Edie Britt at nearly every turn.
Susan loves strongly and sometimes too hard; hopefully Mike will be gentle with her and not wound her the way Karl did.
Though she is a die-hartd romantic, Susan is also brainy, crafty and strong willed. She has no problem telling Mrs. Huber just what she thinks of her, or giving Zach Young a talking to, or lecturing Gabrielle when she learns she is having an extramarital affair.
It is this sameinnner vitality that makes hetr determined to get tot the bottom of Mary-Alice's suicide. As shedoes a little sleuthing, she begins to suspect that Paul Young has done something bad. Then she discovers that Julie has struck up an intimate relationship with Mary-Alice's son, Zach. When Susan finds Zach and Julie kissing, she bans Julie from seeing him. For the first tie, the mother and daughter who were best friends find themselves straining to get along.
