When Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book, Sheldon decides it’s time to stop living under his mother’s thumb.
Tom feels a new Scavo's Pizzeria employee's interest in Lynette threatens him; Susan considers moving from Wisteria Lane; a neighbor's darkest secret.
Patrick Jane quits the CBI in order to prove a convicted murderer is innocent aftr the prisoner promises him information about Red John upon his release.
The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found there with their watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect the crimes.
After admitting to the murders, Erik (Gus Halper) and Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) begin to divulge details of the psychological and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents. However, a lack of tangible evidence to corroborate the claims leaves Leslie (Edie Falco) and Jill (Julianne Nicholson) to wonder how they will convince a jury that the boys truly feared for their lives given the family's picture perfect public persona. Meanwhile, Leslie makes a case for Dr. Oziel's tapes to be thrown out of court and Pam Ferrero (Elizabeth Reaser) faces increased pressure from the District Attorney's office in the shadow of Ira Reiner's re election campaign and the polarizing decision to acquit the police in the Rodney King case.
