up to his father, as she believed she would be a bad mother, but they agreed that she would visit their son from time to time. In 2002 she married gym instructor Umberto Rothwell (Matt Cedeño). In 2003 they moved to 4360 Wisteria Lane and the couple divorced one year later, after she found out that he is gay. Season 1 Edie is introduced as a serial divorcée, with two marriages behind her at the beginning of the show. Martha Huber (Christine Estabrook) tells Susan that she will be babysitting Edie's son, although he does not appear until season 3. Edie and Susan Mayer are attracted to new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), creating tension between them which culminates in Susan accidentally burning down Edie's house. Edie is upset when Martha is murdered, and proves to be the only Wisteria Lane resident who wants to give her a proper burial. Susan admits to Edie that she burned her house down and Edie uses Susan's guilt to join the housewives' poker group. Edie continues to hit on Mike, however he is more interested in Susan. Edie is upset when Susan and Mike move in together. Edie tries to get the women to convince Susan that Mike is bad for her, but Susan is sure he's the one. Susan later finds out her ex-husband, Karl Mayer (Richard Burgi), cheated on her with Edie while they were married; using this knowledge, Edie and Karl start dating, increasing the tension between her and Susan. Season 2 Edie finishes rebuilding her new house on the property of 4362 Wisteria Lane and starts dating Karl, Susan's ex-husband. Edie and Susan have many confrontations as Susan tries to deal with some minor jealousy issues. Edie later discovers a wedding ring in Karl's briefcase and suspects Karl plans to propose. In actuality, the ring is because Karl has temporarily remarried Susan so she can access his health insurance to pay for a splenectomy. Susan tells Karl that Edie thinks he's going to propose so he does. Susan's boyfriend, Ron McCready, tells Edie about her and Karl's sham marriage. Angry with them for lying to her, Edie punishes Karl and Susan by deciding Karl will throw her a lavish wedding and Susan will be burdened with the arrangements. However, one morning, Edie wakes up to find Karl leaving permanently, and also discovers that Karl slept with another woman while