<P> Julie returns to Wisteria Lane for the summer to help her mother with her upcoming wedding . During this time , she forms a relationship with Danny Bolen ( Beau Mirchoff ) , who has moved in across the street with his parents . The relationship is turbulent and short - lived . When Julie is found , strangled outside her house and comatose , Danny is the prime suspect . As the other characters work to reveal the identity of Julie 's attacker , her affair with Danny 's father , Nick ( Jeffrey Nordling ) , and a pregnancy scare prior to the attack are exposed . Several months after waking up from her coma , Julie decides to visit relatives on the East Coast until her attacker is caught . In the episode `` Epiphany '' , Julie 's attacker is revealed to be Eddie Orlofsky ( Josh Zuckerman ) , who mistook her for Susan and was planning to attack her for rejecting him . </P>
<P> Julie returns to Wisteria Lane for the summer to help her mother with her upcoming wedding . During this time , she forms a relationship with Danny Bolen ( Beau Mirchoff ) , who has moved in across the street with his parents . The relationship is turbulent and short - lived . When Julie is found , strangled outside her house and comatose , Danny is the prime suspect . As the other characters work to reveal the identity of Julie 's attacker , her affair with Danny 's father , Nick ( Jeffrey Nordling ) , and a pregnancy scare prior to the attack are exposed . Several months after waking up from her coma , Julie decides to visit relatives on the East Coast until her attacker is caught . In the episode `` Epiphany '' , Julie 's attacker is revealed to be Eddie Orlofsky ( Josh Zuckerman ) , who mistook her for Susan and was planning to attack her for rejecting him . </P>
who is julie having an affair with on desperate housewives
who is julie having an affair with on desperate housewives
Danny 's father , Nick
Danny 's father , Nick