In "Putting It Together", Mary Alice appears as a ghost to a suicidal Bree, who asks her if she remembers how happy their lives were on Wisteria Lane when she was alive and if she is happy now, to which Mary Alice says she is not unhappy. The series finale opens with the day Mary Alice arrived on Wisteria Lane.
In "Putting It Together", Bree, a suicidal character, encounters Mary Alice as a ghost and inquires about their past happiness on Wisteria Lane when Mary was alive and her current contentment. Mary Alice states she is not unhappy. The series finale begins with the arrival of Mary Alice on Wisteria Lane.