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Tyson raised an interesting question. Would you say "Smash the Mirror, Part 2" is the 9th episode of season 4, or the 2nd part of the 8th episode of season 4 (in case you decide to split the episode into two pages)?

Personally, I think it should be the 9th episode, simply because one thing is the episode number, another thing is the production code. The production code for the pilot of "Desperate Housewives" was 100, not 101. Episode 2's production code was 101. Sometimes the production codes match the episode numbers, sometimes they don't. On animated shows like "The Simpsons", production codes are just odd composites of numbers and letters. Seeing as how both parts of "Smash the Mirror" were filmed separately and under the helm of two different directors, that's another argument in favor of them being considered two separate episodes. I find it odd, however, that they were written by the same people, cos it'd be double the effort, but oh well.