lynette feels guilty about having run her mother off, so she's glad when her former stepfather, glen, helps track down stella. she refuses to come back to live with lynette after she called her a bad mother. lynette is prepared to list all the terrible things stella did, starting with her cheating on glen, the only stable parental figure lynette ever knew, when glen says it's time they tell lynette the truth. he didn't leave stella because she cheated on him, he left because he realized he's gay. this changes everything for lynette, who now can understand her mother's drinking and all the men in her life. she asks her mother to come back once more, but stella is sure she'll just mess things up again. glen offers to let her stay with him, as he's lonely since his partner died and he has a free guest room. stella is thrilled to accept and lynette is pleased to have both parents back in her life.