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Eva Longoria and Jesse Metcalfe in Desperate Housewives (2004)

Felicity Huffman: Lynette Scavo

Ah, But Underneath

Desperate Housewives

Felicity Huffman credited as playing...

Lynette Scavo

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  • Beefy Middle-Aged Woman: Listen, it seems to me that you have some anger management issues.
  • Lynette Scavo: I have four kids under the age of six. I absolutely have anger management issues.
  • [after the kids bite and knock the beefy middle-aged woman over]
  • Lynette Scavo: Run, boys, run!
  • Susan: I think we should give it to Paul.
  • Gabrielle Solis: He's still mourning Susan. He'll probably freak out.
  • Susan: It doesn't matter. She was his wife. He deserves to have all the facts.
  • Bree Van De Kamp: Well, we could do it gently. We could tell him about it over coffee and pastry.
  • Lynette Scavo: That'll be fun. "Paul, we have proof your wife killed herself over some deep dark secret. Another bear claw".
  • [a motorcycle cop pulls Lynette over]
  • Officer Hayes: License and registration, please.
  • [she hands them to him]
  • Officer Hayes: Ma'am, you know why I pulled you over?
  • [she looks at the kids in the back]
  • Lynette Scavo: I have a theory.
  • Officer Hayes: The kids were jumping up and down. They should be sitting, wearing their seatbelts.
  • Lynette Scavo: I yelled at them. They never listen to me. It's very frustrating.
  • Officer Hayes: Well, you have to find a way to control them. After all, that's your job.
  • [he hands her the ticket and walks off]
  • Mary Alice Young: [narrating] Though he'd been a policeman for six years, Officer Hayes had never found himself in a truly dangerous situation. Then again, he had never before told a woman how to raise her children.
  • [Lynette furiously gets out of her car and slowly approaches Officer Hayes]
  • Lynette Scavo: Are you saying I'm a bad mother?
  • Officer Hayes: Ma'am, you need to get back in your car, please.
  • Lynette Scavo: I have no help. My husband's always away on business.
  • Officer Hayes: I'm gonna have to ask you to step back now.
  • Lynette Scavo: My babysitter joined the Witness Relocation Program! I haven't slept through the night...
  • [Officer Hayes slowly reaches for his gun]
  • Officer Hayes: Ma'am.
  • Lynette Scavo: ...in six years. And for you to stand there and judge me...
  • [she stands in front of Officer Hayes, who's terrified. He looks at the children, who are acting terrible]
  • Officer Hayes: Okay. I'm not gonna give you a ticket. I'm just gonna let you off with a warning.
  • Lynette Scavo: I accept your apology.
  • [she takes the warning, sighs, and gets back in the car]
  • Officer Hayes: Buckle up.

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