Desperate Housewives (TV Series)

Ah, But Underneath (2004)

Brenda Strong: Mary Alice Young

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Mary Alice Young : [narrating voice over]  An odd thing happens when we die, our senses vanish. Taste, touch, smell and sound become a distant memory. But our sight? Ah, our sight expands. And we can suddenly see the world we left behind so clearly. Of course, most of what's visible to the dead could also be seen by the living, if they would only take the time to look.

• Mary Alice Young : [narrating voice over]  Susan was furious with Edie for using a dog to ingratiate herself with its owner. She was also furious with Mike for not seeing through this blatant maneuver. But most of all, she was furious with herself for not having thought of it first.

• [last lines] 

  Mary Alice Young : [narrating voice over]  Yes, as I look back at the world I left behind, it's all so clear to me. The beauty that waits to be unveiled, the mysteries that long to be uncovered, but people so rarely stop to take a look, they just keep moving. It's a shame, really... There is so much... to see.

  [the toy chest comes out of the lake] 

• Mary Alice Young : [narrating voice over]  It's a rare man that understands the value of a perfect rose.

• [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.