- [first lines]
- Mary Alice Young: There is a look that parents of well-behaved children give to the parents of the not-so-well-behaved. It's a look that says, "You should learn to control your kids. After all, they're your responsibility."
- [Susan gives Lynette that look]
- Mary Alice Young: Of course, it was easy for Susan to feel smug with a daughter like Julie. She always brought home straight A's. She was helpful around the house. She was bright, affectionate and considerate of others. To her mother's way of thinking, Julie was the perfect child. Unfortunately, Susan was about to discover that no such creature existed.
- [Susan walks into Julie and Zach kissing, whereupon a mother-daughter argument ensues]
- Mary Alice Young: There's also a look that parents of the not-so-well-behaved children give to parents like Susan. It says, "Welcome to the club."
- [Lynette's father-in-law, Rodney, climbs up the ladder to the roof, from where grandson Parker is not budging. He is afraid to climb down despite Lynette's prior attempts to coax him down]
- Rodney Scavo: Parker, I got a question for you. It's only one, but it's kind of an important question - a character-defining question, actually. Wanna hear it?
- Parker Scavo: Hm-hmm.
- Rodney Scavo: Only a little girl would be afraid to come down the ladder. Now, you're not a little girl, are you?
- [Lynette looks askance at Rodney]
- Rodney Scavo: I'm not looking at a girly girl, am I?
- [pouts]
- Rodney Scavo: [Tom comes back outside]
- Tom Scavo: [to his father, who's climbing down the ladder with Parker piggy-backing] Wow, you got him down.
- [to wife Lynette]
- Tom Scavo: How'd he do that?
- Lynette Scavo: Sexism.
- Bree Van De Kamp: It was my first week in college, and I went to a meeting of the Young Republicans, where Rex gave a speech and I went up to him afterward and introduced myself and told him that I agreed with his stance on the death penalty, and... he took me out to a diner and, uh, we stayed up until 2 in the morning talking about big government, gun control and illegal immigration.
- [sighs]
- Bree Van De Kamp: It was just... it was just such a magical night.
- [last lines]
- Mary Alice Young: Sooner or later, the time comes when we all must become responsible adults, and learn to give up what we want so we can choose to do what is right. Of course, a lifetime of responsibility isn't always easy. And, as the years go on, it's a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear. But, still, we try to do what is best - what is good - not only for ourselves, but for those we love.
- [Zach and Julie secretly meet to talk about Susan's forbidding them to see each other]
- Mary Alice Young: Yes, sooner or later, we must all become responsible adults. No one knows this better than the young.