Desperate Housewives2004

[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.