Desperate Housewives, Season Two

Carlos:
[about Gabrielle's mother] I think your hatred for her is clouding your judgment.

Gabrielle:
Maybe, but you don't know her like I do.

Carlos:
Okay. You ran away from home fifteen years ago. Did you ever think to talk to her about the stuff that happened between you and your step-dad?

Gabrielle:
It wouldn't have done any good.

Carlos:
How do you know that?

Gabrielle:
Because she knew exactly what was going on with Alejandro and she chose to look the other way.

Carlos:
But you never even gave her a chance to step up. You just ran away from home.

Gabrielle:
[in tears] Because if I did, then she, we, there was a chance she wouldn't have believed me, and, and that would've hurt a lot worse than anything he ever did to me.