Dallas deciding to divorce Steven in 'Sex and the Suburbs,' after years of putting up with him cheating on her and leaving her alone for months on end.
Dallas:This is how you leave a man, Yukolt!
Tessa being elegant and kind to Dalia in situations when she, at the beginning of the series, would have exploded.
Tessa: It sucks. I am sure it's really painful.
Mr Wolfe coming out.
Noah's daughter giving the awesome Mexican maid Carmen the respect she deserves.
Noah: [Don't do it], you don't want to end up like Carmen.
Noah's daughter: I would like to be like Carmen.
In one episode, Carmen tells Dalia that after moving to the U.S., she made a commitment to listen to NPR to learn English, marking her as a Determinator.
Sheila and Malik managing to manipulate Lisa into going out with him again. Wait...
Dallas's tolerance and kindness when at the start of the series, she would have been shocked.
Tessa's eliciting of a You Go, Girl! storyline for each of the football player's girlfriends.
Tessa vs. Dalia. Tessa wins.
Tessa (inner monologue): Dalia was a punk. And punks jump up to get beat down.