Hear her roar
In “Dallas’s” fourth-season episode “The Gathering Storm,” Lucy and Mitch (Charlene Tilton, Leigh McCloskey) argue in their living room.
MITCH: Lucy, do you realize what’s happening to us?
LUCY: No, but apparently you do.
MITCH: We’re like roommates. We pass each other either coming or going. We don’t have a marriage. We have a quick-change routine.
LUCY: And naturally, it’s my fault.
MITCH: Well, it certainly isn’t mine. I don’t have limousines calling for me at dawn every day and I don’t come dragging in at 10:30 at night.
LUCY: Oh, no. Oh, no. Now that I just won’t take! You said it, mister. You said it loud and clear. We’ll live on “our income.” [Does air quotes] Remember that?
MITCH: I didn’t say, “our income.” I said we’d live on mine.
LUCY: Oh, great. So you’re going to park cars and work at the lab for nickels and dimes. And we’re going to live happily ever after. Is that it?
MITCH: Yes, if we have to!
LUCY: I don’t believe this. What rulebook did you drag that out of? Something that was written in the Dark Ages?
MITCH: [Sighs] I don’t need a rulebook to tell me how I feel.
LUCY: Feel about what?
MITCH: Well, that damn gold chain for one thing. Don’t you know I wanna be able to give you things like that, but I can’t?
LUCY: Oh Mitch, stop it.
MITCH: Yeah, what, at nickels and dimes you’d have to wait 10 years.
LUCY: OK, I’m sorry I said that. But it’s not my money. And it’s not your money. It’s ours. What difference does it make who earns it?
MITCH: It makes all the difference in the world. Now, if you don’t see that, and if you can’t understand what’s wrong, then we’re in real trouble.
LUCY: You said it. Not me. Just remember that. [She turns and begins walking away.]
MITCH: Lucy, look.
LUCY: [Facing him, screaming] No, you look. I have had it up to here with this stupid macho act of yours. I work my butt off to bring money home so we can live decently and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna apologize for that!
MITCH: You really don’t see anything wrong then, do you?
LUCY: Not a thing!
MITCH: Well, then I guess there’s nothing left to be said. [Grabs his coat, leaves]
Dallas Decoder 
I liked this scene too. It also clearly reveals Mitch to be a douche bag. I don’t think Leigh McCloskey is a bad actor but he is dull and charisma challenged, add to that unappealing writing for his character and it’s an uphill battle for poor Charlene.
Ha ha. You’re right, Bruce. Lucy deserved better than Mitch — but at least this storyline gave Charlene a chance to show how good she is. I love her work during the fourth season and in this scene in particular.
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Chris B.