Spoiler alert. Toward the end there is a rape scene. That’s how I read it described elsewhere, as a rape scene after which the victim is sitting calmly on the sofa with a magazine. I gotta say, that the scene didn’t look all that unrealistic to me, given the level of dysfunction of the relationship overall. Actually, I had forgotten that I read about there being a controversial rape scene in this show and when the scene progressed it seemed to me the natural order of things, that two characters in an acrimonious relationship have violent sex.
I’m sure this assessment is full of clues about my own toxic relationships. I’m not saying it is the correct way to behave. I just think if you’re in a relationship with a violent drunk with whom you have violent, sometimes physical disagreements, sex being involved probably isn’t a big stretch. Certainly, the female character was not surprised. And really, would you meet with your husband alone to discuss divorce proceedings when he knows you are shagging his brother, and get the brother and kids and everybody else out of the house to arrange said meeting?
Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, it’s tv. And I’m currently obsessed with this show. Last year I was obsessed with the Sopranos, another show full of dysfunctional characters. Though while watching the Sopranos, I never once said to myself, these are my people. These macho shitheads on the other hand, well, I feel like I know them all.
I’m going to try this again, embedding the episode. I’m not trying to show just a scene or anything fancy beyond my editing capabilities. So if it doesn’t work, then try hulu, Rescue Me, Season 3, Episode 4.
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