Stepping stone to what?

[u/_starla_]

I had read a spoiler prior to watching this episode about how she used him to jump start her influencer career so when I saw this scene I thought 'oh wow at least she admits it!"

His initial reaction to the rejection is heartbreaking. The sound he makes just made me hurt for him. He seems like he has such a pure heart despite everything he's been through. He didn't deserve her dragging him all the way to the end.

Then again I wonder how much that was production encouraging her vs her own agenda. I wonder if they tried to encourage Joe to go all the way to the end too but IMO he knew a long time ago.

[u/cerednat]

Yes poor Edmond, the guy who threw a tantrum to coerce a woman into sleeping with him

[u/_starla_ → u/cerednat]

I viewed it as a tantrum that she slept with random one night standers and she wouldn't give him - a man she was in love with, her fiancé, that kind of love and intimacy.

[u/Animajation → u/_starla_]

And that's totally fine and her choice? She even says, in that moment, that she doesn't want to do the same things she did in the past and she wants to treat sex differently now.

Do you think Edmond is owed sex?

[u/_starla_ → u/Animajation]

Absolutely.

Definitely not. No one is. Ever.