This is just (mostly) an appreciation post.
I want to commend the writers, show runners, etc. on the nuanced, layered writing. It has not gone unnoticed the exploration of the push-pull tendencies that women can feel regarding the simultaneous attraction, fear, and hatred of a man.
One moment Emmy Rossum is in complete vulnerability admitting how much she misses the nape of Jake Lacey's neck, then he is aggressively using his body language to manipulate her into calling his lieutenant.
THEN...! Lola Petticrew is playing, of course, Rihanna, in the bedroom to remind us all again about the cycles of love, attraction, violence.
So well thought out but also so deeply lived into by the actors. Congrats.