After thinking about this scene overnight, my current interpretation of Rebecca's line is something like:

"I still think you were full of it saying that 'surviving' an S&M session makes you stronger. But take my word for it, surviving real-life abduction and abuse really does."

The snark is there, but it's more of a "now you really understand what you were talking about before" feel.

I think she was aiming for gentle, and mostly succeeded. But there were layers she couldn't hide. (That's what I was trying to say above.)

You're right. Because she doesn't really have a handle on being gentle yet either.

The snark is there, but it's more of a "now you really understand what you were talking about before" feel.

I didn't get that as much as her reassuring him that there was some truth in his facile words.

Oh, and I didn't get the hair-chopping until I realized the killer was trying to make them look more like Club Guy.

Btw, the names on this show are very Dickensian.

Self-hatred. He was gay, he hated that he was, he hated that he was obsessed with this guy, he went nuts.

I don’t think that he was gay. I think that he wanted to punish Brandt by using Brandt’s method of control – sex.

There's also that idea of what's the worse punishment -- if he had killed Brandt, it would have been over for him. Now, he has to live with the memory of the rape, and everything that happened.

And, Brandt can never get revenge or punishment from Strong.

I gotta say it – I don’t like Rebecca. I like everybody else, but I don’t like her. I hate the way that she pretends to be strong, and when the chips are down, she doesn’t come through. She was good last week when Simon had her captive, but then this week she puts herself in a situation where she knows that she’s vulnerable, then loses it when Brandt takes advantage? And then sits on the street in a bad part of town, crying and repressing the situation? Ugh.

I think the exchange with Brandt emphasized something that I see as continuing with Rebecca's character: does pain make you stronger or does it make you more fragile? Does Rebecca go off half-cocked because she's convinced that the worst has already happened to her? Can you go beyond being a victim?

Does Rebecca go off half-cocked because she's convinced that the worst has already happened to her? Can you go beyond being a victim?

Interesting point. Is it fatalism? Or is it just that she already survived something almost no one survives, and figures she can take whatever the world hands out?

Maybe she has survivor guilt? Maybe she doesn't truly believe she deserved to escape, all those years ago.

I don’t think that he was gay. I think that he wanted to punish Brandt by using Brandt’s method of control – sex.

While I didn't read the character as closeted gay in a general, I think it was pretty clear that he became erotically fixated on Brandt and that led to his desire to punish him.

Does Rebecca go off half-cocked because she's convinced that the worst has already happened to her?

I think that _she_ thinks that, but it backfires on her.

I gotta say it – I don’t like Rebecca. I like everybody else, but I don’t like her. I hate the way that she pretends to be strong, and when the chips are down, she doesn’t come through. She was good last week when Simon had her captive, but then this week she puts herself in a situation where she knows that she’s vulnerable, then loses it when Brandt takes advantage? And then sits on the street in a bad part of town, crying and repressing the situation? Ugh.

I sort of agree with this, though I don't think that crying on the street is out of character. I think we can assume she didn't mean to be found like that, and that the experience with Brandt was MORE traumatic given her past and the surprising (presumable) sexual thrill she got out of it.

Nonetheless, I wish she showed fewer layers. Too much is on the surface of her "expressive" face. I don't see why she would show so much given her trauma. Her behavior shows us what she thinks about the possibilities Brandt offers-- I don't think we needed to see an overt prickling of awareness.

By contrast I really like Jay Harrington and his character. Last week I found his, um, pussy-ness to be distasteful, but this week he seemed to come into focus as a sensitive yet strong guy. As stereotypical as that sounds, he still seemed like a different character than I'd seen before. Also in that scene while surveiling Brandt... he was sexy.

how is reamworks not trademark infringement?

During the re-enactment, I got to the point where Rebecca says: "He let me go." And then the next bit I saw was when Mel and Danny were going after Preacher Boy. Can anyone summarize what I missed while I was cursing at the TV anchor?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?