So let me make sure I understand this. I ask why you glossed over the rape of a male character when you certainly would not gloss over the rape of a female character — ESPECIALLY if the show treated it as if it was no big deal. Your reply is basically that as far as you can tell, he wanted it, am I understanding…

"If someone is "blackout drunk" in the sense that they aren't going to remember anything past the third margarita, but are currently capable of dancing on the bar while performing really bad karaoke and declaring their undying love for the chairman of the SEC, I'm not going to call any sex they have in that state…

Sonia, I'd be quite interested to know why you failed to mention that the lead character was unequivocally raped by the reporter, and that the show never acknowledges this, never suggests that Hardy should have any reason to be upset other than, you know, he got tricked into giving up information that he wanted to…