I'm worried for Elijah. The scene in Times Square where everyone was ogling the famous newscaster and his new beau to me suggests that Elijah is somehow being used (for publicity? To get back at someone?). Peter Russo picked him up out of nowhere and them hitting it off so well seems suspicious.

Rape is often not about sexual interest. It's about anger and aggression. Scotty is angry at Alison because she doesn't want him in on the business, and being a raging creep who's completely controlled by his id, he responds using sexually aggression.

I thought the awkwardness was more about Luisa coming out just wrapped in a blanket, having just had sex with Cherry's son.

I kind of took that as just the way Cole was hearing it. It seems out of character for her to day such a thing, so I imagined that she actually said something more mundane, and due to his hypersensitivity Cole construed it as offensive.

Seriously! IRL most women get epidurals and yet on TV and in movies it's like they don't exist

I think it's really interesting that in Noah's version of events there was no mention of Whitney, whereas that was a hugely important part of the conversation in Helen's version; it reminds me of a couple of episodes ago when Whitney confesses to Cole that she feels neglected by her father (as can be seen in the fact…

Is anyone else disturbed that there was a date rape in this episode that was played for laughs?