He actually quit because he's an industry icon worth north of ten figures with absolutely no reason to be involved if it's at all a pain in his ass, which it clearly became. And it's hard to say he even "quit," it's not really quitting when you decide it's not worth the hassle to continue doing a favor.

Except Farrelly and Effie have two entirely purposes for being involved in the process. He is an industry legend doing this as an uncompensated favor and she is a middle manager/paper pusher collecting a paycheck. His involvement was at his own pleasure, Effie made it clear what he would be dealing with and he was…

Yeah, she's informed their budget got significantly increased and her response was to hang her head over the desk in disappointment and get angry and then pretend like she's happy as long as the director's happy. She seems like kind of crappy producer in addition to being a general hypocrite.

If the drama revolves around ideas of old money and generationally passed down wealth, some of those houses were obviously ridiculous and unsuitable. The modern kitchens especially. Effie never provided an adequate explanation of why out of state shooting wasn't considered, the tax breaks are significant and the…

I don't know, she spends a lot of time talking in a self-referential way about conflict i.e. "having moments" and conversations "taking turns" which is really quite unprofessional.