Lupin, exactly. If it was the woman in slave chains and the man saying, "I can kill you if you displease me," would we say he didn't rape her if she acquiesced? The inherent sexism in so many of the comments I've seen here and on other sites boils down to, "He's a man and she's hot, so of course it was consensual." …

I do think there's a disconnect between the dialogue and the way the acting and directing portrayed the scene, but I don't think a lighthearted tone changes the facts of the scenario. In an episode where one of the main plots revolves around coercion and overriding free will, a woman chains a man to a wall and…

I agree with your assessment of the scene, and I'm baffled as to why the reviewer and other commenters think that the "lighthearted" tone of the way it was written and shot somehow makes it not rape. I feel like the disconnect in tone should be addressed as a mistake on the part of the director or the writers, if…

If you're looking for something harmful and malicious to critique, the fact that we have to have the discussion about whether this is a rape scene could be a good place to start. There are many factors at play, primarily the social norms that make us view a female in position of power coercing a male into sex as "fun…

The scene between Ontari and Murphy was not organic and hot…it was a rape scene and disturbing at best, given that the lighting and music cues seemed to be trying to soften or sex it up. Poor directorial choices were made.