Agreed. Between this and last episode’s “awakening” scene, I can only imagine David Cronenberg gleefully rubbing his hands somewhere. Tremendous use of SFX in both instances, and very strong design choices behind them.

“Montrose queasy rape-is-love cliched violence. I’m not gay, but, man, ain’t there more prep that goes in to that than spitting in your hand? Is this extremely graphic anal raping content germane to the plot or just exploitative?”

“Meanwhile, Montrose seeks comfort in a lover. Hiding amongst trans women, after murdering an intersex person to protect his son, wages havoc on Montrose’s peace of mind.”