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How stupid are they making Zoe?

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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So she blackmails Dan to sign over half of everything to her... okay... She is his fictitious wife so he does that. And then 5 minutes later he pushes her down a flight of stairs and kills her. Ooops she was an old woman that fell and since she was his wife everything he had signed over to her goes right back to him. What kind of a stupid ass writer decided on this contrived act by Zoe? It would have made more sense for her to simply slowly get seduced by the lifestyle than suddenly take this turn of ignorance.

[–] BeaSouth (3319) 2 years ago

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[–] John Kyle (680) 2 years ago

Only into episode 4, want her killed asap.

First, she is a hag.

Second, divorced mother. Never get entangled with a divorced mother!

[–] jekporkins (1973) 2 years ago

Yeah, so much wrong with what she did. Did it occur to her that the very least he could torture the living hell out of her in an hour to get the password to the email? Or, heck, just threaten to kill her son?

She doesn't know who this guy is and has seen him kill a man, lock her in a trunk, and has vicious dogs that will attack on a command.

I guess they need to keep her around so he isn't talking to himself (or his dogs) all the time + Hollywood's endless fascination with love interests. It just seems like a forced way to shoehorn her into his plan.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I would so love it if the next episode started with him pulling out her fingernails until she gave the password.

[–] KutWrite (1303) 2 years ago

Hey, I'm just glad it's a hetero relationship. Those are getting rare.

[–] asom (6847) 2 years ago

is ep V out yet???

Anyway a LOT of this is filled with plot holes and stupid writing ...