I am so with you. I despised this episode because of that sexism, and I was really surprised and disappointed that WC handled this story so badly.
E;izabeth's "I think she must be lonely" comment and everything that followed was so offensive I'm still ready to spit nails over it. Firstly, because, yes, of course, an unmarried woman must be lonely and unfulfilled, and secondly, that's right, El, Peter is prefect, your marriage is perfect, and every other love out there is just a sad, ragged shade of what you have.
Then we had Peter's immediate freak out when Jill showed up, and his constant awkward behavior exacerbating the situation, despite the fact that the woman didn't show the least inclination to interact with him as anything but an agent and a friend who thought well of him. Jill never acted the least bit inappropriately, yet both Peter and El's perception of her made it so that she was seen as ex-girlfriend and sexual threat first, and FBI agent a distant second.
That ep just left a bad taste in my mouth.
I've *never* been this angry over an episode of this show before.
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E;izabeth's "I think she must be lonely" comment and everything that followed was so offensive I'm still ready to spit nails over it. Firstly, because, yes, of course, an unmarried woman must be lonely and unfulfilled, and secondly, that's right, El, Peter is prefect, your marriage is perfect, and every other love out there is just a sad, ragged shade of what you have.
Then we had Peter's immediate freak out when Jill showed up, and his constant awkward behavior exacerbating the situation, despite the fact that the woman didn't show the least inclination to interact with him as anything but an agent and a friend who thought well of him. Jill never acted the least bit inappropriately, yet both Peter and El's perception of her made it so that she was seen as ex-girlfriend and sexual threat first, and FBI agent a distant second.
That ep just left a bad taste in my mouth.
I've *never* been this angry over an episode of this show before.