No Way Out

Good girls gone bad

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Her confidence that if she makes a move on him, he’ll go for it willingly

The reason why:

He didn't even hide tho

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He knows the real reason she turned him in again is that she wanna end whatever was going on between them. She thought that if she lets him down once again... he won't come back, not this time. But she should've known one thing. He doesn't give up that easy... Besides, he’s used to being handed over, so it doesn’t matter to him anymore. He just does what he does.

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I think those scenes are connected somehow. (It might sound like a cliché, but I’m gonna say it anyway…) If the Rose Chardonnay implies romance, then Rio getting it right about what she’d actually drink shows he knows she wants more than just a romance—unlike the other girls who *help* him out or something. And that’s why he finds her more interesting than anyone else and also thinks she’s kinda like him...

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On seeing the red rubber band, he would know who made the money. He just knows it was her. THIS IS HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU WITHOUT SAYING I LOVE YOU.

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It's funny how the way Rio intimidates her into doing something is a lot like how he's been used by Nick.

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He tried not to let his excitement show but he just couldn't help it...

I mean look at him struggling

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She never says she's not though

(More like... "Yeah, but...")

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He should be proud to be the only person allowed to call her Elizabeth.

and it kinda seems that he actually is.

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I think Rio already sensed that there might be a wire so that others could hear. He wanted to make sure that the only thing they could hear was hers, not his. I think this is why he held her back. He had her MAKE a sound INTENTIONALLY.

At first, I was not sure that Beth noticed what he had done.

Now I can tell by her face that she knows too.

She’s like… ‘shit. He knew it…’

and then… also like ‘Yeah. Of course you would.’

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Why they look like a married couple arguing about parenting styles…

The last head shake literally kills me every time

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I've been thinking a lot about what the councilwoman Beth and her ward heeler (kind of...) Rio would be like... i mean... if there were S5😭

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There is an interesting fact about the relationship between Beth, Rio, and Dean.

Rio never wanted to get rid of Dean. Rather, he’s been using him as leverage. This means he knows that Beth still cares about him as much as she loves her children, and also he doesn’t give a damn...

For him, the reason they are together doesn’t have to be love. As long as he's sure that Beth needs no one but him for some reason (not necessarily something sexual), he can’t be bothered with whoever she’s with.

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2.01 4.14

2.06 4.08

The progress

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Rio seemed quite confident that there is nothing he doesn't know about Beth.

It is true he knows a lot...

just not enough.

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Rio needed to maintain his sarcastic, serious, displeased, and agonized phase...

but she's the one who always makes it hard.

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Beth Saying "NO"

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and the different versions of...

'Oh. She thinks I do care whether she wants to or not? Funny.'

'Whoever made her think she still can say no... oh, shit. right. It's me.'

2.01 4.02 3.09 4.08

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Rio realizes that Beth has never used that gun just after he lifted the paper bag, because of its weight.

Instead of being too obvious, he chooses to satisfy his curiosity to see what happens next.

And he enjoys what he hears enough not to interrupt her story.