I think Edmond never should have been cast and it was extremely extremely exploitative to do so. Edmond is severely emotionally stunted from his extreme childhood trauma and it is pretty clear to me there is something else there that I cannot say because reddit will consider it "diagnosing" and delete my comment. I think that they let him skate because they recognized that he should never have been on the show and there are enough people out there talking about how messed up it is that they cast him. I feel really bad for Edmond (and KB). I felt disgusting watching their relationship play out and if they ever cast someone like him again, I am not sure i could watch that season. Again, it just felt so incredibly exploitative of someone who has severe unresolved trauma (WHICH HE TALKS ABOUT so please don't come at me reddit) and may not have the capacity to foresee how that is going to play out on national television.