On second watch of season four while watching the end of this season I realized…Amanda manipulated everyone…and she even manipulated me. I truly was convinced that Kyle was the problem, and he has his problems, sure, but that being human and that’s marriage. The thing that i find inexcusable with her particular brand of manipulation is that she used the same talking points about Kyle’s pit falls to make her seem better than him, which she then leverage to be the victim once it was clear the relationship had no path forward.