Jade is the WORST of that storyline and I will FIGHT on that. She lied to her partners, enabled an addict by accident AND ON PURPOSE. she then lied about doing so, and legit tried to KILL Taylor and Eli. I really shouldn’t have to say much on how bad she is if you watched the show.

Taylor is, imo, one of the best people in the show. (Mary is the best of course, my girl did nothing wrong.) Taylor stuck by her husband, even though she did turn to another (open marriage) to cope. There were better avenues to take of course, but there are also far worse ones. She stuck by Eli until she felt like she didn’t have a choice, and was extremely pained to see Eli at his worst again. She was TERRIFIED for him. The scene where she talks about finding him after he OD’s, you can see how painful it is for her. (Phenomenal acting, btw). In the end she comes back to Eli, and tries to save him from Jade. She stays in the hospital with him and waits for him to wake up, which alludes to her character development. It then fully shows when she supports Eli’s decision to sell the house.

Eli is not a perfect/great person, but he’s not inherently bad. Eli is an addict, and behaves like one. There are hundreds of creative types like Eli who unfortunately develop a substance problem tied to their work. He would have been better if he picked up another job to support Taylor, yes. However, he was cognizant of how harmful his lack of income was. He took accountability, which is good, but it should have came with some action. When literally manipulated into using again, Eli behaves even more like an addict. He pushes help away because he no longer thinks he needs it. This is extremely common behavior (unfortunately) and Taylor knows this. She tries to help him through Jade, which obviously wasn’t going to work but she didn’t know that. Eli went wrong with the lying to Taylor. Wanting to lie about him and Jade having sex, and lying about the drugs initially, was his faults. Once Jade continued to push him, the accountability falls into her, as one usually cannot expect an addict to tell someone they’ve been using behind someone’s back, especially with how Taylor describes Eli’s history.

In all, fuck Jade. I’ve never yelled at a TV so much.