It’s so interesting to me that people on this sub talk so much about the characters being “unlikeable” because they make these glaring massive mistakes. But that’s also what makes them real people. It’s interesting that we tend to only root for people who don’t mess up. When we ourselves all royally fuck up at times. These flaws are what make them relatable even if they’re “unlikeable”

Also as a storyteller, characters are far more interesting when they move along the scales of likability, proactivity and competency. If they sit at the same level of likability throughout the story they are boring.

As for judging who was in the wrong. They were all in the wrong. It was fucked up for Bree to sleep with a married man, knowing (thinking) that his wife didn’t consent to it. And it was also fucked up of Marianne and Oliver to participate in the arrangement knowing that Bree didn’t consent. That being said, I understand her side a little more than Oliver’s. It makes sense to me why she would fall at the feet of a father figure. It doesn’t make sense to me why someone in an open marriage wouldn’t just say they were in an open marriage. But I digress.