Nick Viall

Because she's flooded.

She has no idea what's going on.

There's also kind of like... You see the power come up in when he was like... When he said, like, save a rose for me right before she went off to go film The Bachelorette.

That's him being like, remember me.

You like me.

You want me.

And then they sleep together.

And now she has to go film The Bachelorette.

But he just got in her head.

She is going to be thinking about him the whole time while she's like...

dating these other guys.

That's a certain amount of power that he flexes.

He knows that he can woo her and that she'll say yes, because she's kind of powerless to that sort of thing.

You know what I mean?

And that's what feels to me, that's what feels the most dangerous about him.

is that in these chaotic situations, he can go ahead and he can regulate his nervous system and come up with a plan of how to get Taylor hooked.

And Taylor, she's an adult that can make adult decisions.

She should make better choices.

But it's so hard for her to say no to him.

And it's because of this abuse cycle that they're trapped in.