I wrote this other post a while ago when I had only seen one episode, so my opinions have changed since then.

I'd be open to a debate or discussion with anyone about any of these, but below are my takeaways after watching the full show:

BRAD AIN’T SHIT

You’d think a tall, handsome, rich guy with a fun life and big dick would have all the confidence in the world, but past all those external qualities, Brad is a total pussy. 

He has no emotional control, he just walks out on Billie, tells her to move out, is distant after the miscarriage, and has random emotional outbursts for no reason. He can't even mention his dad without crying, and has unaddressed childhood traumas around his dad that might contribute to the first point about lack emotional control. He has low self esteem, he took the miscarriage as “maybe I’m not worthy of being a father" LMAO bruh stop fishing for compliments

Brad is also SIMPING over Billie EIGHT years after they broke up, and he likes her way more than she likes him. Billie only likes Brad when Cooper doesn’t give her attention, whereas Brad likes Billie all the time and still sees her as his "number 1”. Showing up at her house with a ring asking to marry her, calling her, texting her, crying over her eight years later, calling her beautiful when she’s showing him the kids, etc etc.

He’s basically an emotional  puddle that happens to have the external appearance of a male model.

Reminds me of the line in Friends when Rachel tells Joey “thank God you’re pretty”

COOPER LOST A LOT OF CREDIBILITY IN THE SEX PARTY EPISODE 

I saw a lot of the show similar to a war between two counties. Billie had the option to fire her weapon (get with Brad), and Cooper had the option to fire his weapon (get with Francesca), but neither actually did it for the longest time UNTIL Cooper actually did by getting a blowjob from Trina at the sex party. 

This took a lot of credibility away from him, because he wasn’t negotiating in good faith. They went to the sex party to be vulnerable TOGETHER as a shared experience, and Cooper took the moment of vulnerability as an opportunity to twist the knife into Billie, kind of like “payback”, only Cooper’s transgression (getting a blowjob) was way worse than Billies transgression (writing in her private journal) so it was kind of a unfair move on his part. Then on top of that he lost his cool by beating up Devon

If I had to be on a "Team" I guess I'd be Team Cooper but he's not perfect by any means either, he's also a very flawed person

BOREDOM IS REAL

Men in all kinds of relationships have to have their fingers on the pulse of the relationship at all times We can never allow multiple months to go by without some kind of excitement, fun, connection, or sexiness.

If too much time passes with her feeling unsexy, unloved, or just plain bored, you will get a “Billie fantasizing about Brad” type situation.

You need to be both her source of stability and safety AS WELL AS her source for thrill, danger, fun times, and emotional connection. I know thats hard, but any other option is extremely unideal

Anyway, I'd love to discuss/debate with anyone about this !