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I'm struggling with how this would be the takeaway for viewers. For me, Rachel's mother has not been portrayed as a good mother or a good psychiatrist and I can't see how the writers wanted viewers to look at her as a representative of either. And personally as a survivor, this is not what I saw, at all. What I saw was disturbing, but not because it communicated that Rachel (or other rape survivors) are unlovable, but because Rachel was raised by a despicable monster who would, as someone else said, "gaslight" her daughter by telling her that she would be seen as unlovable (and also tell her that she's various forms of crazy and then medicate her to treat the various diagnoses) in order to manipulate her into never telling anyone that she was raped by one of her mother's patients.

It is actually quite typical that people who are sexually abused/raped/molested, especially as children, do not tell anyone. Add that to her being manipulated by her mother into internalizing it as being her fault, and that she would be unlovable to anyone who knew, then it's not surprising that she has never told anyone. Intelligence, resources, or whatever else it is that your implying should somehow make Rachel a special sort of victim, or not a victim at all, I'm not really sure exactly, but somehow held to a different standard than other victims, I'm not quite getting. And as far as the reveal, I'm OK with it. Her behavior throughout the series--acting out sexually, her dysfunctional relationship with Quinn, confusing sex with power with love, etc. actually make this believable. I would have an issue with this being lazy writing if we hadn't watched almost two seasons of a person behaving in a way that makes this entirely plausible.

I don't get the feeling that the majority of people were watching this show because of the suitor, black or otherwise. That said, for those that in Season one became invested in Rachel and Adam's relationship, maybe when they realized that there wouldn't be a continuation that relationship, they tuned out?

I have no great love, or hatred for Liz, but didn't Dr. O shoot her? Steal a child? Fake one of her closest friend's deaths and hold her captive for 2 years? Etc. Etc. Wow, the Liz hate is pretty strong if she's expected to bow down to that lunatic (who, btw, I actually enjoy--in small doses). It seems weird to me that there's some sort of debate as to Liz's work situation and how she deserves to be fired. If people on this show were expected to behave in a professional way 24/7, no one would have a job, from the manager at Kelly's, to any cop or commissioner on the force (including poor Ana, who I adore), to the GH Chief of Staff. Oh wait, a murdering lunatic is the GH CoS.