I am liking it so far, but found it very hard to get past the first few minutes of the show...while sex is expected, it was a little more than that and I almost turned it off entirely. I am not a prude, but that seemed a very big way to have new viewers possibly not give it a chance.
In regards to the walking off stage, like many, we tend to compartmentalise our pasts, while she knows she will be in the spotlight, she failed to consider what exactly that meant, as many do. Remembering every single encounter with another, whether light or more involved, you can never know exactly what skeletons someone is going to dig up, even if you do remember them. I think that was a perfect representation of that.