1. Evan urges Leila to try harder to get her daughter, Isabel, to like him because he believes their relationship is largely dependent on Isabel’s view of him. Do you think he’s wrong to ask that of Leila, or should Leila try to see things from his perspective?
2. Paulette went from lying about being blackmailed and having an affair to lying about her pregnancy. She believes she still has to lie because the stakes are even higher. Do you think her reasons are justified, or is she continuing to make the same mistakes?
3. Dante decides to represent the woman who was in the car accident with Terrence in yet another way to exact revenge on the Murdochs. Dante says that he’s behaving much like his father did when he was alive. Do you think his late father, George Murdoch, would at least admire Dante’s ruthlessness and tenacity?
4. A usually optimistic Terrence sinks into depression after his car accident. Why do you think it was so hard for him to bounce back from what happened to him?
5. C. J. ran away from her old life and started a new one because she said she no longer wanted to be restricted by her family’s lies and expectations. In the course of doing that, she broke all ties from her family and ran out on her fiancé the day of her wedding. Were her actions justified?
6. Paulette decides to talk to the detective in order to find out more information about Marques’s murder investigation even though she fears her husband, Antonio, may have murdered Marques. Was that a smart move on her part?
7. Charisse confesses to Evan her reason for why she was such a horrible wife to him and why she wants to try to salvage their marriage. Based on her explanation, should Evan give her a second chance?
8. Terrence is angry at C. J. for not telling him about showing up at the hospital to interview him soon after his accident. Does he have the right to be angry?
9. When Evan figures out that Leila’s ex-husband plotted Isabel’s attempt to run away, he decides not to tell Leila and asks Isabel to also keep the information secret. Do you agree with his decision?
10. C. J. decides to forgive her father and agrees to help him with his campaign and return to Aston Ministries. Terrence tells her he doesn’t think this was a good decision. Who do you think is right?
11. Who do you think shot Dante?