Perhaps the most chilling scene isn’t the punch to the wall or the police raid — it’s when Theo Silverton stands in front of a mirror, looks at Todd, and then… slaps himself in the face repeatedly.

The motion is so strong that his cheek turns red. Todd rushes to stop him, and Theo screams, “It’s you! You made me like this!”

Not a single punch touches Todd, but his soul is ripped apart.

That’s Theo’s toxic nature. He doesn’t just inflict physical violence — he inflicts psychological violence, forcing Todd into a sense of guilt.

Viewers understand: when victims believe they’re the reason someone else is mad, they stay. They put up with it. And Theo knows that all too well.

Todd begins to dread the thought of leaving. Every time he said something he didn’t like, Theo either cried, banged on the wall, or fell into a suffocating silence. Those silences were heavier than any blow. It made Todd wonder if leaving would make Theo break down, if he would become the “bad guy” who abandoned his lover.

The scene in the apartment was filmed from many angles — police body cams, neighbor’s CCTV, and a hidden camera under investigation. The episode recreated Theo’s manipulation of Todd from the small details: calling constantly, checking messages, not letting Todd visit friends, and then the final step — complete isolation. The apartment became a beautiful cage where Todd gradually lost his identity, self-respect, and even his voice.

What made the audience heartbroken was how Todd reacted: he tried to justify, tried to brush it off, tried to see this as simply a sudden anger. But Theo’s self-inflicted blows were proof that this was not love. This is possession, this sick obsession disguised as “needing you, loving you, afraid of losing you”.