Erica at the Doctor's

The scene struck me as memorably odd, too, for somewhat different reasons. Yes, the doctor both exhibited compassion and made a tepid pass, and Erica overreacted to it. I suspect that the consensus among medical ethicists is stricter about this thing nowadays (partly because many more physicians are women), but even allowing for that change, how come Erica showed only a little more outrage when Bob, the lunch date with the comb-over, actually made a body-contact grope a few minutes later?

Moreover, consider how differently Erica treated Charley, the Disco-Stu type who repeatedly hit on her at work, even when she thought she was happily married? She merely laughed his disgusting comments off, and even eventually went to bed with him! Huh??? The doc and Bob at least indicated signs of humanity; Charley was a cold-blooded horn-dog; I can't imagine why she favored him, unless it was the fact that he was better looking than the other two guys.

Erica's inconsistency might have been intentional on the part of the filmakers. These three guys appeared early in the movie, so perhaps their characters allowed us to see Erica passing from being unrealistic about her husband's passion, into a stage of feeling hurt, disoriented, and touchy. Then, of course, she met Saul.