The writing was better than I expected (spoilers)

It wasn't quite as heavy-handed as I thought it would be. Of course, John Lithgow's Roger Ailes was a despicable, two-dimensional villain. But the women were the focus, and far more multi-dimensional. Naturally, they had to have Hollywood's idea of an evangelical Christian -- nothing Christian about her, except she was the only one who didn't drop F-bombs. If they'd not had the old trope of the Christian who blithely betrays everything in the Bible and had simply made her a naive but ambitious neophyte, it would have been a stronger story. She would have had an "every girl" quality, and possibly could have shown more depth.

Yeah, that's nothing but an example of bad writing at its worst, but what struck me was that we could see that these women had signed a pact with the devil when they walked through the doors. To try to get a promotion, Kayla Goody-Two-Shoes puts on a short, skin-tight dress and finagles an invite into Ailes' office. All of the women wore tight dresses and stiletto heels. All had over-done makeup. Once "initiated," Kayla stayed in the costume Ailes preferred: tight dresses, stilettos, and heavy eye make up, even though she wasn't on air talent. Then Kayla has the nerve to blubber that Megan should have done something about Ailes long ago? Kayla walked into his office playing to his weakness, hoping it would get her something. She'd sold out her principles long ago.

I felt the anger every woman feels at seeing that kind of abuse. What Ailes did was sick and wrong. (I'd forgotten about that Ace Gretchen Carlson had up her sleeve!) He deserved what he got. But that they also showed how complicit the women were surprised me.