Eleanor clearly loathes Richie—and it’s evident that there’s a part of her that fears him, too. Richie is a sleeping volcano of a man whose tempers and volatile moods threaten everyone—and yet while Eleanor tries to resist caving into a life of subservience to Richie, and tip-toeing around him to keep him happy, her mother and even her siblings seem to believe that the best path forward is the one of least resistance.