It’s about reasonable expectations. In a Mafia game you might expect some humour. Whereas a game that spends the first 10+ hours being a college comedy, with some teen angst, moving to be a soap opera with some funny bits doesnt feel right, IMO. Still it could just be this episode where it felt to me like it’s all going wrong, and some thing start to pick up in the next. Things I feel took a turn for the worse this episode;
Bella - she was about to have a breakdown until MC hugged her,
Maya - situation with her father, not just that he has essentially stolen her money, but that he is creeping around her room
Cathy - deciding to leave (might make sense but still depressing)
Jill - Tybalt blackmail, just Feels like nothing is going MCs way
Quinn - father and abusive drug dealer, who presumably is making Quinn work for him
Quinn - getting mugged, making her position that much worse.
DiKs - one of them is almost certainly a traitor, between the cluck, the Jade video, someone snooping around MCs room and the stupidity of Bella staying over I’m not sure you Can trust anybody (I get that this is the point)
Mona - being blackmailed and at best chased out of school Made me feel shitty
And perhaps the darkest thing out boy Derek’s girl getting with Big A (lol)
Probably other stuff I’m forgetting
I think Mona has chosen to leave. If you can call it a choice. Between Quinn’s threats and the fear of Burke’s reaction she didn’t really have many other options.
Agreed, seems Riona is having her doubts and Camilla is going to be pissed about Mona. Doubt she’ll believe she just decided to leave.