Always the same topics. Well then I want to give you some new material to discuss.
At the end of EP5, Quinn is on the phone with someone and mentions so she has it. What? In EP6, Quinn mentioned to Mona so that she would know how to deal with Stephen Burke. Furthermore, in EP6 the MC receives his mother Lynette's diary. In EP9 we find out in a flashback about little Quinn and Rox so Rox has a book in the safe.
Coincidence? I don't believe.
At the end of EP7 we see Quinn reading a book. Oops. Quinn reads her father's book. Given the fact that for her to get it from the Preps Mansion in EP5, someone else had the book. Maybe she stole or it was given to her. I assume the latter.
What could be in this book? Everything someone needs to have a successful criminal career. So the book is worth its weight in gold. At the beginning of EP6, Quinn told Mona so she would know how to deal with Stephen Burke. From where? We should remember at this point so that Tybalt can say that he too came from poverty. Oops. I believe that this is how Stephen or Jade Burke came into possession of this book and thus became rich. Probably not legally.
I think it's so that Quinn referenced the book in her conversation with Mona and that would help her know how to deal with Stepehen Burke. Now it's coming. She can't attack Stephen Burke head-on because he would crush her. But take a name from the book that Stephen Burke is afraid of. Quinn uses the name Priscilla to take action against Stephen Burke.
But why should she do that? Fear of a very powerful one unknown to us. I believe so that it is the MC's grandfather and/or grandmother. Their names are clean and they want to keep it that way, which is why they're working with Quinn. Quinn knows who the MC is and probably has since the beginning.
What's strange is that the MC only gets his mother's diary after Quinn gets her father's book from the Preps Mansion in EP5. Therefore, I assume that both books, Lynette's and Rox's, belong together.
Given that Quinn was really worried about the MC on the EP9 rooftop when Tommy told her about Vinny, I imagine Quinn already knows everything. I think Quinn is really afraid of what would happen if something happened to the MC. Now we know what Vinny was looking for in the MC's room. He doesn't know about Lynette's diary, otherwise he would have given more meaning to the photo of Miranda, Viv and Lynette. He was looking for Rox's book because it was worth its weight in gold. Therefore I suspect that Rox's book also has something to do with the MC.
So now you have something to think about again.
At the end of episode 5, Quinn is talking to Buddy or one of his guys, letting them know she's got all the money for the weed she's been selling:
Quinn: "It's me."
Quinn: "I know I'm late. Something happened, but don't worry... I have it now. All of it."
Quinn: "No, I'm not making any excuses."
Quinn: "Tomorrow night..."
Quinn: "Bye."
We know she's late because Buddy chastises her and even cuts her take when she brings it in. And then she gets mugged and loses her cut.
In episode 6 when she's scaring Mona, she's basically just trying to threaten her not to say anything to anyone, making out that Burke would be formidable if she went up against him, but painting herself as a saviour by keeping Burke quiet. None of it's real. Burke isn't gonna say or do anything because he would be exposed, and Quinn is in the same boat. She's basically just saying a pile of shit to keep Mona quiet.
So yeah, the mc gets a diary... there's nothing linking it to any other books so far...
In episode 9 with the young Quinn flashback there is no book.
Where are you getting the idea that it's a book in the safe?
All he says is:
Rox: "You've seen Daddy's safe, right? I wanna show you something."
Rox: "And not a word to your mom, ok?"
And the scene ends. There's definitely no indication of a book in the safe.
So no coincidences so far because nothing you've said has made any sense yet.
Quinn reading the book in episode 7 actually made me think that she might have even been studying...
But there is a scene that you've missed, where the mc can actually see that book in Quinn's desk and he asks her about it:
mc: "What are you reading?"
Quinn: "None of your business."
mc: "Touchy subject?"
Quinn: "Just drop it."
mc: "Come to think of it, I don't even know what you're studying here."
Quinn: "You know. Classes."
mc: "I would never have guessed that."
mc: "What degree are you going for?"
Quinn: "Enough with the school shit, ok?"
Quinn: "You're killing my mojo here."
So her deflecting about the book is interesting... And getting the mc to suggest it's a college book is a typical DPC red herring, make a character infer something and we start to think it's true when it's not true (like when Quinn pointed out that it was the Alphas who trashed the mansion when it likely wasn't).
But the whole deal of Quinn being concerned for the mc after hearing he was threated by Vinny with a gun... that's kinda normal behaviour for anyone when they hear someone they know has been threatened with a gun...
So yeah, your whole post is flawed and smells like bullshit, but totally good to see you posting again. Hopefully episode 10 is right around the corner so we can fuel these theories with something more than manure.