I'm increasingly puzzled by Burke. For a few episodes now, I've been thinking, what if he wasn't the villain we've been led to believe?
For example, I don't understand why he confessed to infidelity (as far as we know, without being caught red-handed), and why this supposed head of B&R organized crime agrees to put up with Jade? At the time, you might have thought it was to avoid a divorce that would leave Burke penniless.
Now we know that's not the case. He's the millionaire, they're married without a contract, so in the event of divorce it's 50-50, and what's more, even if one of them is unfaithful, it'll be 50-50 anyway.
What we learn in episode 10 is that Burke was a pathological coward. Instead of arguing with his wife, he keeps his mouth shut and ends up fathering two children he doesn't want. It's the same with his job, he gets fired like a piece of shit, and he has no reaction, not even a little surge of pride to show them what he's worth and what he's brought them all these years.
The only time he takes matters into his own hands is when he tells Jade about the divorce. Between the shrink visit and the divorce, years go by; either he's gradually changed in the meantime to become the evil Burke, head of the prostitution ring at B and R, or it's a DPC trap.