i dont have the experience of being in such a long relationship.the dynamics of it.... my views agree with ponos. thats hutch's last final futile attempt to get him loving wife back... people raise their voice to get the upper hand in argument and there are exceptions to this rule... we see that in christian. hutch raises his voice and say that dialogue.... cos he is showing that he is upset after all the code talk... the take away for vivian from all that is she thinks christian knows hutch better than her.vivian at the start did know hutch better and still made the choice of fucking the boss in the backyard this is depicted with her crying about it even before it happens as she has come to terms with what must be done. hutch was broken from what he saw cos he though he knew his wife better than that .... and she has been lying about it since then and not telling him the truth... in that situation any husband however loving and kind will break(break being the wrong word here maybe loss of affection). the point of him trying is that he might know what will be the end result. the end result being what happened in the past of vivian and hutch ... the explanation for the tatoos... and y she is a substitute teacher when she comes across as a smart intelligent independent woman. i'm not saying anyone is wrong .... just pointing out the possibilities.
Honestly idk why so many people qualify Vivian with the terms, strong, intelligent, while most her actions are a display of self-overestimation, and let's say it, sometimes plain stupidity :
- She thinks she can in 5 minutes advise her husband on a field she knows nothing about.
- Goes behind her husband's back thinking she could manipulate her husband's boss, all that to return home the tail between her legs
- I won't delve in the events at at Christian's home, bc it will take another page
- Her husband is asking questions so precise that it indicates he knows, he's clearly totally wtihdrawn from her, and yet she still doesn't get it.
- She promises herself no more shenanigans with Christian and yet goes to talk in a bathroom with him, knowing the guy has no shame. Btw, this woman only cheats on her husband when she's likely to get caught, that's a disease.
I know the dev is obliged to take some "arrangements" with the logic to tell the story he wants to tell, but don't say Vivian is smart, please. Nor that she's strong, all we have seen indicates the opposite.
For Hutch, i think (it's an opinion which is worth another) he fools himself into thinking it's something they can get over as a couple. I think he really loves his wife and even what he had seen or heard has not been enough for him to fall out of love for her. I think he's very dependent on her. That's why Chrstian stroke the right nerve by saying : "Ask yourself... in what scenario would she be better off without you... would you be better off without her?". But everyone has his limits and her affair(s) will put them to test.