As for Maddie keeping her real identity from Mick, I’m ambivalent about that (note to Jane: ambivalence is my most favorite word, even more than conflation), because had she told him right up front, I think he may have taken his sister’s victimized approach to the situation and eschewed a neutral relationship with Maddie. Or if they became close, would his feelings have come from some weird sense of guilt or responsibility? In keeping it from him, it’s true that Maddie was being dishonest, but that didn’t belittle her in my eyes, because I think it was good for Mick to have to find his own way to forgiving her after realizing he loved her. It made it more difficult for him to ignore what REALLY happened and to face the fact that if anyone had a right to feel like a victim it would be Maddie (but she didn’t). I don’t know; I liked the untidiness of the emotional connections here, and I thought they made sense. And at least the stakes were higher than in See Jane Score, where Jane keeps her identity from Luc.