This episode was all about the lady drama - from Becca’s disappointment in her father’s empty promises, to Mia’s drug bender at her teacher’s dodgy dwellings, to Marcy wanting to spice things up in the boudoir with Runkle’s assistant Dani.

But it was Runkle who stole the show with his threesome and near nipplectomy. When Runkle and an eager-but-timid Marcy arrange a threesome with Runkle’s domantrix-like secretary Dani, the nipple clamps get a-clampin’ – and one swift move from the camera-happy Marcy lands her man in the hospital in the kind of agony that only a bleeding nipple can provide. How far this once-complacent couple has fallen.

Don’t feel too sorry for him -- as Dani said, Runkle had been a bad boy and needed to be punished. And sometimes, punishment means real pain. Can Runkle, the self-styled BDSM punisher, handle it when the roles are reversed? Maybe inexperienced sadists should avoid group sex, for safety’s sake.

Alternately, why can’t a regular threesome – without the bondage – help salvage a sex-life gone stale? Is it just a key to opening Pandora’s Box? Is BDSM a safer alternative?
 
In any case, the lesson for today is: nipple clamps are sensitive hardware to be used with caution, and with as few participants as possible.

Written by Angela Tosse

Hanks Ranks this week – NIL – the man was too preoccupied with winning over the love of his life, Karen, that he didn’t have time for sex of any kind. So he doesn't deserve a chart posting this week!