Peach’s “Jerry Springer”-style confession does give one pause to wonder whether Rick’s behavior manifested itself any earlier, unless their relationship was short-lived. And the Pitts are clearly not ones to go running to the police or an attorney, either.

Cherry might want to rethink her decision to give shelter to her sisters, for the sake of her own family’s safety. Rick sounds like the kind of person who would come after Peach. But I hear what you’re thinking:  “What about Mother Pitt?” Apparently, even Rick knows his own limits, as he didn’t try to threaten her.

Rivera paces today’s strip the same as yesterday’s but in doing so, the overall pace of the story has slowed down, since we have to wait until tomorrow to learn about Rick’s reactions. I’m betting today’s and tomorrow’s strips could have been consolidated into one. We could cut out panels 2 and 4 as extraneous. We really don’t need to know who or what this “famous buck” is that Rick poached. That it was poached is good enough.

Art Dept. On the other hand, I’ll give points for the background coloration in panels 3 and 4. Their somber tones help reinforce the drama. In fact, I was going to mention that yesterday, since panel 4 did not have a tone-setting background, in spite of its darker content.