Such a horrible Portrayal it is had me pulling my hair out. Legit the ML says, "I didn't give you a safeword because I don't think I did anything to warrant one". The fuck do you mean?! Thats the most basic ground rule of SM, to have a safe word, and especially for someone as experienced as the ML.
The sub holds all of the power, and it's something built through trust. I hate these representation that show that doms are just people on power trips.
I dropped it cause I can tell this is going to go downhill from here.