
However, every time Vic did something out of the ordinary, it excited Melinda, and the couple made love to each other. Melinda knew that the men she mingled with were dumb, but they were fun. She chose to live with a boring man under the same roof but decided to have fun outside her marriage because these romantic adventures sparked a passion inside her. Melinda probably went with Vic because he was rich and was also the father of her daughter, Trixie. Melinda considered him cold, and thus the husband and wife slept in different rooms. Why Did Melinda Start Seeing Different Men?Įvery now and then, Melinda called her husband “boring.” Vic, however, was not boring, but introverted and thus a bit inexpressive. “Deep Water” further explores the psychological tension between the couple as they try to continue together even after learning each other’s dark secrets. He wants to do something about his wife’s infidelity, but cannot understand the motive.

However, in fear of Vic, Joel quickly leaves the city to start his new job in Mexico, and as soon as Jeol departs, Melinda brings another lover, Charlie De Lisle (Jacob Elordi).įor his daughter’s sake, Vic decides not to give a divorce to Melinda, but her new lovers make him jealous and incite anger inside him. Through Joel, almost all of Vic and Melinda’s common friends find out about Vic’s claim to have killed Martin McRae with a hammer, which later Vic clarifies to be a dark joke that he pulled on Joel.


Joel gets intimidated and leaves the party instantly. Vic gazes over his wife making out with another man and soon later enters into a conversation with Joel, during which Vic claims to kill Melinda’s previous lover, Martin McRae. She quickly ditches her boring husband and hangs out with Joel while also kissing him near the pool. “Deep Water” begins as Vic and Melinda are invited to a party at Jess and Grantz’s house, where Melinda meets her current lover, Joel Dash.
