The female lead character and her friend are definitely a little cringe-worthy, but I still really like this episode. It's such a provocative premise and really well executed, especially at the beginning of the story. If it hadn't been titled "The Slave" it would've been even more jarring to hear the way Ray treats Corey at the restaurant and then to find out the reason why as Inger does would have had more impact. But when you know from the title that there's a master-slave thing going on it lessens the impact of that revelation, though it doesn't make it less weird and icky, for lack of a better word.