Uhg... I hope that Bertram doesn't end up being the ML.
Like, everyone in the audience should have understood that the plan was a farce from the beginning, and that treating people like objects is wrong. But now the comedic farce is suddenly playing it straight with melodrama, and Bertram's whole "you're nothing without love, but I'll love you and through my feelings you'll be worth something," negging act feels disgusting as heck.